Casey Means was grilled by some Senators at her hearing for nomination of Surgeon General on Wednesday. Others lobbed softballs. Derek revisits the book that made her a star on the MAHA circuit, Good Energy, to detail all the misleading claims and outright misinformation. 
Show Notes
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/02/casey-means-confirmation-maha-subdued/686147/">Well, That Didn’t Sound Like Casey Means</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/well/casey-means-surgeon-general.html">Casey Means, Critic of Mainstream Medicine, Poised to Become Nation’s Top Doctor</a>
<a href="https://makingsciencemakesense.substack.com/p/what-is-shared-clinical-decision">What is Shared Clinical Decision Making?</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5756339-trump-ex-surgeon-general-jerome-adams-casey-means-senate/">Former Trump surgeon general: ‘Incomprehensible’ Senate is considering Means</a>
<a href="https://derekberes.substack.com/p/good-energy-has-very-bad-data">"Good Energy" has very bad data</a>
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