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"Censor everyone without an MD for all I'm concerned. The misinformation is worse."

Have you read 1984 or alike? Maybe do so at times.

The BS online surely is bad, but did you know, that you can just buy a MD in certain parts of the world?

So, we are in the middle of a question: which countries MD's do we recognize to speak censor free?

(and who are "we" btw.)

And well, governemnts do have some record of power abuse and missinformation, too. Even the democratic ones. And they take ages to get along and make contracts.

So lots of golden firewalled nations then, but less vaxxer bs online? I am not sure, if this is a good trade.



Even the MDs shouldn't be able to speak "censor free." MDs also need to be, and are, held to truth standards by censors.

But considering medical boards can strip them of their MD, maybe there is a chilling effect that prevents false statements.


"maybe there is a chilling effect that prevents false statements"

Or a chilling effect of unpopular opinions and facts.

And a much harder climate to find out, what is a fact at all, if you have to be scared, that some government commitee strips you of your right to publish, if they do not like your results.




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