That That Don't Kill Me

Kendall and Jamie talk to heart transplant recipient Callie Tansill-Suddath about the Johns Hopkins study into transplant recipients' response to the vaccines (which both Kendall and Callie are a part of), what it means for their own protection against the virus, and broader uncertainties for immunocompromised people. Information on early results from the first cohort of study participants: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-covid-19-vaccines-may-not-produce-sufficient-antibody-response-in-transplant-recipients  Contact us! Want to get in touch with us? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a message at 862-201-4796. We might even play your message on a future show. Like our show? Throw us a rating. That helps other people like you, find us! Thanks so much for being our people. We hope to be yours! Follow Kendall and Jamie.

Kendall and Jamie are now both fully vaccinated, and compare and contrast their responses to the different vaccines. They also discuss their own conflicting feelings about vaccine FOMO, "line cutting" discourse, and actual line cutting. Contact us! Want to get in touch with us? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a message at 862-201-4796. We might even play your message on a future show. Like our show? Throw us a rating. That helps other people like you, find us! Thanks so much for being our people. We hope to be yours! Follow Kendall and Jamie.

Jamie and Kendall are joined by Dr. James Hamblin of The Atlantic to discuss his recent article on the likelihood of having a normal, almost-non-pandemic summer this year. They also talk the vaccine rollout, the global view of pandemic management, and how James called pretty much everything over a year ago. A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/summer-2021-pandemic/618088/ Contact us! Want to get in touch with us? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a message at 862-201-4796. We might even play your message on a future show. Like our show? Throw us a rating. That helps other people like you, find us! Thanks so much for being our people. We hope to be yours! Follow Kendall and Jamie.

Kendall and Jamie discuss Anna Altman's essay in The New Republic, "The Consolations of the Illness Memoir," what exactly the genre is for anymore, and what makes an illness book and illness book. They also talk about their own adventures in writing and talking about illness, which they'll surely write and talk about at some point.  "The Consolations of the Illness Memoir": https://newrepublic.com/article/161387/consolations-illness-memoir-tessa-miller-book-review WARNING: This is now a 50% vaccinated podcast. Listen at your own discretion.  Contact us! Want to get in touch with us? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a message at 862-201-4796. We might even play your message on a future show. Like our show? Throw us a rating. That helps other people like you, find us! Thanks so much for being our people. We hope to be yours! Follow Kendall and Jamie.

Jamie and Kendall discuss how COVID has forced employers and companies to reconsider the workplace, and whether they think office culture will be more accommodating even after the pandemic is gone.  Contact us! Want to get in touch with us? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a message at 862-201-4796. We might even play your message on a future show. Like our show? Throw us a rating. That helps other people like you, find us! Thanks so much for being our people. We hope to be yours! Follow Kendall and Jamie.