Category: Commentary
Physician Misinformation
When physicians spread medical misinformation, the potential harm to health is far greater than their direct patient care. And yet, in a recent study, medical boards rarely discipline physicians for spreading misinformation. The JAMA article looked at 3128 medical board disciplinary proceedings involving physicians. Spreading misinformation to the community was the least common reason, at 0.1%. Direct patient misinformation and inappropriate advertising...
Bhattacharya for the CDC?
The Stanford health economist turned right-wing pandemic star could help take down academia and scientific institutions in a second Trump administration
EcoHealth Alliance Fights Back
The organization scapegoated by the lab leak-promoting GOP-led House Covid subcommittee publishes its defense
Conspiracy Thinking And Alternative Medicine
Just recently, in casual conversation, someone commented to me that “they” already have a cure for cancer but are hiding it. This is a claim I frequently encounter. One survey, from 2005, found that 27.3% of those surveyed endorsed this belief. Another survey from 2014 found that 37% of people believe the FDA is suppressing natural cancer cures on behalf of “Big...
Hopkins Business School to Platform COVID-19 Contrarians at Health Policy Symposium
Drs. Jay Bhattacharya, Scott Atlas, and Marty Makary are also set to speak at Stanford next month
The Biopolitics of Quackademic Medicine in Iran
The problem of quackademic medicine in a place we in the US don't often consider.
Great Barrington Declaration Author Joins COVID-19 Lab Leak-Pushing Group
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the merging of political pandemic narratives
Conspiracy Medicine
Was COVID cooked up in a lab? Do “they” have a cure for cancer and are hiding it from the public? Do pharmaceutical companies make up diseases to market otherwise failed drugs? Did insurance companies scheme with infectious disease professional organizations to suppress treatments for chronic Lyme disease? Did the supplement industry lobby congress to weaken regulations of their own products? OK,...
Heritage Covid Commission Wants China Accountable… What About Trump?
The Heritage Foundation’s COVID-19 Commission Calls for Chinese “Accountability” for US Pandemic Damage
Questions About Pandemic Preparedness
The theme at SBM this week is questions for Trump’s nominees for key health positions within the federal government. David got the ball rolling with an excellent summary of the nominees and questions for each. Jonathan followed up with his own list of questions. I would like to continue the theme, focusing on our preparedness for the next pandemic. It is arguably...