BOB GRABOYES: Medical Heretics from Rome to COVID. “From Roman times to today, Western medicine has had a self-destructive tendency to stifle dissent and vilify those who question medical orthodoxy. In the 20th century, this tendency wreaked havoc on medicine’s understanding of genetics, autism, ulcers, and degenerative brain diseases—causing individual suffering and violations of civil liberties. In recent years, and particularly since the arrival of COVID, this destructive tendency has been on a sharp upswing. Medical education, the practice of medicine, and public health are becoming drenched in politics and ideology. These trends threaten the quality of medical care and norms of civil society.”

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