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Doctor / Not a Doctor

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -

An ER doctor (Jeremy Gabrysch, MD) and a non-doctor (Justin Jaksha, his co-worker at Remedy), discuss medicine for everyday people.

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Episodes

Episode 8 - Doctors Are Like Milk, COVID Vaccine News, Flights to Nowhere

September 23, 2020 15:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Jeremy (MD) and Justin (not an MD) discuss news around vaccine developments, and how developing one is not unlike a road trip. Also, flights to nowhere are selling out and should we finally kill the penny?

Episode 7 - Herd Immunity, Airborne COVID & Fresca Years Old

July 08, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Jeremy (MD) and Justin discuss the latest news around COVID-19 coronavirus, including studies in the Lancet about herd immunity likelihood, whether or not growing research suggests the virus is airborne and what current studies around immunity reveal. Also, where has Fresca gone?

Episode 6 - A Vaccine (for Primates), Rising COVID-19 Cases and Horse Naming

June 10, 2020 15:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MB

Jeremy (MD) and Justin (not an MD) discuss the rise in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in 21 states as the US continues to reopen. A new study in monkeys shows promise in terms of immunity. The WHO made a statement about asymptomatic cases, and then changed the statement a day later - what does that mean? Also, why do horses get special naming conventions, and Father's Day gift ideas. 

Episode 5 - Coronavirus Immunity, Reopening & Murder Hornets

May 06, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

Did the coronavirus come from a lab? Is that drug you heard they're studying going to save us? And if it can't, could John Cusack as James Bond help? Jeremy (MD) and Justin discuss what regional reopenings could foreshadow, and why we still need more testing. Also, murder hornets.

Episode 4 - COVID-19 and Warm Weather, Corona Cats and Trail Mix

April 14, 2020 18:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

How is warmer weather projected to affect the spread of COVID-19? Can cats and dogs catch it? What's the latest data on younger population risk, and how do we find a drug to beat this thing?

Episode 3 - Coronavirus Tests, Grocery Disinfecting and LARPing Confidence

March 30, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

Jeremy and Justin discuss why they aren't more covid-19 tests available, and why testing at home has challenges. Also, how to disinfect your groceries, why frisbee golf isn't essential (and never has been), and how to LARP during plague.

Episode 2 - Coronavirus in Pediatrics, Immunity and Jack Bauer

March 20, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Jeremy and Justin discuss recent studies about coronavirus in younger populations, possible complications in the use of ibuprofen to treat covid-19 symptoms, and current understanding of how transmission of the virus works. Additionally, we discuss Crystal Pepsi and if the world needs Jack Bauer again.

Episode 1 - Coronavirus, Pangolins and Shoney's

March 17, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

Jeremy and Justin discuss where viruses come from, how this one is different, what are the implications, and why we need Shoney's more than ever. No politics, more pangolin.