To paraphrase the Sound of Music song, “How do we solve a problem like Malhotra?” After receiving several complaints, the General Medical Council has decided not to investigate cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra, who has become a thorn in the side of the medical profession.
Professional regulators have been at the forefront of pandemic discipline, contributing to a culture of fear among practitioners. Severe action has been taken against registrants who criticise or do not comply with the official narrative. I know this from my experience as an officer of the Workers of England Union, representing members brought before the Nursing and Midwifery Council on charges of bringing the profession into disrepute. Apparently the public must be protected against nurses who don’t believe that masks stop airborne respiratory viruses, or who believe in informed consent for novel mRNA vaccines.
A significant strike against this censorial tyranny was by general practitioner Sam White last year. Dr. White was ordered, as a condition of maintaining his clinical licence, to delete his social media posts about COVID-19 and to refrain from making similar comments. Dr. White took the GMC to the High Court and won. The condition was overturned as a breach of his rights to freedom of expression under the Human Rights Act 1998.
Whereas White was an early critic of COVID-19 policy, Malhotra is a relatively recent convert. Initially he promoted the vaccine, but when his fit and healthy father died shortly after receiving the injections, Malhotra changed his mind and began speaking out against the mass vaccination programme. His personal loss came alongside his observation in clinical practice of a marked increase in myocarditis cases (as well as blood clots and other cardiac complications). Malhotra had a review paper published on this phenomenon, and his findings of iatrogenic harm are corroborated by other medical scientists.
Malhotra has repeatedly urged suspension of the vaccination programme until the risks are better understood. He became a darling of vaccine sceptics, with his charismatic and compassionate voice doing the rounds of alt media channels and independent-minded broadcasters working for more mainstream channels (such as Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News, and Neil Oliver on GB News). However, he was ignored by the legacy media, and it was not until two weeks ago, when he took the opportunity of a BBC interview on statins, that his call was more widely heard.
The context for Malhotra’s BBC appearance was a claim by Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty that cardiac morbidity had increased as a result of limited access to statins during lockdown. Malhotra disagreed, explaining that myocarditis is unrelated to cholesterol level, which statins are meant to control. He instead blamed the vaccines, telling the BBC presenter that this radical medical intervention should be halted. Cue outrage.
The Guardian did a particularly nasty report on Malhotra, smearing him as a peddler of an ‘anti-vax’ conspiracy theory. Numerous doctors expressed their outrage on social media, angered by the BBC giving a platform to this known sceptic, who they accused of hijacking an interview on a different topic. Some reported Malhotra to the GMC.
The GMC’s decision not to act against Malhotra is a victory for science, ethics and common sense, but we should not get ahead of ourselves. This was a reluctant decision by the regulator, as the wording of their response to the referrals shows:
We recognise that Dr Malhotra has views on the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines that are at odds with the national and international scientific and medical communities. We also recognise that his words are strong and there is a question around the accuracy of his statements. There is currently no evidence that Dr. Malhotra has engaged in the type of Covid conspiracy related conduct that has to date justified regulatory action.
Note here the emphasis on consensus, as if that amounts to truth. It seems that if Malhotra had followed the likes of James Delingpole or Maajid Nawaz down the rabbit hole of globalist conspiracy, he would have been in big trouble. The GMC continued:
We also feel it is relevant that Dr. Malhotra started expressing his concerns about the vaccines in late 2021 and by this time the vaccine programme was well underway with the vast majority of vaccines delivered before this time. We would suggest that Dr. Malhotra’s impact on the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the U.K. could only have been negligible.
This is the most worrying line in the GMC response. If Malhotra is right about the risks of these vaccines, the GMC should be concerned that doctors were inhibited from speaking out earlier, thereby potentially saving lives. Instead, the GMC assumes that Malhotra is wrong, and that his remarks have not stopped the biggest vaccination drive in history.
The GMC acknowledged that Malhotra has a right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act, although that is not an absolute right for a medical practitioner. His outspoken opinions on the vaccines, according to the GMC, are “not so egregious as to justify a public hearing and a forum for further scepticism to be aired as to aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response”.
This, I believe, is the real reason why the GMC has decided not to take any further action. Any proceedings would inevitably attract publicity and give Dr. Malhotra a platform to air his sceptical views. Ultimately, the truth will get out, and those who tried to hide it will be judged by history.
Dr. Niall McCrae is a former university lecturer who now works for the Workers of England Union.
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How the financial reset will play out and what the mechanism may be for you to own nothing…
The Great Taking (Documentary)
https://youtu.be/dk3AVceraTI?si=iEaywM9TpsOa5h9r
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The downvoters are just plain daft or high up in finance! This is a great documentary – thanks for posting.
