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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 31m

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you @cphickie.bsky.social who has been tracking these guys for as long as I can remember. 10-15 years ago.

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Chris Hickie
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A sad but necessary sequel to "We Want Them
Infected"
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2025
Dr. Howard's previous book "We Want Them Infected" meticulously documented the lies and disinformation of anti-science contrarian physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. WWTI was a wake-up call to the damage these physicians could do if allowed to continue unopposed. Well, continue with minimal opposition these physicians did, and, just as thoroughly, Dr. Howard has documented here in
"Everyone Else is Lying to You" how these disinformers parlayed their prevarications into positions of power within the HHS. Like WWTI, EEILTY was a book I had to take a chapter at a time, due mostly to the overwhelming dismay at how few people did anything to oppose this clearly coordinated overthrow of the US public health system. As someone who professionally worries about anti-vaccinationism, I followed in real time much of what Dr. Howard has written, but the amount of disinformation put forth by and on behalf of these physicians is much better appreciated through the narrative-specific chaptering of EEILTY. In the final chapter of this book, Dr. Howard writes "I can only hope that future medical leaders learn from these mistakes and show some backbone." To that I agree and state that a great place to start learning from these mistakes is this book. --Chris Hickie MD, PhD

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🇨🇦 Dr Soledad Miranda-Rottmann 🧠 @neurolatina.bsky.social · 2h

What about the alien 👽 tech beds? Did he file for patent yet? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medbed

Medbed - Wikipedia

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 2h

This guy for example. It’s all he should be known for. Nothing else.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 2h

Anyone who normalized or defended this guy was normalizing and defending a MAGA propagandist.

Bravo. 🧵

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone who legitimatized these buffoons owns this.

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 6h

Marine flew across the country to hug Jay Bhatts at that awful Stanford symposium of cranks and deniers.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

There are two differences between Science Based Medicine and Sensible Medicine.

The quality and the cost.

Our site is free.

Here’s what we were saying this time last year. @gorskon.bsky.social

Science-Based
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Exploring issues & controversies in science & medicine
Politics and Regulation
Public Health
Vaccines
RFK Jr. is now an
extinction-level threat to federal public health programs and science-based health policy
A week ago, Donald Trump said that, if elected, he would let Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "go wild" on healthcare. RFK Jr. has said that he'd immediately remove fluoride from drinking water, while surrogates say he'd work to prove vaccines unsafe. This is why a Trump Presidency could represent an extinction-level event for science-based federal health policy.
David Gorski on November 4, 2024

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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 7h

Also, the content.😏

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

There are two differences between Science Based Medicine and Sensible Medicine.

The quality and the cost.

Our site is free.

Here’s what we were saying this time last year. @gorskon.bsky.social

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Stacy Frederick @sfederick.bsky.social · 7h

...... and we now have *lockdowns* under the Bhatacharya regime.
abcnews.go.com/US/150-unvac...

Over 150 unvaccinated students in South Carolina quarantining after measles exposure

The outbreak has grown to at least eight measles cases, officials said.

abcnews.go.com

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FT Weekend @ftweekend.com · 5d

Science Under Siege — a rallying cry against the ‘forces of darkness’ on.ft.com/4mU4aqA

Science Under Siege — a rallying cry against the ‘forces of darkness’

Two scientists go where many fear to tread in the fight against far-right disinformation on climate and vaccines

on.ft.com

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you for helping to bring it back. Now I just have to update it more often!

Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 10h

You can find @joho.bsky.social YouTube channel (which Vinay Prasad complained about) here: www.youtube.com/@wewantthemi...

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STAT @statnews.com · 12h

Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 15h

"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alters their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit the views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." DOCTOR WHO "The Face of Evil" by Chris Boucher, 1977

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15h

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13h

Oh Lord

Drs Makary and Prasad are acting as RFK Jr’s lackeys, pushing forward his dangerous conspiracy theory and anti-vaccine agenda 👀

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15h

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 14h

I am unshocked

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15h

“The agency’s historic tradition of guarding its scientific evaluations against political pressure is dissipating, especially as center directors like Tidmarsh or Vinay Prasad, overseer of vaccines and gene therapies, at times appear to act more as extensions of Kennedy.”

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Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 14h

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Commentary: RFK Jr., Tylenol and circumcision--the lowdown

In a new surge of medical disinformation and misinformation, RFK Jr. goes after Tylenol and circumcision.

www.latimes.com

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 15h

"It sounds very much like they're operating as commissars for RFK Jr. rather than sober scientists."

Asoociated with Barrington Declaration and Brownstone Inst. - were never supposed to be sober scientists- they climbed on the backs of disinformation peddling!
@joho.bsky.social has receipts

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Zach Binney @binneyz.bsky.social · 15h

Once they leave their positions and return to academia, it is probably worth remembering articles like this when considering how to interpret the work of Makary, Prasad, and their ilk. It sounds very much like they're operating as commissars for RFK Jr. rather than sober scientists.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15h

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15h

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

If it's true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified. But there's little

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, March 2020.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

Jay Bhattacharya said this September 2021.

He is tweeting about covid all the time on his personal account today.

"The emergency phase of the disease is over," said Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine and health economist at Stanford University. "Now, we need to work very hard to undo the sense of emergency. We should be treating covid as one of 200 diseases that affect people."

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for listening and the kind words. @kevinfolta.bsky.social is an inspiration.

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 1d

I highly recommend this 30-min convo between @kevinfolta.bsky.social & @joho.bsky.social

Dr Howard, Chief of Neurology at Bellevue, worked as a frontline clinician during the worst phase of COVID; he also documented COVID misinformation peddled by folks who now work for Trump running US healthcare

Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 1d

This week's Talking Biotech Podcast is an interview with Dr. Jonathan Howard about his new book, "Everyone Else is Lying to You". We discuss the rise of the bad science and fake scientists now running the CDC and public health. #COVID19 #Vaccination podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

There are two differences between Science Based Medicine and Sensible Medicine.

The quality and the cost.

Our site is free.

Here’s what we were saying this time last year. @gorskon.bsky.social

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