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America Dissected

The Problem with “Do Your Own Research”

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Abdul and Katelyn break down the latest in public health, including: RFK’s Jr’s push to test all future vaccines against placebos Why the phrase “Do Your Own Research” often leads to mis and disinformation New threats to MRNA vaccine research A huge NIH investment toward a future universal flu vaccine Why some leading medical journals received accusatory letters from a Trump surrogate A new poll that shows Americans agree on the most pressing public health needs, but disagree on the solutions Then Abdul sits down with Astra Taylor and Lindsey Muniak from The Debt Collective to talk about their work fighting medical debt while building solidarity among debtors. Check out our shop at store.americadissected.com for our new America Dissected merch – including logo shirts, hoodies and mugs. And don’t miss our “Vaccines Matter. Science Works.” t-shirts! This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: de Beaumont Foundation: For 25 years, the de Beaumont Foundation has worked to create practical solutions that improve the health of communities across the country. To learn more, visit debeaumont.org.  Quince: Go to Quince.com/AD for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Our Big Shot: Search for and subscribe to “Our Big Shot: Wiping Out Disease” on Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app.

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0:00.0

RFK begins his all out of salt on biomedical research.

0:12.2

This is America Dissected.

0:13.5

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-El-Said.

0:15.1

And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jadalina.

0:17.4

And we're recording this on Tuesday, May 6th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

0:27.0

Kaylin, happy Mother's Day to you this weekend.

0:28.2

Thank you.

0:30.0

And same to your wife.

0:31.2

What are you guys going to be doing?

0:36.1

Well, uh, I need to figure that out.

0:37.8

Please tell me you have plans.

0:39.4

I have plans.

0:40.5

I just don't know there yet.

0:43.3

That's okay.

0:44.2

You have a few days.

0:48.4

I will update you next week as to what our plans were and how well I executed on them.

0:50.9

To be fair, I've been otherwise indisposed. I have excuses.

0:52.4

Such a guy.

0:53.9

No, I mean, usually what we end up doing is making a breakfast in bed. And I,

0:58.2

I think what I'm going to try and do is probably like take the girls out of the house for a while

1:02.6

and then let Sarah have like some, some time away, some like peace and quiet. Like we have a two-year-old.

1:07.4

And so she just can't seem to leave Sarah alone. There's, like, this clinginess that I feel for.

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