2.49 COVID-19 Contrarians, Remdesivir, & Book Club on "Malignant" with OHSU HemOnc Fellows

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Health, Medicine, Policy, Oncology, Science & Medicine

4.7 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This week we begin with a monologue on the recent controversy surrounding Dr. John Ioannidis's published opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic. We end with a group discussion with Oregon Health & Science University's Hematology/Oncology fellows on our host's, Vinay Prasad's, new book "Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer." Expressing different views on COVID-19: https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/ Malignant: www.amazon.com/Malignant-Policy-Evidence-People-Cancer/dp/1421437635 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

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0:00.0	Welcome to Plenary Session.
0:07.0	I'm your host, Dr. Vinay Prasad.
0:10.0	I'm a practicing hematologist, oncologist, and I'm associate professor of medicine.
0:14.0	I'm interested in issues at the intersection of medicine, oncology, and health policy, and that's what you're going to get on this podcast.
0:22.2	Welcome to Season 2.
0:25.0	This week, we've got a few things in store for you. First, I have a monologue about the human
0:30.1	reaction to COVID-19. Next, I recently participated in a book club about malignant,
0:35.7	how bad policy and bad evidence harmed people with
0:38.6	cancer. This book club was done here with some of the fellows at OHSU via Zoom, and I'm going to
0:44.2	bring parts of our conversation to you. You won't want to miss this episode of Plenary Sessions.
0:48.6	Stay tuned. But first, a thanks. I want to thank those of you who've gone online and support this podcast on patreon.com.
0:57.8	Patreon subscribers get access to the slides from lectures I give on Plenary Session.
1:02.6	I also want to thank the hundreds of you who've gone to the iTunes store and reviewed this podcast.
1:07.6	We appreciate that feedback.
1:09.5	I also want to thank the dozens of you who've written
1:11.5	reviews. A written review goes a long way. What can Plenary Session do for you? Email us your
1:16.8	questions at Plenary Session podcast at gmail.com. Tweet to us at Plenary underscore Session. Let us know
1:22.7	what you like about the podcast and let us know what you don't like. This year on season two,
1:30.1	we're going to incorporate some new elements in the podcast,
1:32.2	and we want to know your feedback on them. First up, COVID-19, what has it done to us?
1:50.5	Over the last week, I've had a chance to survey the landscape of academia, and my diagnosis
1:56.9	is critically ill.
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