Science Magazine Goes Political & Endorses Kamala w/ Dr. Marty Makary & Brian Hooker – Ask Dr. Drew

"We must protect science from politics!" science journalists shouted from 2017 to 2021. Then yesterday, the editors of Scientific American the oldest 'continuously published magazine' in the USA, with contributors including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla endorsed their second presidential candidate in the publication's 179year historyKamala Harris. Their first endorsement? Joe Biden in 2020. ••「 LINKS & SOURCES」•• And what was their sole positive word about the Trump administration? "Operation Warp Speed, which developed effective COVID vaccines extremely quickly." Should science publications stay out of politics and how can scientists rebuild their credibility as nonpartisan, unbiased truth seekers?

Dr. Brian Hooker is an author and the chief scientific officer at Children's Health Defense. He holds five U.S. patents and has authored over 70 peerreviewed publications, including 20+ papers on vaccine injury epidemiology. He coauthored the New York Times bestseller "VaxUnvaxLet the Science Speak" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A former Biology Professor at Simpson University, Dr. Hooker specialized in microbiology and biotechnology. Find more at and follow him at

Dr. Marty Makary, MD is a Johns Hopkins professor and member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay, winner of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award. Dr. Makary has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and he has published more than 250 scientific research articles. He served in leadership at the W.H.O. and has been a visiting professor at 25 medical schools. Follow him at and read his latest book "Blind SpotsWhen Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health" at

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