Benjamin Mazer
@mazer.us
Doctor, pathologist, and medical journalist. This is a personal account.
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We should be wary of results that are unique to one research group.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We should be wary of results that are unique to one research group.
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It is a sad state of affairs that a Harvard infectious disease physician has to waste his time debunking the stupid and cruel conspiracy theories emanating from our top healthcare leaders.
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No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS
Some statements are wrong enough to make your head explode.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It is a sad state of affairs that a Harvard infectious disease physician has to waste his time debunking the stupid and cruel conspiracy theories emanating from our top healthcare leaders.
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Which important policy-maker has listed vaccination as one of the most cost-effective interventions in medicine?
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Which important policy-maker has listed vaccination as one of the most cost-effective interventions in medicine?
Behind every great writer is a loved one asking if they’re writing.
December 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Behind every great writer is a loved one asking if they’re writing.
Reposted by Benjamin Mazer
Lack of nuance has been a problem with public-health messaging since the start of the coronavirus pandemic—and now the insistence that no evidence exists for vaccine-related deaths risks adding to the crisis, @mazer.us argues. bit.ly/3YgOpQz
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Lack of nuance has been a problem with public-health messaging since the start of the coronavirus pandemic—and now the insistence that no evidence exists for vaccine-related deaths risks adding to the crisis, @mazer.us argues. bit.ly/3YgOpQz
Reposted by Benjamin Mazer
Lack of nuance has been a problem with public-health messaging since the start of the coronavirus pandemic—and now the insistence that no evidence exists for vaccine-related deaths risks adding to the crisis, @mazer.us argues.
Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
Denial only serves the aims of anti-vaxxers.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Lack of nuance has been a problem with public-health messaging since the start of the coronavirus pandemic—and now the insistence that no evidence exists for vaccine-related deaths risks adding to the crisis, @mazer.us argues.
Cause-of-death determinations happen every day in medicine. Yet when vaccines might be involved, that standard seems to change: Suddenly, authorities demand an impossibly high level of evidence.
Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
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Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
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Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
Denial only serves the aims of anti-vaxxers.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Cause-of-death determinations happen every day in medicine. Yet when vaccines might be involved, that standard seems to change: Suddenly, authorities demand an impossibly high level of evidence.
Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
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welcome to the metaverse
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
welcome to the metaverse
"The web page points out that autism rates have risen in recent decades and so has the number of infant vaccinations—an observation that might also be made about prestige TV shows and pumpkin-spice lattes"
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The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"The web page points out that autism rates have risen in recent decades and so has the number of infant vaccinations—an observation that might also be made about prestige TV shows and pumpkin-spice lattes"
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It wouldn’t surprise me if some of these purported deaths were, in fact, caused by the covid vaccine—we know the shots can cause death extremely rarely.
But let’s not forget how Vinay talked about childrens’ deaths due to Covid. Denominators do matter.
But let’s not forget how Vinay talked about childrens’ deaths due to Covid. Denominators do matter.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It wouldn’t surprise me if some of these purported deaths were, in fact, caused by the covid vaccine—we know the shots can cause death extremely rarely.
But let’s not forget how Vinay talked about childrens’ deaths due to Covid. Denominators do matter.
But let’s not forget how Vinay talked about childrens’ deaths due to Covid. Denominators do matter.
Imagine sitting in the NIH, contemplating the arrival of a disease like HIV, which has killed 700,000 Americans, and advising the country that “the best pandemic preparedness playbook for the United States is making America healthy again.”
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Opinion | We Can’t Diet and Exercise Our Way Out of the Next Pandemic
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November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Imagine sitting in the NIH, contemplating the arrival of a disease like HIV, which has killed 700,000 Americans, and advising the country that “the best pandemic preparedness playbook for the United States is making America healthy again.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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The Trump administration is turning drug review into make-a-deal
A new voucher program can be used to prioritize drug companies that curry favor
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A new voucher program can be used to prioritize drug companies that curry favor
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The Trump administration is turning drug review into make-a-deal
“FDA decision-making may be reduced to a sequence of ‘make-a-deals’ with Trump, his FDA, or even political allies,” experts warn.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Trump administration is turning drug review into make-a-deal
A new voucher program can be used to prioritize drug companies that curry favor
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/f...
