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Trump nominees Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary are among the editorial board members of a new scientific journal

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Journal of the Academy of Public Health has links to the right-wing news site RealClearPolitics.

Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary are among the editorial board members of a new journal.

The journal includes a group of scientists who promoted herd immunity for Covid-19 and criticized pandemic-era public health measures.

The Journal of Public Health is an open-access journal, which means that the articles are free for anyone to access.

It also uses open peer review, where the names and comments of scientists who check articles prior to publication are also published along with the article.

If confirmed, Bhattacharya and Makary ’s boss could potentially be Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Robert Kennedy Jr. , who is known for promoting a wide range of debunked scientific beliefs.