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Bestsellers
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Blind Spots
- When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
- By: Marty Makary MD
- Narrated by: Marty Makary MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem.
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Another great book by Dr Makary
- By guy on 09-25-24
By: Marty Makary MD
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The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- By: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Narrated by: Bruce Wagner
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19....
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Could be shorter
- By Evan Snow on 01-03-22
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
- A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
- By: Anne Fadiman
- Narrated by: Pamela Xiong
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion....
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Good audiobook but narrator struggles with basic pronunciation
- By Kate on 06-04-15
By: Anne Fadiman
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The AI Revolution in Medicine
- GPT-4 and Beyond
- By: Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, Isaac Kohane
- Narrated by: J. Hunter Ackerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Just months ago, millions of people were stunned by ChatGPT's amazing abilities–and its bizarre hallucinations. But that was 2022. GPT-4 is now here, with smarter, more accurate, and deeper technical knowledge....
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Self-Serving Junk
- By Memphis Matt on 09-11-23
By: Peter Lee, and others
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The People's Hospital
- Hope and Peril in American Medicine
- By: Ricardo Nuila MD
- Narrated by: Ricardo Nuila MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People’s Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila’s stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians....
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Niche perspective
- By Kathleen Garcia on 05-07-23
By: Ricardo Nuila MD
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Mad in America
- Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
- By: Robert Whitaker
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser, Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery....
By: Robert Whitaker
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Blind Spots
- When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
- By: Marty Makary MD
- Narrated by: Marty Makary MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem.
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Another great book by Dr Makary
- By guy on 09-25-24
By: Marty Makary MD
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The Real Anthony Fauci
- Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
- By: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Narrated by: Bruce Wagner
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19....
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Could be shorter
- By Evan Snow on 01-03-22
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
- A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
- By: Anne Fadiman
- Narrated by: Pamela Xiong
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion....
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Good audiobook but narrator struggles with basic pronunciation
- By Kate on 06-04-15
By: Anne Fadiman
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The AI Revolution in Medicine
- GPT-4 and Beyond
- By: Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, Isaac Kohane
- Narrated by: J. Hunter Ackerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Just months ago, millions of people were stunned by ChatGPT's amazing abilities–and its bizarre hallucinations. But that was 2022. GPT-4 is now here, with smarter, more accurate, and deeper technical knowledge....
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Self-Serving Junk
- By Memphis Matt on 09-11-23
By: Peter Lee, and others
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The People's Hospital
- Hope and Peril in American Medicine
- By: Ricardo Nuila MD
- Narrated by: Ricardo Nuila MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People’s Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila’s stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians....
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Niche perspective
- By Kathleen Garcia on 05-07-23
By: Ricardo Nuila MD
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Mad in America
- Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
- By: Robert Whitaker
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser, Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery....
By: Robert Whitaker
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Blind Eye
- By: James B. Stewart
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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No one could believe the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer....
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Abridgement
- By E O on 03-10-10
By: James B. Stewart
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Losing Our Dignity
- How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality
- By: Charles C. Camosy
- Narrated by: Charles C. Camosy
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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There is perhaps no more important value than fundamental human equality. And yet, despite large percentages of people affirming the value, the resources available to explain and defend the basis for such equality are few and far between....
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Well written book that is also very-well read.
- By Trish P on 10-04-21
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The Laws of Medicine
- By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The Laws of Medicine is a critical book not just for those in the medical profession but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being are being treated....
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Insightful, sincere and succinct. Not Mukherjee's best.
- By Saurav on 12-20-15
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ChatGPT, MD
- How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine
- By: Robert Pearl
- Narrated by: Robert Pearl MD
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Doctors and patients have lost control of American medicine. Generative AI can put the power back in their hands, save millions of lives, and restore the doctor-patient relationship.
By: Robert Pearl
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The Occasional Human Sacrifice
- Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
- By: Carl Elliott
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The Occasional Human Sacrifice is an intellectual inquiry into the moral struggle that whistleblowers face and why it is not the kind of struggle that most people imagine.
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More than just the facts
- By Sarah F. on 06-29-24
By: Carl Elliott
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Med Spa Mayhem
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Secrets of the Aesthetic Industry
- By: Kate Dee
- Narrated by: Ashley Mauerhofer
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Med Spa Mayhem is a compelling and must-read book that delves deep into the often unforeseen dangers lurking within the medical spa industry.
By: Kate Dee
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Bioethics
- A Primer for Christians
- By: Gilbert Meilaender
- Narrated by: Trevor Thompson
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In the face of continuing advances in medical research and treatment, bioethical questions remain at the heart of many of our society’s difficult moral problems....
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Thoughtful Material Narrated Well
- By Amazon Customer on 03-23-23
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The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession
- Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics
- By: Farr Curlin, Christopher Tollefsen
- Narrated by: Scot Wilcox
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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What is medicine and what is it for? What does it mean to be a good doctor? The Way of Medicine articulates and defends an account of medicine and medical ethics meant to challenge the reigning provider of services model....
