Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, University of Chicago students and employees have been forced to abide by policies crafted by shadowy ‘experts’ who, to this day, remain unnamed. Emerging as the face of these anonymous scientists is one person: Dr. Emily Landon.
UChicago describes Landon as a leader of “the academic health system’s infection control and prevention efforts.” She has hosted several videos about COVID for the UChicago community and frequently appears on Chicago news stations to offer medical advice. Landon has also served as an advisor to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzer and as a “primary architect” of Illinois’ COVID policies.
Since Landon wields such great power over the lives of UChicago community members and Illinois residents alike, let’s get to know her a little better. To date, here are 6 of Landon’s most outrageously unethical and anti-science policy proposals and beliefs:
1. Landon Dismisses Natural Immunity
In a recent article she wrote for UChicago Medicine, Landon expressed skepticism in the power of natural immunity to combat COVID, writing that “there is a level of uncertainty on how the antibodies will respond, and immunity is really specific to that particular variant.” She goes on to write that because of natural immunity’s uncertainty, even people who’ve had COVID must still be vaccinated.
However, a systemic analysis of 9 clinical studies that investigated natural immunity discovered that all 9 studies “found at least statistical equivalence between the protection of full vaccination and natural immunity; and, three studies found superiority of natural immunity.” The analysis concluded that “vaccination of COVID-recovered individuals should be subject to clinical equipoise and individual preference.”
We’re now learning that vaccines may even cause a statistically significant negative efficacy against Omicron, as demonstrated by a recent Danish study. In other words, those who are vaccinated and haven’t gotten a booster shot might be more likely to get Omicron than those who are unvaccinated.
Natural immunity isn’t just simply equivalent—or perhaps superior—to vaccine efficacy: it’s the only reliable type of protection.
It’s inexcusable for a powerful doctor like Landon to not even acknowledge any of the research that affirms the power of natural immunity. She has used the prestigious platform of UChicago Medicine to tell untold numbers of people to be vaccinated, all while hiding pivotal information from them.
2. She Loves Useless Cloth Masks
Beyond vaccines, Landon has adamantly supported the wearing of cloth masks as a way to combat COVID—even as studies find them to be ineffective and potentially harmful.
In May 2020, Landon emphatically announced during a press conference for Governor Pritzker that cloth masks “are our lifeline.” Just months after she made this claim, however, a study found that “cloth masks have limited inward protection” in areas “where viral exposure is high,” and another study concluded that cloth masks “filter only about 10 percent of exhaled aerosol droplets.”
Even before COVID, numerous studies found a lack of a conclusive relationship between mask-wearing and a reduction in the risk of contracting a respiratory illness. Worryingly, a meta-study that referenced more than 30 experimental studies also discovered a “recurrent and uniform presentation” of “psychological and physical deterioration” among healthy mask wearers, with symptoms ranging from a decrease in blood oxygen saturation to difficulty in breathing and shortness of breath.
Landon still champions mask mandates, and UChicago has, with her guidance, required students and employees to wear useless masks while indoors since the pandemic began.
3. Landon Demands Students Get a Booster, but Not Doctors and Scientists
A recent Chicago Thinker opinion piece written by Christopher Phillips and I that decried UChicago’s COVID policies was praised by Dr. Adam Cifu, a Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Medical School Academics at UChicago. Landon responded to Cifu on Twitter, writing “no one is arguing for [infection] control no matter the cost … slowing spread [is] important so [the] high risk can get care and more therapies.”
However, if the goal of the Landon-led COVID measures is to protect the high risk, that goal is entirely thwarted by the fact that UChicago hospital employees, who total more than 9,400 and regularly interact with high-risk patients, are exempt from the university’s booster shot mandate.
As Christopher and I pointed out, this exemption—which exists because the university fears hospital employees and scientists will quit if they have to get a booster shot—completely undermines the university’s narrative that the booster shot is crucial to saving lives. The fact that Landon demands students get a booster shot but not doctors and scientists—people who, per Landon’s logic, need a booster the most—should make everyone realize she doesn’t actually believe boosters are essential.
