‘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.
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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.
Shocking testimony regarding Remdesivir
Some shocking testimony from the USA.
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.
Reproductive toxicity and the mRNA vaccines
Pfizer’s CEO of Global Research & Development says, “I can’t see that there was a real serious strategy for safety.”
Pick of the Month June 2024:
A few highlighted posts from June 2024
An open letter to Professor MacEwen at the GMC
time to put your words into practice and end the witch hunt against doctors Open letter to GMC: 28th June 2024 Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen, Chair, General Medical Council Mr Charlie Massey, CEO, General Medical Council Professor Philip Banfield, chairman of council, British Medical Association Dr Jeanette Dickson, Chair of Council, Academy of Medical Royal […]
Pick of the Week 10th June
A selection of top picks from HART members
Have ONS admitted to problems with their data?
There have been numerous papers and much public health data where the vaccinated have been described as unvaccinated for two or three weeks which causes a double bias in the data. The higher rate of covid in the first few weeks after injection amplifies the problem.
The new rites of passage
It has become almost impossible to die in this country without first being injected. No longer is the priest by the bedside reading last rites, it’s the vaccinator.
Kafka-NHS
In June 2021, Dr. Sam White, a general practitioner, released a video calling out harmful covid policy. From a scientific perspective every word he said was entirely defensible. Moreover it is clear that he was speaking from an ethical position of wanting to protect his patients from harm. He pulled no punches in addressing the most prominent issues that were causing harm – lack of treatment for the frail, inappropriate gene therapies and masking. In interviews, in 2022, he called the situation a war between good and evil. In doing so he unleashed a torrent of anger among those in a position of power over him, which, three years on, continues to harm him.
Blood scandal exposes systemic hypocrisy
This last week we found ourselves in the midst of a harrowing revelation, as the headlines of every major newspaper are dominated by the infected blood scandal. This catastrophic event, where thousands of innocent lives, including children, were irrevocably damaged by the administration of HIV-contaminated blood, is a stark reminder of the systemic failures and gross negligence that can pervade our institutions.
AstraZeneca product withdrawn
At the end of April AstraZeneca admitted in court that its product could cause clots that could kill. A proportion of the claimants who were vaccinated after the 7th April were asked by the legal team to withdraw from the case because at that point AstraZeneca added a line into their patient information leaflet to include a rare risk of clots as an adverse event.
Pick of the Week – 17 May 2024
A selection of top picks from HART members
Cardiac arrest ambulance calls in 2024: how many really?
Weekly cardiac arrest calls were higher in 2022 and 2023 than 2020. Looking at the trends in 2024 would be interesting – if only it were possible.
