Progressive Commentary Hour The Progressive Radio Commentary Hour with Meryl Nass
Nov 26, 2025
Dr. Meryl Nass, an internal medicine physician and biological warfare epidemiologist, dives deep into health reform promises from the Trump administration and the MAHA movement. She critiques vaccine safety claims and discusses the controversial Wakefield story and CDC whistleblower revelations. Nass reveals the shortcomings of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and discusses the links between food policy, ultra-processed diets, and chronic disease. Her insights shed light on the conflicts within public health agencies and the urgency of reform.
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Health Spending Without Health Outcomes
- The U.S. spends trillions yet ranks worst on many child and adult health measures among developed countries.
- Gary Null links this to information control and regulatory capture by powerful institutions and corporations.
Require Gold-Standard Vaccine Trials
- Do not accept new vaccines without gold-standard placebo-controlled trials and multi-year follow-up.
- Demand saline-placebo randomized trials measuring broad health indices for at least three years before mandating vaccines.
Wakefield, Vaxxed, And The Thompson Revelations
- Meryl Nass recounts the Wakefield 1998 Lancet study that linked MMR to gut issues in 12 children and the subsequent campaigns against it.
- She describes Wakefield's exile to the U.S. and the Vaxxed films that amplified whistleblower William Thompson's CDC disclosures.
