Marty Makary MD, MPH

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1Feb 24, '23Over the last few weeks, meta-analysis studies from highly-respected researchers found that: 1. Masks has NO impact on the epidemic trajectory (Cochran) 2. Natural Immunity >> Vax 32.9×2.8M9.8k3.2k1.1k
2Apr 27, '22Surprised to learn that Kamala Harris who is asymptomatic, healthy, and quadruple vaccinated is getting Paxlovid, a drug reserved for high-risk patients per the FDA label.10.3×041k9k402
3Oct 13, '22It appears the FDA no longer requires clinical trial data Pfizer&Moderna's new Omicron vax(tested in 8 mice) was authorized today for children, who are at the highest risk of v10.1×031k13k892
4Dec 30, '22At a time when the country needed Fauci’s NIAID to work, it didn't. The agency failed to pivot its mammoth research infrastructure to give doctors &policymakers the medical evi10.0×855k5.9k1.4k91
5Jan 2, '22Dear President Biden, FDA is bypassing it's scientific advisors to authorize boosters for all kids 12-15 next week. This is unconscionable--undermines the integrity of the FDA's st8.1×030k8.5k582
6Jul 20, '22“immune function among vaccinated individuals 8mo. after the administration of two doses of COVID vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated”. According to European Med Age7.8×019k10k2.4k
7Sep 6, '23Masking did nothing for the 276,000 participants in randomized trials or cluster RCTs. The Cochrane review is now being criticized simply because some people do not like the result7.4×637k6.2k2.2k696
8Sep 14, '23What if I told you 1 in 50 people who took a new medication had a "medically-attended adverse event" and the manufacturer refused to disclose what the complication was, would you t6.9×592k4.6k1.8k540
9Sep 15, '23FDA should have rejected these data: ▪️Pfizer's new vaccine was approved based on 10 mice (no human data) ▪️Moderna's new vax was tested in 50 people tracked for just 2wks. One per6.3×541k5.9k2.9k769
10Aug 31, '23FDA &CDC pushing the new XBB Covid booster on 300M Americans with zero human outcomes data makes a mockery of the scientific method and our regulatory process. My latest oped..5.5×472k3.9k1.4k182
11Mar 29, '22Is this following the science?? FDA will authorize 4th doses this week by bypassing the typical voting process of their external experts. FDA will then convene them after the autho5.3×018k6.2k474
12Apr 19, '22The White House is not appealing the federal judge ruling striking down travel mask mandates. That's says a lot.5.2×024k3k84
13Jan 20, '22The CDC's problem is not "messaging". Its bad policy. Ignoring nat imm, not releasing data, pushing boosters on healthy kids, quarantining low-risk immune students, closing schools5.1×021k4.7k314
14Feb 28, '23Thankful for the opportunity to testify before congress today with my good friends ⁦@DrJBhattacharya⁩ and ⁦@MartinKulldorff⁩5.0×429k7.7k71632
15Sep 16, '22Evergrande, a company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, donated $115M to Harvard Med Sch. Days after the donation, Harvard-linked experts (some who had proposed a lab4.7×014k5.9k880
16Mar 1, '23More honesty and less absolutism by health officials would have served us better. My testimony before congress today with @DrJBhattacharya @MartinKulldorff4.4×378k3.7k1k113
17Sep 27, '22New York City ordered to reinstate all cops fired over vaccine mandates. It’s about time.4.3×018k3.6k113
18Feb 1, '22Its time to re-instate American workers. The data on natural immunity are now evident--the body's immune system works well.4.2×016k4.4k264
19Feb 20, '23The data on natural immunity protecting against severe disease was there all along, as I wrote in the WSJ over a year ago. The recent lancet article simply reviewed every major stu4.2×357k5k1.4k200
20Jan 26, '22Starbucks, Boeing, &Delta are hiring back staff they fired under vax mand. Its time to re-instate American workers with an apology. Nat Imm data are in--when employers fired th3.9×014k4.2k348
21Dec 3, '22New Study: "cardiac autopsy findings in five persons who have died unexpectedly within seven days following anti-SARS-CoV-2-vaccination... Our findings establish the histological p3.8×09.7k5.3k818
22Oct 12, '22“I don’t ever think you should ever ask tens of millions of people to get a vaccine based on mouse data“3.7×012k4.4k673
23Aug 31, '22FDA will likely authorize the Omicron vaccine later today/tomorrow based on data from 8 mice and no human clinical data avail to the public. Americans deserve to see the data. Why 3.5×09.9k4.5k485
24Mar 27, '22CDC has a civic duty to do rigorously study the long-term effects of vaccine-induced myocarditis. New follow-up study 3-8 months after myocarditis shows the MRI heart abnormality o3.5×09.8k4.5k756
