Category: Aaron Kheriaty

[Premiering at 10:30AM ET] America Risks Falling Under the Control of a Biomedical Security State: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty [Part 2]

We continue our discussion with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty about the calls for a COVID-19 amnesty, and where the world risks heading if people are not held accountable for bad policies. Kheriaty is the former director of the medical ethics program at University of California–Irvine and author of the book “The New Abnormal.” We speak about…


[Premiering 12/15, 10:30 AM ET] America Risks Falling Under the Control of a Biomedical Security State: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty [Part 2]

We continue our discussion with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty about the calls for a COVID-19 amnesty, and where the world risks heading if people are not held accountable for bad policies. Kheriaty is the former director of the medical ethics program at University of California–Irvine and author of the book “The New Abnormal.” We speak about…


Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Complaint Challenging University of California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a complaint that alleged the University of California (UC) system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate violated a professor’s constitutional rights. Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, the professor, sued the university because it refused to grant permanent exemptions to its mandate to people who recovered from COVID-19 and thus have a…


[PREMIERING NOW] Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State: The Merger of Public Health, Surveillance Tech, and Policing Powers

This episode will premiere on Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m. ET.           “This welding of public health with digital technologies of surveillance and control and the police powers of the state allows for intrusions on our privacy, on our bodily autonomy that are unprecedented in history.” I sit down with psychiatrist…


Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State: The Merger of Public Health, Surveillance Tech, and Policing Powers

“This welding of public health with digital technologies of surveillance and control and the police powers of the state allows for intrusions on our privacy, on our bodily autonomy that are unprecedented in history.” I sit down with psychiatrist and medical ethicist Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, chief of medical ethics at the Unity Project and fellow…


[PREMIERING 7PM ET] Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State: The Merger of Public Health, Surveillance Tech, and Policing Powers

This episode will premiere on Sat. April 9, at 7 p.m. ET.  “This welding of public health with digital technologies of surveillance and control and the police powers of the state allows for intrusions on our privacy, on our bodily autonomy that are unprecedented in history.” I sit down with psychiatrist medical ethicist Dr. Aaron…


University of California Fires Director of Ethics Program for Defying COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, the longtime professor of psychiatry at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine who sued the university over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate because it made no exceptions for natural immunity, has been fired by the institution for refusing the vaccine. In a blog post titled “Farewell, University of California,” Dr. Kheriaty said…


PART 2: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on ‘Biosecurity Surveillance,’ Perverse Vaccine Incentives, and Testing COVID-19 Vaccines on Children

Last week, in part one of our interview with medical ethics professor Aaron Kheriaty, we discussed natural immunity, vaccine efficacy, and his lawsuit challenging his university’s vaccine mandates. Now in part two, we discuss perverse incentives involved in the vaccine rollout, the ethics of testing COVID-19 vaccines on children, and the rise of what he…


Suspended Medical Ethics Professor Aaron Kheriaty on Vaccine Coercion, Risks, and Natural Immunity: Part 1

“I knew that I would wake up in the morning and not have a clear conscience.”  Medical ethics professor Aaron Kheriaty filed a lawsuit back in August challenging his university’s vaccine mandates on behalf of himself and others who have natural immunity. Natural immunity results from contracting and recovering from COVID-19. Dr. Kheriaty was suspended,…


‘I Had to Stand up and Try to Do Something:’ Professor of Medicine on Suing School Over Vaccine Mandate

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic like many other medical experts. He worked long hours as the United States tried to grapple with the new disease. He had too many conversations with family members whose loved ones were dying from it. But as time wore on, he started noticing a pattern in public…