The VPZD Show

By Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin DamaniaNews Science Medicine Health & Fitness News Commentary

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The VPZD Show episodes

September 24, 2022Bivalent Boosters, Healthcare Masking, Sensible Medicine
VP and ZD celebrate the return of in-person conferences, lament the challenges of continued mandatory masking in healthcare settings, and talk about better ways to get at truth (yeah, I'm kinda phoning in the summary of this dope discussion this time, just listen already 😂 #quietquitting)
Video: https://youtu.be/B7V1RelMXwA
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Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 20 min
September 06, 2022Omicron Boosters 4 ALL, CO2 Meter Madness
A Labor Day Special!
CDC recommends bivalent Omicron-specific boosters for everyone, the madness of the CO2 meter crowd, journalism's challenges, mean attending physician comments, the evolution of language, and more!
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Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 13 min
August 28, 2022Canceled Public Health Doc, AAP Fails, Dr. Oz
The saga of Dr. Leana Wen, omicron-specific boosters for the fall, low uptake for vaccinating kids <5 years old, is the American Academy of Pediatrics a broken and failed organization (read Vinay's article on Sensible Medicine here), Novak Djokovic and US vaccine mandates, inauthenticity and Dr. Oz, student loan forgiveness, the Thailand kids vaccine study and much more!
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Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 58 min
July 22, 2022Trust Issues, Sensible Medicine, Ideologic Possession
How can you determine who is trustworthy when it comes to medical information? Our new project "Sensible Medicine," untangling the complexities of health care reform, angry doctor Covidian tweets with magical thinking and religiosity, the dangers of over-testing and over-treatment with regards to routine blood work, Haidt’s 3 Great Untruths and cognitive distortions, pandemic response effect on true progressives, the consequences of ideological possession, how Vinay reviews the trustworthiness of sources, the difficulties of “debunking”, the monkeypox situation, and much more!
Video: https://youtu.be/jmebULFQWyw
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Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 26 min
July 07, 2022Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism
We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below).
Here's the Offit interview I mentioned.
Topic List
Omicron-specific boosters
Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
Does repeated COVID infection harm you
Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
Policing language vs. real policy issues
Outrage culture
The abortion mess
Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
When Covidians turn on their own
Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
When "science" museums behave like buttheads
Loyalty on the left vs. the right
Ayn Rand and young people
Iodinated salt and MORE
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Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 56 min
June 12, 2022The Death Throes Of Covidian Culture (& Some Cancer Stuff 4 Tha' Clicks)
Stanford medical school commencement ceremony, boosters for 5-11 year olds, Cat COVID, the end of pre-departure screening, VP's Oncology video drama, Twitter addiction and "second selfing," is continual feedback a good thing, San Francisco DA gets recalled, new immunotherapy for colorectal cancer, the importance of palliative care in oncology, and much more!
Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 34 min
June 03, 2022Guns, Vaccines, & Monkeys
We dive into the riddle of gun violence in America, violence against healthcare professionals, public health officials and closing schools, will we need an annual COVID shot and how would we study that, the emergence of monkeypox, and the Depp/Heard trial.
Video: https://youtu.be/9i8cD4j4sQE
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Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here: sensiblemed.substack.com/
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast: vinayakkprasad.com/plenarysession
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast: zdoggmd.com/z-blogg
More on Vinay: vinayakkprasad.com/bio
More on Zubin: lnk.bio/zdoggmd

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1 hr 34 min
May 19, 2022Less Is More Medicine (w/Dr. Rita Redberg)
We talk with Dr. Rita Redberg (professor of medicine & cardiologist at UCSF) about how very often less is more when it comes to medical care.
We cover cancer screening (PSA, mammograms, blood testing, colonoscopy, CT screening for lung cancer), the utility or lack thereof of genetic testing, medical devices, statins, hypertension guidelines and treatment, and much more. And here's my prior interview with Dr. Redberg.
Video: zdoggmd.com/less-is-more
Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 39 min
May 07, 2022Supreme Court Abortion Decision & Crazy COVID Stuff
CDC data collection, hepatitis in kids, Johnson & Johnson vaccine limited use, more on physician "influencers," the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court leaked draft decision, surprise medical billing, a nutty Twitter COVID story, seroprevalence of COVID in children, the White House Correspondents Dinner, annual COVID shots, Omicron's mortality, the "Pfizer documents" and more!
Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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2 hr 2 min
April 29, 2022Moderna For Kids, Physician-Influencers, Stanford Nurses Strike
Elon Musk buys Twitter and what that may mean, group mind and the threat of nuclear holocaust, the conundrum of "physician influencers" on social media, Moderna's push to get EUA for it's vaccine in kids younger than 5, the Stanford nurses go on strike, challenges in academic medicine, should people in healthcare forge their OWN path, and much more! The Dr. Risa Hoshino substack piece: https://sarahburwick.substack.com/p/who-is-risa-hoshino.
Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
More on Vinay.
More on Zubin.

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1 hr 38 min