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November 6, 2009

Swine flu and... Hip Hop?

MC Kelly Kel on the mic: Check one two, wash your hands to protect from the swine flu. Sorry, that was awful. But I'm OK with that. I am not a rapper; I'm a reporter. I can play my position.

Doctors are not rappers either, and yet, some physicians unfortunately have turned to hip hop to spread the message of swine flu prevention. Take Dr. Mache Seibel, a.k.a. DocRock, who has teamed up with insurance carrier Cigna for a rap public service announcement to teach children how to ward of the H1N1 virus. No comment is necessary, I will let the video speak for itself:

Still cringing? Me too. Good intentions aside, it's hard for us old peeps to stay young and hip. So after watching DocRock, I said to myself, why bother risking such embarrassment?

But then I stumbled upon another rapping doc -- who has skills. Seriously. Check out Dr. John Clarke, a Long Island, NY doctor whose freestyle was so good he was named as one of 10 finalists in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services search for a swine flu PSA. Then tell me which one you think is better.

Posted by Kelly Brewington at 7:23 AM | | Comments (0)
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Kelly Brewington came to the health beat a year ago after covering everything from education and government to race and immigration in her 11 years as a reporter. Since then, she has tackled stories on autism, heart failure and acupuncture used to treat drug addiction. She’s been fascinated by medicine since childhood, when her doctor dad and nurse mom gave her Gray’s Anatomy coloring book to play with. She also blames her early exposure to the field of medicine for her hypochondria.

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