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Society at Peak Shared Misery

Society at Peak Shared Misery
The book cover of “Fear of a Microbial Planet: How a Germophobic Safety Culture Makes Us Less Safe” by Steve Templeton, published by Brownstone Institute. Brownstone Institute
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Once upon a time I worked for the federal government as a postdoctoral researcher at a CDC branch that focuses on occupational safety and health. While I was there, I learned firsthand that the government operated at a level that was grossly inefficient and mind-numbingly bureaucratic. The longer I was there and the more I experienced the dysfunctional culture, the more it felt like trying to run while carrying a boulder. With no purpose or end.

Steve Templeton
Steve Templeton
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Steve Templeton, senior scholar at Brownstone Institute, is an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine—Terre Haute. His research focuses on immune responses to opportunistic fungal pathogens. He has also served on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Public Health Integrity Committee and was a co-author of “Questions for a COVID-19 commission,” a document provided to members of a pandemic response-focused congressional committee. Follow him on Substack.
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