Vinay Prasad’s essay on COVID response as template for authoritarianism triggers establishment.

Da Vinci or ‘Covidiot’? Conference cancels ‘iconoclastic’ doctor who questions COVID catechism

When censorship replaces debate in medicine you know we are in trouble:

“…Vinay Prasad has forcefully challenged the evidence for common – and lucrative – medical procedures and treatments for the better part of a decade, developing a reputation as an “iconoclastic” researcher who throws figurative “cherry bombs,” in the words of The Oregonian.

After three years of doing the same for COVID-19 – repeatedly questioning the evidence for masking, risk-benefit calculus of COVID vaccines for young men and general competence of American regulators relative to European counterparts – the University of California San Francisco epidemiologist is facing his greatest cancellation risk yet.

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy disinvited him as the keynote speaker for its annual conference next month within two days of his critics unloading on ACCP for the choice…”

Doug Santo