25Feb 17, '22CDC dir told abc "no adverse events among vax recipients, & denied seeing any cases of myocarditis among vax'd kids 5-11. On that same day, however, data from her own agency sh3.4×010k4.4k409
26Sep 6, '23KJP says the new Covid XBB vaccine (expected to be FDA approved this week) works. But how can she know since no human outcomes studies were conducted?3.4×288k3.9k1.2k82
27Jul 15, '22Moderna's vaccine had a 4 (four) percent efficacy against asymp Covid in kids 6mo-2yrs of age. I admire the many health experts within the NIH & CDC who are outraged and spoke 3.3×010k4.3k427
28Feb 3, '22Our Natural Immunity Study out today in JAMA: 👍🏼816 people 👍🏼99.3% with prior Covid had circulating antibodies (unvax) 👍🏼Durable for ~2yrs studied 👍🏼Lexicon of immune/non-i3.0×08.5k3.5k912
29Jul 23, '22At this point, there should be a unanimous consensus to forever ban gain-of-function research. History had proven it to have catastrophic risks and zero clinical benefit.2.9×010k3.2k230
30Jan 27, '23The FDA is now trying to get the public to accept the idea of an annual mRNA Covid vaccine, with no good data. FDA leaders are in a bubble. How much longer will the FDA (18,000-emp2.9×245k3.7k84162
31Nov 8, '21Watching all the drama around @AaronRodgers12... How many professional athletes have ever died of Covid in any sport in any country in the last 2 years? 0 (zero) They are the lowes2.8×012k2.3k99
32Mar 31, '22A snapshot into America's uncanny booster enthusiasm: Pfizer applied for a 4th dose for people >65, but the FDA granted them an authorization for people >50. In other words, 2.7×09.3k3.1k240
33Aug 28, '21CDC: "You do not need to get the chickenpox vaccine if you have evidence of immunity against the disease." It's time for the CDC to recognize the power of natural immunity against 2.6×09.3k2.8k295
34Jul 16, '22Why are we doing trials if when a trial shows no clinical benefit in babies & toddlers (i.e. no statistical significance) the FDA & CDC authorizes a vaccine anyway?? This i2.6×08.3k3.2k228
35Dec 13, '21I'm looking forward to testifying before congress this week on how Covid policies are no longer based on clinical data. Nothing captures the problem more than this--requiring a boo2.5×09.9k2.4k222
37Jun 14, '22Listening now to FDA deliberate on mRNA vaccines for kids 6-23 months old, I'm very concerned they are using very little primary data in that age group. Instead they are extrapolat2.4×07.9k2.8k304
38Nov 9, '21Based on the data: We should not be giving healthy kids a 2nd vax dose at a 3wk interval, esp boys where 1/7K get myocarditis and 1/136 of them died, i.e. from the vax itself(NEJM 2.4×06.3k3.2k677
39Aug 17, '22Dr. Jha just said “it's going to be really important that people this fall and winter, get the new shot.” But we’ve seen ZERO data on this new vaccine. I’d love to see the data. Pu2.4×09.3k2.2k90
40Sep 9, '21I really hope Biden recognizes natural immunity tomorrow in his Covid announcements. Israeli study found it is 27x more effective than vaccines in preventing symptomatic infections2.3×07.9k2.1k247
41Jan 20, '22The data are now abundantly clear. Natural imm is more effective than vax imm. Sadly, tens of thousands Americans lost their job & livelihood because the Ab circulating in thei2.3×08.1k2.5k173
42Feb 9, '22Big tech was not happy about our JAMA study on natural immunity. LinkedIn took it down (censored my post below). The data doesn’t fit the narrative. Li re-instated my post after a 2.3×06.4k2.9k458
43Sep 17, '21Public health officials changing their position on natural immunity, after so much hostility toward the idea, would go a long way in rebuilding the public trust, as I explain in to2.3×07.2k2.3k480
44Jun 12, '22Natural Immunity wins again. New England Journal Study: Natural immunity “protection was higher than that conferred after the same time had elapsed since receipt of a second dose o2.2×06.5k2.7k536
45Jan 6, '22Well CDC just did it, as I predicted. They changed their language from "Get a booster" to "Are you up to date?" This manipulation or words implies that low-risk people without a bo2.2×08.2k2.3k126
46Apr 22, '2210% of my flight is wearing a mask + 1/4 flight attendants. We should all respect any person’s decision to mask. No one should taunt them or treat them differently. Civility has al2.0×07.8k58031
47Jun 20, '22A more honest announcement would have been: "We approved the vax for babies &toddlers based on very little data. While we believe its safe in this population, the study sample 2.0×07.4k2.1k154
48Jan 7, '22FDA asked a court for 75yrs to release documents related to the Pfizer vax. Today, a smart judge rejected their request. This is the same @US_FDA that bypassed experts to authorize1.9×07.6k1.9k177
