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HHS picks, the House subcommittee report, and pandemic revisionism

Your Local Epidemiologist

But pretending that most public health policies were largely failures isn’t helpful either. We must recognize the comfort of 2024 immunity and differentiate between what we got right, what we got wrong at the time (due to limited knowledge), and what we just got plain wrong. The idea went viral.

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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch

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“It is a fantasy to think we can lower vaccination rates and herd immunity in the U.S. ’” KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFFan independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” It’s coming from HHS [the Department of Health and Human Services].

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Stick to the Science

The Health Care Blog

Dr. Marty Makary for FDA Commissioner : During the pandemic, he expressed a great deal of sympathy for letting herd immunity work, and opposed vaccine mandates/masking requirements. is in some sense frightening.” ” Dr.

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Marty Makary, Often Wrong as Pandemic Critic, Is Poised To Lead the FDA He Railed Against

KFF Health News

A decorated doctor and a brash critic of many of his medical colleagues, Makary drew Trump’s attention during the pandemic with frequent appearances on Fox News shows such as “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” in which he excoriated public health officials over their handling of covid. Learn more about KFF.