Claire Dooley

I'm Claire Dooley.

We're here at the Children's Health Events Conference.

I'm a documentary filmmaker, and I've been really enjoying having some conversations with brilliant minds today.

I'm about to be joined by scientist Kevin McKernan, who is going to be talking to us about genomics, DNA impurities, and the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

But before I get started, actually, Jessica Rose, we had a discussion with her at an earlier date.

You can look her up and

and get a little more context on her perspective of this topic.

But Kevin, thank you so much for joining us.

Okay, so before we get started, and then you say that you're in genomics, I need you to explain what genomics is.

We'll dive into that real quick, actually.

So PCR tests, for those of you who do not know, were the way that the majority of testing in the United States on COVID was done behind the scenes.

My sister actually was working at a lab called, actually, I don't know if I can say the name.

But she was working at a lab in New Orleans doing PCR testing on different products.

Can you explain as simply as you can what a PCR test is and why it might not be the best test for an active infection like COVID?

That might have been your intro into Maha, which we're glad to have you in Maha.

I remember one sentiment I heard a lot from a couple of different scientists and epidemiologists during COVID is that we weren't having an epidemic.

We were having an epidemic of testing, which I think I'd like to hear your thoughts on that.

Right, right.

Actually, I traveled the country on the CHD bus where we interviewed thousands of parents and victims of the COVID hospital protocols.

And, you know, when the protocols weren't working, what do we do in medicine?