Allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection
Dr. Martin Kulldorff didn’t actually do anything of value this pandemic. He wasn’t in the hospital caring for sick patients. He wasn’t in nursing homes protecting the vulnerable. He wasn’t on the ground figuring out to how to keep schools open when COVID raged. He didn’t run any clinical trials.
Rather, Dr. Kulldorff spent his time making podcasts, “arguing for” other people to do these difficult, often impossible, tasks and treating this as a magnificent achievement.
While other doctors were caring for COVID patients, Dr. Kulldorff made sure he was in front of cameras, drinking champagne in a beautiful home and applauding himself for merely signing a Declaration, which claimed that the best way to get rid of the virus was to spread the virus. It said:
The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk.
Dr. Kulldorff further claimed, at the start of the pandemic’s worst wave, that this mass “natural infection” of unvaccinated people under age 60 would end the pandemic in 3-6 months.
Trust in medicine is broken
Things didn’t work out that way.
However, this didn’t stop Dr. Kulldorff from sharing angry accusations about who was to blame for a loss of trust in medicine. Predictably, Dr. Kulldorff didn’t fault himself or other advocates of herd immunity through mass infection. Rather, he blamed doctors who actually had to deal with the virus in the real-world. In his telling, they were entirely to blame for the consequences of SARS-CoV-2. The virus itself was a blameless angel.
Dr. Kulldorff further claimed he had the solution to “restore vaccine confidence”; appointing Robert Kennedy Jr., the country’s leading spreader of anti-vaccine disinformation for 20 years, to lead the HHS. According to Dr. Kulldorff, failing to appoint Kennedy, who distributed the movie Vaxxed III: Authorized to Kill, would “generate even more distrust in vaccines.”
We are rookies… there are many technical issues that we might not grasp as of yet.
Things didn’t work out that way either.
However, Dr. Kulldorff’s pro-virus rhetoric and willingness to fluff Kennedy was rewarded with an appointment as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Finally, Dr. Kulldorff has his chance to prove his mettle in the real world. It’s his turn to shine and dazzle us all with his ability to deliver amazing benefits for the American public. Here are the reviews so far:
- ‘We Are Rookies’: Chaos and Confusion as Vaccine Skeptics Control CDC Panel
- Public Confidence in U.S. Health Agencies has Decreased, Annenberg Public Policy Center Study Finds
- RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Panel Realizes It Has No Idea What It’s Doing, Skips Vote
- RFK Jr.’s CDC Panel Ditches Some Flu Shots Based On Anti-Vaccine Junk Data
- They ‘Should Not Be Rookies’: Former CDC Officials Raise Concerns About New ACIP
- Infectious Disease Specialists Lament ‘Chaos’ Of Recent ACIP Meeting
- Kennedy’s Handpicked Vaccine Committee Is a Mess
- Hotly Anticipated US Vaccine Meeting Ends With Confusion
- The Conclusion of Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine ACIP meeting: The Death Knell of Scientific Inquiry
- Vaccine, Public Health Advocates Warn of Fallout from ACIP Meeting
- Flawed ACIP Process Leads to Confusion and Distrust
- Vaccine Panel That Limited Covid Shot Scrutinized After Chaotic Meeting
- ACIP’s New Direction Threatens Vaccine Progress, Experts Warn
- Public Health Experts Say ACIP Vaccine Guidance Creates More Confusion for Parents and Patients
- RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Advisers Leave his Critics and Supporters Dazed, Confused
- American Academy of Pediatrics Boycotts ACIP as Medical Groups Slam ‘Politicized’ Vaccine Meeting
- ACIP Is Now Obsolete. Here’s Where Medicine Can Look Instead.
According to that last article:
Much of the meeting devolved chaotically: a decision on pediatric vaccine funding was passed on Thursday by members who misunderstood the vote, only to be reversed on Friday; meanwhile, one panelist on a “hot mic” called another panelist an “idiot.” A harmful proposal to withdraw universal recommendations for neonatal hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) was debated and then postponed due to “ambiguity.”
Even Dr. Kulldorff was forced to concede:
We are rookies… there are many technical issues that we might not grasp as of yet.
American Academy of Pediatrics Launches Independent 2025 Childhood Immunization Schedule Amid CDC and ACIP Policy Upheaval
Fortunately, insurers, states, and professional organizations are ignoring the farcical ACIP and forming their own evidence-based vaccine policies. While Dr. Kulldorff can still do a lot of damage, he was much more relevant in 2020, when he merely on podcasts “arguing for” things. Back then, important people listened to him. Today, his ACIP is a laughingstock, and there is a rebellion against it, at least in blue states. Here are the current headlines:
- ACOG Breaks From CDC, Reaffirms Support of Covid-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
- American Academy of Pediatrics Launches Independent 2025 Childhood Immunization Schedule Amid CDC and ACIP Policy Upheaval
- RFK Jr. Drives a Wedge Between Red and Blue States on Vaccines
- Health Insurers’ Associations Says Member Plans Will Still Cover Vaccines
- Northeast Us States Form Health Alliance In Response To Federal Vaccine Limits
- West Coast Health Alliance Challenges ACIP Vaccine Recommendations
- Amid Confusion Over Federal Vaccine Recommendations, States Become Laboratories Of Public Health
According to that last article:
When the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, met last week, confusion filled the room. Members admitted they didn’t know what they were voting on, first rejecting a combined measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine for young toddlers, then voting to keep it funded minutes later. The next day, they reversed themselves on the funding.
At least Dr. Kulldorff was right about one thing- trust in medicine is broken. However, the culprits are not doctors who work in hospitals and clinics, but rather the sheltered doctors who treated the pandemic like a game and brand-building opportunity. The fantasy version of Dr. Kulldorff would have opened schools, protected the vulnerable, and tamed COVID in 3-6 months. The real Dr. Kulldorff can’t even run a single meeting without debasing himself and the entire ACIP. The consequence of his incompetent buffoonery- we are rookies– is the complete collapse of trust in our federal public health agencies.
Along with his pro-infection advocacy, this will be the permanent legacy of Dr. Kulldorff and other laptop class doctors. They rose to power boasting of feigned feats of glory, while spreading disinformation and doubt about anyone with real-world responsibility. However, as they are now learning, “arguing for” things on podcasts is a lot easier than actually doing things.
Who could have imagined that?