Measles Spreads. So Does Disinformation.

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Abdul and Katelyn talk about the current measles outbreak, the danger of relitigating the MMR vaccine again, and the latest round of DOGE cuts to public health. They also peek into the confirmation hearings for Trump’s picks to lead NIH and the FDA, where Senators pressed hard against vaccine skepticism. Then Abdul talks to Adrienne Ammerman, founder of the public health communications platform Arclet. Check out our shop at store.americadissected.com for our new America Dissected merch – including logo shirts, hoodies and mugs. And don’t miss our “Vaccines Matter. Science Works.” t-shirts! This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: de Beaumont Foundation: For 25 years, the de Beaumont Foundation has worked to create practical solutions that improve the health of communities across the country. To learn more, visit debeaumont.org. Thrive Market: Head to thrivemarket.com/AD and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift!

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0:00.0	Measles takes another life.
0:10.4	Meanwhile, the CDC is relitigating the MMR vaccine.
0:13.8	This is America dissected.
0:15.1	I'm your host, Dr. Abdull-Elsaid.
0:16.7	And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jedalina.
0:18.9	And we're taping this on Tuesday night, 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
0:26.4	All right, Caitlin.
0:27.3	So you were away last week.
0:29.0	Tell us.
0:29.5	Tell us how was your trip.
0:30.8	Did you miss me?
0:32.1	We missed you so much.
0:33.5	Drew was great, but we missed you so much.
0:35.3	And part of me thought, like, you could actually
0:38.3	just stay? I was like, wait, wait. Is Caitlin coming back?
0:43.3	Very tempting. No, we went to Portugal. Portugal and Spain and drank all the wine, ate all
0:51.1	the tapas, explored, went on tucktucks, and, I mean, it was super
1:00.3	fun.
1:00.9	That sounds lovely.
1:02.3	And I was going to ask if you got some sun, but then I realized you live in San Diego,
1:05.5	so there's that.
1:06.6	And actually it was raining the whole time we were there.
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