A new voucher program can be used to prioritize drug companies that curry favor
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/f...
Who could argue with RFK Jr’s slam dunk evidence of supplemental figure 4.
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Who could argue with RFK Jr’s slam dunk evidence of supplemental figure 4.
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes? It hasn’t been ruled out.
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Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes? It hasn’t been ruled out.
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I'm sure Senator Cassidy is very satisfied that his agreement with RFK Jr is being executed in good faith.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I'm sure Senator Cassidy is very satisfied that his agreement with RFK Jr is being executed in good faith.
According to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, freedom of speech only applies to select individuals.
Is this radical transparency?
Is this radical transparency?
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
According to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, freedom of speech only applies to select individuals.
Is this radical transparency?
Is this radical transparency?
I’m starting to think that his MAHA movement might be anti-vax.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m starting to think that his MAHA movement might be anti-vax.
Let me get this straight. We shouldn’t be enriching private insurance companies. But we also shouldn’t be providing more government-run health insurance.
Looking forward to hearing about this mysterious third option for getting people coverage.
Looking forward to hearing about this mysterious third option for getting people coverage.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Let me get this straight. We shouldn’t be enriching private insurance companies. But we also shouldn’t be providing more government-run health insurance.
Looking forward to hearing about this mysterious third option for getting people coverage.
Looking forward to hearing about this mysterious third option for getting people coverage.
Just a regular reminder that our top health leaders, including the heads of the NIH and CDC, have been absorbing an online stream of insane pseudoscience and conspiracy theories for years.
My contrarian take: giving obese people GLP1s is better than giving them a steak.
My contrarian take: giving obese people GLP1s is better than giving them a steak.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just a regular reminder that our top health leaders, including the heads of the NIH and CDC, have been absorbing an online stream of insane pseudoscience and conspiracy theories for years.
My contrarian take: giving obese people GLP1s is better than giving them a steak.
My contrarian take: giving obese people GLP1s is better than giving them a steak.
Meanwhile, the former Surgeon General is off doing his guru schtick. I actually don’t think it’s my job as a doctor to tip the world’s scales from fear to love.
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Meanwhile, the former Surgeon General is off doing his guru schtick. I actually don’t think it’s my job as a doctor to tip the world’s scales from fear to love.
"It seems hypocritical for Kennedy to criticize the “revolving door” between government agencies and Big Pharma, while swinging the door wide open for Big Wellness." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Why Big Wellness Loves Middle Age Women
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November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"It seems hypocritical for Kennedy to criticize the “revolving door” between government agencies and Big Pharma, while swinging the door wide open for Big Wellness." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Equity in cancer diagnosis is not just a technical challenge but a moral imperative. Cancer is not merely a disease of the affluent; it is a leading cause of death worldwide. bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
WHO is embedding inequality into cancer diagnostics
The WHO has long upheld health equity as a guiding principle, emphasising that every individual deserves the highest attainable standard of health regardless of geography or income.1 2 Yet this princi...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Equity in cancer diagnosis is not just a technical challenge but a moral imperative. Cancer is not merely a disease of the affluent; it is a leading cause of death worldwide. bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
Check out our new editorial on global inequality in cancer diagnostics
bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000889
bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000889
WHO is embedding inequality into cancer diagnostics
The WHO has long upheld health equity as a guiding principle, emphasising that every individual deserves the highest attainable standard of health regardless of geography or income.1 2 Yet this princi...
bmjoncology.bmj.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Check out our new editorial on global inequality in cancer diagnostics
bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000889
bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000889