Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins denounced anti-vax GPs, but said it was up to the Medical Council to deal with them.
Medical Council chairperson Doctor Curtis Walker told Morning Report on Friday […]
The council had “zero tolerance for anti-vaccination messages”, he said.
It’s all in the language, isn’t it? From where I sit they are pro-choice messages. We are supposed to be protected from forced and coercive medical procedures.
It is hard to believe that doctors who are brave enough to speak out against state-ordered mandates or who disagree with the government about the medical value and safety of the vaccinations will be threatened with the loss of their livelihoods by a censorious Medical council acting as a coercive hand of the state.
Has New Zealand really come to this? Have we really sunk so low?
“We will examine the circumstances of what a doctor has said or done, carefully consider their responses, for example, if they’re not going to do it again, or not going to post any more videos or promulgate any further misinformation.
Remember this when you ask your doctor for his or her opinion on whether or not you should take the vaccine. It is now crystal clear that they have been gagged by the Medical council and are not free to give you their personal medical opinion.
They MUST if they want to keep their job parrot the government and Medical Council line that the vaccine ( that doesn’t prevent people from catching or spreading Covid-19) is both safe and effective.
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