By: Farr Curlin, and others
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What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear
- By: Danielle Ofri MD
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite modern medicine's infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion's share of illnesses....
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Newbie review follows. Be ware
- By Dennis Adler on 09-15-17
By: Danielle Ofri MD
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Rigor Mortis
- How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions
- By: Richard Harris
- Narrated by: Joe Delafield
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated....
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Eye opening introduction to biomedical R&D
- By Amazon Customer on 09-18-18
By: Richard Harris
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Invisible Labor
- The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
- By: Rachel Somerstein
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical care.
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Authenticity
- By Anonymous User on 07-25-24
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Bioethics and the Human Goods
- An Introduction to Natural Law Bioethics
- By: Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, John Keown
- Narrated by: Stuart Appleton
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Bioethics and the Human Goods offers students and general listeners a brief introduction to bioethics from a "natural law" philosophical perspective....
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Excellent synopsis of contemporary bioethics
- By okwudili on 11-21-21
By: Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, and others
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The Red Market
- On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
- By: Scott Carney
- Narrated by: Scott Carney
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning investigative journalist and contributing Wired editor Scott Carney leads listeners on a breathtaking journey through the macabre underworld of the global body bazaar, where organs, bones, and even live people are bought and sold on The Red Market....
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an important book on an overlooked subject
- By Anonymous User on 06-07-20
By: Scott Carney
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Bioethics
- The Dilemmas of Modern Medicine
- By: Jeffrey Kahn
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kahn
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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In this lecture, Professor Kahn will examine the state of health care and biomedical research in the US and around the globe, through the lens of ethics....
By: Jeffrey Kahn
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Embryo
- A Defense of Human Life
- By: Robert P. George, Christopher Tollefsen
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Princeton's McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Robert P. George and USC's Graduate Director of Philosophy Christopher Tollefsen are experts in the field of bioethics....
By: Robert P. George, and others
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Extreme Measures
- Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
- By: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care....
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Brilliant & eye-opening
- By Bob Kelley on 03-16-17
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Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die
- Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America
- By: Amy Gutmann, Jonathan D. Moreno
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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An incisive examination of bioethics and American healthcare, and their profound affects on American culture over the last 60 years, from two eminent scholars....
By: Amy Gutmann, and others
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The Case Against Perfection
- By: Michael J. Sandel
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature....
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The author made his case considering objections
- By Philippe on 01-30-24
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Control
- The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
- By: Adam Rutherford
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Control is a book about what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for improving the British population, and quickly spread to America....
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Significantly outdated.
- By Bill Hawks on 02-15-24
By: Adam Rutherford
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The Danger Within Us
- America’s Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man’s Battle to Survive It
- By: Jeanne Lenzer
- Narrated by: Jeanne Lenzer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The majority of high-risk implanted medical devices have never undergone a single clinical trial. The FDA lets device manufacturers decide whether to report serious complications or deaths....
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3 eye rolls x bias x lack of sufficient objective support
- By xmend on 11-29-19
By: Jeanne Lenzer
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Quick Fixes
- Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge
- By: Benjamin Y. Fong
- Narrated by: Stephen Caffrey
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Quick Fixes is a look at American society through the lens of its pharmacological crutches. Though particularly acute in recent decades, the contradiction between America's passionate love and intense hatred for drugs has been one of its defining characteristics for over a century.
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Excellent
- By M&M on 05-10-24
By: Benjamin Y. Fong
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Imposter Doctors
- Patients at Risk
- By: Rebekah Bernard
- Narrated by: Rebekah Bernard
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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From the co-author of Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare, the first book to warn of the systematic replacement of physicians, comes Imposter Doctors, an even more frightening exposé of patient endangerment....
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Fantastic, balanced book
- By Michael Elliott on 06-28-23
By: Rebekah Bernard
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Doctored
- Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's
- By: Charles Piller
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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For listeners of Empire of Pain and Dopesick, an arresting deep dive into how Alzheimer’s disease treatment has been set back by corrupt researchers, negligent regulators, and the profit motives of Big Pharma.
By: Charles Piller
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We Want Them Infected
- How the Failed Quest for Herd Immunity Led Doctors to Embrace the Anti-Vaccine Movement and Blinded Americans to the Threat of Covid
- By: Jonathan Howard
- Narrated by: Chet Williamson
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
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The problem with pandemics is that people want to forget them. One year, a million Americans are killed by a deadly new virus. The next, everyone is back rooting for the Georgia Bulldogs. The impulse to move on from this particular kind of tragedy is more than a little odd....
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THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF THE ANTI-VAXX DOCTORS
- By Charles J. Tongren on 08-29-23
By: Jonathan Howard