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Pick of the week – 20th August 2024
Items on mpox, censorship, and harrowing footage on care home deaths reported in the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
Our institutions are hollowed out
This is what totalitarianism looks like Republished below is an article from Jonathan Engler, first published 19th August, on his substack page, where he looks at two examples from here in the UK: The first is The Royal College of Nursing, which says (of the recent protests): “These scenes around the country are nothing short […]
What next on the vaccine/pandemic front?
It is a question of ‘when’ not ‘if’ the next pandemic is ‘declared’, and then a question of how many people will say, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”
Covid-19 Vaccines: Censored Facts and Hidden Harms
The People’s Vaccine Inquiry was set up by five different expert groups who were all concerned at the delays in the UK Public Inquiry Vaccine Module. Witness statements and video interviews are available to the public and to share.
The Academic Whistleblower
According to Dr Elliott, a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota, “individuals don’t stumble into whistleblowing; rather, they are reluctant casualties of a corrupted system.”
Pandemic Treaty and IHR Update
In the past 2 months, there has been much fanfare about the WHO Pandemic treaty and the International Health Regulations or IHR amendments. There was much pushback across the globe about these recent amendments – but is WHO winning?
Governments always know what’s best for us
” In every sphere of daily life, our thoughts and actions are being manipulated, often covertly, so as to align them with what the state’s technocrats have deemed to be in our best interests; openness and transparent attempts at persuasion are no longer deemed necessary.” Does this describe Britain today?
A further letter to the GMC
Eighty-five doctors and health professional urge the GMC to close investigations of vexatious complaints.
A Letter to the Right Honourable Wes Streeting
A letter to Wes Streeting, the new Health Secretary. Britain is at a turning point. You can either continue with the mistakes of your predecessors or you can turn a fresh page and commit your department to transparency and honesty with the British public.
‘Dopesick’: The Long View of Big Pharma
‘Dopesick’ charts the harrowing scandal of OxyContin addiction in the USA, from its origins in Appalachia, one of the first areas identified by the Sackler family of Purdue Pharma to target their new opioid pain relief medication. The Sacklers claimed OxyContin was non-addictive, and aggressively marketed the drug. These claims, couched in the humanitarian discourse of ‘changing attitudes towards pain management’, led to a drastic increase in opioid addiction and drug overdose deaths across the USA. The tragedy was amplified by the complete failure of the FDA to act on evidence about the dangers of OxyContin.
The Hope Accord
The Hope Accord was launched on 3rd July across the world and has gained over 50,000 signatures to date.
We would encourage HART readers to sign it and share it widely.
Bring back moral red lines
There’s a good reason for moral red lines but in a society which lacks moral leaders, politicians and others have been crossing these lines without any thought for the consequences. It is time to bring back moral red lines and stick to them.
The Good Fight
A heart felt rallying cry to stop attributing blame and start focusing on how each of us can make a difference. We’re all different, but in essence, as long as we’re all fighting for humanity, then we’re all on the same side, we are all allies.
Evidence presented to the Scottish Inquiry
The Scottish Inquiry has heard repeated stories from care homes of neglect, abuse, denial of healthcare and repeated misuse of end of life medication resulting in deaths. Witness after witness has given concurring evidence.
Informed Consent: Ethical Principles of Medicine
It is a basic requirement in medicine that before any procedure, a screening intervention or treatment is undertaken, the individual must consent. To do so, they must be informed of both the benefits and the risks before deciding whether to proceed.
