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.
— Dr Aseem Malhotra (@DrAseemMalhotra) January 15, 2023
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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Surprise, surprise; one of the members of the General Medical Council is deputy chairman of the JCVI (a clear conflict of interest in regard to Dr Malhotra’s case):
‘Professor Anthony Harnden,Registrant member, England, GMC ref. no. 2807869, is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which advises the UK government on vaccine policy. He is currently advising government on the optimal Covid-19 vaccination strategy.’
https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/who-we-are/our-council
He is a paediatrician.
None of the members of the council are cardiologists
No wonder, then, that the GMC statement said of renowned cardiologist Dr Malhotra:
‘….there is a question around the accuracy of his statements.’
Dr Malhotra’s stance threatens the reputation of one of the GMC’s councillors and none of them have a clue about cardiology.
If you have a state run health service and that state is a ‘democratic’ socialist fascist state, this is the kind of overmighty behaviour that the state’s various panjandrums, in this case within the nationalised state health establishment, get up to:
Arrogant bigotry
Vote this government out, annihilate it at the polls, and then do the same for the next government.
Only by rocking the worlds of these dreadful people on a regular basis is there any chance of them getting the message.
Good analysis. Similar to the MHRA. The Light has analysis of the MHRA board. It is a clown show like the GMC or JCVI. The MHRA holds a lot of power -but how many know anything about them?
On the 15 member MHRA, 7 are purported to be Doctors all linked to Pharma, one tested for quacksine ‘quality’. 5 or so are from Pharma, either paid currently as employees or ex- including the Chair who ran GE Pharma. None are virologists. One is a paid Gates Institute employee. One is an IT guy with zero med credentials. One is an ex Parliamentary accountant, zero med knowldge. There are others who are not doctors as well. Yet these idiots are the ones assessing if the quackines are safe for children and pregnant moms. What clown world do we live in?
The sainted June Raine decided that the role of the MHRA was to expedite the approval of the toxic jabs, not regulate the pharmaceutical industry.
Because 86% of her salary and pension come from pharma
Is there any public body in the UK that is free of conflicts of interest, venality and hypocrisy?
I agree with annihilating the current ruling party at the next general election but the lot who would take over are no better. They will annihilate the country and in a further 5 years leave a note saying “tee hee, we’ve spent all the money”. A plague on all their houses
Hello….is anyone in Westminster/Whitehall listening?
‘Japan’s health ministry has approved lump-sum payments for the deaths of five people after they received coronavirus vaccinations. The ministry determined that a causal link between the vaccinations and the deaths of the recipients cannot be ruled out.
The ministry made the decision on Thursday based on the country’s immunization law. Such payments have already been approved for the deaths of 15 people in their 20s to 90s.
The latest decision follows the deaths of five people aged 36 to 96. They died of acute heart failure, hemorrhagic shock and other causes after their immunizations.
Four of them reportedly had underlying conditions such as high blood pressure. The ministry says it could not deny a causal link between their deaths and the vaccinations, given the contents of their death certificates and clinical records.’
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230113_01/
I suspect they do not fancy arguing the case for vaccines in open court.
Call me old fashioned, but what really grates in this article and therefore diminishes it, is the constant reference to Dr Malhotra as the untitled ‘Malhotra’. I find it dreadfully discourteous to a medical professional who has earned and therefore, should be shown respect. It’s akin to scribblers who deride Baroness Thatcher, referring to her disparagingly as ‘Thatcher’, when in terms of personal qualities, they’re not in the same universe.
Quality is the sum of our character! Please don’t use Thatcher and Maholtra in the same sentence! There are vast differences.
To some people Thatcher is a hate figure, necessary at the time,but not a hero, Maholtra is a hero!
Regarding unsolicited advice. I’d be grateful if you’d stop proffering it to me.
Margaret Thatcher did not get everything right but at her finest she would have run rings round the garbage politicians we have had inflicted on us since she left office.
A hero would have spoken out against the jabs when they started.
If I knew the virus posed a trivial threat to the vast majority and that the gunks couldn’t possibly have been properly tested, so did Malhotra.
