Benjamin Mazer
@mazer.us
Doctor, pathologist, and medical journalist. This is a personal account.
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Congratulations to the UK for following the US in adopting the varicella vaccine. Notably they are using MMRV.
"Building trust is why I’ve pushed back so hard against the rhetoric that ignores scientific evidence about the excellent safety profile and effectiveness of vaccines."
"Building trust is why I’ve pushed back so hard against the rhetoric that ignores scientific evidence about the excellent safety profile and effectiveness of vaccines."
January 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Congratulations to the UK for following the US in adopting the varicella vaccine. Notably they are using MMRV.
"Building trust is why I’ve pushed back so hard against the rhetoric that ignores scientific evidence about the excellent safety profile and effectiveness of vaccines."
"Building trust is why I’ve pushed back so hard against the rhetoric that ignores scientific evidence about the excellent safety profile and effectiveness of vaccines."
I’ve got to hand it to this health administration. They’ve achieved their primary goal of no longer having lockdowns and mask mandates.
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’ve got to hand it to this health administration. They’ve achieved their primary goal of no longer having lockdowns and mask mandates.
We should be wary of results that are unique to one research group.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We should be wary of results that are unique to one research group.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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.
welcome to the metaverse
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
welcome to the metaverse
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.
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.
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.
She is almost certainly going to win her inevitable lawsuit. When an HHS official calls you a "radical leftist," it's pretty clear you're being punished for political speech.
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
She is almost certainly going to win her inevitable lawsuit. When an HHS official calls you a "radical leftist," it's pretty clear you're being punished for political speech.
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.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
MAHA has self-righteously taken up the cause of Americans’ poor health. It’s purely a political movement though.
Chronic diseases, obesity, etc. matter. But you won’t hear about the inconvenient causes of our life expectancy gap:
guns, cars, drugs, and infections
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Chronic diseases, obesity, etc. matter. But you won’t hear about the inconvenient causes of our life expectancy gap:
guns, cars, drugs, and infections
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
MAHA has self-righteously taken up the cause of Americans’ poor health. It’s purely a political movement though.
Chronic diseases, obesity, etc. matter. But you won’t hear about the inconvenient causes of our life expectancy gap:
guns, cars, drugs, and infections
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Chronic diseases, obesity, etc. matter. But you won’t hear about the inconvenient causes of our life expectancy gap:
guns, cars, drugs, and infections
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
RFK Jr and his MAHA crew say public health needed to be gutted because of lack of trust. Yet trust has only declined since Kennedy took over.
But like everything else, Kennedy will ask you not to believe your own eyes and ears.
But like everything else, Kennedy will ask you not to believe your own eyes and ears.
October 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
RFK Jr and his MAHA crew say public health needed to be gutted because of lack of trust. Yet trust has only declined since Kennedy took over.
But like everything else, Kennedy will ask you not to believe your own eyes and ears.
But like everything else, Kennedy will ask you not to believe your own eyes and ears.
The American public continues to trust doctors far more than RFK Jr.
So who is to blame for the ongoing decline in trust of our public health infrastructure? The data speaks for itself.
So who is to blame for the ongoing decline in trust of our public health infrastructure? The data speaks for itself.
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The American public continues to trust doctors far more than RFK Jr.
So who is to blame for the ongoing decline in trust of our public health infrastructure? The data speaks for itself.
So who is to blame for the ongoing decline in trust of our public health infrastructure? The data speaks for itself.
This is the kind of stuff our new top vaccine policy makers are choosing to read.
I take the bold position that not every single doctor on earth is paid off by Big Pharma.
I take the bold position that not every single doctor on earth is paid off by Big Pharma.
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is the kind of stuff our new top vaccine policy makers are choosing to read.
I take the bold position that not every single doctor on earth is paid off by Big Pharma.
I take the bold position that not every single doctor on earth is paid off by Big Pharma.
If someone at Harvard says it then it must be true. By the way, we are trying to shut it down because universities are the enemy.
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If someone at Harvard says it then it must be true. By the way, we are trying to shut it down because universities are the enemy.
Yeah it would be pretty weird to take a medication you don't need just for political reasons. 🐴🪱
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yeah it would be pretty weird to take a medication you don't need just for political reasons. 🐴🪱
So are we still pretending to do this whole conflicts of interest are a problem thing?
September 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So are we still pretending to do this whole conflicts of interest are a problem thing?
Wow, individual case reports AND mechanistic data?! Christmas came early.
September 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wow, individual case reports AND mechanistic data?! Christmas came early.