On Fear of Nuclear War and Horse Medicine: A Conversation with Diane Perlman

A psychologist's take on COVID fear mongering.

This story is a conversation with Diane Perlman, an outspoken clinical psychologist from Philadelphia, who has been using her professional lens to analyze the “COVID health response.”

I stumbled upon Diane's work last year, when she published a comprehensive Substack post on ivermectin, called, “Open Letter and Challenge for Rachel Maddow.” At the time, I was looking into ivermectin and had compiled a giant list of sources but had never gotten to actually writing about it—and I was so happy that Diane had taken the time to do it and did such a thorough job!!

(If after reading the word “ivermectin,” you are itching to go into the missionary mode and scream, “But viruses don’t exist so don’t bring up ivermectin!” I kindly ask that you hold that thought. First off, a number of very brave and free-thinking doctors swear by early treatments. Those doctors have gone through great troubles, including medical board reviews and getting their licenses suspended, for their stance on their profes…