Roger Bate

Health economist, husband and father, golfer, tennis player, food lover

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

"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."

[Matt Ridley @mattwridley]

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.

[Jay Bhattacharya @DrJBhattacharya]

@thelucyjohnston @davidbelldr Not a wise path.

[lucy johnston @thelucyjohnston]

UK to face repeat lockdowns as taxpayers fund pandemic treaty that “risks same playbook again”

⁦@davidbelldr⁩
⁦@DrJBhattacharya⁩ https://t.co/n51q0oJXG6

[Roger Bate @RogerBate3]

https://t.co/l91cO4RAxv

[Institute of Economic Affairs @iealondon]

🚨 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. 👇

[Roger Bate @RogerBate3]

https://t.co/QR7VUEnffJ

[Jukka Kelovuori @jkelovuori]

Sad but true.

"Retractions Don’t Repeal Regulation: How Suspect—and Occasionally Fraudulent—Evidence Shapes Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy"

By @RogerBate3

https://t.co/sYYOEMSiTd

[Brownstone Institute @brownstoneinst]

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
https://t.co/7z4bWqyKuu

[Allen Braden @allen_explains]

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.

[Marian L Tupy @Marian_L_Tupy]

Delighted to announce that I am joining @thedispatch as a columnist.

[Int'l Ctr Law & Econ @LawEconCenter]

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 ⬇️

[Int'l Ctr Law & Econ @LawEconCenter]

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 ⬇️

[Int'l Ctr Law & Econ @LawEconCenter]

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 ⬇️

[Roger Bate @RogerBate3]

https://t.co/8a0HJcSXfV. My take on the NYT Erlich obituary and what it means for continued distrust.

[Lance Churchill @LanceChurchill]

"Prohibition does not eliminate markets, it reorganizes them. And when demand persists, prohibition reliably hands control to the most ruthless and well-organized suppliers.

We are now watching that process unfold in real time in the US vaping market. And let’s be clear where the blame lies: The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health and the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products have deliberately obscured relative risk and forced nicotine markets underground, where criminal supply now thrives beyond any meaningful oversight."
https://t.co/K213lRiJNR

[John Krupinski @jkrupins27]

FinCEN’s Warning—and the Predictable Failure of Prohibition https://t.co/qLOdIuizvs via @brownstoneinst

[Brownstone Institute @brownstoneinst]

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reports that illicit e-cigarettes are being used as part of trade-based money-laundering schemes linked to fentanyl trafficking.
~@RogerBate3
FinCEN’s Warning—and the Predictable Failure of Prohibition
https://t.co/DxBoAMjCgP

[Brownstone Institute @brownstoneinst]

The problem with the America First Global Health Strategy is that Washington has wrapped a set of programs in a nationalist label without doing the work that strategy requires.
~@RogerBate3
The Problem with America First Global Health
https://t.co/OSKzE99eRv