EP. 45 — Dr. Seema Yasmin

Emmy-award winning journalist, medical doctor, and author Dr. Seema Yasmin joins Jameela this week to discuss immense racism POC’s have experienced at the hands of the healthcare system, the ways the healthcare system needs to own up to its past for everyone to move forward, the Covid-19 vaccine and why people should feel safe, the scientific problems with fit teas and placenta pills, and more. Dr. Yasmin’s book – Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall For Them – can be found wherever books are sold.

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