Episode 215 Dr. Lewis is NOT Kaiser or WebMd.

Standard

We know, we know… you’re tired of being told to wear your mask. Sorry not sorry, we’re going to tell you again. Well, we’re going to let our episode 215 guest tell you. And then we will tell you again.

We brought on Dr. Mark Lewis, a Utah GI Oncologist, who has been very vocal on Twitter about the importance of wearing masks. In June he went viral for a tweet (posted below) from the physiology of why mask wearing won’t cause you issues with your C02.

Dr. Mark Lewis hails from the beautiful land of Scotland. His family immigrated to America when he was the wee age of 8. Sadly the family arrival to Texas would be where his family would find out that his father had lung cancer. This started his journey and passion into medicine. After 10 years of studying and practicing medicine in Texas, he and his wife moved up to Utah and have been taking care of the health of Utahn’s for 4 years. *His wife is a pediatrician* Not only is Mark a doctor, he has also been a patient. In 2017 he allowed for his own cancer surgery to be recorded where he also live tweeted. Dr. Lewis has written extensively about that journey on the Journal of Clinical Oncology titled, Gain of Function: Empathy for the Uncertain Patient with Cancer.

Dr. Lewis uses his medical knowledge, and common sense, to show to the anti-maskers and mask slackers, that you cannot have it both ways. He reminded us that physics says the body will do it’s best to keep us alive and thank heavens for 1847 germ theory. Fortunately in his battle to get the word out, his employers at IHC have been incredibly supportive.

In addition to talking about the importance of mask wearing, his journey to Utah, and his passion for hereditary cancer research, we talked about what is happening to the medical community *you know those people you are calling heroes right now* during COVID. We talked about the mental health issues they are facing and how Twitter has become a community for them.

If you want to follow more of what Dr. Mark has to say, @MarkLewisMD is his Twitter handle.

We ask our guests what their one thing they couldn’t part with in Utah would be. Dr. Lewis said that he is amazed and the variation of landscape in Utah from the coral sand dunes to the mountains.

We will ALWAYS love your “likes” BUT don’t forget to click that little SHARE button (or retweet) *sharing IS indeed caring* You can find us and subscribe on Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Itunes, IHeartRadio, Google Play, and TuneIN. Leave us a review and Follow us on the Twitter @tnupodcast, Instagram @Tnupodcast, or on Facebook The New Utah Podcast

Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.