As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, our deep-seated fear of deadly infectious disease makes us very susceptible to manipulation by public health officials (often in league with undeclared commercial interests) who invoke emergency power with the purported objective of protecting us. Thus, our fear of infectious disease can be exploited by unscrupulous public officials in the same way our fear of foreign invaders has been used by dictators and tyrants throughout history. To quote James Madison: “The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”

Safeguarding public health and liberty begins with acquiring knowledge of what poses a true threat to public health and being able to distinguish true threats (such as hastily developed and improperly tested medical products) from grossly exaggerated or fabricated threats. Through investigative scholarship, Dr. Peter McCullough and his colleagues ascertained that, while COVID-19 posed little risk to the young, the COVID-19 vaccines posed a considerable risk to the young. The risk of vaccine-induced myocarditis is especially high among young, male athletes.

In this vein, the Foundation performs independent investigations of public health conditions and policies, and how policies can be optimized for the benefit of a healthy and free citizenry (as distinct from special commercial or political interests).

Another key element of investigative scholarship is researching and monitoring the activities of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex—an offshoot of the Military-Industrial Complex that President Eisenhower warned the American people about in his Farewell Address of 1961. The Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex is a public-private partnership of government agencies, international foundations, and pharmaceutical companies that may, at any time, endanger our liberties and democratic processes. By investigating and reporting the activities of this Complex, the McCullough Foundation arms the citizenry with the knowledge to guard itself against “the disastrous rise of misplaced power” that we have experienced in recent years.