Bioethics and American Democracy publication

The New Normal

Aaron Kheriaty

Lockdowns were not just an untested public health measure. They were a new paradigm of governance.

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Substack / April 11, 2022

Hold Federal Health Officials Accountable for Misleading Us

David Gortler

No scientific accountability will ever take place under existing government leadership.

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Heartland Daily News / April 10, 2022

The Spectre of Asymptomatic Spread

Aaron Kheriaty

It would be hard to devise a better method than the widespread myth of asymptomatic spread combined with quarantining the healthy to destroy the fabric of society and to divide us.

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Substack / March 31, 2022

Where Is the Bio-Fascist State Headed?

Aaron Kheriaty

In these proposed laws we see the welding of public health, digital technologies, and the police powers of the state into an invasive model of surveillance and control.

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Substack / March 31, 2022

An Open Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra on Ending the Covid-19 Public Health “Emergency”

Ryan T. Anderson

Human flourishing requires both public health and individual liberty and an appropriate balance between these goods when they conflict. We know that human beings flourish in community; we are social by nature. As such, we should not be surprised that government Covid-19 regulations mandating school closures, lockdowns, masking, and vaccination have isolated us from our fellow citizens and imposed significant attendant harms. It is time to declare this emergency over and once again let people take responsibility for themselves.

Public Discourse / March 18, 2022

Nuremberg, 1947

Aaron Kheriaty

20th Century German medicine offers a cautionary tale that we do well not to forget.

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Substack / March 10, 2022

The Rising Biosecurity Surveillance Regime

Aaron Kheriaty

Continued compliance with manifestly unjust and often absurd mandates will not return us to a normal functioning society. Every good-faith or selfless act of compliance on the part of citizens has only resulted in more illogical pandemic “countermeasures” that further erode our civil liberties, harm our overall health, and undermine human flourishing.

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Theopolis / February 17, 2022

INTERVIEW: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty Discusses COVID-19, Vaccine Mandates and His Dismissal From UC-Irvine

Aaron Kheriaty

EPPC Fellow Aaron Kheriaty, a Catholic psychiatrist and ethicist who was fired last month from the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, explains why he made a principled stand in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

Interviews

National Catholic Register / January 18, 2022

COVID Mandates Prevent Americans from Getting Back in the Game

Aaron Kheriaty

The same essential people who courageously worked on the frontlines defending us during COVID now face bullying from their peers and no support from the government of a country that was founded on freedom.

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Fox News / January 10, 2022

Farewell, University of California

Aaron Kheriaty

In August, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty challenged the UC vaccine mandate in federal court. On December 16, the University fired him for refusing the vaccine.

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Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination

Aaron Kheriaty

Other nations would do well to follow Japan’s lead with this balanced and ethical approach.

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Brownstone Institute / December 15, 2021

On the Rise of Our Technocratic Biosecurity Surveillance Regime

Aaron Kheriaty

Vaccine mandates and passports are an early and opportunistic step toward new modes of governance and social control.

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Substack / November 29, 2021