Karl Bergstrom, the theoretical biologist and development scientist, believes that the magazine is part of a continuous effort to suspect the scientific consensus in force. “If you can create an illusion that there is no predominance of opinion he says, then vaccines and masks are effective ways to control an agenda forward. He says that the papers reviewed by the peers can provide coverage for politicians who want to make certain decisions and can also be used in court.
When it was reached on the phone on Thursday, Coldorf said that Bhhatsharia and Makari were contacted to be in the editorial council before they were nominated by President Trump. “At the present time, they are not active members of the Board of Directors,” he said. (The Journal lists Bhattacharya and Makary as “on vacation.” He added that there is no “communication” between the magazine and Trump administration.
Koldorf Wired told the magazine that it will be a place for open discourse and academic freedom. “I think it is important for scientists to publish what they think is an important science, and then it should be open for discussion, rather than preventing people from publishing,” says Coldorf.
Coldorf and Andrew Naimer, epidemiologist at the University of California in Irvin who was Supporter of laboratory leakage theory Of the Covid origin, it is called as the editor -in -chief of the magazine. Scott Atlas, which was exploited by Trump to work in the White House Coronverus Virus Work Ensemble, was also named as a member of the Editorial Board. Atlas, a specialist by training, False claims The masks do not work to prevent the spread of the Corona virus.
In January, Noymer wrote Bhattacharlya’s director of the National Health Institutes. In that, he praised Hacharia because of his open consciousness of different views. This opening Deployed In real policy.
Angela Rasmussen, an American virus and a research scientist at the University of Saskatchewan, says she is concerned that the magazine can be used to support fake health views and anti -public relations. “I don’t think this will give them any credit with real scientists. But the audience may not know the difference between the Public Health Academy magazine and the New England magazine.”
There is a “legitimate concern” that the magazine can become a warehouse of evidence that enhances the arguments that people prefer in management. If confirmed, BHATTACHARYA and Makary can be president Robert F. Kennedy JuniorTrump’s candidate to lead the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, known to promote a wide range of open scientific beliefs, including a link between vaccines and autism and that aid does not cause HIV.
Dotson warns that there is a risk that the presence of magazines is closely consistent with a specific political view that may deepen the politicization of science. “The worst scenario is to start the presence of magazines for people who are a type of populism and anti -institution and magazines for people who also read NPR and New York Times.”
