The ZDoggMD Show

Remember when we did all those lockdowns? Did they work? There may be a better, more targeted response. Let's discuss it, LIVE. Video, transcript, and more at zdoggmd.com/lockdowns Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesuppor...

How will we distinguish COVID-19 from flu and RSV in the winter? What's the future of rapid testing? Dr. David Persing is the CMO/CTO of Cepheid and we go DEEP in this interview. In this episode we discuss rapid PCR testing for COVID-19, influenza A and B, and RSV, as well as testing for yet-undiscovered future outbreaks like SARS-CoV3 and avian flu. We touch on rapid saliva antigen testing, why t...

Here's what I'd need to see as a doctor if I'm going to be comfortable with a COVID-19 vaccine. Video, transcript, and links at zdoggmd.com/covidvax Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patr...

Healthcare workers are suffering in a culture of "presenteeism," working while sick and having their jobs threatened when they don't. Links, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/healthcare-sick Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/...

COVID-19 has a really high rate of asymptomatic infection. Here's what that may mean for our pandemic strategy. Originally LIVE on Facebook. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/asymptomatic-covid Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Faceb...

What happens if we rush Phase 3 trials for a coronavirus vaccine? A world expert on vaccine development returns to weigh in. We discuss the timeline and status of current vaccine trials, what the government has done to accelerate the clinical trials, the dangers of rushing Phase 3 trails, different types of immunity, the role of interferon and monoclonal antibodies, the nature of herd immunity, th...

Science, or political theater? A doctor explains that SCOTUS White Coat Summit put on by "America's Frontline Doctors." Links, transcript and more at https://zdoggmd.com/frontline-doctors Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becom...

Here's a rational way to approach the data on COVID-related deaths. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/excess-death-rate Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.c...

There's been a lot of panic with stories of people getting COVID-19 twice and rapidly plummeting antibody levels. But there may be a real bright spot here. Transcript, links, video, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/covid-immunity Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd...

We will get through this if we deploy our most time-tested and powerful tools. But that means recognizing our biases and transcending them. Video at https://zdoggmd.com/science-reason Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesup...

Could herd immunity and an end to the pandemic be closer than we think? And what role does personal responsibility and masking play? A live discussion of a light at the end of the tunnel. https://zdoggmd.com/herd-immunity for video, links, transcript (coming shortly) and more. #COVID-19 #HerdImmunity Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussi...

Originally streamed LIVE to Facebook, we talk viral transmission, politicization of the pandemic, new therapies, conspiracies, and much more. Video: zdoggmd.com/covid-update-7-9 Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter...

Dedicated to frontline healthcare workers everywhere... Lyrics: These are all my friends We’re all misunderstood The people call us heroes So that the people can feel good Now we see everything that’s going wrong With the world and those who lead it But no matter how they screw it up We rise above and treat it And we keep waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting...

We need to understand that the goal is mitigating, not eliminating, COVID-19 risk. And the risks of children missing school can be massive. Video, transcript, links and more: zdoggmd.com/covid-school Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebo...

Resurgent coronavirus cases across America, anti-maskers refusing to play along, fears of more shutdowns and closed schools… OMG IS IT TIME TO PANIC? Or is it past time we used some dang rational thought up in here? You know how WE do it. A live show originally streamed to Facebook. Video, transcript, and links: zdoggmd.com/covid-june-26 Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac an...

Most of us live in echo chambers and thought bubbles. What happens when we escape? A COVID-19 update, originally streamed LIVE. Video and links: https://zdoggmd.com/thought-bubbles/ Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesuppo...

So many believe conspiracy theories revolving around healthcare professionals and public health leaders. Why? Turns out trust has to be earned, and sometimes we do a terrible job of that in healthcare. A hard look at ourselves, LIVE. Video and links at zdoggmd.com/healthcare-trust Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy...

Another day, another antivaxxer conspiracy video about COVID-19. Here's how to cut through the BS. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/undercover-nurse Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdo...

Maurice Shaw is caring, diligent pharmacist who happens to do REALLY funny comedy about the challenges and joys of retail pharmacy. So why would Walgreens fire him? The answer cuts to the heart of the soul-sucking dehumanization that corporate medicine can be. We talk about the catharsis of comedy, pharmacist burnout and understaffing, what a pharmacy tech does, how his comedy was always cool with...

In a shocking development, a widely-publicized pair of studies relating to COVID-19 were quickly retracted when their authors couldn't confirm their data or analysis. What the health?? Dr. Adrian Hernandez is a cardiologist and director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His group has created the HERO Registry to enroll healthcare professionals in clinical trials to help solve the coronaviru...

Community health workers could be the solution to some of our toughest health and social problems, so why is no one listening? Dr. Shreya Kangovi is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and executive director of the Penn Center For Community Health Workers. In this remarkable conversation she passionately lays out what a community health worker is, how to find and h...

Dr. Prasad is a heme/onc doc and associate professor of medicine at UCSF; we talk about why we need a HIGHER bar, not a lower one, to show that what we do in medicine actually works. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-prasad Malignant: https://www.amazon.com/Malignant-Policy-Evidence-People-Cancer/dp/1421437635/ Ending Medical Reversal: https://www.amazon.com/Ending-Me...

The horrific death of George Floyd has triggered national protests at exactly a time when large gatherings threaten to undo the gains made against COVID-19. Video and links: zdoggmd.com/pandemic-protests Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://fa...

The three buckets of concern when it comes to this pandemic, and how we can balance them. Video and links: zdoggmd.com/covid-balance Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd...

Technology can bring us together during these crazy times, but it also holds huge dangers. Jon Hyatt, director of the new film "Screened Out" discusses the true cost of our connectivity and how we can re-establish mindful—rather than mindless—relationships with our screens. Parents: this is a MUST WATCH. https://zdoggmd.com/screened-out for video, transcript, links and more. https://www.screenedou...