Thanks. It seems to pull a lot of what has concerned us together with the legal mechanisms that engineer the taking of all securitised wealth in the inevitable event of public stock and bond market collapses.
The downtickers follow me around because I put out truth bombs on October 7th false flags and Israel’s destruction of Gaza.
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Premiership match abandoned today as player age 29 has heart attack ! Tumbleweed as usual !!
Mogs posted this last night but it’s worth a repost. Poor lad.
Killing Farming Is Killing Humanity
latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, media, friends online.
A sick reminder of how females are treat in some Islamic countries. Their worth is purely based on their fertility. Married off at 12yrs old and has two kids at 15yrs old, so far. A culture that legitimizes paedophilia and sex abuse is a vile culture indeed. I saw another one where the girl was only 9yrs. ( 8mins )
https://twitter.com/AzzatAlsaalem/status/1735746820356067462
There’s no need to be selective, the same can be found with Haredi Jews, Catholics, atheists etc.
The common factor will be a subset of people within a population that commit these acts and a larger group aware of it which stays silent for a number of reasons – fear, disbelief, disinterest, helplessness, self-preservation and so on.
Interesting downvotes albeit a little disturbing. Could be bots downvoting based on keywords and subject matter.
Morning all, here’s a perfect example of when your own high tech disproves your climate agenda and so has to be switched off, quick!
(Notice on the heat photo of Vegas how all the concrete/tarmac areas are much warmer than the surrounding natural earth!)
https://www.space.com/satellite-satvu-hotsat-dead-after-six-months
Just to add, I don’t think it ‘died’ I think it was murdered!
The IDF shooting 3 unarmed, white flag waving Israeli hostages is notable in its absence from the articles. Sceptical news might ask the question if this tragedy is not so “accidental” but perhaps the result of training and conditioning or just normal procedure but we’re only hearing about it because the victims were Israelis and it couldn’t be covered up.
The article concludes with an appeal to suppress this sort of research. Personally I think the more widely it is known about, the better. Yes, the ‘researchers’ are suggesting that meat eaters emit more greenhouse gasses. Make sure everyone knows that the eco-loons really and truly do want to ban meat production and consumption = for everyone.
Next up – research that shows vegans emit less CO2 than meat eaters.
Although quite possibly more methane from the other end…
Framing Mearsheimer as ‘controversial’ is the final confirmation that the Dailysceptic has lost the plot and the right to carry that name.
Is Nuland not ‘controversial’?
Or Netanjahu, or Johnson?
I listened to the interview and it was interesting
Useful update on what’s happening with the WHO’s IHRs with Meryl Nass & James Cobett over on CHD.
https://rumble.com/v41l29k-is-the-whos-house-of-cards-collapsing-james-corbett-dr.-meryl-nass.html
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-indoctrinators-part-4-david-attenborough-2/
A proper take-down of the climate change w#nker in chief – Attenborough.
““The Absurdity of Measuring Breath for Climate Change” – It’s a worrying trend in the climate debate, where even the most basic human functions are scrutinised for their environmental impact, says Charles Rotter in WUWT”
Maybe.
Maybe not.
All we need is that those who are expressing this concern lead the way, set a fine example to the rest of us, by stopping breathing. After all, they all refuse to stop flying and any of the other manifold uses of hydrocarbons, so this is a truly epic way to WALK THE WALK.
https://off-guardian.org/2023/12/16/the-sanctity-of-privacy/
Todd Hayen with a thought provoking piece on the implications the loss of privacy will bring – nothing to hide.
It’s not only nothing to hide, it’s more predictable behaviour because an individuals preferences, beliefs etc are known. This is gold dust for the behavioural scientists.
On his last comment regarding the two-way “tele in the bedroom”, it’s already here and welcomed by many in the form of products such as Alexa. I don’t remember if 1984 says how Big Brother entered homes but turns out it was easy to get the ball rolling.
“Cafe forced to close following complaints about noise from clinking teacups”
You can guarantee that if any large scale corporate enterprise that produced a lot of noise to build or run (say a new airport, new factory producing heat pumps, or a tech firm HQ) tried to set up in the vicinity of the same neighbourhood – doesn’t make any difference how many people complain.
But clinking teacups from a small-business startup? Well we can’t have that, can we!
Ireland is fighting back!
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/fire-breaks-out-at-hotel-in-galway-due-to-house-aslyum-seekers-1565685.html
Good luck to them I say! Enough is enough!