All posts by Judah Kreinbrook

Judah Kreinbrook is currently a first-year medical student at Duke University. His interest in science-based medicine arose after deconstructing the anti-vaccination beliefs of his parents. Prior to medical school, Judah worked as a paramedic, a formative clinical experience which revealed the difficulties of clinical practice. His current academic interests include the philosophy of science/medicine, empirical research on medical misinformation, quantifying diagnostic error appropriately, and always trying to prove himself wrong. Clinically he is interested in cardiology, critical care, and emergency medicine.

It Will Take More Than “Courage” to Restore Public Trust in Medicine

Judah Kreinbrook, a first year medical student, responds to a post on Sensible Medicine by a medical student that exaggerated the risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines while expressing anger at how trust in medicine has been undermined. Having been raised by a family steeped in antivaccine views, Kreinbrook invokes his journey to SBM to gently correct his fellow medical student and...

/ December 31, 2022