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BREAKING: Dr. Scott Atlas Denounces Bureaucracy’s Sacrifice of Public Health Principles in Favor of Partisan Agenda

Kenzi BustamantebyKenzi Bustamante
May 19, 2023
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BREAKING: Dr. Scott Atlas Denounces Bureaucracy’s Sacrifice of Public Health Principles in Favor of Partisan Agenda
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Speaking at Friday’s Academia’s COVID Failures symposium hosted by the Academic Sanity Consortium at the University of Chicago, Dr. Scott Atlas recounted the dishonesty, hypocrisy, and unethical behavior of the media, government, and academic institutions. 

Atlas is a senior fellow of Stanford’s Hoover Institution and an alum of the UChicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine.

Bolstering his point, Atlas quoted the following policy from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website as of October 15, 2020: “It is unethical and illegal to test someone who does not want to be tested, including students whose parents or guardians do not want them to be tested.” He highlighted that this policy is no longer available on the CDC website because the CDC removed it. 

Administrators at the University of Chicago ignored this. Throughout the 2020–21 academic year, UChicago compelled all on-campus students to test weekly. This policy was on-again, off-again throughout the 2021–22 school year. Without a weekly negative test, students faced disciplinary action and risked removal from housing. Naturally, the majority of students complied. Medical researchers and administrators demanded acquiescence to hastily formulated medical conclusions. 

Atlas examined the future of medical and research ethics, given the damage and fabrication inflicted throughout the pandemic. In particular, he attributed such effects to political contamination, citing the shift of CDC policy to match public opinion. 

While many have advocated to “forgive and forget,” Atlas adamantly asserted that conversations and criticism must continue to avoid the propagation of academia’s politically expedient narratives and manipulation of data. Such discussion serves as the most effective mechanism for avoiding a future crisis of public confidence.

Tags: COVID-19Scott AtlasThe University of Chicago
Kenzi Bustamante

Kenzi Bustamante

Kenzi Bustamante is a third-year in the College studying Biology and Public Policy. Her Christian faith encourages her to balance truth and grace in everything she does. She grew up in rural Missouri and has enjoyed broadening her cultural knowledge through language and study-abroad programs at the University of Chicago.

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