Today we discuss sex and vaccines, reality and renegades. First: men can no longer compete in women’s sports—from Trump’s Executive Order, to the NCAA’s response, to William “Lia” Thomas having his records rescinded at Penn, reality is prevailing. Other evidence includes the UK Supreme Court declaring that “man” and “woman” refer to biological reality; and the U.S. Supreme Court writing an opinion that forcing LGBTQ+ books on children in public elementary schools is unconstitutional. Men cannot magically turn into women, nor boys into girls, no matter what they believe or are told. Then: from the ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) to Vinay Prasad’s latest presentation at the FDA: the federal government is being populated by a combination of true renegades and middle ground scramblers who are dressed like renegades. A good toolkit for understanding how to make sense of the claims being made is necessary, and we all should be rooting for the renegades to win.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Trump’s EO: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/
Paula Scanlan speaks about men in women’s sports:https://x.com/xx_xyathletics/status/1940381615131332719
U.K. Supreme Court: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2024-0042
The Lancet – sex isn’t binary! https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00834-7/fulltext
U.S. Supreme Court – Mahmoud vs Taylor: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdf
William Thomas in the record books: https://www.outkick.com/sports/lia-thomas-upenn-womens-swimming-record-books-updated-acknowledges-transgender-swimmer-note
RFK Jr on Tucker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_fzlwxJZAA
ACIP committee with Robert Malone and Retsef Levi: https://x.com/janjekielek/status/1939482343313453423
Prasad on myocarditis: https://x.com/US_FDA/status/1940111214497210425
Prasad makes full professor: https://x.com/bretweinstein/status/1554849287300792320
Earlier clips of ZDogg and Prasad and Makary: https://x.com/alexandrosm/status/1574530850565558272
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