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Data Humanist's avatar

You would think that after two years of this nonsense and seeing the failure, we would want to do better. It seems otherwise. Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, MD, is one of the people trying to push back against new proposed laws for California. I mention this as his concerns match neatly with yours (and mine).

If the new laws are passed, he notes:

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Californians would live under a regime that allows: (1) the state to force on children medical interventions that are not FDA approved, (2) the state to muzzle the speech of physicians and decide which interpretations of scientific or medical evidence are correct, (4) the state to censor online information it does not like (4) the state to act as surrogate parents for 12-year-old children who are not yet cognitively and emotionally capable of giving free and informed consent to medical decisions that have potential lifelong ramifications, and (5) the state and its agents to access your personal medical records without your consent.

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https://aaronkheriaty.substack.com/p/the-tip-of-the-spear

And there's more.

Basically, the doctor / patient relationship is gone. A medical doctor, even if in private practice, is an instrument of the state; the patient, a subject.

If people wait to act they will soon have no opportunity to act -- no agency. Below are two of the proposed laws:

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AB 2098: classifies any medical opinion that runs contrary to the establishment’s covid narrative as “misinformation” and subjects physicians expressing such views to charge of “unprofessional conduct” which is subject to discipline by the medical licensing board.

SB 920: authorizes medical board to inspect a doctor’s office and medical records without patients’ consent.

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The critical inquiry which science and clinical care require is now “misinformation” and potentially "unprofessional conduct.”

Your private medical records, 4th Amendment rights be damned, are subject to inspection at the state's whim.

What nation are citizens and residents of the USA living in? I'm having trouble recognizing it.

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Diane Perlman, PhD's avatar

Yes, it's astonishing. As we say in our business, "poor reality testing" or corrupt. I have a new friend and ally, a psychologist who is threatened to lose her license, even though she sees clients on computer, denied a religious exemption and has to take legal action. It is an exercise in domination into submission.

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