Amy Alkon

But first of all, what do you think about this new move by HHS Secretary Kennedy?

But first of all, what do you think about this new move by HHS Secretary Kennedy?

Let's stop with that because there's an interesting thing here you and I have never discussed. And I'm not quite sure what to do with it, which is... When the government takes away tools that physicians want to use, even when they're dangerous, believe me, this happens more than you would imagine. Let's just look at Vioxx, okay?

Let's stop with that because there's an interesting thing here you and I have never discussed. And I'm not quite sure what to do with it, which is... When the government takes away tools that physicians want to use, even when they're dangerous, believe me, this happens more than you would imagine. Let's just look at Vioxx, okay?

Vioxx is a very similar story to the vaccine story at Pfizer, incidentally. Would you agree with me on that?

Vioxx is a very similar story to the vaccine story at Pfizer, incidentally. Would you agree with me on that?

No, yes, but similar story, right? And they had to pay billions of dollars of restitution and stuff. The Vioxx caused heart attacks in eight people, something like that. Vioxx was an extraordinarily effective medication.

No, yes, but similar story, right? And they had to pay billions of dollars of restitution and stuff. The Vioxx caused heart attacks in eight people, something like that. Vioxx was an extraordinarily effective medication.

I have patients to this day that have never been the same since they withdrew Vioxx from the market who would have gladly taken the risk of a heart attack if Pfizer had divulged to me that that was a risk and I was able to offer that to the patient and say, hey, you know, it's really making you better, but it could shorten your life.

I have patients to this day that have never been the same since they withdrew Vioxx from the market who would have gladly taken the risk of a heart attack if Pfizer had divulged to me that that was a risk and I was able to offer that to the patient and say, hey, you know, it's really making you better, but it could shorten your life.

I'll try to mitigate the risk with various interventions, but we don't know exactly the mechanism, My patients would have gone for it and their lives would have been dramatically, and I mean dramatically, enhanced. And the government took that away from me. And that's what I worry about here. I don't have any problem with people taking away the COVID vaccine. I have no issue with it.

I'll try to mitigate the risk with various interventions, but we don't know exactly the mechanism, My patients would have gone for it and their lives would have been dramatically, and I mean dramatically, enhanced. And the government took that away from me. And that's what I worry about here. I don't have any problem with people taking away the COVID vaccine. I have no issue with it.

But the government screws with medicine in both ways when they restrict and mandate and obfuscate and don't give us the real data. I mean, on all fronts, they screw us up by just not giving us the data and then letting us practice medicine.

But the government screws with medicine in both ways when they restrict and mandate and obfuscate and don't give us the real data. I mean, on all fronts, they screw us up by just not giving us the data and then letting us practice medicine.

Let's start again. I want to interrupt you as we as you used you throw a lot of stuff out. I want to make sure people hear every little detail of what what's behind what you're saying. So I recently have had several patients that took the vaccine within days to weeks or even a couple of months, even the booster. of getting COVID, bad COVID, had zero effect, zero. And to all those patients, zero.

Let's start again. I want to interrupt you as we as you used you throw a lot of stuff out. I want to make sure people hear every little detail of what what's behind what you're saying. So I recently have had several patients that took the vaccine within days to weeks or even a couple of months, even the booster. of getting COVID, bad COVID, had zero effect, zero. And to all those patients, zero.

And I didn't encourage them. People still get the boosters. I don't, you know, the people are entitled to do that if that's what they want to do. And older people are very likely. Well, here's what I... Here's what I tell them. Here's what I tell them. I don't know what we're doing. I don't know what you're doing. I've seen now multiple cases.

And I didn't encourage them. People still get the boosters. I don't, you know, the people are entitled to do that if that's what they want to do. And older people are very likely. Well, here's what I... Here's what I tell them. Here's what I tell them. I don't know what we're doing. I don't know what you're doing. I've seen now multiple cases.

At best, this is a booster against a variant that no longer exists. It's no longer around. And then people go, well, it decreases hospitalization. Peter Hotez went on a tirade yesterday on social media about reducing hospitalizations. And I went to the data. Look, I try to be very... uncertain about things. I want to look at everything.

At best, this is a booster against a variant that no longer exists. It's no longer around. And then people go, well, it decreases hospitalization. Peter Hotez went on a tirade yesterday on social media about reducing hospitalizations. And I went to the data. Look, I try to be very... uncertain about things. I want to look at everything.