(1) Morning thought to ponder. We have had large media and tech insert themselves into medicine and medical practice, and assert that they are arbiters of truth. In doing so they have politicized medicine and medical practice on a global scale.
(2) Then the media and tech have used the well developed playbook that they employ for politicians and political organizations, and have turned that on physicians and medical organizations. What we essentially have is targeted "swiftboating" of physicians and organizations.
(3) Akin to what we saw play out with John Kerry. In so doing, they have applied their go-to metaphors for the political spectrum (far left, left, right, far right) to physicians and medical organizations as they debate how to practice medicine during this pandemic.
4) This has resulted in absurd stereotyping by the media and tech, as well as characterization intended as character assassination which is ridiculous. Such as labeling Pierre Koury, myself and many others as far right when if anything we have historically been center left.
(5) In turn, this has resulted in a form of self-fufiling prophecy where those so stereotyped find themselves and their organizations pushed into only being allowed to interact with those parts of the political spectrum which are consistent with the promoted script and narrative.
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