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Jun. 27th, 2025 01:57 pmThe most prominent LJ biologist recently wrote a long article about Trump's CDC/FDA appointees.
One of his points was "А ещё мракобеса посадили в кресло директора FDA по оценке и изучению биопрепаратов, то есть вакцин и генных терапий. Это хирург Марти Мэкари, известный своей резонансной статьёй о том, что повторная вакцинация от ковида приносит мальчикам-подросткам больше вреда, чем пользы. Правда, среди авторов статьи не было ни одного специалиста по вакцинам или инфекционным заболеваниям."
I think this is the article.
Scinquisitor's point was that all authors of that article were not qualified, hence the article is wrong (though BMJ journal of medical ethics editors still published it)
Makary is 8th author (indeed signed as Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University), but he is not the only author from Johns Hopkins University. Another one is from Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University; another one is from Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and another from Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco.
Interestingly, Paul Offit is favourably mentioned in both BMJ article and LJ post :)
Looking through the article, I can't really get it why Makary is "мракобес". Anybody knows why?
One of his points was "А ещё мракобеса посадили в кресло директора FDA по оценке и изучению биопрепаратов, то есть вакцин и генных терапий. Это хирург Марти Мэкари, известный своей резонансной статьёй о том, что повторная вакцинация от ковида приносит мальчикам-подросткам больше вреда, чем пользы. Правда, среди авторов статьи не было ни одного специалиста по вакцинам или инфекционным заболеваниям."
I think this is the article.
Scinquisitor's point was that all authors of that article were not qualified, hence the article is wrong (though BMJ journal of medical ethics editors still published it)
Makary is 8th author (indeed signed as Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University), but he is not the only author from Johns Hopkins University. Another one is from Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University; another one is from Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and another from Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco.
Interestingly, Paul Offit is favourably mentioned in both BMJ article and LJ post :)
Looking through the article, I can't really get it why Makary is "мракобес". Anybody knows why?
