“MAHA’s [Make America Healthy Again] cross-partisan influence could already be seen in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on chronic-disease prevention. It was one of those rare hearings where you could not tell—at all—whether someone was a Democrat or Republican based on their comments.”

“The most important ideological current…is the fusion of Right-wing and Left-wing anti-scientism and medical mistrust. Analytically, we can distinguish between forms of legitimate mistrust reflecting a community's experience of marginalization, such as racial oppression, and illegitimate forms that have been propagated deliberately by organized, powerful forces such as particular industries. In practice, these forms mix together…creating a general climate of suspicion and conspiracy. The Health Freedom movement is one example.”

“Will we have two groups of people: [those] who align with science and objective truth and those who champion a more mystic/emotional approach to the world?… People aren't choosing traditional faith over science; they are choosing something entirely different.”

“From the Inland Northwest: a big shift of 'crunchy' people who value natural products, health, fitness, and the outdoors to the right…many people who were more liberal or Lefty suddenly found that their beliefs around vaccines, public health, the power of positive thinking to keep us safe and well and the inherent goodness of nature had become politically salient…there's currently a lot of hope on their part that RFK Jr.'s appointment will bring their beliefs into the mainstream.”

“I think the role of AI and techno-health 'solutions' will be super controversial—what happens when AI can be implanted into brains? What happens when 'wearable' devices move from detachable to installed formats?”

“There is an influential minority within drug policy activism that denies addiction exists…many families of people struggling with addiction and mental illness feel betrayed…The conditions exist for the existence of addiction and mental illness to become a wedge issue, with families of people with these conditions aligning behind criminalization of substances and greater power of the state to compel involuntary treatment.”