Another witness statement, requested by the UK C-19 Inquiry and then never published. Dr Elizabeth Evans, CEO of the UK Medical Freedom Alliance, details the numerous ethical problems in the hasty roll out of a poorly tested vaccine, especially the lack of properly informed consent and the not so subtle pressure to take the jab ‘for the greater good’.
Ethics
From Individual Protection to Collective Mission
The Shifting Ethical Centre of Gravity in the Declaration of Helsinki, 1975–2024 Dr Clare Craig February 2026 Introduction The Declaration of Helsinki, first adopted by the World Medical Association in 1964, has served for sixty years as the foundational document of research ethics. Its central moral commitment—that the rights and interests of the individual research […]
Lest We Forget Part 4 – A Voice to the Silenced
‘Lest We Forget’ is a five part series written by headmaster Hugh McCarthy and published in UKColumn, in which he pulls apart the disaster of lockdowns and school closures for children. In part 4, he looks at the experiences of teachers and carers.
“Covid-19: The pandemic revealed the most cowardly society of all time”
A hard hitting article from Brazilian human rights activist, Filipe Rafaeli, on the cowardice and diminution of societies across the world when faced with propaganda on a parr with WWII.
Experimenting on Children:
Psychologist, Damian Wilde, takes a fresh look at trans ideology in schools, the Cass Report and the ban on puberty blockers in children. The newly announced trial of puberty blockers raises questions about real protection against harm.
C-19 Inquiry Module 8 – Children and Young People
‘‘It was recognised that government policies and measures were KNOWINGLY causing HUGE HARM to children and young people and that they were paying a HUGE price to protect the rest of society.’’ “There has been no proper explanation for such an EGREGIOUS FAILING…to have recognised that you are INTENTIONALLY doing something that is likely to cause harm…recognise that is IT IS causing harm and yet not having done the work to put in to mitigation or a reduction in those harms is simply inexplicable and has not been explained.’’ This from the KC to the NI Children’s Commissioner.
HPV Vaccines and Ethics
Part 3 of this series looks at the ethics around some of the efforts to overcome ‘vaccine hesistancy’. When does encouragement become coercion?
School Closures/Lockdowns:
Guest author Hugh McCarthy, retired headteacher who also served on two of Northern Ireland’s Education Councils, writes in detail about the harms of lockdowns on children. The politicians knew but carried on regardless…
Pick of the Week: 31st August
Two reports from Hedley Rees on the successes and failures of the FDA, another harrowing series of clips in ‘Care Home Killing Fields’ and more from Maryanne Demasi on the intransigence of the CDC
Why did healthcare professionals disregard ethical guidance during the covid event?
An earlier HART article described how, throughout the covid event, health care professionals (doctors, nurses, psychologists, behavioural scientists) habitually behaved in ways that were at odds with their ethical codes. The moral imperatives of delivering effective interventions, doing no harm, ensuring informed consent, avoiding perceived conflicts of interest, and whistle blowing upon witnessing unacceptable behaviour of colleagues, were all widely disregarded during the ‘pandemic’. In this second article, Gary Sidley explores the key reasons for this mass abandonment of ethical principles…
Behind Closed Doors
The shocking evidence heard in the Scottish Covid Inquiry about how people in care homes were denied dignity, love and ultimately life through withdrawal of healthcare during covid has now been echoed in England. Together held a panel discussion including the voices of whistleblowers who have not been heard and addressing fears that the inquiry will not join the dots on the evidence and that damaging new law will embed these practices if any kind of emergency is announced in future…
Killing not Care
Module 6 of the UK C-19 Inquiry has just completed taking evidence, and much of it has been very harrowing. The overwhelming impression is of numerous unnecessary deaths, not from covid-19 but from loneliness, neglect, dehydration, denial of access to basic medical care, and most seriously the blanket application of DNAR notices across care homes for the elderly and even for young adult with disabilities, often without the patient’s consent or the family’s knowledge. Read this and tell me that the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill will be remotely equipped to prevent abuse and coercion.
Let’s not forget the mass casualties of the covid RESPONSE – Part III
In this, the third (and final) article of this series highlighting the mass casualties of the response to a purported ‘deadly virus’, Dr Gary Sidley prompts us all to remember the victims of the ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders and the overuse of the powerful sedative drug Midazolam.
DNA screening for every baby
According to Health Secretary Wes Streeing, “Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases.” Will advances in genomics allow people to “leapfrog” killer illnesses and receive “personalised” health care or will it just lead to more fear mongering about future health and a bonanza for the pharmaceutical industry?
Pick of the Week 20th July
SSRIs another market spinner?; Which countries rejected the WHO health regulations?; Lord Alton pushing back on the twin disasters of legalising late abortions and assisted dying; and finally say NO to digital ID.
Have healthcare professionals abandoned their ethical codes?
Explicit ethical principles and values have long been recognised as constituting essential frameworks to guide the day-to-day activities of professionals working in healthcare. Any newly qualified practitioner – doctor, nurse, psychologist, therapist – is routinely directed towards the relevant ‘code of ethics’ document and told that it is imperative to abide by these doctrines throughout their career.
Yet, despite their purported importance in ensuring sound clinical practice, throughout the covid event, these foundational guidelines were habitually ignored by all of the healthcare professions…
The Vindication of William Bay
Australia was one of the most authoritarian countries in the world from 2020 onward. This week, however, we can celebrate a victory that reflects what Australians used to epitomize – no-nonsense courage and jovial determination.
