Special Episode: Dr. Adam Ratner & Booster Shots

This Podcast Will Kill You

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

For the past few months, measles has been in regular rotation in the news cycle here in the US, with outbreaks occurring across the country in regions with low vaccine uptake. These outbreaks represent a worrying trend in the rejection of scientific and medical expertise, with long-term consequences not only for those individuals refusing vaccines but also the communities to which they belong. In this TPWKY book club episode (recorded March 14, 2025), Dr. Adam Ratner joins us to discuss his book Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health. With his firsthand experience treating children with measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, Dr. Ratner provides a powerful perspective on the dangers of the measles virus and vaccine hesitancy. What can we learn from the history of measles and the measles vaccine rollout? Why is measles such a dangerous virus? Where do we go from here? Tune in for all this and more.

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0:00.0	This is exactly right.
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0:23.6	The Hi, I'm Erin Welsh, and this is, this podcast Will Kill You. You're listening to the latest episode in the
0:57.5	TPWKY Book Club series, where I interview authors of popular science and medicine books about their
1:04.6	latest work. It has been so much fun to put these episodes together, and I am really thrilled to be bringing you more of
1:13.0	these this season. If you'd like to get a sneak peek of the books that we'll be featuring
1:17.4	throughout the rest of this season, or to check out the books that have been featured on past
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2:17.5	A worrying trend has emerged in the United States over the past few years, as well as in other
2:23.3	regions around the globe. Vaccine uptake rates, both in children and adults, have started to
2:29.1	decline, due in large part to increasing vaccine hesitancy. As a result, we've seen more and more outbreaks
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