This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Dr. Peter McCullough

March 19, 2026

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Dr. Peter McCullough, a cardiologist and researcher with over a thousand publications, joins Theo Von to discuss his early COVID-19 treatment protocol, vaccine risks, and the psychology of medical denial during the pandemic. Drawing from his clinical experience and peer-reviewed work, McCullough explains mechanisms like spike protein persistence and shares practical steps for detoxification, while highlighting historical patterns of professional blindness to treatment harms.

McCullough Protocol for Early COVID Treatment

McCullough developed the first outpatient protocol in 2020 for high-risk patients—those over 50 or with comorbidities like heart or lung disease—to avoid hospitalization and death. Key steps included fresh air, nasal sprays, gargles, nutraceuticals, antivirals (hydroxychloroquine early, ivermectin later), antibiotics, corticosteroids like prednisone, and colchicine for inflammation. This multilayered approach, published in the American Journal of Medicine and adopted widely via telemedicine, reduced projected hospital overruns. It worked best started at symptom onset, with ivermectin emerging as most effective; success relied on early intervention before severe illness, as hospital deaths dominated without it.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:07) **Guest Introduction** - Dr. Peter McCullough introduced as cardiologist, scientist, and COVID critic
  • 2 (06:30) **Physician-Scientist Role** - Explains practicing medicine while conducting research and publishing
  • 3 (07:52) **McCullough Protocol Development** - Created first early outpatient treatment for high-risk COVID patients
  • 4 (09:25) **Protocol Components and Evolution** - Details multi-phase approach starting with basics to advanced antivirals
  • 5 (11:37) **AI Biases and Publication Record** - Discusses AI pre-programming against him; confirms most-published on COVID
  • 6 (14:47) **Post-Pandemic Willful Blindness** - No lessons learned reviews or grand rounds on vaccines/spike protein
  • 7 (15:28) **Disease X and Pandemic Planning** - Hypothetical pathogen as prep for next event; CEPI founded by Gates/WEF

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Show Notes

Dr. Peter McCullough is a physician-scientist, cardiologist and best-selling author known for his research on the effects of Covid-19 vaccines. 

Dr. McCullough joins Theo to share his views on side effects of Covid-19 vaccines, how the medical research community can discourage alternative treatments, and his thoughts on how big pharma got so big in the first place.

Dr. Peter McCullough: https://www.instagram.com/petermcculloughmd/ 

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