Posted on 06/13/2023 6:45:59 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (MCCMS) banned Dr. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiology professor, from speaking with journalists without the institution’s approval and denied his annual raise after he made public comments on COVID-19 and gender that strayed from the institution’s “prescribed messaging,” according to a letter from the Mayo Clinic published by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
Joyner discussed the physiological advantages male athletes have over females in The New York Times in May 2022 and criticized the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for discouraging convalescent blood plasma treatments for COVID-19 in January 2023. The Mayo Clinic referenced both of these interviews in its March 5 letter to Joyner forbidding him from “offline conversations with reporters” and requiring him to get institutional approval for all future media appearances.
In addition to restrictions on his speech, MCCMS imposed a one-week unpaid suspension and denial of any salary increase at his next contract renewal, according to the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA).
“Failure to fully comply with the expectations outlined above or any additional validated complaints from any staff … will result in termination of employment,” the letter warned. The Mayo Clinic also mentioned the need to protect its “brand and reputation” by restricting Joyner’s public comments multiple times…
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Agreed. According to the notion of "regulatory capture" and occupying the "choke points" -- this a military concept in part -- in various organizations, this is being shown to be one thing of clear consistency. Control of us supposed rubes by those who would control -- to take both money and power to themselves.
I assume he’s actively seeking employment elsewhere.
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All trust in the medical field is gone. Stupid, stupid, stupid institutions! I wonder what else the medical field is lying about?
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