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3.55 Equity in Vaccine Distribution, Cancel Culture, and Zero COVID-19 with Dr. Matthew Smith Mar 24, 2021

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Today we sit down with Dr. Matthew Smith, an associate professor in the Northeastern University Department of Philosophy and Religion, to discuss the morality and philosophical backbone behind COVID-19 vaccine distribution and how we should define equity; cancel culture and its historical longevity; and the impossibility (at least in the USA) of Zero COVID-19. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.54 The Passing of Dr. José Baselga Mar 23, 2021

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For today's episode we have a short monologue in remembrance of famed cancer researcher Dr. José Baselga. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.53 Updates on COVID-19 and Looking Back Over the Last Year with Dr. Aaron Richterman Mar 19, 2021

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Today we interview Dr. Aaron Richterman, an infectious disease specialist at Penn Medicine. We talk about updates on all things COVID-19 and we look back at how treatments, risk assessment, and behavior have changed. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.52 Medicine, Leadership, SARS-CoV-2, and Social Media with Dr. Bob Wachter Mar 14, 2021

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Today we interview Dr. Bob Wachter, the Chair of the Department of Medicine at University of California San Francisco. We talk about a wide range of topics including medicine, leadership, SARS-CoV-2, and social media. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.51 COVID-19 Modeling with Youyang Gu Mar 12, 2021

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On today's episode we interview Youyang Gu, an independent data scientist who created some of the most models of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks us through how he made the projections. His work is available on his website: https://covid19-projections.com/ Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.50 Evildoer Marty Makary [SHORT] Mar 11, 2021

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On today's SHORT episode, we talk about censorship, Facebook, Twitter, and the "evildoer" Dr. Marty Makary. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.49 The Role of Government in Public Health and in COVID-19 Policy with Dr. Robert Freudenthal Mar 10, 2021

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Today we interview Dr. Robert Freudenthal, a psychiatrist in training at Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust in London, UK. We talk abut the power of the state and its role in public health policy. We focus specifically on how governments worldwide have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, from extreme lockdowns to harm reduction advisories. We discuss how policy can be medical overreach as well as how it interplays with the criminal justice system and racial and class inequities. Finally, we discuss censorship and the need for trust and honesty in messaging. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.48 The Predictive Value of High Tumor Mutational Burden with Dr. Luc Morris Mar 06, 2021

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Today we interview Dr. Luc Morris of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on his new paper out now in JAMA Oncology titled "Response Rates to Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy in Microsatellite-Stable Solid Tumors With 10 or More Mutations per Megabase". Response Rates: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7684 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.47 COVID-19 Vaccine Results, Messaging on a Patient Level, & Schools with Dr. Monica Gandhi Mar 03, 2021

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Today we interview Dr. Monica Gandhi, Associate Division Chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/ San Francisco General Hospital, and medical director of the HIV Clinic at SFGH, on COVID-19 interventions. We talk about results from the vaccine studies and how vaccination is perceived by the public. We talk about her new paper out now in The Lancet Infectious Disease on the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions (masking, social distancing, ventilation, hand-washing) in controlling COVID-19. We also talk about the stark difference between messaging created from the point of view of an epidemiologist vs the public health messaging that frontline health care workers deliver directly to patients. We end the interview by talking about schools and the need to re-open them. Importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions: doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30982-8 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.46 COVID-19 Risk, Cases, and Transmission in K-12 Schools with Dr. Tracy Høeg Feb 27, 2021

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Today we interview Dr. Tracy Høeg on her new paper and her ongoing research into COVID-19 transmission in K-12 schools in Wisconsin, USA. Dr. Høeg is an epidemiologist and an interventional sports and medicine spine specialist at Northern California Orthopaedic Associates. Her paper is titled "COVID-19 Cases and Transmission in 17 K-12 Schools - Wood County, Wisconsin, August 31-November 29, 2020" and is published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Cases in K-12 Schools: doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7004e3 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

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