Posted on 12/06/2021 7:55:06 AM PST by Mount Athos
A doctor in the UK who was banned from using social media by the General Medical Council for claiming “masks do nothing” has won his case in the High Court.
Dr. Samuel White was slapped with and 18 month ban by the GMC after he posted a video to Instagram and Twitter in June questioning the efficacy of face coverings.
In the video, White said why he could no longer tolerate working in his previous roles because of the “lies” around the NHS and the government’s response to the pandemic, which were “so vast” he could no longer “stomach” them.
White also committed the ultimate sin of remarking, “masks do nothing” to stop the spread of COVID, despite this being the consensus medical opinion at the start of the pandemic before it mysteriously switched almost overnight.
The doctor also expressed concerns about the safety of vaccines and the reliability of COVID tests.
White took his case against the GMC to the High Court on the basis of his freedom of expression “to engage in medical, scientific and political debate and discussion,” White’s barrister, Francis Hoar, told a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice.
Hoar added that White’s opinions were “supported by large bodies of scientific and medical opinion” and had been “statements of fact and opinions about pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions in response to the pandemic.”
GMC’s Alexis Hearnden claimed that White’s views were not only misinformation, but posed a “risk” to the public because they didn’t align with official pronouncements.
However, the court ruled in favor of White, asserting that the tribunal which banned him from speaking had violated the 1998 Human Rights Act.
The ruling concluded that the tribunal’s decision was “an error of law and a clear misdirection,” meaning the decision was “clearly wrong and cannot stand.”
Tyranny is instantaneous and the courts take time. The main reason to keep guns handy.
I am very happy to hear this.
Dr. Sam White seemed to me to be a very thoughtful and genuine doctor.
I hope he has great success in his medical practice.I believe his patients will receive excellent medical care from him.
“Tyranny is instantaneous and the courts take time.”
Very well put. This decision is definitely a positive sign, and we have had some recent decisions in the US too that give cause for hope.
Great, but where are the penalties and consequences for those that violated this man’s freedom of speech?
Dr. White doesn't mince his words, does he?
Should replace Fauci with him!
Regards,
A mask for a virus is a POLITICAL JOKE! A virus particle is 1/4 the size of a smoke particle. Can you smell smoke through the mask? Of course, you can. Wearing a mask is about as smart as putting up a chain-link fence to keep out mosquitos. Yes, it works for bacteria (the size of a basketball in the chain-link analogy.) ... but NOT FOR VIRUSES!! The biggest problem we have is most people have the IQ of a rock. If you insist on a mask to keep out a virus, you are just plain showing your STUPIDITY!
IF masks worked then no one in Japan would ever get sick
>>> A doctor in the UK who was banned from using social media by the General Medical Council for claiming “masks do nothing” has won his case in the High Court.<<<
You mean he was repeating the CDC information that existed pre-COVID? Fauci said the exact same things as late as February of 2020.
They aren’t masks.
They’re muzzles.
“IF masks worked then no one in Japan would ever get sick”
You have that backwards. In Japan people wear masks when they have a cold so as to help prevent other people from getting sick.
The Japanese roll that way. Very polite and considerate of others.
So in normal circumstances the people you see in public in Japan are already sick. They wear the mask in the hope that they will not pass it on to you.
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