b'surprised at all if, were certain electionsures that are widening educational dis- OUR EVENT IN results to happen this year, he were toparities between rich and poor families. someday soon be appointed U.S. Sur- Maskmandatesmayalsohaveunin- HEILBRONN, geon General or even Commissioner oftended consequences that outweigh theGERMANY WAS the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.benefits.Yes, he is that impressive! A month later, in another Wall StreetA SMASH HIT!Dont let the subtitle of this book putJournal article (also found in his book)Any volunteers to help with our next, you off. It is an extremely personal booktitledTooMuchCautionIsKill- even bigger event?that sets forth a classic American Dreaming Covid Patients, Dr. Ladapo says, success story. From an abused boyhoodDoctors should follow the evidence for in Nigeria, Dr. Ladapo tells us how hepromisingtherapies.Insteadtheyde-legally immigrated to the United States,mand certainty. He laments that prom-and then transcended fear springing fromising and effective therapies have been that abuse to become not only a licensedshoved aside in a single-minded quest for medical doctor but a leading advocatethe Holy Grail of a vaccine.for mindful leadership in public health.Theauthoralsoadmirablydecries Nigerias loss was Americas gain. the obsessive campaign to vaccinate During the COVID-19 pandemic, theeverybody.Tohismind(andalso authorwrotenumerousop-edpiecesthose of numerous others), the vaccine for The Wall Street Journal and otherobsession lacked the quality of mindful major publications that established himleadership that would allow one to see asleaderwhodidntengageinknee- things for what they are rather than for jerk, panicked reactions to the pandemicwhat they would wish them to be. The but rather a thoughtful leader who al- author pronounces the American publicOn April 27th, our meeting hall was ways questioned the settled sciencepolicy response to the COVID-19 pan- packed with 400 attendees eager to on whether lockdowns and mask man- demic as the resounding failure that ithear the truth about the medical tyr-dates were truly the best approach tohas been, at least if its murky goal were fighting the pandemic. Readers can findindeed to save American lives. If its goalanny that envelopes us but that we are these articles set forth in Transcend Fearinstead were to kill as many people asexposing and beating back. Our next and at the same time observe the steadypossible, then it was a resounding suc- event for North America or Europe is evolution of the authors views as newcess. being planned now and volunteers to evidence surfaced revealing the fraud ofAForewordandanAfterwordhelp would be appreciated.those public health measures. bracket Dr. Ladapos own story, written Inhisbook,Dr.Ladapodescribesby Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Gavin de how he and others were looking at theBecker, respectively. Both are excellentIfinterested,pleasecontactNHF Big Picture of the unfolding pandemicand worthwhile additions to Dr. Lada- President Scott Tips through the NHF and the negative health and other rami- pos book. offices at contact-us@thenhf.com.fications of lockdowns, mask mandates,Overall,thisbookisacompel-and official suppression of safe and ef- lingindictmentofthedangerousand fective remedies in favor of experimentalnon-mindful leadership that has Amer- Crossword Puzzle Answersinjections. As he put it in a Wall Streetica in its political and medical grip, even JournalarticlepublishedinOctoberto this day. The author ominously warns 2020 and very aptly titled Masks Areus that, Sadly, much of the scientific a Distraction From the Pandemic Real- community seems resigned to denialism. ity, [a] hallmark of Covid-19 policyThey see the only failure in public health has been the failure of political leadersleadership to be their unwillingness to and health officials to anticipate the un- be even tougher. Had restrictions only intended consequences of their actions.beendeeperormoreprolonged,they This tendency has haunted many deci- contend, we would have been spared the sions,fromlockdownsthattriggeredworst aspects of the pandemic. That enormous unemployment and increasedbodes ill for the future of America and alcohol and drug abuse, to school clo- the people in it.30 H ealtHF reedomN ews /s priNg2024'