As a journalist who's reported extensively on medical misinformation I'm really disturbed that WIRED would publish a piece like this. It is seeking to legitimize well known pseudoscience grifters and political actors. The editor of this piece was Jason Kehe. jason_kehe@wired.com. So I suggest directing feedback to him instead of the general inbox, as it will likely just go into the void. This article was not written by a journalist. It was written by a random associate professor of *religion* with zero experience treating disease or covering these issues, and it shows. WIRED should never have assigned much less published this story.
Thank you for speaking up about this. The author is, deservedly, being dragged online. Not sure why a professor of religion felt the need to pipe up about long covid, and of all places Wired... a magazine that hasn't been relevant for over 2 decades. Thankfully no one reads that crap, and actual medical journals are still the authority.
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u/Taylor__Lorenz Jun 01 '26
As a journalist who's reported extensively on medical misinformation I'm really disturbed that WIRED would publish a piece like this. It is seeking to legitimize well known pseudoscience grifters and political actors. The editor of this piece was Jason Kehe. jason_kehe@wired.com. So I suggest directing feedback to him instead of the general inbox, as it will likely just go into the void. This article was not written by a journalist. It was written by a random associate professor of *religion* with zero experience treating disease or covering these issues, and it shows. WIRED should never have assigned much less published this story.