Interview with DR. RICHARD GUNDERMAN, Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University on his book "Contagion"

Interview with DR. RICHARD GUNDERMAN, Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University. A distinguished medical doctor, author, and historian, he has written more than 800 articles and 15 books, his most recent being Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures from the Black Death to Covid-19 and Beyond. It was roughly a year and a half ago at the very early stages of Covid, when local politicians were telling us that parades will go on and everything is fine. Then as people were starting to get sick, we were told that by the end of the summer, the Virus would dissipate. Then the country basically shut down as there became a rush on toilet paper, masks, and sanitizers. It wasn’t too long afterwards that politics and finger pointing started as to “who was responsible for this.” Since then, the CDC and World Health Organizations started to get a handle on things, giving us guidelines about how to move forward, and for the most part, people complied as most Americans saw this as a “we’re all in this together” life-changing event. But it didn’t take long until some TV doctors got the celebrity bug, messaging got muddled, politicians and the media said they wouldn’t trust anything that took place under a certain President, only to change course and message with, “follow the science,” and “masks save lives.” Today’s guest is NOT a politician or a celebrity but a prominent doctor, Richard Gunderman, who has authored hundreds of articles and whose latest book, Contagion, goes through the history of viruses and plagues, and will educate us about everything we’re doing right, and everything we are doing wrong, and why are the health-care experts constantly changing their messaging - which only leads to more confusion and more mistrust from the American people. During the interview, Dr. Gunderman gave us the answers that cable news doctors did not, and was not afraid to tell us when there are no certain answers to certain questions. This interview was a breath of fresh air compared to the “experts” forced down our throats everyday with answers and rules that are often given to satisfy agendas, which are not necessarily related to our health or that of the country at large. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate