He got it from RFK Jr

Good for business

There’s a pony in there somewhere.

Machedo and Lee deserve all the opprobrium in the world for their fatuous, dishonest book. So does David Zweig. Their reimagining of the Covid response has spread a complete misreading and misunderstanding of the pandemic into the historical record.

But viruses will not be deceived by MAHA bullshit. We are considerably less prepared for the next pandemic than we were before COVID, not to mention other more garden-variety communicable diseases, and the results could be disastrous.

Everyone I know in public health admits that some things might have been handled better during the pandemic and wants to learn from the experience. But the administration prefers to tear down a public health system that has been the envy of the world and replace it with pseudoscience and platitudes.

That explains his resemblance to a pimple.

How does he account for AIDS unrelated to sexual activity or drugs, such as transfusion or pregnancy? I've never seen a newborn sniffing poppers.

In 1982, it was reasonable to wonder about a possible role of poppers given the association and biological plausibility. In 2025 it is a fixed delusion.

As Feynman said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” RFK jr never stops to ask himself if he might be wrong.