Uhhhh, no, medicine has thought itself politically neutral, but the reality is that it hasn’t been.
We have had the AMA advocating for the ability of people to kill themselves, as long as they can find a dr to agree and provide drugs; for the right of mamas to kill their children, as long as the child was not yet born - all under the guis…
Uhhhh, no, medicine has thought itself politically neutral, but the reality is that it hasn’t been.
We have had the AMA advocating for the ability of people to kill themselves, as long as they can find a dr to agree and provide drugs; for the right of mamas to kill their children, as long as the child was not yet born - all under the guise of healthcare. For a number of years the AAP has advocated for kids to be able to get hormonal pills to avoid pregnancy, for an alleged vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted infection (HPV) to be given to kids as young as 11 (shouldn’t we actually be encouraging them to NOT HAVE SEX?! instead of injecting them with a potentially toxic product), and advising pediatricians how to talk with kids and teens about sex and STDs without parents knowing about it. All in the name of “health.”
So no, the practice of medicine has absolutely not be apolitical.
Uhhhh, no, medicine has thought itself politically neutral, but the reality is that it hasn’t been.
We have had the AMA advocating for the ability of people to kill themselves, as long as they can find a dr to agree and provide drugs; for the right of mamas to kill their children, as long as the child was not yet born - all under the guise of healthcare. For a number of years the AAP has advocated for kids to be able to get hormonal pills to avoid pregnancy, for an alleged vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted infection (HPV) to be given to kids as young as 11 (shouldn’t we actually be encouraging them to NOT HAVE SEX?! instead of injecting them with a potentially toxic product), and advising pediatricians how to talk with kids and teens about sex and STDs without parents knowing about it. All in the name of “health.”
So no, the practice of medicine has absolutely not be apolitical.
Don’t forget they give Hep B shots to tiny babies. Hep B is sexually transmitted.
Ah, yes, very true. I always thought that was odd.
It’s also transmitted by blood.
You mean through the placenta, or a blood transfusion after birth?
If from the mother, don’t they test the mother for diseases? Thus making the shot unnecessary for infants?
https://www.hepb.org/prevention-and-diagnosis/transmission/