👏👏👏. “To strengthen our democracy and the educational institutions that depend on it, we must learn to practice freedom better.” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/09/02/opi…

Good to see parents pushing back on behalf of kids. Role of public health should be to provide info and let people decide how to mitigate risk. In town at risk for deadly mosquito virus, parents challenge restrictions ⁦The Washington Post⁩ wapo.st/3ZbX2hg

In 4 short years, doctors have gone from "healthcare heroes" to "drug dealers." Surveys confirm a sharp decline in public trust in the medical profession over this time. What happened? What is to be done? These are the most urgent questions today for US medical leaders.

Case study in why US has little surplus hospital bed capacity. +beckershospitalreview.com/finance/ohio-h…

"It is time for Dr. de la Torre to get off of his yacht and explain to Congress the financial chicanery which made him wealthy while the hospitals he managed went bankrupt." -Sen. Bernie Sanders beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulato…

"What if it was all for nothing?" Best 10-minute summary of zero-covid lockdown lunacy I have heard yet. Vinay Prasad MD MPH Kevin Bardosh Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Marty Makary MD, MPH Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD Lockdown was worse than useless youtu.be/hddfQzNm4HU?si… via YouTube

“Perhaps because of the sensitivity, many virologists and polio experts contacted by Science declined to comment or did not respond.” Just when their expertise is needed, the “experts” are silent. I wonder why? science.org/content/articl…

Great essay.

A powerful and heartfelt commentary by actor Tim Robbins on the horrendous illiberal demonisation of those who questioned the response to Covid.

Good. More apologies, please. "If a pandemic comes again, we need to get a better balance encouraging people to take action whilst at the same time protecting people's fundamental liberty."

Here is a photo thread on gothic windows. 🧵👇 All photos taken by Wolf Jacobs. 1. St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

"Science thrives on skepticism, on challenges to the status quo. When the pursuit of scientific truth is sacrificed on the altar of ideological conformity, science ceases to be a beacon of enlightenment and instead becomes a tool of oppression." Newsweek Opinion Jay Bhattacharya

BREAKING: Stanford’s Board of Trustees has passed a resolution supporting free expression and institutional neutrality. The resolution “commends the Faculty Senate for its recent adoption of the Statement on Freedom of Expression at Stanford and Institutional Statements Policy.”

It should not be “controversial” to explore the evidence for the origin of SARS-CoV-2. Matt Ridley

BREAKING: The University of Pennsylvania has announced it will stop issuing official statements on social and political events. “It is not the role of the institution to render opinions—doing so risks suppressing the creativity and academic freedom of our faculty and students.

More political leaders running away from failed lockdown policy…

Covid was the most consequential global event since 9/11 and perhaps since WWII. Stunning that not a single question about USG covid policy has yet been asked in any Presidential debate. Why?

Congratulations to ⁦Ge Bai⁩ for leading an outstanding ⁦Johns Hopkins Carey Business School⁩ health policy conference at new 555 Penn Ave home in DC. Great discussions in a beautiful venue! ⁦⁦Marty Makary MD, MPH⁩ ⁦Jay Bhattacharya⁩ carey.jhu.edu/events/2024-sy…