This is a paradigm shift.
In a stunning declaration, newly appointed NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says the days of censoring doctors and scientists are over.
For years, dissenting voices in medicine were sidelined, labeled as dangerous, or outright banned.
But under the new leadership of RFK Jr. and Donald Trump, that silence is being broken.
“Free speech is absolutely essential for scientific progress,” Bhattacharya said. “If we had had it during the pandemic, we would have had much better outcomes.”
He pointed to one of the most glaring examples: natural immunity.
During COVID, even suggesting that prior infection could provide protection was treated as heresy.
“You couldn’t say that if you had COVID and recovered, you’d have some immunity,” Bhattacharya said. “Those kind of taboos are anathema to scientific progress.”
That culture of fear and conformity, he says, is coming to an end.
From here on out, debate will no longer be shut down. Questions that were once considered too controv…