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I am particularly interested in the whole concept of being \u2019anti-\u2019 or a \u2019denier\u2019, or a sceptic. I think in great part this is due to constant attacks I have had to put up with because of my views of cholesterol and statins. I am often called a statin \u2019denier\u2019. I have also been referred to as a professional contrarian, a sceptic, a zealot and suchlike. However, I am not actually a cholesterol sceptic, nor a denier. I am not denying cholesterol exists. I just happen to believe it is not harmful \u2013 probably beneficial.<\/p>\n
To be accurate, it is the other side who attack cholesterol and who should be called cholesterol sceptics. I am really an anti-anti-cholesterol sceptic. This must make me twice as bad. I am not just anti. I am anti-anti.<\/p>\n
Now we have the deadliest insult of all. \u2019Anti-vaxxer.\u2019 Two relatively short words, but if you dare to touch them, they explode into maelstrom of poison that spreads far and wide, destroying anyone and everyone in range.<\/p>\n
Today, to mix my metaphors, there is probably no deeper abyss to be dropped into, than the abyss of being labelled an \u2019anti-vaxxer.\u2019 Of course, the term has no definition. It doesn\u2019t even have any discernible boundaries. You can be wandering about quite innocently and suddenly find you have become an \u2019anti-vaxxer.\u2019<\/p>\n
I mentioned that the phase III clinical trials on AstraZeneca\u2019s COVID19 vaccine will not be completed until 2023. This, it seems, to some people on a medical website called doctors.net makes me an anti-vaxxer.<\/p>\n
We have now reached the position where, to state an incontrovertible fact about a clinical trial, makes you an anti-vaxxer. Which means that there truly are no longer any places to go. If, that is, you want to discuss vaccines in any way. The only approved position to take, particularly if you are a doctor, is the following\u2026 \u201cAll vaccines are entirely safe. They have no adverse effects, and they are one hundred per cent effective in all cases. Anyone who questions vaccines in any way does not understand anything about science and they are putting millions of lives at risk. In fact, they should probably be treated as criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goodbye age of enlightenment. So long scientific debate. Finally killed by COVID19. You will be missed. I hope some small groups may manage to keep the flame alive. Right now, it seems to have been stamped out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am particularly interested in the whole concept of being \u2019anti-\u2019 or a \u2019denier\u2019, or a sceptic. I think in great part this is due to constant attacks I have had to put up with because of my views of cholesterol and statins. I am often called a statin \u2019denier\u2019. I have also been referred … <\/p>\n