STAT readers on MAHA activists, perimenopause, and diversity in medical school

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay. The story “I’m a MAHA activist. I went into the public health lion’s den — and it changed how I think,” by Aaron Everitt The response It’s great that you had the opportunity to actually interact in a professional setting with the people in our country who have actual expertise: doctors, scientists, etc. Unfortunately, the resources don’t exist to take every flat-earther to the International Space Station to change their mind. It seems MAHA folks are being intentionally misdirected by meaningless nonsense (like concerns about red 40 dye, vaccines, and fluoridated water) to intentionally distract you, the medical/scientific communities, and our wider population, pitting us all against each other so that we aren’t focused on the real issue: the corporate interests and their corruption of our politics