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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: Hepatitis B

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

Medical History, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Medicine, Sawbones, History

4.815.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A trip to get an updated tetanus shot led to the realization that Justin never got a Hepatitis B vaccine. So Dr. Sydnee explains what exactly is Hep B, the recent headlines surrounding the vaccine, why do people usually get this vaccine as babies – and why didn’t Justin get it? Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Harmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/

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0:00.0

Sawbones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.

0:07.2

It's for fun.

0:08.7

Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?

0:14.2

We think you've earned it.

0:15.8

Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.

0:22.6

You're worth it.

0:25.9

All right.

0:27.5

Tommy is about some books.

0:30.6

One, two, one, two, three, four. We came across a pharmacy with its windows blasted out

0:52.0

pushed on through the broken glass

0:54.4

And had ourselves a look around

0:56.3

The medicines, the medicines

0:58.4

That I spell and macaw for the mouth

1:03.5

Hello everybody

1:04.4

And welcome to Sawbones

1:05.7

A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

1:07.9

I'm your co-host Justin McElroy

1:09.9

And I'm Sydney McElroy I didn didn't mean to, I wasn't trying to sing. It just kind of, don't make me sound. It just kind of came out. Did you see the title of my notes? It's right there. And I realized that it auto-corrected. It says, hey, B, vaccine. Hey, B. Hey, B. Hey, B. Hey, B, what's up, B? You've seen it, B. Yeah. It auto corrected. It says, hey, B, vaccine. Hey, B.

1:27.7

Hey, B. Hey, B. Hey, B, what's up, B? Vaccine, Hep B. Yeah, I didn't mean to do that. Me meant to say Hep B. Hep B. Vaccine. But not it was like some sort of, I don't know, slang in the profession. No, which means it's, is my document titled that? No, it's titled Hepby.

1:45.6

Okay.

1:46.7

But it says...

1:47.2

I make sure you correct that because I'll make it harder to find later. Well, no, it's titled Hepby. That's true. So it doesn't matter. It's just on my document that it says, hey, me. Now, Sidney, I unintentionally inspired this week's episode. Is that fair?

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