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We discuss the social construction of "the end of the pandemic" in light Texas and Mississippi's lifted restrictions this week, and the ongoing claim that state and local aid is now unnecessary. Then before we go, review Oren Cass' recent Times op-ed and its claims about the causes of poverty. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/48202666 (Teaser) We discuss a prominent study that claims there is "no statistical difference" in covid risk across different occupations and weigh in on the increasing prevalence of the 3 ft vs 6 ft debate. But first, we look at Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial advice for dealing with long covid. Runtime 1:19:21 DP EP 230, 1 March 2021 🧬

With the US passing 500,000 covid deaths this week, we unpack how these deaths have been normalized in social and political life and the competing attempts to imbue them with meaning or obscure their meaning entirely. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/47886340 (Teaser) Nathan Tankus joins us for a review of the new Adam Curtis film "Can't Get You Out Of My Head." Runtime 1:31:33 DP EP 228, 22 February 2021 🧬

Today we break format a little bit to speak publicly about something the health insurer Cigna is doing to Beatrice, which was unfolding in the backdrop of Medicare for All Week. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/47598706 (Teaser) We discuss the new CDC guidelines on school reopenings and the immediate response from reopening advocates like Emily Oster, plus dig into the latest revelations in the Cuomo nursing home scandal. Then stick around for a very special announcement from Vince at the end. Runtime 1:03:04 DP EP 226, 15 February 2021 🧬

Economists Nathan Tankus and Marshall Steinbaum join us to discuss the biggest red herring argument leveraged against the single payer movement: how are you going to pay for it? We discuss what this question distracts from, how the answer is actually quite simple, and the number of ways a single payer system would have profound macroeconomic benefits. Nathan Tankus is Research Director at the Modern Money Network and the author of the publication Notes on the Crises. Marshall Steinbaum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and Senior Fellow at the Jain Family Institute. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-NathanMarshall-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw206-nathan-tankus-marshall-steinbaum [html]

Dean Spade joins us to discuss building the movement for single payer, how the fragmentation of our social welfare systems is used to demobilize us, and how Medicare for All would help build solidarity to fight future struggles. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-DeanSpade-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw205-dean-spade [html]

Justin Feldman joins us to discuss the how state violence operates as a public health vector and how the politics of medicalization and data production interact with the carceral system. Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-JustinFeldman-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw204-justin-feldman [html]

Arrianna Planey joins us to discuss the how the distribution and rationing of healthcare in the United States is closely tied to property relations, systemic racism and ableism, and capitalist market frameworks. Arrianna Planey is a medical geographer and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-ArriannaPlaney-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw203-arrianna-planey [html]

Adam Gaffney joins us to discuss how the pandemic has highlighted the need for Medicare for All and more comprehensive coordination of healthcare resource distribution. Adam Gaffney is the most recent past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and a pulmonary specialist at Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-AdamGaffney-Transcript [PDF] twww.deathpanel.net/m4aw202-adam-gaffney [html]

Welcome to Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. In this brief episode, we announce this year's lineup, introduce this year's series, and tease some of what's to come this week. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: http://bit.ly/M4AWeek-2 [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw2 [html]

Libby Watson joins us to discuss how the way the press frames healthcare stories obscures systemic problems with our healthcare system, and the issues with limiting our demands to incremental reforms. Subscribe to Libby's publication Sick Note at sicknote.co This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: http://bit.ly/M4AWeek-LibbyWatson-Transcript [PDF] https://www.deathpanel.net/m4aw201-libby-watson [html]

If you enjoy this full episode, originally posted as a patron exclusive, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod We speak with journalist Rachel Cohen and epidemiologist Abby Cartus about the media's rush to emphasize scientific certainty on covid transmission in schools, from a recent JAMA commentary headlines mislabeled as "CDC guidance" to a Rockefeller Foundation report based on Emily Oster's dashboard. Rachel Cohen is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for The Intercept. Follow her on twitter @rmc031 Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Follow her on twitter @AbbyCScience

We discuss the wave of lifted restrictions across states in the US even as the pandemic continues to surge, how states have shifted their vaccine priority schedules to privilege economic output, and how the term "essential worker" has been refigured over the course of the crisis. Our second annual Medicare for All Week begins next week, February 8th. Support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod to make the show and event series like Medicare for All Week possible. new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46938261/ (Teaser) We speak with journalist Rachel Cohen and epidemiologist Abby Cartus about the media's rush to emphasize scientific certainty on covid transmission in schools, from a recent JAMA commentary headlines mislabeled as "CDC guidance" to a Rockefeller Foundation report based on Emily Oster's dashboard. Rachel Cohen is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for The Intercept. Follow her on twitter @rmc031 Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Follow her on twitter @AbbyCScience Runtime 1:11:23 DP EP 224, 1 February 2021 🧬

Jules Gleeson joins us to discuss the latest fallout from the UK's Bell v. Tavistock decision on trans healthcare and the litany of suspiciously similar laws being introduced in states across the US. Jules is the editor of the forthcoming collection Transgender Marxism, which you can preorder at the links below. You can support Jules' work at https://www.patreon.com/QueerComm As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 US: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/transgender-marxism-jules-joanne-gleeson/1137053125 EU: https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/sozialwissenschaften/50696703-9780745341668-transgender-marxism UK: https://www.waterstones.com/book/transgender-marxism/jules-joanne-gleeson/elle-orourke/9780745341668

Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46626984 (Teaser) We review the Biden administration's massive new strategy document on how it plans to handle the pandemic from here on. But first, we take a look at Pfizer's successful appeal to distribute less vials of vaccine than originally planned. Runtime 1:20:40 DP EP 222, 25 January 2021 🧬

We discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden, dismal recent updates to his healthcare agenda that were copied direct from AHIP, and one writer's bad argument that under Biden the left should cool it on Medicare for All. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46375015 (Teaser) We discuss the latest attempt by proponents of the Great Barrington Declaration to forestall any meaningful public health interventions, and check in on the increasingly bungled US vaccination effort. Runtime 1:08:10 DP EP 220, 18 January 2021 🧬