4. She Thinks Vaccinating Young Children Is ‘Great’
When asked even before Omicron what she thinks about vaccinating young children ages 5-11, Landon enthusiastically remarked that it’ll be “great! It’ll be huge! It’ll be so good!”
Yet vaccinating young children is anything but “great.” Pfizer itself admits here on page 11 that we can’t even know the risks of vaccinating children younger than 12 due to the clinical development program’s sample size for that age group being too small. As a result, additional studies, including “a 5-year follow-up study to evaluate long term sequelae of post-vaccination myocarditis/pericarditis,” are needed to determine if vaccinating young children is safe.
Despite Landon having no idea what the risks are, she still wants all children ages 5 and up to be forcibly vaccinated. And from available data, she must have known the risks of vaccinating young people are serious: the rate of vaccine-associated myocarditis for ages 12-17 was found in Canada to be 36.1 per one million doses, a rate that significantly exceeds the pre-Omicron chance that someone in that age group is hospitalized with or dies from COVID.
Myocarditis is very serious. It can weaken someone’s heart and lead to the formation of clots, which can produce a stroke or a heart attack. Most worryingly of all, the mortality rate is believed to be 22% within 6.5 years.
Landon’s complete support for such an unethical and harmful measure should enrage every parent. Most importantly, it seriously calls to question why she has any authority to force young college students to be vaccinated.
The Hippocratic Oath, which all physicians must take, is unequivocal: “do no harm.”
5. Landon Supports Deceptive COVID Data
In one of her most recent tweets, Landon expressed confusion as to why people distinguish between those hospitalized with COVID and those hospitalized because of COVID. Landon “really [doesn’t] see much difference” between the two.
Even Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky have differentiated the two groups to demonstrate that nearly half of reported COVID hospitalizations aren’t even due to COVID. To understand how truly misleading the hospitalization numbers are, consider that even gunshot victims are listed as COVID deaths if the victims merely tested positive for COVID.
Clearly, to conflate these two groups is egregiously misleading, but Landon doesn’t care.
6. She Views the Unvaccinated as Uneducated
Landon crassly and inappropriately mocks the unvaccinated, retweeting posts that depict them as being low-class and incapable of independent research.
As the Chicago Thinker’s Editorial Board recently emphasized, there are many legitimate concerns surrounding COVID vaccines, ranging from the questionable FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine to comprehensive evidence of there being no discernible relationship between a population’s vaccination rate and number of COVID cases.
Landon seemingly brushes these concerns off, making fun of the unvaccinated for daring to think for themselves.
Here’s the bottom line: Dr. Emily Landon has both significant power and knowledge of the scientific process. It’s perfectly acceptable to make claims that are ultimately disproved by science—that’s an integral part of scientific inquiry. What isn’t acceptable, though, is to make these claims and double down when the science says otherwise. And because Landon isn’t just a scientist but a public health bureaucrat, she has used her incorrect claims to guide and direct both Illinois and UChicago’s COVID policies.
Emily Landon is “widely regarded as one of Chicago’s top coronavirus experts,” yet she has supported unquestionably harmful measures and been wrong about natural immunity. And vaccines. And masks. Despite having such an inept track record, she’s still demanding you and I obey her anti-science policies.
*The views expressed in this article solely represent the views of the author, not the views of the Chicago Thinker.
I see you’ve read my Secrets post. Good job at not only being wrong, but also being a hypocrite!
out of the thousand times that i’ve heard the sand-for-brains take that the vaccine could have long term negative effects i haven’t even heard one *guess* as to what those might be. i can only assume that you think it’s a 5G tracking device or causes autism, but i am open to hearing alternatives.
the anger you have at big pharma would actually be useful if it was because they murder sick poor people with price-gouging. but no, that part is fine — it’s the free life-saving vaccine that’s the problem.
