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Robert Garcia

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

Are they going to be appointed into these roles, or will they be people who have a political allegiance to a particular agenda? And I think there's a lot of reason to believe it's going to be the latter, and people have to keep a close eye on that.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

Are they going to be appointed into these roles, or will they be people who have a political allegiance to a particular agenda? And I think there's a lot of reason to believe it's going to be the latter, and people have to keep a close eye on that.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

I mean, all the people in those jobs, they don't come and go with administrations. They are part of civil service.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

I mean, all the people in those jobs, they don't come and go with administrations. They are part of civil service.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

I mean, all the people in those jobs, they don't come and go with administrations. They are part of civil service.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

You know, what I'd say is I'm not very sure that this administration is going to look carefully at vaccine safety. And I think there will be a lot more studies done. I'm more worried about the other side of the coin. When there's a benefit, are the vaccines going to be promoted? And, you know, as you all know, I think for the average person, it may be worthwhile thinking in terms of

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

You know, what I'd say is I'm not very sure that this administration is going to look carefully at vaccine safety. And I think there will be a lot more studies done. I'm more worried about the other side of the coin. When there's a benefit, are the vaccines going to be promoted? And, you know, as you all know, I think for the average person, it may be worthwhile thinking in terms of

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

You know, what I'd say is I'm not very sure that this administration is going to look carefully at vaccine safety. And I think there will be a lot more studies done. I'm more worried about the other side of the coin. When there's a benefit, are the vaccines going to be promoted? And, you know, as you all know, I think for the average person, it may be worthwhile thinking in terms of

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

two dimensions. There are vaccines like measles and polio, where unless over 90, 95% of the population is vaccinated, you're putting everybody at risk, not just your child or yourself, but your neighbors, children themselves. There are others like COVID and flu, which, you know, don't eliminate the virus, but they reduce the risk of dying or being hospitalized. And

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

two dimensions. There are vaccines like measles and polio, where unless over 90, 95% of the population is vaccinated, you're putting everybody at risk, not just your child or yourself, but your neighbors, children themselves. There are others like COVID and flu, which, you know, don't eliminate the virus, but they reduce the risk of dying or being hospitalized. And

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

two dimensions. There are vaccines like measles and polio, where unless over 90, 95% of the population is vaccinated, you're putting everybody at risk, not just your child or yourself, but your neighbors, children themselves. There are others like COVID and flu, which, you know, don't eliminate the virus, but they reduce the risk of dying or being hospitalized. And

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

Reduced transmission somewhat, but not the huge effect. It's those ones that eliminate the virus completely where the big worry is now because we had gotten rid of polio and measles. Now measles is back, and if we don't get more vaccination done, we're going to have polio back.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

Reduced transmission somewhat, but not the huge effect. It's those ones that eliminate the virus completely where the big worry is now because we had gotten rid of polio and measles. Now measles is back, and if we don't get more vaccination done, we're going to have polio back.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

Reduced transmission somewhat, but not the huge effect. It's those ones that eliminate the virus completely where the big worry is now because we had gotten rid of polio and measles. Now measles is back, and if we don't get more vaccination done, we're going to have polio back.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

But it's also true that vaccine biology has really advanced, and the availability of messenger RNA vaccines gives us the ability to knock out a lot of other diseases much more effectively. But if you fundamentally don't believe vaccines are beneficial, it's going to put a big drag on the system.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

But it's also true that vaccine biology has really advanced, and the availability of messenger RNA vaccines gives us the ability to knock out a lot of other diseases much more effectively. But if you fundamentally don't believe vaccines are beneficial, it's going to put a big drag on the system.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

But it's also true that vaccine biology has really advanced, and the availability of messenger RNA vaccines gives us the ability to knock out a lot of other diseases much more effectively. But if you fundamentally don't believe vaccines are beneficial, it's going to put a big drag on the system.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

And here's where, um, what you, one nice thing that's developed in across countries is, you know, we have the EMA in Europe and we have the Canadian regulators and we have a growing number of sophisticated, um, Asian regulators.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

And here's where, um, what you, one nice thing that's developed in across countries is, you know, we have the EMA in Europe and we have the Canadian regulators and we have a growing number of sophisticated, um, Asian regulators.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health, Episode 2: Dr. Gupta and Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf

And here's where, um, what you, one nice thing that's developed in across countries is, you know, we have the EMA in Europe and we have the Canadian regulators and we have a growing number of sophisticated, um, Asian regulators.