ICYMI Episode 228. White House Director of National Drug Control Policy: Dr. Rahul Gupta on covid19 vaccines.

I usually take a short break the last couple of weeks of the year, but I had so many wonderful guests lined up we decided to keep going! Instead, I am taking the first couple of weeks in January to reset and hope you revisit this conversation with Dr. Rahul Gupta as we discuss dispelling myths about vaccines and the responsibility we have as humans to protect one another. I want to congratulate Dr. Gupta on his newly appointed position as the White House Director of National Drug Control Policy. Dispelling covid19 vaccine myths In this episode, I welcome internal and preventive medicine specialist Dr. Rahul Gupta. Dr. Gupta gained national recognition for his work as public health commissioner for West Virginia and is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Officer at the March of Dimes, the nation’s leader in mom and baby health. We discuss the issues surrounding covid19 vaccine hesitancy and the dangers of the virus. Dr. Gupta answers questions surrounding herd immunity, vaccine efficacy, and vaccine side effects. I learned so much from this conversation and hope you listen with an open mind. I’m loving these conversations and hope you are too. If you are, please rate my podcast on your platform of choice and share it with others! If you would like to support with a donation to help keep this podcast going, you can become a patron of the show by visiting my website or Patreon.com. For comments or suggestions, please reach out on social media @sifumimichan About Dr. Gupta Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, gained national recognition for his work as public health commissioner for West Virginia. He is also the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Officer at the March of Dimes, the nation’s leader in mom and baby health. In his new role, Dr. Gupta provides strategic oversight for March of Dimes medical and public health efforts to improve the health of all moms and babies. Dr. Gupta, a specialist in internal medicine and preventive medicine, served as an academic faculty in Tennessee and Alabama before going to West Virginia originally in 2009 to lead the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University and holds several other academic appointments as well. Dr. Gupta was born in India and grew up in Maryland and the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the son of an Indian diplomat. At age 21, he completed medical school at University of Delhi, and subsequently did his internship and residency at St. Joseph Hospital, Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and a global master’s of business administration degree from the London School of Business and Finance. Discussed in this episode: Covid19 Covid19 vaccines: Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson CDC post-vaccination chart Vaccine passports March of Dimes Polio Vaccine