Author: TheUnfilteredPediatrician
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Trust the Science, Why I Got the COVID Shot and Why I Want A Do-Over
Filed under: things I would like on the record before someone screenshots this out of context. I got the COVID shot for the noblest reason of all, to keep doing what I love to do, taking care of children. Turns out “informed consent” gets a lot more informed when your employer is standing behind you…
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Stop Saying “Half Brother”: Why Every Sibling Counts as a Whole Person, and Why Your Family Tree Doesn’t Need Footnotes
Picture this: you’re at a barbecue, holding a paper plate that can’t handle the weight of your potato salad, and someone introduces a nice young man as “my half brother.” You look him over. He seems complete. Two arms, two legs, one full head of hair, and a fully formed opinion about the Cowboys’ offensive…
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Big Pharma’s Greatest Hustle: How Pediatricians Get Rich Off Vaccines. Just Kidding, We Drive Toyotas
Every so often, someone on the internet works up the nerve to tell me the truth about my life. Usually it’s a man whose medical training consists of three podcasts and a supplement discount code. He tells me I vaccinate children because Big Pharma pays me to. That I’m a corporate shill. That I’m getting…
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Masks Forever: Because Apparently 2020 Never Ended in Some Households
I am honestly surprised by how many families are still bringing their children into clinic wearing masks, whether the child is sick or perfectly well. Years after the height of the pandemic, I walk into exam rooms and see little faces still covered, even when there is no particular outbreak, no special risk factor, and…
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Software Updates Aren’t Optional For Your Phone, Neither Is Medical Knowledge For Your Doctor
Doctors who don’t change their practice are a real problem, and patients should know it. Medicine advances; guidelines update; lives depend on clinicians who actually learn and adapt. When physicians cling to old habits instead of following current evidence, the result is not just intellectual stubbornness, it’s avoidable harm. Why this happens:Training inertia: Many doctors…