In my defense, I was only given 700-1200 words, so yes, it is nonspecific, and I didn't have the opportunity to dwell on any specific point. I think I went over that limit, and even then, I cut paragraphs.
I might be cancelled but probably not. I will probably be excluded from some residencies and I will lose some opportunities and gain others. I have lost many friends, but they were not friends. I am happy for the publicity, of course. But I meant what I said. Perhaps it was not good in some senses, but it was very popular so by some metric it was good. And, the people who matter, specifically my editor who is brilliant and who I respect immensely, thought it was good. You probably just did not agree, or it probably rubbed you the wrong way. Which is fine, as it did just that to many people.
And nah, I'm still in my PhD. I will have done one long PhD.
Tucker's producer did invite me onto his show, though.
As for being a B-list Peter Attia, Peter is a good friend of mine and sometimes asks me for input on his content and thinks I'm great so I have to be doing something right. Peter also says I should not go on Tucker.
Saying I am not a vaccine fan is ridiculous. I am fully vaccinated as are my children. I think that taking for granted that any particular medical intervention is necessarily good (just because it is, for example, a "vaccine") is bad scientific practice. I think being critical about all interventions is good policy and good for making science the strongest it can be. And this best serves our patients.
I didn't start thinking about the COVID vaccine until I started looking at the evidence. This was unrelated to my pericarditis, which I didn't link to the vaccine until I started digging into the literature. The perimyocarditis link to the COVID vaccine is real, especially when stratified by age. But we don't understand the full extent of it, or exactly how common it is, or the risk of long-term complications. These are currently unknown, and this unknown disturbs me greatly.
Finally, I think I would fit in in any residency. I don't bring myself to work, am focused on work, and do what I need to do to do my job. I am an older student and have spent enough time in the world to know that it is far from perfect and that I won't allow strong views, especially ones that might change in the future, to prevent my participation in it.
Watch for me should I decide to go on Tucker. If I do, I will only be communicating facts, specifically that there was a systematic and aggressive exclusion of a large part of the population from the policy discussion about COVID. (But really, that's par for the course in our country's public political discussions.) I am still thinking about it.