“Formatting issues” is a ridiculously insulting excuse. But this isn’t just about fake citations. It’s about what happens when you dismantle the institutions that protect public health and replace them with something that looks scientific, but isn’t. It’s performing science without actually doing it. All while undermining the very systems that make real scientific inquiry and public health possible. This is how authoritarian health regimes take shape. By flooding the zone with junk “science” and