Jonathan Howard

I wrote a couple of weeks ago how our current medical establishment is recycling COVID myths to minimize measles.

Sensible Medicine endorses Vinay Prasad for Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the US FDA Vinay Prasad is leaving Sensible Medicine to take a senior role at the the US FDA.

Talk about a medical reversal...

Lies coming from the top..

I tried, twice!

Am gearing up for a 3rd...

We'll see.

"All of the years of tearing down others, making absurd accusations, casually ripping others apart. Given his first ever big boy job with real-world responsibility, Prasad completely failed."

Exactly.

The book "The War on Science" may go down as the worst-timed, most misguided book ever written.

Its authors should live in shame.

Good question...

My title was a bit tongue in cheek...

Oooohhh.... will listen.

Correct.

Rather than face up to what he helped unleash on us all, MAHA enabler ZDogg is now in the "nothing is real, reality is an illusion" territory.

2019 ZDogg would rightly abhor 2020-2026 ZDogg.

In order to "win back trust," Prasad sycophants claim we must support this guy. No criticism allowed.

Our current FDA leaders mocked anyone who wanted booster dose #1, right before the Omicron wave ripped through.

They thought it was all sooooo funny, a huge joke.

Listen.

Prasad sycophants are very clear that even though he’s a public servant, his to e doesn’t matter.

In contrast, for his critics like me, literally nothing else matters.

Schrödingers tone.

The “V” Word In early 2025, a child died from measles—the first measles death in more than 20 years. Thirteen months later, a public health official finally said the “V” word?

Good article by @pauloffit.bsky.social on how low our expectations have become for people like Podcast Jay and other MAHA doctors.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb C @nntaleb Follow This imbecile doesn't get that in real life one is not paid in frequency but in dollars. Fail frequently, stay convex. Learn to fail. Michael Skolnik • @MichaelSkolnik •4/15/19 Trump Airlines: Failed Trump Casinos: Failed Trump University: Failed Trump Shuttle: Failed Trump Vodka: Failed... 2:09 PM • 4/15/19

Eric Widera, MD @EWidera Follow New York Times cites a psychiatrist who took care of patients during COVID as their source for "strong feelings" against @DrJBhattacharya. Next up they interview a guy who once took a flight from LA to NY to talk about their strong feelings about the Transportation Secretary pick But Dr. Bhattacharya still provokes extremely strong feelings. Dr. Jonathan Howard, an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, who treated patients at Bellevue Hospital at the height of the pandemic, has assailed Dr. Bhattacharya in a book, "We Want Them Infected." Dr. Howard said Dr. Bhattacharya "bungled basic facts" about the pandemic. In March 2020, for example, Dr. Bhattacharya suggested in a Wall Street Journal opinion essay that the pandemic was not as deadly as it was being made out to be, and that the death toll might top out at 40,000 Americans; in the end, 1.2 million died.

Two examples of people who didn’t just ignore correct warnings of obviously dangerous things, but decided to mock the person warning them for social media attention.

Here he is saying there are "incredible stories" about leucovorin for autism.

Boy, 7, dies of brain condition caused by world’s most contagious disease — years after he had it as a baby Even those who make a full recovery from the initial infection face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking — and killing — years later.

California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.

The FDA:  Promoting Quack Nostrums Based on “Incredible Stories” While Rejecting Vaccines Despite Successful RCTs "Vaccines are radioactive now."

Here..

FDA scales back vision for drug it touted as possible treatment for autism The Food and Drug Administration is expanding approval of leucovorin to treat an ultra-rare genetic condition.

Makary previously claimed leucovorin cured autism based on "incredible stories."

Glad to see FDA staff with integrity are there to control their MAHA bosses.

More...

Dr. Howard has Prasad nailed. This is more than worth a read.

“Dr Levi has made a number of easily-disproved statements about his baseless belief that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are harmful, despite having little or no education, training or experience in public health,” @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Key US Senator Investigates FDA Over Rare-Disease Drug Denials A key US Republican senator said he’s launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s recent denials of treatments for rare diseases, adding political pressure on an agency that’s al...

Ultracrank Ron Johnson has the knives out for Makary and the FDA.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Vinay Prasad Loves President Trump”. That, Plus 12 Other Thoughts on the End of Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Sabbatical From UCSF The bottom line is this: when given the opportunity to prove his real-world prowess, Dr. Vinay Prasad failed.

Vinay Prasad was a COVID disinformation doctor and MAHA royalty. He still "loves" President Trump.

No one is obligated to care what he has to say or take him seriously ever again.

That, +12 other thoughts on his dismal, failed tenure at the FDA.

My latest.

Six federal scientists run out by Trump talk about the work left undone | CNN Federal data shows the NIH lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its workforce. Scientists say the departures harm the U.S.’ ability to respond to disease outbreaks, develop treatments for chroni...

The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades.

Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more.

Me + @k-hought.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

If Americans hand Trump the Oval Office, Taleb said, the reality TV star would probably tone down his bluster. But a victory for Trump would also mean a toppling of the bureaucratic elite, the author said. Trump's

Nassim Taleb 2016

One year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary: The Lancet reacts, and so do I Editors of The Lancet published an op-ed decrying RFK Jr.'s one year of failure at HHS. They're correct about RFK Jr, but they are not blameless in what has happened.

Editors of @thelancet.com published an op-ed decrying RFK Jr.’s year of failure at @hhsofficial.bsky.social. They’re correct about RFK Jr. but are not blameless for the devastation that he is wreaking on US public health, medicine, and biomedical research. sciencebasedmedicine.org/one-year-of-...

Nothing "coincidental" about it. It was the fact that it was racketing around in other host species while simultaneously being exposed to a lot of human beings that enabled a human-adapted pandemic virus to EVOLVE. The Huanan market was literally a disease factory. These things don't just "happen."

Bret Weinstein criticizing Sam Harris for complaining about Joe Rogan on a podcast with Bill Maher.

It’s the singularity of useless punditry.

Meat and Dairy Industries Spent Big Money Lobbying Ahead of Trump Dietary Guideline Changes The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasize red meat and dairy.

NEW: In January the Trump administration released new dietary guidelines that prompted the consumption of red meat and full-fat dairy products.

Federal lobbying disclosures reveal that the meat and dairy industries spent big money lobbying USDA and HHS, which were responsible for the guidelines.