Get Ready for “Public Health” Authoritarianism

If you want to see what is going to go wrong with society next, read the professional journals. Many of our most notable publications no longer restrict their content to technical descriptions of new scientific advancements or the outcomes of experimental medical treatments. They also energetically promote progressive authoritarian ideological agendas.

Bias in the professional journals matters. First, ideological favoritism reduces the trust we can have in the actual science they do publish. But perhaps more than that, political advocacy in journals such as Science, Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and others of their ilk often exerts undue influence over our politicians, regulators, and judges, making it easier for these politically progressive ideas to make their way into public policy.

Here are just a few examples: