Provocative piece by Vinay Prasad on his substack:
Some salient points from his piece:
“Public health misused and abused its powers with: [some points elided]
Lying about the evidence for cloth masks in community settings (to this day)…
Not running any randomized control trials of masking in high income nations…
Using the police state to enforce lockdown…
Not letting people hold their father's hand when their father dies…
Inventing a 6-ft distance…
Continuing emergency powers when the emergency has passed…
Spending billions on remdesivir when it doesn't do s***…”
“So as someone who has long believed in the value of the regulatory state, and long been a champion for increased funding of public health, if the politician asks me should we destroy the CDC, I would have to say 'yes, please and let me help you'.”