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Why do brilliant doctors and scientists toe the party line against COVID treatments?
American Thinker ^ | 16 Jun, 2021 | James V. DeLong

Posted on 06/16/2021 4:26:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber

These people have incredible credentials in relevant fields of science and medicine. Stupidity can't be the explanation.

One should believe the science, and the scientific evidence is overwhelming that ivermectin (IVM) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are effective for preventing and treating COVID, especially when combined with other drugs.

The studies supporting this conclusion are readily available and endorsed by clinicians and scientists with awesome credentials. See, for example, the work of Pierre Kory and his team, the BIRD Group, Peter McCullough, Harvey Risch, Brett Weinstein/Steve Kirsch/Robert Malone, and many others.

The information has been available since the start of the pandemic. As early as April of 2020, some clinicians were saving their patients and pleading, in vain, with the health authorities to investigate the value of these drugs.

Throughout this time, the major social media companies have suppressed this vital information. Facebook seems to be the most ruthless. You Tube and Twitter are close behind, though some information escapes the eagle eye of the censors.

Facebook's censorship fits ill with its assurance in its SEC filings:

COVID-19 Response. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched multiple initiatives to support the global public health community's work to keep people safe and informed. We took steps to provide our community with access to accurate information, stop misinformation and harmful content, and support global health experts, local governments, businesses, and communities. . .

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1 posted on 06/16/2021 4:26:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Are the medical experts AFRAID to speak out?


2 posted on 06/16/2021 4:26:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Improper use of “toe the line.”

It does not mean “carry their water” or any similar concept regarding parroting the PARTY line. It means to fight against or to oppose. The opposite of what the headline wants to imply.


3 posted on 06/16/2021 4:35:01 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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Similarly, scientists reliant on getting grants are afraid to contradict the nonsense claims, “manmade climate change,” and “manmade global warming”


4 posted on 06/16/2021 4:38:28 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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“overwhelming that ivermectin (IVM) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are effective for preventing and treating COVID”

Perhaps because the evidence isn’t that overwhelming? Most of these studies are small, and they all test against doing nothing, rather than the current treatment regime used here with a mix of steroids, anti-inflammatory, and anti-coagulation drugs.


5 posted on 06/16/2021 4:40:47 AM PDT by Renfrew
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Related....

BREAKING: Fox 26 Reporter Releases tape of ‘Corruption,’ ‘Censorship.’ Fox Corp Boss told Hecker “cease & desist” posting on Hydroxychloroquine & ‘Poor African-Americans’ don’t care about Bitcoin. “Viewers being Deceived”

6 posted on 06/16/2021 4:41:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: MtnClimber

“They did not get rich and powerful by being so credulous, and their refusal to look behind the Wizard’s curtain demands explanation.”

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These people are Marxist in their ideologies and crony capitalists in their business actions. Marxists are atheistic totalitarian authoritarians and crony capitalists are fascists.

Do we really believe that these persons refuse to look behind the curtain? I certainly don’t. They’re the ones guarding the curtain to protect what’s behind it.


7 posted on 06/16/2021 4:42:54 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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Retaliation and loss of career. A person will passionately believe things that advance their personal career.


8 posted on 06/16/2021 4:42:54 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Lee'sGhost
Improper use of “toe the line.”

Dictionary definition: "accept the authority, principles, or policies of a particular group, especially under pressure." By this definition, this is exactly what many doctors are doing, and it ties in perfectly with the OP's question.

9 posted on 06/16/2021 4:44:47 AM PDT by Kharis13
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ALL that blocked or withheld treatments that could have saved lives will be held accountable; in this world or the next. They have blood on their hands.


10 posted on 06/16/2021 4:45:19 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now

“Similarly, scientists reliant on getting grants are afraid to contradict the nonsense claims, “manmade climate change,” and “manmade global warming””

It’s actually worse than that for doctors. If you’re a doctor, you’re licensed. I read where the government had threatened to take a doctor’s license if he prescribed either of the two treatment drugs. Without the license, if the doctor continues to treat patients, he goes to prison. Because of Obamacare legislation, when a doctor prescribes a drug, the government knows about it the moment the prescription is filled. I think the original intention was to track street drugs, but it works at controlling what drugs are available for patients at various levels of government care as well.

If you’ve wondered why banks suddenly come out in favor of some Democratic talking point and cancel accounts for, say, ammunition makers or gun sales locations...they have a license to operate. Take away that license and they have to close their doors.


11 posted on 06/16/2021 4:49:54 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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what has happened to Frontline Doctors; that may give you your answer.


12 posted on 06/16/2021 4:50:21 AM PDT by jimfr
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To: MtnClimber

I think if you can answer why people did a lot of things in 1930s Germany you can answer the question of that headline.

Am I being overly dramatic? I don’t think so. I believe we’re teetering on the line of ugliness not seen in the world in a long time, and never in this country.


13 posted on 06/16/2021 4:54:55 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: MtnClimber

Social pressure. The rats have made it into a science, and can flip 40% of public opinion at will, including otherwise intelligent people.


14 posted on 06/16/2021 4:58:58 AM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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"Are the medical experts AFRAID to speak out?"

Some have. Their careers have been ruined by Demonicrats and their gangster as warnings to others who are thinking of speaking out.

15 posted on 06/16/2021 4:59:06 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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Most scientists are either corrupt or cowards.


16 posted on 06/16/2021 5:02:43 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: MtnClimber

Most scientists are either corrupt or cowards.


17 posted on 06/16/2021 5:02:55 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: Lee'sGhost
It means to fight against or to oppose. The opposite of what the headline wants to imply.

Nope.

"'Toe the line' is an idiomatic expression meaning either to conform to a rule or standard, or to stand poised at the starting line in a footrace."

18 posted on 06/16/2021 5:10:21 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: MtnClimber

Of course they are afraid.

They also have no margin in promoting it. They get no benefit, just grief.

And it’s less than clear science. So they have reason to be cautious.


19 posted on 06/16/2021 5:12:53 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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Part of the issue is that the only people you see on television or quoted in the newspapers are those who regurgitate the narrative that the media want them to regurgitate. Another part is that they generally choose some academic from pathetically overrated medical systems, like most Ivy-associated programs (I've seen some of the poorest and pathetically inept medical care in Ivy-medical systems).
20 posted on 06/16/2021 5:15:42 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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