49Dec 6, '21The list of studies on natural immunity continues to grow.1.9×05.5k2.2k617
50Dec 13, '21T-Cell immunity is strong and effective against Omicron. This is the most significant (and overlooked) scientific paper of the entire Omicron saga. The fixation on antibody levels 1.8×05.4k2.2k509
51Nov 27, '21I’ve heard these concerns from academic physicians in the U.S. There’s a modern day McCarthyism in science whereby researchers who question certain “sacred cow”assumptions using th1.8×05.7k2.2k372
52Aug 5, '21Covid Vaccines Should Not Be Required for All Americans1.8×06.3k1.8k332
53Sep 11, '21The 'natural immunity is unreliable' theory has done a lot of damage. It's OK to have a wrong hypothesis but public health leaders have pushed their theory way too long after data 1.7×05.8k1.8k317
54Jul 20, '22I’m not sure what this accomplishes?1.7×06.3k85232
55Jun 20, '22There was NO STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE in the vaccine study cited by FDA &CDC to recommend the vax in babies through kids<5. Any respected medical journal would normally reje1.7×05.1k2.1k304
56Nov 22, '211 in 3 Americans had Covid last year (Columbia Univ). I'm constantly amazed how unvax people are being fired despite having circulating antibodies to Covid. They HAVE antibodies th1.6×05.8k1.8k189
57Dec 30, '21FDA PLEASE STOP: nyt reporting @fda is about to authorize boosters for 12-15 yr-olds WITHOUT convening their VRBPAC expert advisory committee. We are in uncharted territory. Who's 1.6×04.8k1.9k169
58Sep 26, '22Powerful video of a nurse who spoke out on vax-induced myocarditis in children, which could have been markedly reduced if FDA/CDC did their job and tracked cases, spaced out interv1.5×05k1.8k293
60Dec 21, '21Last week I testified before Congress that many Covid policies are no longer based in science. Data are misrepresented to fit agendas, like boosting young healthy people, while nat1.5×04.8k1.7k244
61Jun 10, '22The shocking convo @ CDC that resulted in the rec to boost 5yr-olds. From the mtg: "if we say 'should' more people will get boosted (vs 'may') then we may have more data that helps1.5×04.4k1.7k221
62Mar 29, '22Well folks, the answer is a clear "NO". FDA just authorized 4th doses for everyone >50 despite a lack of data that 4th doses reduce hospitalization risk and strong opposition fr1.4×04.5k1.8k138
63Apr 4, '22FDA should explain their erratic behavior: 💉Bypassed experts to authorize 4th dose 💉Gave Pharma more than they asked for (application for >65yo, but EUA for >50) 💉Months d1.4×04.7k1.6k253
64Jan 5, '22Yale is banning students from eating OUTDOORS at local restaurants for spring semester--a public health over-reach on defenseless population. The good news is that students are ris1.4×05.5k1.2k88
65Dec 21, '21It also is completely dismissive of natural immunity, now supported by 140 studies1.4×05.6k1.2k84
66Jun 16, '21Schools and colleges requiring kids to have 2-doses will lead to more life-threatening heart complications1.4×05.3k1.5k48
67Feb 25, '22Interesting timing for CDC to announce eliminating their masking & distancing orders for children & the “vast majority” of Americans— a new war, hrs after a Supreme Court p1.4×05k1.3k101
68Jul 14, '22An ancient trait of the medical profession is to speak up when we believe something is not in the best interest of our patients. Less absolutism and more humility by health agencie1.4×04.2k1.6k257
69Apr 4, '22CDC &NIH have not prioritized studying vax complications. J Peds study just found 69% of kids pres w/ myocarditis had a heart abnorm on MRI 3-8mo later. When pressed, CDC point1.4×04k1.8k233
70Nov 23, '22"Supplementation of vitamin D3 was related to a 33% decreased incidence of COVID-19 infection resulting in 30-day death." But why is this study published now? Would have been good 1.4×04.5k1.5k220
71Mar 5, '22The entire saga has been so painful to watch. The data has now caught up with public health officials…1.4×04.9k1.5k148
72Aug 14, '22We are living in a new era: billions of NIH dollars spent on long Covid research (which has yielded nothing) and almost no money allocated to basic studies of heart injury in child1.4×05.1k1.5k95
73Dec 5, '21The immediate reflex to give young healthy people a 3rd vaccine dose to protect against Omicron is not supported by data, nor is it necessary for anyone who has natural immunity ba1.3×04.4k1.6k225
74Dec 13, '21All Omicron cases for which there is available information on severity were either asymptomatic or mild (EU report). There have been no Omicron-related deaths reported.1.3×04.4k1.4k150
