This essay only scratches the surface. The strange moral history of nicotine, caffeine, and acceptable addiction exposes a much larger problem: modern institutions have forgotten how to reason about risk.
Coffee, Nicotine, and the Politics of Acceptable Addiction Continue Reading
The POUCH Act is a beginning, not an endpoint. If lawmakers are serious about improving public health, they must resist the gravitational pull of the Sinclair Trap and design a nicotine policy that rewards switching rather than punishing it.
Why Governments Prefer Cigarette Revenue over Safer Alternatives Continue Reading
There was a time – very recently – when mainstream medicine actively promoted OxyContin and other deadly narcotics as safe and minimally addictive. Hundreds of thousands died as a result. The bloom is off the rose for the vaccine industry.
There is no such thing as an “anti-misinformation review.” What we have are systematic and unsystematic, also called narrative, reviews. And there is no such thing as a safe drug. All drugs, including vaccines, cause harm in some people.
BMJ and Cochrane Hype the HPV Vaccines in the Extreme Continue Reading
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will discuss hepatitis B vaccines at their meeting on December 4 and 5. In this article I will lay out the case for removing hepatitis B vaccines from the CDC childhood schedule altogether.
Hep B Shot: Not Proven Safe or Effective for Kids Continue Reading
There were early warnings, but they were not heeded. Ten months into the pandemic, the World Bank estimated that it had caused an increase of about 100 million people living in extreme poverty, and poverty kills.
Did the Draconian Lockdowns Kill More People than Covid-19? Continue Reading
With the release of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, now’s a good time to look at the state of play with regard to all things Covid, and the public health establishment, in general, in the United States.
Will the Walls of Jericho Finally Come Tumbling Down? Continue Reading
The Hallett inquiry into the UK Covid experience published its 800-page Module 2 report. An inquiry of, by, and for lawyers, it is a carefully curated political whitewash with no forensic exploration of the truth and no hope of any accountability.
Hallett Inquiry Report: Of, by, and for Lawyers Continue Reading
Restoring trust in medicine requires a return to fundamental principles: seeing clearly without filtering evidence through institutional or political preferences; admitting what is truly seen, even when it conflicts with established narratives; protecting patients rather than defending systems.
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus and the Modern Medical Crisis Continue Reading
Harm reduction works. The people who claim otherwise know it. And until the FCTC is willing to grapple honestly with that fact, its biennial gatherings will continue to be political theater rather than genuine public-health leadership.
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has finally released the core political chapters of its long-awaited report. After nearly three years, the conclusion is now unmistakably clear. They’ve learned nothing, as I detail in my latest research.
They’ve Learned Nothing — Because That Would Expose Too Much Continue Reading
Trump hit the nail squarely on the head. Above all other factors, the reason we have runaway health costs is that the fundamental payment mechanism for health care in the US is ass-backwards.
