It’s hard to generalize, but when reversals are based on better quality evidence, we should presume they’re in the public interest. However, when they are based on manufacturers pushing for a new market and other invested agencies, can we be sure?
Cycles of Enthusiasm, Reversal, and Revival in Medical Practice Continue Reading
The report ultimately lands on a clear position: that governments should take responsibility for public health decisions—how risks are assessed, how trade-offs are weighed, and how responses are chosen.
Who Is Really in Charge of Public Health? Continue Reading
The White House is finalizing Trump’s plan to deal with dangerous gain-of-function virus research as laid out in a May 2025 executive order. The new policy will take a risk-based approached to determine whether a pathogen study will be funded.
Congress Forces NIH to Reverse Policy Continue Reading
The United States was the land of the free. Limited government. Checks and balances. Separation of powers. The Bill of Rights. But America has instead become a managed society. Its government dominates its people. How did it go wrong?
How the American Republic Became a Managerial State Continue Reading
This automation of human work poses a real existential crisis. Giving up these wonderful ritualistic habits that translate to being able to eat that day, or being with our loved ones, has lead us nowhere but isolated and dependent.
Has Automation Stolen What It Means to Be Human? Continue Reading
Lockdowns and stringency were not related, whatsoever, to reducing excess mortality. They never mandated masks, one of his chief policy recommendations, and outperformed other countries like Germany who imposed N95-level mandates for months on end.
The Lockdown Disaster Must Not Be Forgiven Continue Reading
Seeing Sunday’s New York Times headline titled “Confidential Report Calls for Sweeping Changes to Track Covid Vaccine Harms,” a question flashed in the minds of even the defenders of legacy vaccine policy – is the NY Times about to dismiss the Covid vaccine-injured?
Correcting the New York Times ACIP Reporting on Vaccine Injury Continue Reading
Andrea Shaw has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder by suffocation in the deaths of her 18-month-old fraternal twins, Dallas and Tyson Shaw. She is in prison now and faces a life sentence or possible death penalty for murder.
The Deeply Troubling Case of Andrea Shaw and Her Twins Continue Reading
Even with the creeping surveillance state, the government can’t fully implement programmable currency without authenticated identity on every transaction. Digital ID is the authentication layer, while CBDC is the currency that runs on top of it.
The Authentication Layer Continue Reading
Forty years ago I watched a hospital disappear. What emerged from its ruins was not simply the physician I would become. It was the understanding that fear is inevitable and the greatest privilege in medicine has never been avoiding catastrophe.
The Day the Hospital Disappeared Continue Reading
Academics refer to this period as the “reading revolution.” Reading was as much an indulgence as carnivals and music halls. And this habit lasted, in one form or another, until recently when reading for enjoyment started to tank.
The Death of Reading Continue Reading
The experience gave me the opportunity to reflect on what reforms I would like to see at the CDC as it faces a pivot point in the history of public health. Here are six themes that I see as most urgent.
How to Make the CDC Great Again Continue Reading
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