The only thing I’ve seen people cite is the risk of myocarditis/pericarditis. And the risk is not zero, but it’s either lower or about the same as the risk from covid, such effects from the vaccine are generally self-limiting, and the increased risk is only in the short term. Honestly I think scaremongering so-called “journalists” like those at the Thinker have successfully convinced people that it’s going to, like, edit their genes or something because of the RNA in it.
Future issues with the mRNA vaccines fall into the category of “unknown unknowns” that only the passage of time can reveal. For that reason, I sympathize with the pregnant woman who opts out of vaccination or the mom who decides her adolescent daughter isn’t a candidate. In both cases, younger age profile suggests a low probability of a negative outcome. Why can’t ordinary people make reasoned judgements on this?
@The Mob, we are learning more and more about the vaccines as time goes by. While like you, I don’t believe in the microchipping, 5G tracking and autism conspiracy theories but at the same time I’m not going to be totally ignorant when there is cause to be concerned.
There are adverse effects from the vaccine being reported in the VAERS system. Someone has complied all the data and made the VAERS data searchable by vaccine batch numbers. Go to http://howbad.info and enter the batch number on your vaccination card to see if you got one of the bad batches. Thankfully most people do not experience any adverse effects.
just because there is no direct transfer of money does not mean the vaccines are free. these companies are not giving them away. they are being purchased by the government with money taken from those who pay taxes. pfizer is poised to make $33 billion in profits off their crappy vaccine in 2021 alone. only people who don’t pay taxes thinks these kinds of things are ‘free’. you should be thanking me for footing the bill, and stop acting like your precious prophylactic is a legit vaccine that prevents the spread of COVID and comes without side effects just because you didn’t experience any complications yourself.
Wow, ‘barn image posts’ & ‘ The Mb’ are truly ignoramuses. Turn off CNN and do your own research, as has Daniel Schmidt – kudos to you Dan!
Have you ever heard of VAERS? https://vaers.hhs.gov/index.html The data is there and published by our own government. The ‘jab’ is truly a dangerous experiment, as you will soon discover yourself.
And when you’re reading the VAERS reports – pause to understand that VAERS is massively underutilized – the true number of adverse events is many, many X higher. It takes a great deal of time to fill out a VAERS report- time that docs and nurses do not have to spare. They rarely do it. The Mob, ban image posts and Another Uchicago student have surely not read any VAERS reports, let alone waded through hundreds or thousands of them, because if they had, their attitudes would not be as demonstrated here.
lol how out of touch are you? you really think young college-age progressives are getting their news from CNN? CNN and cable news in general are for millennials and older
Great article.
Most Folks do not have the strength to fight for those who do not believe what they have been told to believe.
Slowly and surely, these same Folks have willingly given up their own Freedom as they kneel and wait to be told what to do and accept next.
Every woman who accepts the vaccinations and boosters has chosen to inject every egg they will ever carry, so time will tell the full impact. For those that fight to be vaccinated, may they hand their children to Science so we can study the impact over the next 15-25 years. Leave those that choose not to follow alone.
You can always count on a Democrat to double down on a bad idea. Even when faced with evidence contrary to their position. Their Inner totalitarian ego will not be contained!
my dude, you have a lot higher chance at getting myocarditis/pericarditis from getting COVID than from the vaccines. sure, landon falls back on rhetoric on her twitter ocassionally (mostly for entertainment), but that doesn’t nullify the cutting-edge research she works with and is well versed in. what the fuck do you have? reading your article, i see only vague (and inaccurate) paraphrases, cherry-picked evidence, and potential counterarguments that are ignored categorically. even your prose is shit; ive seen conspiracy theories that are at least delivered in an clear and eloquent manner. anyways, i would wish you luck when you get covid, but clearly that would be wasted on you. have fun!
