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The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
Buffalo Bills medical staff attended to Damar Hamlin after he was injured at Paycor Stadium. (John Sommers via Alamy)
Why is the public turning to a single, ominous explanation for tragedies like Damar Hamlin’s collapse? Two doctors explain.
By Vinay Prasad and John Mandrola
01.25.23
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Why are so many people, many of them quite young and seemingly in the peak of health, dropping dead? Today, the news of such events is so inescapable that it feels like an epidemic.

Perhaps the most high profile of these was the near-death, on national television, of 24- year-old Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest…

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Vinay Prasad
Vinay Prasad MD, MPH, is a hematologist-oncologist and professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. He runs the VKPrasad lab at UCSF, which studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials, and better decision-making. He is author of over 500 academic articles, plus the books Ending Medical Reversal and Malignant. He hosts the oncology podcast Plenary Session, the general medicine podcast The VPZD Show, is active on Substack, and runs the YouTube channel VinayPrasadMDMPH. He runs The Drug Development Letter, a must-read for industry insights.
John Mandrola
Heart rhythm doc, writer/podcaster for @Medscape, learner, cyclist, married to an #HPM doctor. #MedicalConservative. The more you see, the harder medicine gets
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