Poke It: Racism & Misinformation in the Medical System

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The global pandemic of Covid-19 has left us with a lot of unanswered questions. In this episode we decided to ask a medical professional, and close personal friend, about how we can sort through all of the confusion of misinformation and systemic racism in the medical system. Dr. Benzi Kluger is a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York and Director of the Neuro-Palliative Care Division in the new Palliative Care Research Center. He is also working on a book called “Dangerous and Expensive Bullshit” which will empower the average citizen to take responsibility for their health through information literacy.

Links:

Ibram X. Kendi - How to Be an Antiracist https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1

FLICC- 5 Techniques of Science Denialism: https://www.skepticalscience.com/history-FLICC-5-techniques-science-denial.html

Stephen Law - Believing Bullshit

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Believing_Bullshit/n9oRBTVZdWsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Time Stamps:

2:28 - DR Kluger Intro

4:50 - How has COvid-19 Affected your work and the Medical Center you are in?

8:00 - Telehealth and Equitable access

10:30 - Dr. Kluger’s study on Parkinsons

15:00 - Inner City Rochester or Peru?

16:40 - Intersection of Race and Class

21:25 - Being an antiracist in medical research

26:40 - Dangerous and Expensive Bullshit

31:00 - Building a Basic Bullshit Detector

31:35 - Is Colloidal Silver Bullshit?

35:25 - Which Bullshit should I buy?

38:40 - Science Denialism - FLICC

41:15 - Covid-19 Questions from the “Audience”

41:20 - “Should I wear a mask?”

42:56 - “Should I Wipe Everything Down?”

44:16 “Can Cannabis Prevent Covid-19?”

49:30 - The Last Time You Sh*t Your Pants