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Dr Gad Saad: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense - Ask Dr. Drew - Episode 33

Ask Dr. Drew

Dr. Drew

Health & Fitness, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7759 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

“Read this book, strengthen your resolve, and help us all return to reason,” says Jordan Peterson, in a review of Dr. Gad Saad’s latest publication “The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense” available now at https://go.drdrew.com/gadbook. Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author. He hosts The Saad Truth podcast and YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/gadsaad. More about Gad Saad: https://www.gadsaad.com/  Follow Gad Saad at https://twitter.com/GadSaad  Dr. Gad Saad is Professor of Marketing at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), and former holder of the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption (2008-2018). He has held Visiting Associate Professorships at Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and the University of California–Irvine. Dr. Saad received the Faculty of Commerce’s Distinguished Teaching Award in June 2000, and was listed as one of the ‘hot’ professors of Concordia University in both the 2001 and 2002 Maclean’s reports on Canadian universities. Saad was appointed Newsmaker of the Week of Concordia University in five consecutive years (2011-2015), and is the co-recipient of the 2015 President’s Media Outreach Award-Research Communicator of the Year (International), which goes to the professor at Concordia University whose research receives the greatest amount of global media coverage. [Streamed live on Feb 17, 2021] Get an alert when Dr. Drew is taking calls: http://drdrew.tv/ Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation ( https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (https://twitter.com/FirstLadyOfLove). THE SHOW: For over 30 years, Dr. Drew Pinsky has taken calls from all corners of the globe, answering thousands of questions from teens and young adults. To millions, he is a beacon of truth, integrity, fairness, and common sense. Now, after decades of hosting Loveline and multiple hit TV shows – including Celebrity Rehab, Teen Mom OG, Lifechangers, and more – Dr. Drew is opening his phone lines to the world by streaming LIVE from his home studio in California. On Ask Dr. Drew, no question is too extreme or embarrassing because the Dr. has heard it all. Don’t hold in your deepest, darkest questions any longer. Ask Dr. Drew and get real answers today. This show is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All information exchanged during participation in this program, including interactions with DrDrew.com and any affiliated websites, are intended for educational and/or entertainment purposes only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.4

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0:13.8

Silly bookers?

0:14.8

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0:17.1

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0:21.4

Conditions apply.

0:22.6

Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.

0:28.8

This pandemic began.

0:31.5

We were not sure how it spread.

0:33.2

Everyone began wearing masks and using hand sanitizers.

0:35.8

Great ways to slow the spread.

0:37.7

But a lot of people still get sick.

0:38.9

I can personally attest to that.

0:40.4

We now know that COVID-19 spreads via aerosols

0:42.5

and droplets from the nose and mouth,

0:43.9

and I've been thinking about this for a while.

0:45.5

Why aren't we also sanitizing the nose and mouth

0:48.4

killing the virus directly at the place where it spreads?

0:51.0

Why weren't more doctors thinking about this?

0:52.9

Well, some doctors have done the research,

0:55.1

which I discovered it sooner. That's why I'm excited to tell you about halidine. It's an FDA registered

1:00.2

anticeptic for the nose and mouth that's proven to eliminate 99.99% of the virus that causes COVID-19

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