Our new Center for Global Health Accountability (CGHA) website is live! Explore lots of new information about our activities, research and data. Take a look:
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My piece in RealClearMarkets today: California’s strange addiction politics—cannabis is fine, nicotine is not.
realclearmarkets.com/2026/10…
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"Stakeholders without a stake" - my take on the questionable stakeholder legitimacy of tobacco control activists and the arrogance of dismissing consumers' insights.
Consumers are the stakeholders with the greatest stake.
#OnThisDay in 1983, THE THE released 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑦.
Written by Matt Johnson and produced by Matt alongside Paul Hardiman, the song was released as a single on 2nd September 1983 and would later appear on 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.
More than four decades later, it remains one of THE THE’s best-loved and most enduring songs.
Revisit 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑦 today.
#thethe #mattjohnson #thisistheday #soulmining #onthisday
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"You are not likely to see Henry Nowak’s words stenciled on a mural. No corporation will change its logo. The same establishment that made a few words immortal when spoken by a black man in Minneapolis has met the same words, spoken by a white boy dying on a British street, with what can only be described as a determined, institutional silence. That silence is not neutral. It is a statement. It tells you exactly whose suffering the system has decided counts, and whose does not."
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Really? Shrugging your shoulders and walking away from the deaths of 20 million people sends a message that bioterrorists will heed: we can do this on purpose next time and they won't even investigate properly.
Replying to @LawrenceGostin
It is time to let go of the COVID origins debate. It does not make the US or the world safer or better prepared.
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UK to face repeat lockdowns as taxpayers fund pandemic treaty that “risks same playbook again”
@davidbelldr
@DrJBhattacharya share.google/P71VWV43SapJqjx…
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🚨 New interview out now! 🚨
🌍 Did the WHO fail the world during COVID?
📋 Is the pandemic treaty just COVID mark two?
🚬 Why the WHO's vaping stance is costing lives
@cjsnowdon speaks with @RogerBate3. 👇
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Sad but true.
"Retractions Don’t Repeal Regulation: How Suspect—and Occasionally Fraudulent—Evidence Shapes Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy"
By @RogerBate3
rogerbate.substack.com/p/ret…
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There are moments in public health when the path forward is unusually clear, when the evidence aligns with behavior, and when policy has a genuine opportunity to reduce harm at scale.
~@RogerBate3
Marty Makary: The FDA’s Quiet Blockade on Safer Nicotine
brownstone.org/articles/mart…
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This 2-hour Stanford lecture breaks down how models like ChatGPT and Claude are actually built, clearer than what many people in top AI roles ever get exposed to.
Save this and set aside two hours today. It might end up being the most valuable thing you learn all week.
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Delighted to announce that I am joining @thedispatch as a columnist.
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The WHO relies heavily on donor-driven funding, severing member-state oversight and handing policy control to private foundations. ICYMI: @Julian_Morris, @RogerBate3, and @cjsnowdon detail how to restore democratic accountability to global health governance.
Issue brief below ⬇️
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Global health governance increasingly relies on "Democratically Deficient Organizations." In a new issue brief, @Julian_Morris, @RogerBate3, and @cjsnowdon explain how donor-driven funding severs the link between WHO priorities and member-state control.
Full brief below ⬇️
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In a recent issue brief, @Julian_Morris examines Democratically Deficient Organizations (DoDOs). These networks of intergovernmental bodies and NGOs dictate policy and expand their budgets while remaining largely insulated from voter accountability.
Read the full paper below ⬇️
substack.com/@rogerbate/note…. My take on the NYT Erlich obituary and what it means for continued distrust.



















