'I sued the Biden administration for COVID censorship' | Jay Bhattacharya | The Reason Interview

Jay Bhattacharya explains the stakes of Murthy v. Missouri, the politicization of medical research, and his RFK Jr. endorsement.

00:00- Introduction
01:12- Murthy vs. Missouri
17:05- Politicization of the NIH
20:45- Loss of trust in public health
25:45- Biden v Trump on COVID
27:49- What Bhattacharya got wrong
29:35- COVID vaccines mistakes
34:53- RFK Jr. and other vaccine skeptics
39:44- What would Bhattacharya revise?
42:17- How Bhattacharya’s politics changed
44:20- How do we restore trust in public health?

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Jay Bhattacharya, co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration and one of the plaintiffs in Murthy v. Missouri, the Supreme Court case charging that the Biden administration and other parts of the federal government illegally colluded "with social media companies to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content." A decision in that case is imminent, and a victory for Bhattacharya's side would make it impossible for the government to pressure X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and other platforms to ban or squelch legal speech. A professor of medicine at Stanford University and a Ph.D. economist, Bhattacharya talks about his experience being blacklisted online because of his criticisms of lockdowns and other COVID policies, the ways in which both Donald Trump and Joe Biden fumbled their responses to the pandemic, and what the public health establishment must do to regain the trust and confidence of the American public.

Video Editor: Ian Keyser

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[mabelheinzle]

We pray for your success suing the dictator

[chillonfunsmart]

The COVID censorship should be interpreted has a crime against humanity and an act of terrorism because that's exactly what it was.

[mariarivero]

An honest doctor and a hero God bless him

[bsmithhammer]

Kudos, Dr. Bhattacharya. What happened can't go unchallenged, and we need to get to the (real) bottom of this, not the obviously constructed narrative that we were fed.

[reginamemoriesforever-vcql]

Dr Bhattacharya I signed the Great Barrington Declaration in October 2020!!! and I AM WILLING to testify alongside you. There’s just one caveat, i am not American. But please Dr Bhattacharya tell us how we can express our continued support for you! Open a platform where we can express the crimes committed against human rights. Most of us were discriminated against, joked, humiliated, ridiculed and yes, silenced and judged as crazy conspiracy theories WHEN IN MY CASE i am a certified healthcare professional. Many lost their jobs and had their lives destroyed; many died due to negligence and medical error. :(😢

[LoisSharbel]

Thank you for sharing your platform with this fine, brave scientist and public servant. He has paid a great price for speaking truth to power, enduring great pressure from the likes of Anthony Fauci and Frances Collins. THEY should be forced to bear responsibility for horrendous actions against fine people like this man and PAY CONSEQUENCES, instead of continually being allowed to lie before congress and to the public.

[Barbaralee]

My prayers are with Dr B and the first amendment!

[orrinkelso]

I am 72 years old. I don't think I will live long enough to see my faith in the medical community restored. But faith in government? Not ever going to happen!

[dianedorbin]

if you would listen (really listen) to RFK jr on his podcasts and in interviews, you would know he is not an "anti-vaxxer"

[mrw]

Not sure why Nick seems so intent on calling people "anti-vaxxer". Pretty sure he'd be offended if I called him "anti-government". Criticism is not the same as opposition.

[garbonomics]

Reasonable and balanced. Glad he advised our governor in Florida. 👍

[andrewkerr]

Nothing will change until the Sheep stop begging for more Government

[zealandzen]

Does he know Dr. Luc Montagnier? Nobel Virologist. "Covid was created by experts in a high security lab." -April 2020

[davidtigwell]

Jay is an important voice of reason we don't hear enough of. His expertise nothwithstanding, his position athwart "Expert Worship" is absolutely critical to an informed citizenry.

[hojacqui]

Thank you Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for your efforts ❤

[ros]

I love this guy! he has guts and intellect-two qualities desperately needed in this era of clowns and crooks running the show.
The American people were denied "a second opinion" something people are generally advised is a smart thing to do regarding their health decisions. RFK is not against vaccines, he is against forced vaccines, and for medical bodily freedom.Also for people having the correct information about vaccines, in order to make an informed decision.

[robertadowns]

Thank you Dr Bhattachara!! You have put honesty and care above gain...

[richardlefaive]

Dr.J has been one of the most; constant \ consistent, moderate, level headed, reliable, and honest actors throughout the past 4+ years.

He and his GBD co-authors were early to the party and spot on. That document, which bravely outlined and recommended an alternate course from what top PH officials and governments were pushing stands up exceptionally well in retrospect. All because they used long standing, well known, medical and PH ethics + epidemiological principles.

[odette]

Great presentation of how a professional health scientist should think - thank you Jay. This is the kind of person who should lead national health responses, not a select bunch of old bureaucrats who no longer even work at the coal face.

[cosmicallyderived]

This man has fully digested the ramifications of the Twitter Files and has become a lion for truth as a result!