Your first point would be relevant if the vaccine prevented transmission, but it does not. In getting the vaccine, one is introducing an additional risk of myocarditis on top of the existing risk of myocarditis from COVID. Unless you have evidence that the risk of myocarditis from COVID is reduced after being vaccinated to such an extent that it justifies the added risk of myocarditis from vaccines (and I would love to be informed of this evidence), your point is irrelevant.
Note, also, that in this article I am specifically talking about young children, ages 5-11. We have no idea what the risk of myocarditis from vaccination is for that age group, as admitted by Pfizer.
I’m all ears for where I have inaccurately paraphrased evidence in my article.
One cannot convince an idiot, so all I will say is sorry you have so much pent up anger fueling this publication. Get well soon. L + Ratio + you’re a degenerate
Ms. Landon is an “order taker” and follows direction from BSD and Pritzker School’s Ken Polonsky (https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/overview-and-facts-at-a-glance/dean-polonsky). Her scripted communications are channeled through VP Paul Rand (https://president.uchicago.edu/leadership/officers/paul-m-rand) and his University Communications ‘strategic’ program managers and distribution channels (none of which carries legitimate authority, as it has been financially corrupted). Landon otherwise seeks influence over other constituents outside the campus proper, including thousands of community residents, alumnae, businesses, families, and the larger medical services sector, through unsolicited medical advice in public domain media broadcast programs. Administration, lower-level staff like Landon, and larger University governance, are now in an increasingly desperate corporate, and professional, compromise. ’96, Booth MBA
Questions for “expert” Emily Landon…
Is there a PEER-REVIEWED study that proves masks are effective in reducing illness?
If the booster shot is critical to saving lives then explain why is Israel experiencing a record surge in Covid cases and deaths after the 4th vaccine dose?
Why is the NFL secretly taking Ivermectin for the playoffs?
Why are Washington Polticians secretly taking Ivermectin?
Why did Japan’s Health Department switch from Vaccines to Ivermectin?
Why did India switch from Vaccines to Ivermectin?
Why are places that currently take Hydroxychloroquine regularly for Malaria are among the lowest in Covid cases yet have inadequete access to vaccines?
If vaccinating young children is great, then why is a district in New York training staff to handle sudden cardiac arrests in children?
What brings ones closer to the truth… trusting or questioning?
Google or DuckDuckGo?
I didn’t know about this Emily Landon woman until I read this article. I went to go watch one of her top vidoes on youtube where she was giving a short speech with the Mayor and Governor early in the pandemic. Her words and her expressions are greatly exaggerated. Her whole speech was painting a new normal where we live in absolute fear and that doing anything social is super scary. One would think if this was an expert they would be informative with facts. Watch the video on mute, then ask yourself, is she an expert or an actress?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUuWq6y8F0
Call me weird.
But she has those eyes.
Like many people who have power.
Like many people pushing these vaccines.
They have those eyes.
I don’t know what to call it.
Nancy Pelosi Eyes?
Brian Stelter Eyes?
Adam Schiff Eyes?
Chuck Schumer doesn’t seem to have those eyes.
But AOC does have those eyes.
Once you are aware of those eyes. You will know.
Behind those eyes is a mind.
A mind corrupted with power.
A mind that seeks to control of others.
A mind with an agenda that is absolute.
There is no soul behind those eyes.
Once you are aware of those eyes.
Those eyes cannot be unseen.
You’re weird
Hey Daniel!
I been trying to tell people that natural immunity is just as good or better than vaccine immunity. It is insane that people will believe whatever the talking heads say on TV over someone they personally know, that truely cares about their well being and who has spent many nights researching everything about this pandemic.
You can further bolster Point 1 because the CDC just admitted that those with natural immunity fared better than vaccination immunity. Check out this article: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/590411-cdc-study-shows-prior-covid-19-infection-and-vaccines-protected-against
To not even acknowledge natural immunity is insane. Who is paying this woman’s salary to spread this non-sense? Also who else is on that board is ignoring basic facts and pushing this absolutely insane booster mandate? They need to be exposed like the lies they spread and be held accountable!
