Ep. 49 - Interview With Forrest Maready, Author of The Moth in the Iron Lung

The Vaccine Conversation with Melissa and Dr. Bob

Immunity Education Group

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today we discuss a controversial book that will challenge what you, and your grandparents, think you know about the polio epidemic. Were these mysterious cases of paralysis really due to the poliovirus? Did the polio vaccine truly save all of us from a lifetime of disability? Or is there more to the story? What happened when scientists, doctors, and concerned parents began to realize that other factors may be at play, and what did the government, doctors, and historians do to control the narrative?

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0:00.0	I can hear you now, perfect. Yes.
0:03.4	Forest Mereddy likes spaghetti. I got it.
0:07.6	It's perfect because I'm Italian, so I like spaghetti.
0:12.0	I love it's Mereddy likes it.
0:14.0	It's actually an Irish name, but the other...
0:16.0	I could tell. I could tell it was Irish. I knew it was Irish,
0:18.4	because that's not how Italian letters look, but I can pronounce it like spaghetti,
0:23.0	because you know, I like my pasta.
0:25.6	So you're getting a taste of what I get to deal with every day here in the
0:29.1	studio afterwards. Hello, Forest. This is Melissa.
0:33.0	So nice to meet you. Thank you. Likewise.
0:36.1	So nice to talk with you in person, not just in our quick little Facebook messages,
0:42.7	back and forth. I feel like I know you because I've read your book,
0:45.4	and I've got another one ready to go. I have not listened to all your videos,
0:49.7	like other people, so I'm behind on that. However, I am...
0:52.8	It's a good thing. I'm very, very supportive of your efforts.
0:55.6	Are you going to keep this up for the whole podcast, Melissa?
0:58.0	Keep what up?
1:00.8	Of what are you referring, Dr. Bob?
1:03.7	Well, hey, Forest. It's good to talk to you.
1:05.7	I'm just kidding. That was just my pretend accent.
1:09.2	I'm just kidding.
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