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Peter Doocy

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312 total appearances

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I mean, and pediatricians in general in our country. I mean, the commitment, the passion, I mean, it comes through every time you talk to an American pediatrician most times. And so that gives me a lot of hope. Yeah. The other thing that gives me hope is the science itself is extraordinary.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I mean, and pediatricians in general in our country. I mean, the commitment, the passion, I mean, it comes through every time you talk to an American pediatrician most times. And so that gives me a lot of hope. Yeah. The other thing that gives me hope is the science itself is extraordinary.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I mean, and pediatricians in general in our country. I mean, the commitment, the passion, I mean, it comes through every time you talk to an American pediatrician most times. And so that gives me a lot of hope. Yeah. The other thing that gives me hope is the science itself is extraordinary.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I mean, we made a low-cost COVID vaccine that reached 100 million people in India and Indonesia, showing that you can actually bypass big pharma companies to do that. We did that in our labs at Texas Children's. Now we have a new hookworm anemia vaccine that's protecting close to 100%. We're excited about that. Finally, we got the mRNA technology working to a point where...

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I mean, we made a low-cost COVID vaccine that reached 100 million people in India and Indonesia, showing that you can actually bypass big pharma companies to do that. We did that in our labs at Texas Children's. Now we have a new hookworm anemia vaccine that's protecting close to 100%. We're excited about that. Finally, we got the mRNA technology working to a point where...

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I mean, we made a low-cost COVID vaccine that reached 100 million people in India and Indonesia, showing that you can actually bypass big pharma companies to do that. We did that in our labs at Texas Children's. Now we have a new hookworm anemia vaccine that's protecting close to 100%. We're excited about that. Finally, we got the mRNA technology working to a point where...

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

and getting reliable results. And now we're looking at cancer vaccines with that technology. So I think I could imagine a whole new generation of cancer vaccines and maybe vaccines for other chronic conditions, including neurodegenerative conditions. That's exciting. The problem that we're going to face is our technology

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

and getting reliable results. And now we're looking at cancer vaccines with that technology. So I think I could imagine a whole new generation of cancer vaccines and maybe vaccines for other chronic conditions, including neurodegenerative conditions. That's exciting. The problem that we're going to face is our technology

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

and getting reliable results. And now we're looking at cancer vaccines with that technology. So I think I could imagine a whole new generation of cancer vaccines and maybe vaccines for other chronic conditions, including neurodegenerative conditions. That's exciting. The problem that we're going to face is our technology

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

has outpaced our ability to do this, has outpaced our political social instruments to get them accepted. And that's going to be the big challenge. And so how we... kind of bring this back and start making that bridge and reaching people to get them to accept all of this exciting developments in biomedical science and to somehow talk about the dangers of what's happening with disinformation.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

has outpaced our ability to do this, has outpaced our political social instruments to get them accepted. And that's going to be the big challenge. And so how we... kind of bring this back and start making that bridge and reaching people to get them to accept all of this exciting developments in biomedical science and to somehow talk about the dangers of what's happening with disinformation.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

has outpaced our ability to do this, has outpaced our political social instruments to get them accepted. And that's going to be the big challenge. And so how we... kind of bring this back and start making that bridge and reaching people to get them to accept all of this exciting developments in biomedical science and to somehow talk about the dangers of what's happening with disinformation.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I think this is going to be one of our biggest challenges.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I think this is going to be one of our biggest challenges.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I think this is going to be one of our biggest challenges.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

Well, there is an accountability mechanism. I mean, some of the worst offenders have now had their board certification revoked and that sort of thing. But it's a slow process. It could be years of litigation and litigation. So it's not easy and it's extremely unpleasant, of course, and you like to hope that it doesn't get to that point.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

Well, there is an accountability mechanism. I mean, some of the worst offenders have now had their board certification revoked and that sort of thing. But it's a slow process. It could be years of litigation and litigation. So it's not easy and it's extremely unpleasant, of course, and you like to hope that it doesn't get to that point.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

Well, there is an accountability mechanism. I mean, some of the worst offenders have now had their board certification revoked and that sort of thing. But it's a slow process. It could be years of litigation and litigation. So it's not easy and it's extremely unpleasant, of course, and you like to hope that it doesn't get to that point.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I think one of the ways we kind of build this in is I don't think we do enough emphasize the bioethical aspects of medicine enough. You know, everyone is so focused on academic freedom. And you've got these contrarian physicians who just spout absolute garbage or they become talking heads on Fox News in some cases.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 7: Misinformation, MAHA, Measles, and the Future of Medicine (with Drs. Peter Hotez and Sapna Singh)

I think one of the ways we kind of build this in is I don't think we do enough emphasize the bioethical aspects of medicine enough. You know, everyone is so focused on academic freedom. And you've got these contrarian physicians who just spout absolute garbage or they become talking heads on Fox News in some cases.