The Commission will…

“Study the scope of the childhood chronic disease crisis and any potential contributing causes, including… medical treatments,… Government policies… electromagnetic radiation… corporate influence and cronyism. 

• Assess the threat that potential over-utilization of medication…

• Restore the integrity of science, including by eliminating undue industry influence… and increasing methodological rigor

• Address appropriately restructuring the Federal Government’s response to the childhood chronic disease crisis, including by ending Federal practices that exacerbate the health crisis…” 

There are only three physicians on the commission. David Weldon is a known anti-vaxxer. Neither Jay Bhattacharia nor Marty Makary have any basic science or clinical trial experience. Both are critics of COVID lockdowns and the medical establishment overall, and are editors of a newly formed Journal of the Academy of Public Health along with others who regard  “Traditional journals as more or less dead.” So they are unlikely to seek expert help beyond a few loyal figure-heads.

Importantly, there are deep ties between most members of the MAHA Commission and conservative think tanks, both the Heritage Foundation and America First Policy Institute (please link to Eviva Partners article, Can MAHA Spell the end of the conservative movement?)

MAHA Commission is therefore unprecedented in being a group of political operatives with a mix of specific policy agendas (traditionalist, libertarian, corporatist, populist, New Conservative, anti-elitist, etc), and no clinical or basic research expertise, that is tasked with solving childhood chronic disease in 100 days.

This revolt remains unopposed. Due to pervasive fear, academics, government, professional associations, industry are either completely quiet or treading lightly.