MAHA and Science Platforms

A recent podcast from the team at Conspirituality explores the trademark filings of the MAHA movement, including how these were transferred from one LLC run by RFK, Jr., to another run by his Director of Communications (Del Bigtree), a television producer with no medical training and a checkered past in the anti-vaccine, anti-Semitic, and conspiracy worlds.

• Of course, he has a Substack called “Big Truth.”
  • Say no more. I’m convinced.

Trademark filings require owners to outline the commercial spaces they propose to occupy so that evaluators can detect potential conflicts with existing trademarks and size up efforts to protect an existing trademark. In this case, MAHA and associated marks (including “MAHA Certified” for providing product evaluations) seem to be outlining plans to intersect with science via “gaslight platforms,” including ones built for:

• software tools for pharmaceutical research and supply chain management
• accessing, streaming, and managing podcasts, video programs, and internet-based multimedia content in the fields of law, healthcare, scientific research, environmental issues, medicine, and nutrition
• streaming and distributing educational and informational content in areas such as constitutional law, healthcare policies, and environmental advocacy
• developing customized software platforms for hosting and distributing multimedia programs and digital content related to public health, environmental science, and consumer safety
• an on-line network environment that features technology for analyzing and sharing data related to scientific studies and healthcare trends
• a social networking software platform . . . for connecting users, sharing knowledge, and collaborating on legal, healthcare, medicine and environmental issues
• tools for streaming, sharing, and analyzing user-generated content in the fields of law, healthcare, environmental advocacy, and public health
• technology solutions to facilitate community engagement and collaboration among users with shared interests in health, healthcare, civil and constitutional rights, legal, politics, societal challenges
• software for facilitating e-commerce transactions, enabling users to list, search, purchase, and sell goods and services
• a secure platform for payment processing, order tracking, and inventory management for online marketplaces

Sounds like a group that wants to platform their grift.

It’s an impressive list that proves these people are not in science to discover things, but in scientific communications to market and promote their points of view and business interests, two things that align most of the time.

As we discussed some months ago, this is all about private wealth, not public health. Worse, publishers are being used directly and indirectly as a means to these very distasteful ends, with OA articles leveraged consistently.

What a year, and it’s time for a breather. There will be a fun song this Friday, and then we’ll see you again next week for the books of the year and more.

Thanks for all your support, tips, suggestions, and inspiration.

Have a terrific holiday season!