Dr. Nicole Saphier

And I'm happy to see that he is actually losing some weight. I think his cholesterol improved. He's trending in the right way. He's doing everything right as you can or as you know, as we would like to see. He's getting all of his cancer screenings. So I think, you know, he is physically and mentally fit. We'll see how he does at his next annual examination.

And I'm happy to see that he is actually losing some weight. I think his cholesterol improved. He's trending in the right way. He's doing everything right as you can or as you know, as we would like to see. He's getting all of his cancer screenings. So I think, you know, he is physically and mentally fit. We'll see how he does at his next annual examination.

Which I do not recommend, though. I don't recommend that.

Which I do not recommend, though. I don't recommend that.

Well, one of the things, as you know, for longevity is to continuously switch back and forth between the right and the left brain. And President Trump certainly does that with everything that he is doing. He is constantly being very active, you know, trying not to be patronizing. The only thing I would say to him is sometimes say what you want to say, but then stop.

Well, one of the things, as you know, for longevity is to continuously switch back and forth between the right and the left brain. And President Trump certainly does that with everything that he is doing. He is constantly being very active, you know, trying not to be patronizing. The only thing I would say to him is sometimes say what you want to say, but then stop.

You don't have to keep going in what you're saying. And maybe that'll just help with some of the criticism because I'm always like, yes, yes. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, back up. Hold on. No need to just, just leave it at that.

You don't have to keep going in what you're saying. And maybe that'll just help with some of the criticism because I'm always like, yes, yes. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, back up. Hold on. No need to just, just leave it at that.

You know, this is obviously very complicated. And the problem is that a lot of physicians don't want to make the decisions, whether it's because of liability. They don't want to be sued if they make the wrong decision or whatnot. But a lot of physicians point to these recommendations. So therefore, they can point back to that if something goes wrong down the road.

You know, this is obviously very complicated. And the problem is that a lot of physicians don't want to make the decisions, whether it's because of liability. They don't want to be sued if they make the wrong decision or whatnot. But a lot of physicians point to these recommendations. So therefore, they can point back to that if something goes wrong down the road.

I mean, that is what my assumption is there. Dr. Marty McCary, who's a friend and a colleague of mine, he and I, we were in constant communication all throughout the COVID pandemic. And one of the things that I was extremely concerned about was the COVID vaccine in kids. Obviously, I'm a physician, but I'm also a mom of three.

I mean, that is what my assumption is there. Dr. Marty McCary, who's a friend and a colleague of mine, he and I, we were in constant communication all throughout the COVID pandemic. And one of the things that I was extremely concerned about was the COVID vaccine in kids. Obviously, I'm a physician, but I'm also a mom of three.

And one thing that I was really concerned about was we saw that the risk in kids, specifically healthy kids, was very low. But what we did see were those rare cases of MIS-C or those inflammatory conditions that happened after the fact from the virus.

And one thing that I was really concerned about was we saw that the risk in kids, specifically healthy kids, was very low. But what we did see were those rare cases of MIS-C or those inflammatory conditions that happened after the fact from the virus.

My concern was if we are now giving them a vaccine, which is a high dose, which is meant to cause an inflammatory reaction, are we going to actually incite MIS-C in a healthy kid who probably wouldn't have even gotten it if they had gotten the infection? And so he and I went back and forth with this for a while.

My concern was if we are now giving them a vaccine, which is a high dose, which is meant to cause an inflammatory reaction, are we going to actually incite MIS-C in a healthy kid who probably wouldn't have even gotten it if they had gotten the infection? And so he and I went back and forth with this for a while.

We even published, co-published an article together in the New England Journal of Medicine. Yeah. No, Wall Street Journal. Sorry. It's been a long day. Wall Street Journal essentially breaking down the risks of a COVID infection in a kid as well as the vaccine risks in the kid.

We even published, co-published an article together in the New England Journal of Medicine. Yeah. No, Wall Street Journal. Sorry. It's been a long day. Wall Street Journal essentially breaking down the risks of a COVID infection in a kid as well as the vaccine risks in the kid.

And from what I saw was the risk was so low from a COVID infection, the risk was still low from the COVID vaccine from the data that Pfizer and Moderna had given us at that time, you know, it was probably equivocal, but if it's an equivocal risk, why would you risk it at all? Why wouldn't you just, we knew at that point, everyone was gonna be infected with the virus.

And from what I saw was the risk was so low from a COVID infection, the risk was still low from the COVID vaccine from the data that Pfizer and Moderna had given us at that time, you know, it was probably equivocal, but if it's an equivocal risk, why would you risk it at all? Why wouldn't you just, we knew at that point, everyone was gonna be infected with the virus.