76May 29, '22Brilliant re-analysis of the data the CDC used justify school masking. This new elegant study, using a larger population & longer study period, found that school masking was NO1.3×04.3k1.4k371
77Sep 6, '22I'm concerned the White House annual Covid vax announcement is not data-driven and ignores nat imm & concerns of immune imprinting from a multi-dose vax strategy. Omicron vax a1.3×04.3k1.4k167
78Apr 28, '22Interesting that people are 100% certain that a new drug with complex drug interactions, only studied in 1,120 people worldwide is 100% safe enough to give off-label to a popul it'1.3×05.2k1.1k138
79May 8, '22Today, Biden/Jha demanding $22.5B in additional Covid funding. A lot will go to: 🔹Another vax that has not been disclosed, studied or FDA authorized 🔹The testing-industrial compl1.3×04.5k1.3k83
80Aug 28, '21BIG new Israeli study: Natural immunity "offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine" A1.3×04.1k1.4k292
81Aug 11, '22More studies revealing how the Covid vaccine affects the heart of children. This is why many of us called for more humility and less dogma when vax &booster mandates were pushe1.3×04.1k1.5k191
82Sep 28, '22CDC is quietly reversing many of their recs while no one is paying attention. I went out to dinner and felt bad seeing so many young healthy waiters &waitresses still holding o1.2×04.5k1.4k121
83Dec 30, '21If Dr. Fauci, with his platform, would have ever mentioned this treatment once, many hospitalizations could have been prevented. 2 favorable trials reported in JAMA & Lancet in1.2×03.6k1.4k266
84Jan 9, '22Here's the article I discussed this evening. The good news is since it was published 4 days ago, hundreds of university students, parents, alumni, & donors have told me they re1.2×04.2k1.2k206
85Mar 18, '22CDC just revised down U.S. child Covid deaths by 25%. CDC, with 21K employees, still can't tell us how many were healthy, if any (Germany reported zero 5-17y.o.) or how many had na1.2×04.2k1.3k154
86Sep 28, '22The omicron vaccine, which was authorized based on public data from 8 mice, is now mandatory for students at Fordham. If a student (with pre-existing natural imm to omicron) develo1.2×04.1k1.4k63
87Jul 11, '22The rest of the world has accepted the endemic nature of Covid and moved on, but the U.S. is an int'l outlier, still pushing mass testing & chasing down every case. The admin i1.1×03.9k1.1k68
88Jun 22, '22No surprise to learn that the White House is “running the CDC”. At least, he’s honest. Certainly explains why many CDC policies go against the current data and instead serve the in1.1×04k1.3k107
89Nov 22, '22Dr. Fauci's primary job is to fund research. I'm disappointed he did not fund a rapid randomized controlled trial of the new bivalent vaccine. In his last WH press conf today, he p1.1×04.7k87339
90Sep 3, '21Hospitals not allowing people to visit their critically ill loved ones because of covid is a human rights violation. There are things worse than dying, like dying alone.1.1×04.2k1.1k46
91Jul 15, '22Physicians should always defend our sacred liberty to speak freely about health concerns based on data.1.1×04k1.1k95
93Dec 27, '21The hospital staff shortage crisis is a self-inflicted wound. It was avoidable. Policies should have accounted for nat imm, reasonable med exemptions, 1-dose, & been limited to1.1×03.6k1.2k116
94Oct 27, '21The NIH should be doing a long-term study of natural immunity instead of torturing thousands of beagle puppies, including cutting their voice box to avoid barking sounds (sick). Al1.1×03.7k1.2k56
95Dec 6, '21It goes against the data. Requiring a 6 y.o. who had covid to get 2 vaccine doses embodies the new pandemic of lunacy1.1×04.4k89645
96Feb 7, '22Dear President Biden, Your @CMSGov is ordering struggling rural hospitals to fire nurses with nat immunity. Amidst a staffing crisis, some rural hosp now asking Cov+ staff to work 1.0×04k1k33
97Sep 27, '21Swapping out experienced nurses with nat guard who are not familiar with a hospital's systems, local ways of doing things & emerg protocols has risks. Recognize natural imm, in1.0×03.8k90240
98May 19, '22Hospitals not allowing people to visit and hold the hand of their dying loved one was one of the greatest human rights violations of the Covid response--a groupthink policy that 'e1.0×03.9k82239
99Jan 29, '22Agree Dr. Prasad. I will say it again... If anyone knows of any data showing that boosters reduce Covid hospitalizations/deaths in young healthy people, please let me know. #follow1.0×03.8k88784
100Apr 24, '22For decades, doctors and nurses have used 1-way masking around patients with contagious respiratory pathogens.0.9×03.9k46952

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