Dr. Vin Gupta

Doing it as frequently as he's doing makes no sense.

I don't know any neurologist that would recommend doing a MOCA with that type of frequency.

And again, it's not the flex that I think he thinks it is.

Midas Mighty, it's great to have you back here for Midas Health.

This is an emergency pod with the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan Kressley.

She's been a guest on our show a few months ago, and I suspect she's going to be a frequent guest, just given everything that's happening.

Dr. Kressley, thanks for joining us again.

So for our audience, if you're tuning in to the news here, it's Friday, December the 5th.

Anytime today or this weekend, you're probably going to see headlines about hepatitis B vaccine guidance being recommended to change by the advisory committee on immunization practices, this advisory body that advises the CDC director on what to do when it comes to the childhood vaccine schedule, among other things.

Dr. Krusty, why are we having this conversation about hepatitis B vaccine?

Why does it matter, just to put a really fine point on this, you raise that hepatitis B vaccine guides for infants has changed over time.

And I see, especially in sort of far right information circles, that you can only get hepatitis B if you're having sex or if you're injecting drugs.

And I'm hopeful you can help us understand why that's only part of the picture.

I'm going to throw some questions at you rapid fire.

Take the time that you need.

But somebody might see some of the changes that have been proposed by ACIP to the CDC director and say, well, what's wrong with testing mom before birth?

And if she's negative to have a conversation about immunizing baby, what's wrong with that approach, Dr. Crossley?

This has been tried in the past, has it not, where test and then determine.

And please improve or correct anything I say that might not be accurate.

But that approach didn't work.