Margaret Thatcher is only a hate figure to those who believe that unelected trades union leaders should run the country into the ground rather than the elected government try to improve matters. For a current example see Mr Lynch.
A damn fine point but by the same token the likes of Whitty, Valance, Fraudci and that television doctor and the rest have trashed their professions and so are equally not entitled to their prefixes.
I would never dream of referring to Whitty and the like as Doctor, or Professor or whatever.
A good generic term for them would be arseholes
The GMC are of course not unaware of the masses of scientific data and real world evidence to support it ( e.g the increase in cardiac-related admissions ) and they know that if they suspended Malhotra or took away his license they wouldn’t have a leg to stand on in court because he’s very careful to always back up anything he says by citing the study to support his statement. You can’t cry ”conspiracy theorist” or ”anti-vaxxer” when somebody is actually demonstrating an evidence-based approach and quoting scientific data. The GMC would not be able to justify investigating Malhotra on that basis. They also won’t be blind to what happened with Andrew Bridgen. The mafia government attempted to silence him by removing him and look what happened. Complete own goal!
Yes, it’s an astute move by the GMC.
Ivor Cummins is using the same approach in his podcasts. He only references official documents so he can’t be censured by the YouTube cancellers.
You make your bed, lie in it!
It’s called a rock and a hard place!
Be careful, because history will tell!
“The GMC’s decision not to act against Malhotra is a victory for science, ethics and common sense”
Not sure about that. It’s a victory for our side in that they obviously didn’t feel they could push this one without big risk to themselves. It’s a tactical retreat. A victory for science, ethics and common sense would be the utter destruction of the leadership tier of the entire medical establishment – doctors, public health, government, civil servants, regulators, big pharma, unions, medical journalists.
In some ways a better result for us would have been for them to pursue the Dr flagrantly and expose themselves more fully as the evil bunch that we know they are.
Anyway, why doesn’t the bbc stick to what it’s good at, transgender box ticking, blm, climate change etc? What on earth is it doing trying to report the news?
Spot on
The BBC doesn’t try to report the news. The BBC tries to spin the news.
According to their statement (see below) they are scared witless (sic) and are terrified of what evidence a hearing, ie the disinfectant of sunlight, might expose.
Ba boom:
“a forum for further scepticism to be heard.”
Actually Dr Malhorta would be right to challenge that statement implying as it does that his scientifically supported views are not entirely accurate.
The tone of these statements by these official bodies is quite chilling.
They have an air of the menace of a gangster that will not tolerate being challenged.
On this occasion they’re indicating Malhotra is a worthless little fly not even worth reprimanding.
What a world this has become.
Right about the unwanted publicity. People like the GMC and their patsies are in too deep now and a full reverse ferret would be catastrophic. But as long as William Gates keeps filling their pockets, they’ll be perfectly happy to keep lying – no matter how many people it kills.
The GMC (and whoever is controlling them) has obviously decided it is safer to, effectively, ignore Malhotra’s apostasy rather than challenge it.
In other words, they’re running scared.
This is the link to the outcome of Dr Sam’s court case, which has been sent to the oubliette…. Why??
iamdrsamwhite
But of course, it’s not just Twitter. This is the link to my win one year ago on the national judiciary website: (check the link)
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/White-v-GMC-judgment-031221.pdf
Get the torpedoes in the water and let them run. All of these organisations are past their sell-by date, they’re not there for any reason other than to perpetuate their power.
I went to the rally in London yesterday, highlighting the plight of the vaccine injured, Lack of acknowledgment and lack of help. There was also emphasis on the need to stop mRNA vaccines.
We started at the BBC headquarters with speeches. Matt Letissier’s was very powerful as was Andrew Bridgen’s, who went for a walk-about after his speech.
This was followed by a ‘silent’ March to Downing Street.
A reasonable turnout, but far fewer people than for the lockdown protests.
Interestingly there was more positive interaction with people watching the protest. Thumbs up, asking questions.
Maybe people are waking up to the reality of these ‘vaccines’. In a previous life this vaccine campaign would have been halted 2 years ago.
From your own correspondent ;).
All that the GMC is concerned about is that Malhotra didn’t impede the ‘vaccine’ rollout! They’ve let him off the hook because he woke up late.