Public health expert Leana Wen, MD, didn’t speak at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Boston this week because of credible threats against her, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Wen was slated to speak at a panel discussion that focused on countering backlash against public health.
Groups reportedly planned to create a scene by shouting down speakers and preventing the panel from continuing, and there were reports that Wen could be accosted in a bathroom, sources said.
This is because most of the leadership of public health during the pandemic has embraced sanctimony, bias, and bullying. Public health should be, but is not embarrassed, by its pandemic failure. https://t.co/kIjOiXESpw
— Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) November 9, 2022