Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 6 11 2017 11 01 “Stop, You’re Killing us!” An Alternative Take on Populism and Public Health; Comment on “The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy” 673 675 3354 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.50 EN Ted Schrecker School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Stockton-on-Tees, UK Journal Article 2017 04 05 <span>Ewen Speed and Russell Mannion correctly identify several contours of the challenges for health policy in what <span>it is useful to think of as a post-democratic era. I argue that the problem for public health is not populism <span><em>per </em><span><em>se</em><span>, but rather the distinctive populism of the right coupled with the failure of the left to develop compelling <span>counternarratives. Further, defences of ‘science’ must be tempered by recognition of the unavoidably political <span>dimensions of the (mis)use of scientific findings in public policy.</span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span> https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3354_d2cd33e9c0236a8c2d8bd3fa91ad3acf.pdf