Bonus Sample: The Bethesda Declaration
Jun 16, 2025•7 min
Episode description
In October 2020, three contrarian medical professionals published The Great Barrington Declaration to great applause by the pro-business, anti-closure crowd. One of them, Jay Bhattacharya, now runs the NIH.
Things are not going well under his watch. Last week, he was grilled in front of Congress about the $18B in proposed cuts to NIH funding. This happened a day after over 300 people under his guard published The Bethesda Declaration, a document filled with issues occurring under Bhattacharya's leadership.
Derek discusses this new declaration and listens in on the Congressional hearing.
The Bethesda Declaration
An Uproar at the NIH
The Disappearing Funds for Chronic Diseases
Show Notes
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