{"id":12842029,"date":"2025-09-16T01:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/?p=12842029"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:16:32","slug":"while-i-was-gone-part-2-us-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2025\/09\/16\/while-i-was-gone-part-2-us-health\/","title":{"rendered":"While I Was Gone, Part 2: US Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/zeihan.com\/while-i-was-gone-part-2-us-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While I Was Gone, Part 2: US Health<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zeihan.com\/author\/peter-zeihan\/\" rel=\"author\">Peter Zeihan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"jupiterx-primary\" class=\"jupiterx-primary col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"jupiterx-content\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"8995\" class=\"jupiterx-post post-8995 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-united-states\">\n<div class=\"jupiterx-post-body\">\n<div class=\"jupiterx-post-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"elementor elementor-8995\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8995\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a3c192 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a3c192\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ea88f0\" data-id=\"4ea88f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div data-id=\"89f046e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div>\n<p>RFK Jr. was busy while I was away. He downgraded several vaccines to only at-risk groups and tied licensing and insurance access to compliance. He fired the CDC director, prompting an exodus of credentialed medical staff. And he triggered a clash between Health and Human Services, the CDC, and the broader medical community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeihan.com\/while-i-was-gone-part-2-us-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-888cf69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"888cf69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div id=\"transcript\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a4a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"51a4a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=CfIW9Y2RxLM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"widget2\" class=\"elementor-video\" title=\"While I Was Gone, Part 2: US Health || Peter Zeihan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CfIW9Y2RxLM?controls=1&amp;rel=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fzeihan.com&amp;widgetid=1&amp;forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fzeihan.com%2Fwhile-i-was-gone-part-2-us-health%2F&amp;aoriginsup=1&amp;gporigin=https%3A%2F%2Fzeihan.com%2Fnewsletter%2F&amp;vf=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f496a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-divider\" data-id=\"76f496a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-divider.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"raven-divider\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4eb456 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-heading\" data-id=\"d4eb456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c42f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7c42f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><em>See also: <a title=\"While I Was Gone, Part 1: Trade Policy Updates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2025\/09\/15\/while-i-was-gone-part-1-trade-policy-updates\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">While I Was Gone, Part 1: Trade Policy Updates<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I Was Gone, Part 2: US Health By\u00a0Peter Zeihan RFK Jr. was busy while I was away. He downgraded several vaccines to only at-risk groups and tied licensing and insurance access to compliance. He fired the CDC director, prompting an exodus of credentialed medical staff. And he triggered a clash between Health and Human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":12842030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25541,26293,26294,45,21,1,12,25391,26281],"tags":[26297,26296,1335,371,858,26300],"class_list":{"0":"post-12842029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-biotech","8":"category-covid","9":"category-health","10":"category-appears-on-main-page","11":"category-available","12":"category-uncategorized","13":"category-phils-favorites","14":"category-members-corner","15":"category-sciences","16":"tag-biotech","17":"tag-covid","18":"tag-health","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-science","21":"tag-zeihan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12842029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12842132,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842029\/revisions\/12842132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12842030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12842029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12842029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12842029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}