Leana Wen’s Belated Recognition of Covid Dissidents Rings Hollow

Leana Wen’s Belated Recognition of Covid Dissidents Rings Hollow

Leana Wen’s latest piece in The Washington Post is a remarkable exercise in revisionist history. In it, Wen strikes a surprisingly conciliatory tone toward Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, two of the most prominent critics of the mainstream Covid-19 response. During the pandemic, Wen was one of the loudest voices championing the very policies that Bhattacharya and Makary opposed — mass lockdowns, school closures, and vaccine mandates. Now that…