All posts by Jonathan Howard

Dr. Jonathan Howard is a neurologist and psychiatrist who has been interested in vaccines since long before COVID-19. He is the author of "We Want Them Infected: How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID."

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  • Dr. Jonathan Howard is a neurologist and psychiatrist who has been interested in vaccines since long before COVID-19. He is the author of "We Want Them Infected: How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID."

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Everything Old Is New Again, Again

Myths spread by contrarian doctors to minimize COVID are being recycled to minimize measles. The anti-vaccine circle is complete.

/ March 7, 2025
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RFK Jr.: Vaccines Not Only Protect Individual Children From Measles, But Also Contribute To Community Immunity

"RFK Jr. switching sides on vaccines now is like an arsonist urging people to put out the fire he started."

/ March 4, 2025
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Welcome to the Resistance UCSF Doctors

The many doctors who are just now realizing that misinformation wasn't "COVID hysteria nonsense" have a lot of catching up to do to understand how the forces they've legitimized the led to this moment.

/ February 28, 2025
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Dr. Vinay Prasad Embraces Policy-Based Evidence Making

Policy-based evidence making means working back from a predefined policy to produce underpinning evidence.

/ February 22, 2025
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Misinformation Doctors Start a Misinformation Journal to Spread Misinformation

There is no doubt the "studies" in this journal will conclude We Want Them Infected doctors were right about everything the whole time; mitigation measure were an epic catastrophe while COVID was a harmless cold for everyone but grandma.

/ February 21, 2025
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“Don’t Worry About the NIH” From the Same Doctors Who Brought You “Don’t Worry About COVID.”

Although many doctors who spread COVID misinformation act as if its in poor taste to bring it up today, we don't need their permission to remember.

/ February 15, 2025
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Open Letter II: President Levin, There Are Now 160 Million Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Have Censored We Want Them Infected Doctors

$160 million is a lot of money, especially when you consider its not just money. It's lost dreams, careers, and discoveries.

/ February 14, 2025
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I Confess My Sins: I Was Too Slow and Timid to Call Out Propaganda For What It Is.

As Lysenkoism 2.0 looms, those of us who have warning about this for years are not to blame for the problems we write about, and we have nothing to apologize for.

/ February 7, 2025

Defenders of Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Vulgar, Vengeful Vitriol Have No Right to Sanctimoniously Scold Anyone About Decorum

Defenders of Dr. Vinay Prasad fake a concern about tone to intimidate critics and create a safe space for his misinformation.

/ January 31, 2025

Well Well Well, We Want Them Infected Doctors Are OK With Censorship After All

Doctors who mourned the loss of a single speech or YouTube video are fine with the the mass censorship of public scientists.

/ January 28, 2025