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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Viral Misinformation and Public Health Failures

9/28/2026 • 34 min

Today on The Gist, guest host Bryan Green introduces Mike Pesca's two-part conversation with physician, epidemiologist, and former Detroit health director Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. In part one, El-Sayed discusses the collision between digital misinformation and biological virality, the systemic communication failures of the public health establishment, and how politic… Play episode

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