STAT Readers Clash on MAHA Activism, Equity Training
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- MAHA activists are accused by Doug Ray of being diverted by concerns over Red 40, vaccines, and fluoridated water, allegedly to distract from corporate influence.
- Liaison Committee on Medical Education dropped its mandated equity‑training requirement for medical schools, prompting Uché Blackstock’s call to retain it.
- Uché Blackstock argues that clinicians have long practiced listening without formal equity curricula, challenging the need for new structural‑barrier education.
- Aaron Everitt describes his shift in perspective after working inside public health as a MAHA activist, engaging with doctors and scientists.
- Doug Ray warns that corporate and billionaire interests benefit while the health‑care safety net erodes, pointing to the ban on Red 40 enabling junk‑food consumption like Cheetos and Skittles.
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