Over the course of 40 years, I took the same number of annual influenza vaccines, not because I have ever been personally concerned about influenza or its spread. In fact, I have never had a test for suspected influenza. I took them because it was part of medical training and then later mandated for staff privileges at every hospital I ever worked.
Why so many influenza vaccines? Published efficacy is typically < 50%, and some years, essentially zero. I never questioned the bothersome requirement because I thought the shots were safe. Well, when I sat down with East Coast anesthesiologist Irene Mavrakakis, MD, I received a real education on IgE-mediated vaccine reactions that are very difficult to treat and tend to have cross-reactivities with other allergens, including latex.
You are going to be fascinated with this interview. But you won’t be surprised that Dr. Mavrakakis declined the COVID-19 vaccine, given her allergic history and what she had to go through to keep her hospital staff privileges as an attending anesthesiologist. COVID-19 vaccination likely would have been fatal — but her hospital staff was unconcerned. They inflicted alternative countermeasures like punishment that she had to endure for years.
In the last part of the show, we mix medicine and politics and have her introduce libertarianism to the Report. More about Dr. Mavrakakis from her conference website: “Irene Mavrakakis, M.D is the Founder of Liberty Speaks and Delaware Initiative for Science and Ethics. Promoting the anti-war message and advocating for Free and Equal Elections, Polling, and Debates are advocacy projects she prioritizes in addition to her libertarian and medical freedom projects.
Dr. Mavrakakis is a Christian and a Mises Caucus Libertarian who is a staunch medical freedom, bodily autonomy, and informed consent advocate. She is Vice Chairwoman and Kent County Chairwoman of the Libertarian Party of Delaware, a Rage Against the War Machine Organizer, Executive Director of Free and Equal Elections, and a Project Manager/Advisor to the Mike ter Maat for President Campaign. Professionally, she is an interventional spine and musculoskeletal specialist. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology from New York University and her Doctor of Medicine Degree from New York Medical College. She dedicates her advocacy work to her mom, Christina, who was a Lebensborn child during WWII and came to America because she knew she would “ always be free.” Her favorite things to say are: “Humanity is innately good,” “ Love is always the way,” “What unites us is far greater than what divides us,” and “Freedom is never free.”
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