If everyone just stopped for a moment and took an actual look at this.
– A virus particle is 1 micron
– The space in a blue surgical mask is about 80 microns.
– But they say the virus rides on water vapor, on average a water vapor is about 62 microns.
– 1 and 62 micron is smaller than 80 micron. Proving masks can’t stop any of these particles and are completely useless. It is cold outside, go out and breathe, notice how the steam goes through these masks.
Everyone went along without asking for proof. If we all just stopped and said “Fauci, you are telling us to wear a mask, double, triple masks. Can you provide the peer reviewed documentation this policy is based on?”
Then do the same at every school and employer that is doing the same policy, show us the peer reviewed documentation this policy is based on.
They say “Trust the Science”, but if the science isn’t peer reviewed then we are blindly trusting their faulty science.
Today I sat on the toilet, dropped a big one and did more research than Emily Landon ever did on COVID-19.
Mask Studies
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No statistically significant difference in infection rates between the masked and unmasked group in any of the trials.
https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2022-01/reg-v44n4-1.pdf
Masking “made no meaningful difference”
https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-six-cases-of-the-omicron-variant-being-detected-in-scotland
Oh gosh. I had another big one that came out. So I ended up doing even more research on the toilet than Emily Landon ever did on Covid…
Vaccinating Children Studies
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“The Mass COVID-19 Vaccination of Children Ages 5–11
and Younger Is Not a Safe or Rational Policy” – Steven J. Hatfill, M.D.
https://jpands.org/vol26no4/hatfill.pdf
Children vaccination campaign suspended after 120 children in Vietnam hospitalized after Pfizer jab
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/120-children-hospitalized-province-suspends-pfizer-vaccine-batch-4397748.html
No Deaths in Children Due to Covid in Germany
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.30.21267048v1.full.pdf
Opened Schools in Sweden resulted in zero children Covid deaths
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33406327
Why are we vaccinating children against COVID-19?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437699
Biit more to wiggle out, grrrrrrr, come on out! *Splooooosh*
With all this you will flush Landon’s booster mandate!
Natural Immunity
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Famous Covid Study That Shows Natural Immunity is Superior to Vaccinated Immunity is Replicated by Scientists
https://beckernews.com/famous-covid-study-that-shows-natural-immunity-is-superior-to-vaccinated-immunity-has-been-replicated-by-scientists-43442
Natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity: reinfections versus breakthrough infections https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1
Natural Immunity is “higher than that conferred by vaccination with two doses at a similar time since the last immunity-conferring event.”
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.04.21267114v1
Misc
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400+ Studies on the Failure of Compulsory Covid Interventions
https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-400-studies-on-the-failure-of-compulsory-covid-interventions
Hey Ms. Landon,
When are people going to wake up and realize that this covid is a hoax and nothing more than a bad case of the flu. Of the supposed 850,000 deaths (in 2 years) 94% of those had underlying medical issues. If you believe the 850,000 number is true it is 1/4 of 1% of the population in 2 years or projecting forward we will reach 1% in 6 more years and 100% in another 798 years. More people die from cancer and heart disease each year. In 2019 there were 30,000,000 million cases of the flu reported, in 2020 there were 2,000 cases reported. Where did the flu go? The Democrats and biased news media (mostly CNN and MSNBC) keep trying to control people with fear and scare tactics. Everyone, stop taking the experimental vaccines, take off the worthless masks and start living again like in Republican states.
Chicago Thinker: “Cancel culture is bad”
Also Chicago Thinker: “Let’s cancel this doctor for disagreeing with us”
I have plastered these flyers all over campus until Virginia Tech lifted their vaccine mandate:
https://freedom.social/pdf/There-is-no-pandemic-flyer-2.pdf
Now I’m going to keep plastering these flyers until every single restriction and vaccination program ends. Liberals keep tearing them down so I will make my rounds every weekend. They rather have more join their cult than admit they been had and do the right thing.