medical ethics

It’s Time to Start Paying People to Take Vaccines, Says Oxford Academic Writing in Financial Times

It's time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That's according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial Times. This is the lesson he's taken from the Covid pandemic, apparently.
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More Unethical Targeting of Children to Take Vaccines Using Cartoon Characters

Medical regulations forbid the targeting of children with advertising and 'bribery' as it undermines informed consent. Why then are U.K. clinics doing just that when it comes to vaccines, asks Dr. Elizabeth Evans.
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Will the State Now Declare All Dissenters From Official ‘Facts’ to Lack Mental Capacity?

The danger of the Sudiksha Thirumalesh ruling is that, following its logic, the state could declare all dissenters from official 'facts' to be mad, says Dr David Seedhouse.
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Should the State Have Ruled That Sudiksha Thirumalesh was Mentally Incompetent to Prevent Her Receiving Treatment?

19 year-old Sudiksha Thirumalesh died last month after a court ruled she was not mentally competent to override her doctors' view that her treatment should cease. But was this right, asks Dr David Seedhouse.
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Postmodern Tyranny: States of Deception from 9/11 to Covid-19

It’s been well over a year now since the health scare dubbed the Covid-19 pandemic has had any widespread impact upon the lives of the vast majority of humanity. Since the “fog of war” has lifted, so to speak, there has been very little introspection regarding the knee-jerk authoritarianism imposed upon humanity in the liberal […]

Lockdown Zealots Were Well-Intentioned, But Should Face Charges of Criminal Negligence Given the Harms they Caused

Lockdown and vaccine enthusiasts meant well, thinks Australian expert after detailed impact assessment. But some should face criminal charges for negligence.
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