How Did We Get Here?

Diagnosing the events that led up to RFK Jr and Dr Oz being put in charge of American healthcare. How did it get this bad?!

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The video ends a bit abruptly as I had to edit out a mention of a big podcast I was going to be on, as they've cancelled a matter of hours before recording. Thankfully ADHD means I hadn't actually started prepping for the podcast but a bit disappointing nevertheless.

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References

Articles on RFK Jr
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...
Dr Andrea Love on RFK Jr’s long anti-science background https://news.immunologic.org/p/rfk-jr...
2019 measles outbreak in Samoa: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/...
David Gorski RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be a catastrophe for public health and medical research - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2...
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-he...

Academic papers and journal editorials
Face masking for children - time to reconsider - Journal of Infection https://www.journalofinfection.com/ar...
Face coverings have little utility for young school-aged children https://adc.bmj.com/content/108/2/77....
Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study - The Lancet Infectious Diseases https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
Effect of Covid-19 Vaccination on Transmission of Alpha and Delta Variants | New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
Trump, health, science, and the next 4 years - The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
The FDA and Moderna’s cosy relationship: how lax rules enable a revolving door culture | The BMJ https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p...
FDA's revolving door: Companies often hire agency staffers who managed their successful drug reviews | Science https://www.science.org/content/artic...

UNESCO school closure data https://covid19.uis.unesco.org/global...
A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry : Shots - Health News : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...
EU countries’ COVID vaccine schedules. Germany, Greece and Ireland are marked as ‘recommended’ down to 6 months, but consulting their own health departments, they specify only in the presence of additional risk factors (I am not 100% sure of the Greek translation) https://vaccine-schedule.ecdc.europa....
Germany COVID vaccination advice https://www.bundesgesundheitsminister...
Ireland COVID vaccination advice https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunis...

Articles about US healthcare
Scott Gottlieb walks through the revolving door to the Pfizer board | STAT https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry : Shots - Health News : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...

Fluoridation
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine...
The UK does fluoridate certain areas https://www.gov.uk/government/publica...
https://www.realclearscience.com/arti...