This shouldn’t have to be said, but apparently it it does have to be said. And I guess Katelyn Jetelina of the popular substack “Your Local Epidemiologist” is a proud collaborator. It’s really amazing that she even uses the term bedfellows to describe it.
Reminder that Katelyn Jetelina was a paid communications consultant for the CDC under the Biden administration. Is she so mercenary that she’s now vying for a position in the Trump administration for a chance to propagandize her liberal audience into MAGA MAHA adherents? Conservatives may very well be interested in going that route since they have before.
MAHA is a movement involving anti-vax eugenicist principles. Even if you can pick out one little part of it that sounds ok, do you really want to sign on to the stink of eugenics? Chloe Humbert Jun 11, 2025 I realize some people are also busy being big fans of Paul Offit and Katelyn Jetelina, imagining that they will lead The Resistance to anti-vax by solving this thorny problem — but they both have problems. Katelyn Jetelina has a history of being a terrible communicator when it comes to accurate information — leading with the lies and helping anti-vax to spread25 under the guise of being a debunker influencer.26 Her popular newsletter has always seemed to exist to soothe and coo people to believe everything’s going to be ok no matter what, telling people what they want to hear.