Last month, the peer-reviewed journal
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning, and Policy published an important
article on COVID-related censorship. I've written about it already
here. The researchers introduced their article by defining some terms, recalling certain COVID controversies, and noting how multiple respected medical professionals were hurt in the fallout of the pandemic controversy.
They went on to describe the specific experiences of their study participants, including 13 established doctors, scientists, and medical professionals who were censored, suppressed, or otherwise punished for expressing dissent with regard to the prevailing COVID-19 orthodoxy.
All those who participated have either an MD or PhD in their respective fields, and four have both. These are not, then, conspiracy types or Internet trolls. They are reputable minds who simply transgressed against the "consensus" view, which, as I said in my earlier article, has changed drastically since March 2020.Standing and CredibilityThe researchers kept these participants anonymous to protect them, but emphasized their standing and credibility. In interviews, they gathered firsthand quotes to show just how harsh and brazen the censorship was in some cases, listing the tactics the medical establishment and media used against them. They reported:
Tactics of censorship and suppression described by our respondents include exclusion, derogatory labelling, hostile comments and threatening statements by the media, both mainstream and social; dismissal by the respondents' employers; official inquiries; revocation of medical licenses; lawsuits; and retraction of scientific papers after publication.
Comment: And they are still at it. See also: