DAVID MICHAELS
“A champion for workers’ safety.”
—The New York Times
Dr. David Michaels served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from 2009-2017, and was the longest serving administrator in the agency's history. He currently teaches at the George Washington University School of Public Health.
SPOTLIGHT ON COVID-19
Halting Workplace COVID-19 Transmission: An Urgent Proposal to Protect American Workers
THE CENTURY FOUNDATION
by David Michaels and Gregory R. Wagner
COVID-19’s is a massive worker safety crisis. Hundreds of thousands of workers have been sickened and thousands of them have died. This report examines the conditions under which COVID-19 has spread through workplace transmission and assesses the failures of OSHA and the federal government to protect workers from exposure. It then presents an eleven-point plan—to be directed by the federal government, working in close coordination with state and local public health authorities—for stopping workplace transmission of COVID-19.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Worker Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA, Sept 16, 2020
by David Michaels and Gregory R. Wagner
Who should get America's Covid-19 vaccine first?
NBC News Think Opinion Piece, Oct. 12, 2020
by David Michaels
What Trump Could Do Right Now to Keep Workers Safe From the Coronavirus
The Atlantic, March 2, 2020
by David Michaels
RACHEL MADDOW INTERVIEW
OSHA 'missing in action' as coronavirus threatens U.S. workers
ABC NEWS PRIMETIME INTERVIEW
Protecting frontline workers from COVID-19
NEW RELEASE
THE TRIUMPH OF DOUBT
“Whether it’s the tobacco industry, the pharmaceutical industry, or the fossil fuel industry, vested interests have repeatedly sought to attack and discredit scientific findings that have revealed the public endangerment by their products. David Michaels should know—he’s been fighting the good fight for more than a decade to expose the bad actors and bring them to justice. Read this book to learn what we’re up against and how to fight back.”
—MICHAEL E. MANN, author of The Madhouse Effect
"THE TRIUMPH OF DOUBT" IN THE NEWS
BOOK REVIEW:
A government insider exposes the industry playbook for undermining evidence-based policy
Science, February 10, 2020
David Michaels’s new book, The Triumph of Doubt, is a tour de force that examines how frequently, and easily, science has been manipulated to discredit expertise and accountability on issues ranging from obesity and concussions to opioids and climate change....
The Triumph of Doubt is a brave and important book, raising the alarm about the systemic corruption of science. Michaels examines what the tobacco industry once summarized: “Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’."
