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The declaration of a global health emergency over a year ago has meant the very people that most had previously depended on for guidance on matters concerning their health have been sidelined. Yes, general practitioners and family physicians no longer rule the roost when it comes to guiding or managing the health of the majority. The ‘corona crisis’ and associated measures have meant key decisions around the public’s health are now made by health authorities, politicians and a cluster of selected medical and scientific advisors.

Not only that, unelected and unaccountable executives in the mainstream press and social media have controlled the narrative and limited freedom of speech around this pandemic in ways unimagined in the pre-pandemic era.

Dissent in a censored world

Dissenting physicians have argued that many lives could have been saved had better treatments, such as those including ivermectin, vitamin C, D and zinc, been applied earlier, at the optimal dosages. Over 43,000 medical practitioners, nearly 15,000 medical and public health scientists and 800,000 citizens have signed the Great Barrington Declaration that calls primarily for better early treatment of covid patients, shielding of vulnerable populations and normal societal function for the rest. This appeal has consistently fallen on deaf ears, with the global effort being directed to combining non-pharmaceutical measures in the form of lockdowns, social isolation and the use of masks, with novel and experimental vaccines. 

Five months after vaccine roll-out commenced in earnest around the globe, more and more doctors and physicians have attempted to speak out. As we’ve found through our links with the World Doctors Alliance, the UK Medical Freedom Alliance and other groups, some doctors in some countries have been struck from their medical registers for expressing their views or reflecting publicly on their experiences.

Navigating the restricted waters of ‘free speech’

Others have been treading a more careful line, while still expressing serious concerns over the handling of the pandemic by health authorities. One of these doctors is Dr David Brownstein, a board-certified holistic medicine family physician from Michigan, USA, also the author of several books, including ‘Overcoming Thyroid Disorders’ (2002), ‘The Guide to Healthy Eating’ (2010), and ‘Heal Your Leaky Gut: The Hidden Cause of Many Chronic Diseases’ (2017). Another is Dr Ronald Hoffman, a board-certified, New York-based integrative physician, host of the Intelligent Medicine Podcast and medical director of our sister organisation, ANH-USA.

Now, some are saying they are seeing unprecedented adverse reactions to the covid vaccines. So far, the only proven life-threatening adverse reaction is an autoimmune condition, referred to as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombotytopenia (VITT) and it has been related mainly to the non-replicating vector types, notably Oxford/AstraZeneca and Janssen/J&J. It should be noted that causal relationships are notoriously hard to prove and the global roll-out commenced in earnest less than 6 months ago – not long enough to gather meaningful amounts of data from post-marketing surveillance.

As shown by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a paper published recently in JAMA, systemic adverse reactions, that can act as triggers for flares for those with autoimmune profiles, are now recognised to be more serious following the second dose of the mRNA vaccines.

Speaking up with ANH

Tim Reihm, ANH-USA’s director of marketing & communications, interviewed Dr David Browstein and Rob Verkerk PhD, ANH’s founder and scientific director of both ANH-Intl and ANH-USA, on a Facebook livestream last Thursday. He also travelled up to New York and interviewed Dr Ron Hoffman.

The intention was to air the view of these two doctors and one scientist, with Tim asking questions that are now viewed as heretical or at least too hot to handle by the mainstream media. For example: What kinds of adverse reactions have you witnessed in your practice? What constitutes sufficient grounds for vaccine reluctance or refusal? Is it fair that people who have plausible grounds for refusal – such as an autoimmune disease history – are discriminated against?  

If you’re keen to hear the kind of discussion that we believe should be openly available on mainstream social media and video channels, we urge you to dive in, view and share widely among your friends, family and contacts. The livestream is available in full as is the interview with Dr Hoffman [LINK]. For those who’re time-pressed, we’ve also packaged both interviews into an easily-digestible 7-minute version [LINK].

Given the current censorship policies of YouTube, Vimeo and other mainstream video platforms, you’ll find the videos are playing from our uncensored channel on Brighteon that we encourage you to sign up to.

Right to kNOw discrimination update

Discrimination against those who are unvaccinated, whatever the reason, is ramping up. Here are the latest examples:

  • Children attending a high school prom in the US were asked their vaccination status and then marked with a sharpie pen to indicate whether they were vaccinated or unvaccinated. Every 3 to 4 dances they were asked to hold their hands in the air so they could be recorded. Representative Melissa Littlefield put a message on Facebook asking parents for more information so she can investigate the matter futher
  • Rock band the Foo Fighters are staging a concert in New York where only vaccinated individuals can attend. Fans, have been taking to Twitter to express their disgust and outrage at the band's decision

 

Right to kNOw Champions

  • Comdeian Josh Denny has spoken out on Twitter against the Foo Fighter's decision to stage a 'vaccinated only' concert as he has people around him with autoimmune conditions that can't be vaccinated
  • Craft beer producer, Blond of St Tropez have stated in an email to the ANH team that they will never discriminate against any of their staff on the basis of vaccination status

Full version of Tim Reihm's interview of Drs Brownstein and Verkerk

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Full version of Tim Reihm's interview of Dr Ron Hoffman

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6-minute edit of Tim Reihm's interview of Drs Brownstein, Hoffman and Verkerk

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