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Dr. David Fajgenbaum

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1737 total appearances

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Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

I see what you're saying.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

Your point is that you can say it all you want, but for that, that just may not stick, right?

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

Yes, they will do anything.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

It's a great point.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

I think that the way to make it stick is...

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

I think it's trying to explain that we don't use these predictions to decide how to treat someone.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

This is not, and maybe even to use the terminology, this is not a solution engine.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

This is an idea generator.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

And we at EveryCure do a lot of further work.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

And so...

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

We hope you, if you're going to use these scores, will also do further work.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

And so if you're a patient, that might mean working with a research lab to do the work to figure this out.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

What we recommend is talking to the disease organization that you're a part of, whether it's the ALS Association or you name it.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

It's talking to a lab to see if there's further work you can support.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

But none of those options are go take this medicine.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

I agree.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

And I totally empathize.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

And you can really see the concerns.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

I think that where I go when I think about COVID is not so much ivermectin, but I go to dexamethasone.

Radiolab
The Medical Matchmaking Machine

So dexamethasone saved millions of lives during the pandemic.