Episode 16. The new director of the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, tells Peter Gøtzsche about his visions for improving the health of Americans. We discuss unreliable science, scientific censorship, the cover-up for the origin of COVID-19, the harmful consequences of the lockdowns, the follies of face mask mandates, that public health messages are often too simple and misleading, the problems with Cochrane and its conflicts of interest related to the drug industry, mammography screening, neurological harms of the HPV vaccines, and that depression drugs double suicides.
Documentation:
Bhattacharya J, Bienen L, Duriseti R, Høeg TB, Kulldorff M, Makary M, Smelkinson M, Templeton S. Questions for a Covid-19 Commission. Norfolk Group 2023; Jan.
Gøtzsche PC. Origin of COVID-19: The biggest cover up in medical history. Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom 2023; Oct 6.
Gøtzsche PC. Sweden did exceptionally well during the COVID-19 pandemic with its open society. Brownstone Institute 2023; March 28.
Gøtzsche PC. False propaganda about face masks and Cochrane editorial misconduct. Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom 2023; Sept 11.
Ioannidis JPA. Cochrane crisis: secrecy, intolerance, and evidence-based values. Eur J Clin Invest 2018; Dec 5.
Gøtzsche PC. Decline and fall of the Cochrane empire. Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom; 2022 (freely available).
Gøtzsche PC. Whistleblower in healthcare (autobiography). Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom; 2025 (freely available).
Gøtzsche PC. How Merck and drug regulators hid serious harms of the HPV vaccines. New York: Skyhorse; 2025.
Gøtzsche PC. Cochrane on a suicide mission. Brownstone Institute 2025; June 20.
