Statement of Ethics

This page accompanies a short, standalone statement episode and is intentionally separate from the main episode archive.

I refuse to be silent.

Silence is not neutrality. Silence is complicity.

I host this podcast to explain infectious disease, public health, and science clearly and honestly, and I will continue to make that information available to everyone. I don’t gate-keep facts. I don’t withhold evidence. I don’t tailor biology to ideology.

But I need to be absolutely clear about my ethics.

I do not support the current U.S. administration. I believe we are witnessing sustained violations of constitutional rights, the dismantling of public health infrastructure, and the normalization of state violence against civilians.

I am not talking about abstract policy disagreements. I am talking about people being harmed—openly, repeatedly, and with impunity.

Thousands of people in ICE detention—many of whom followed the legal process, have documentation, and have no criminal records—are being brutalized. Families are being separated. Human beings are being treated as disposable. That is not “law and order.” That is authoritarianism.

At the same time, the systematic destruction of U.S. public health capacity—surveillance, preparedness, scientific independence—is not accidental. It puts lives at risk. It guarantees preventable deaths. And it disproportionately harms the people with the least power to protect themselves.

I am also disgusted by what has emerged from the Epstein files.

Let me be precise here: I am not interested in conspiracy. I am interested in evidence, investigation, and accountability. When powerful individuals are named in credible records connected to exploitation and abuse, those connections must be investigated—fully, transparently, and without regard to wealth, political power, or social status. Where evidence exists, there must be justice. Period. No one is above the law. And if the law refuses to reach the powerful, then the system itself is broken.

So here are my boundaries.

I will continue to share accurate, evidence-based science with anyone who listens. I will not weaponize information. I will not lie to make people comfortable.

But I will also not engage with people who support authoritarianism, state violence, or the protection of abusers because it suits their politics. If that offends you, you are not my audience.

This podcast is not a neutral zone where cruelty gets a free pass in the name of “both sides.” Biology does not exist in a vacuum. Public health is inseparable from human rights. And science stripped of ethics is just a tool for abuse.

This page exists so there’s no confusion about where this podcast stands. The science here is for everyone. But the ethics are not negotiable.

I will not be silent.

I will not legitimize harm.

I hope you're with me.