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Shameless self-promotion better late than never: Anti-Vax America

I can’t believe it’s been nearly four weeks since the podcast went live and I forgot to plug it, but Orac was interviewed for the It Could Happen Here podcast.

Anti-Vax America
It really could happen here: Anti-Vax America.

I can’t believe that it’s been a month since I last posted here. Realizing that led me to decided I need to get off my posterior and resurrect this blog. I also can’t believe that it’s been nearly a month since a podcast for which I was interviewed went live. I figured that a good way to try to get things rolling would be by promoting my appearance last month on the podcast It Could Happen Here, which last week ran a five part series, Anti-Vax America. It Could Happen Here is a really good podcast, one that I listen to on a regular basis, if not catching every episode. (But, then, I don’t catch every episode of any podcast that I follow.)

Anti-Vax America basically takes a depressing look at the state of public health under RFK Jr. through the lens of the ongoing measles outbreak that originated in west Texas in January. The depressing—but, I hope, educational—part is the discussion of where public health is likely going under the current regime. (Spoiler alert: Nowhere good. But, then, you already know that.) Among those interviewed by journalist Steven Monacelli include a public health official on the ground, Dr. Peter Hotez, myself, historians, an expert in the history of eugenics, and more. The series can be listened to individually as episodes or as one big mega-episode here:

You can also find It Could Happen Here on Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Spotify, and most other sites where podcasts are available. Also, as an FYI, Dr. Hotez appears in episodes 2 and 5, and I appear in episodes 4 and 5. Enjoy!

In the meantime, I hope to start posting again tomorrow or Tuesday. I know, I know. I’ve said it before, but I think I can manage it.

By Orac

Orac is the nom de blog of a humble surgeon/scientist who has an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his copious verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few probably will. That surgeon is otherwise known as David Gorski.

That this particular surgeon has chosen his nom de blog based on a rather cranky and arrogant computer shaped like a clear box of blinking lights that he originally encountered when he became a fan of a 35 year old British SF television show whose special effects were renowned for their BBC/Doctor Who-style low budget look, but whose stories nonetheless resulted in some of the best, most innovative science fiction ever televised, should tell you nearly all that you need to know about Orac. (That, and the length of the preceding sentence.)

DISCLAIMER:: The various written meanderings here are the opinions of Orac and Orac alone, written on his own time. They should never be construed as representing the opinions of any other person or entity, especially Orac's cancer center, department of surgery, medical school, or university. Also note that Orac is nonpartisan; he is more than willing to criticize the statements of anyone, regardless of of political leanings, if that anyone advocates pseudoscience or quackery. Finally, medical commentary is not to be construed in any way as medical advice.

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