Open letter to CPSO head Nancy Whitmore to stop COVID misinformation
Open letter to CPSO head Nancy Whitmore to stop COVID misinformation
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) had a meeting with the founder of CCDH on misinformation. But he has been ineffective in stopping it. So I invited the CPSO to a open dialog.
Executive summary
If organizations like the CPSO want to stop misinformation, they are going about it the wrong way. Instead of meeting with the “experts” who have utterly failed to stop the flow of COVID misinformation, they should take us up on our offer to meet with us and show us how we got it all wrong.
Introduction
Nancy Whitmore, CEO of CPSO, recently sent this email to all their doctors.
Here’s the key part:
We were also extremely fortunate to have Mr. Imran Ahmed, Founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, give a powerful and thought-provoking talk about health disinformation and digital hate that continues to proliferate online. Mr. Ahmed shared stories and examples of how the lack of regulation and negligence in the “Big Tech” industry, which connects over 4.5 billion people around the world, is “putting us on a terrifying trajectory of chaos.” I strongly encourage you to read the eDialogue cover story and learn how you can help counter health misinformation. We are also going to be hosting Mr. Ahmed in our next “In Dialogue” podcast episode, so stay tuned for more.
They also posted an article about the meeting which you can read here.
The solution
The way disagreements between people are resolved is through dialog between the parties.
Listening to people like Imran Ahmed is not the way to solve the problem. I’ve reached out to Imran in the past suggesting we meet to resolve our differences. Not only did he ignore my outreach, but he also did this:
Blocking scientists is not the way to resolve the issues
Clearly, he thinks blocking us is the best way to resolve our differences. Where is the science behind that approach? He doesn’t provide any references.
The experts say the opposite: scientists with differing views should be heard, not demonized. That op-ed was written by the former Dean of the Harvard Medical School and by UCSF Professor Vinay Prasad, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and a practicing Hematologist Oncologist at San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco VA Hospital. Vinay is one of the world’s top experts on evidence-based medicine.
My offer to Nancy Whitmore
I just sent the following email to Nancy Whitmore:
Poll
Summary
COVID Misinformation is a problem. We just disagree on who is spreading it.
However, we have ALWAYS been open to a meeting where the “experts” can show us how we’ve gotten it all wrong.
Unfortunately, all the “experts” are too busy to meet with us even though this is cited as a huge problem.
So the problem persists.
How can the CPSO have the time to meet with Imran who has failed to solve the problem, and not have any time to meet with us so they can solve the problem?
I’m hoping Nancy will explain that to us. I’ll let you know if I hear anything. Don’t hold your breath.
Rant from a prior doctor. Reasoned people have lost all respect for allopathic medicine the CDC, FDA etc. I do not blame them. I was a physician for 25 years but had to leave. The first 15 years were great. The work was hard, and you would see bad things, but the job was so rewarding. I controlled my schedule and treated my patients as I saw fit. Obamacare started the end of the profession. They forced government treatment protocols and electronic medical records on us. There are over 20 EMRS in the US. Most do not cross communicate. My final year I was spending 30% of my time dealing with the computer and entering useless icd 10 codes. I was told by people with business degrees that I had to see 30-40 patients at day. The art and compassion are gone. Most doctors today are robots. For the record I never recommended masks or covid shots.
I left witter for almost 3 years and came back as the bans on many scientists were lifted, I could follow them there (not all have Substacks). Someone I had met long ago and have been following for many years and he me, asked why do good scientists oppose the government?
I answered him kindly. He said they were spreading lies, I was believing conspiracy theories (I had not said what I believed or not, just answered the question)and he gave an example. I pointed out my introductionary book on immunology, the different FOIA documents and the statement done by a Pfizer representative. He found that not scientific, called it pseudoscience when people not being immunologists, virologists etc discuss it; go to your doctor for answers. My doctor agrees with them, but we are both no virologists or immunolgists so we can't discuss our doctors having different opinions. He blocked me, removed all my answers about FOIA documents etc.
That is how it goes, if "we" already wonder why, we are not interested in the answer at all. All he has to say: you're not exactly an intellectual giant, I block you! He even called Robert Malone someone who has zero knowledge and has no idea about what science is. He calls himself a scientist, he used to be a kind man. It is stunning to see people respond like this.