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I truly appreciate what Dr. Malhotra did…… it took a lot of courage. I have wondered, why have so many “experts” just gone along with this travesty (as Dr Malhotra did), but I can’t judge him or be critical of someone who has recognized they were wrong and is now doing whatever he can to let everyone know about it. This takes integrity.
I truly appreciate what Dr. Malhotra did…… it took a lot of courage. I have wondered, why have so many “experts” just gone along with this travesty (as Dr Malhotra did), but I can’t judge him or be critical of someone who has recognized they were wrong and is now doing whatever he can to let everyone know about it. This takes integrity.
The plethora of papers and data is unequivocal to anyone who cared to look beyond the narrative and overt censorship. And it was obvious from the very early days:(P.-H. Lambert, D. M. Ambrosino, S. R. Andersen et al., Consensus summary report for CEPI/BCMarch 12–13, 2020 meeting: Assessment of risk of disease enhancement with COVID-19 vaccines, Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.064)
Outcome reporting bias (Pfizer claiming a 95% relative risk reduction (RRR)) is also a well studied phenomenon: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK100617/ ).
Given that the UK's own Dr Aseem Malhotra (cardiologist) and Dr Clare Craig (Diagnostic Pathologist) are now talking about this, is something one concedes is better late than never, although Dr Craig in particular, has been tireless.
Sadly, the information they now trumpet regarding the unsafe and ineffectiven Pfizer injections and an absolute risk reduction (ARR) derived from Israeli data, showing an absurd value of 0.86% (down to 0.43%) IS OLD HAT, while Fraiman et al. (2022) now show negative risk benefit in the initial Pfizer efficacy study.
When the ARR was published in the Lancet (Olliaro, Torreele, Vaillant 2021), it fell on media suppression and deaf ears although those watching knew. Was Malhotra watching too? I wonder.
Dr Malhotra's willing blindness was eventually penetrated by the death of his father. His subsequent pursuit of knowledge leading to his awakening was very far behind those of us who were at the barricades in early 2020, for example NZDSOS.com.
Doubtless, in the case of Malhotra, it was precipitated by a deeply personal and intolerable level of cognitive dissonance and ethical insight. I am less convinced by any suggestion of 'courage'. The courage (and fear) belongs to those of us that said no at the outset to coercion and mandates, and those many who lost clinical and academic positions and livelihoods.
I agree that there have been many heroes of the pandemic who have spoken out from the beginning, and I have truly appreciated every one of them. But, I also recognize that EVERYONE makes mistakes (I am at the front of the line on this). Yes, Dr. Malhotra made a mistake, and now he is trying to right his wrong. It did take courage for him to step up publicly and admit that he was wrong. Going forward, I hope that there are MANY more who will do the same thing. But, If we don’t show them grace, this may cause them to keep quiet and not speak out publicly about their decision to change their position, which is the exact opposite of what is needed. I say let’s encourage everyone and anyone to speak out when they finally recognize the truth.
I understand your view. I also recognised that it is based on an assumption, namely, 'it did take courage for him to step up publicly and admit that he was wrong'. Other perceptions exist.
A man of his sensibilities, education and conscience, so clearly distressed by his own wilful ignorance, one that appeared to have led directly to the death of his father, would feel compelled to address and relieve his distress and guilt. This also strikes one as a driving basis for an act of reflection and repentance. This compelling dynamic and the need for restitution, it seems to me, would have eclipsed any notion of 'courage'.