Prestige Journals’ Causal Claims Without Evidence

A Nature Medicine article claimed liberal state policies make people live longer while citing an essay’s two‑state table and no proper analysis. The critique shows no race controls, mismatched variables, and causal framing under 'How does polarization impact public health?'—all in a top journal. This looks like ideological conclusions dressed as epidemiology. — If prestige medical journals publish causal claims on culture‑war topics without adequate evidence, public trust and policy design are distorted and reforms like adversarial review become urgent.