E64: Va¢¢ine Q & A with Special Guest Dr. Jennifer Margulis
E64 Dedication-
Today’s episode is dedicated to all the parents of young children out there. As well as soon-to-be parents. May your family be blessed with good health, vitality, and well-being!
E64 Introduction-
The topic of va¢¢ines and health seems an especially timely one. As we rush to find a va¢¢ine for Covid-19 and many people eagerly line up to get it, I thought it would be a good opportunity to do some research of my own and talk to some people who have done a deep dive into this.
Today’s episode is Basecamp‘s longest episode. By far. I thought of cutting it down or making it into two parts to keep with our roughly 30- minute format. However, when I was editing the episode, it just seemed too valuable and my hunch was to let it play as a long format episode.
I am not sure how often Chris Rodd (my sound editor) and I will do this. I really do like the easier digestable 30 minute EP. But every time I listened and tried to cut or create an end to part one, the next part of the conversation seemed to want to be part of the episode as well.
It is a wonderful thing for me to create and edit these for you. Intuition plays a big part. What will assist the listeners the most? What resources will they take away from this? How will this help them on their Hero’s Journey? These are the questions that Chris and I both keep as our guide in making these.
Many people do not have the bandwidth to research things like vaccine safety. Thankfully for all of us, there are people like my guest today who do. I have noticed that asking questions that challenge the status quo tends to ruffle feathers. This is a natural process, asking questions that lead to discoveries that may challenge assumptions. Is the status quo really all that sacrosanct, especially in the area of health?
What if, instead of reflexively and defensively defending the status quo, we learned how to lean into the discussion as if there might be an important viewpoint or insight that may just be a key component to understanding our health, our children’s health and our future.
Jennifer Margulis Bio-
Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning science journalist who has been researching and writing about health-related topics for over 15 years. She is the author or co-author of eight non-fiction books, including Your Baby, Your Walkjuy (Scribner) and The Va¢¢ine-Friendly Plan with Dr. Paul Thomas (Ballantine). She is currently working on a book about her mother, a renown microbiologist whose theories have changed our basic understanding of the mechanisms of evolution.
Her books have been translated into Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, German, and Estonian.
E64 Final Thoughts-
I hope you enjoyed our conversation with Dr. Margulis. If you want to do a deep dive into the vaccine safety conversation, Ty Bolinger’s The Truth about Va¢¢ines is where I got my initial information. It’s an excellent documentary. You can start there or with either of the books Jennifer mentioned: Dr. Bob Sears The Va¢¢ine Book and her book with Dr. Paul Thomas titled The Va¢¢ine Friendly Plan.
I loved her technique of checking the CDC (the section for doctors) and then cross referencing with the nvic.org National Va¢¢ine Information Center’s website. Seems like smart research, doesn’t it? To find any of Jennifer‘s books, including her upcoming book, or sign up for her newsletter at www.JenniferMargulis.net.