While I’ve used the term ‘grift’ in relation to the big megachurch pastors, this article reminds me that you find them anywhere – even, distressingly, in the medical profession:
A physician group that rampantly spread COVID-19 misinformation is back in the spotlight — but this time, sowing doubt about the vaccine.
America’s Frontline Doctors, an organization that claims to provide uncensored, accurate information about the pandemic, became infamous in July after a viral press conference that protested government lockdown restrictions and spread inaccuracies ranging from the ineffectiveness of masks to claims that hydroxychloroquine could “cure” COVID-19.
Now, those same doctors — the majority of which have no experience treating COVID-19 patients — have launched a campaign to warn Americans that they should not be forced to take an “experimental vaccine,” while failing to mention the safety trials and large phase III efficacy trials, along with the fact that no vaccine mandate exists. [MedPage Today]
Just to make it official …
Angela Rasmussen, PhD, a virologist at Georgetown University, stated that there is no such thing as “forcing” anyone to get vaccinated.
“This would be funny if it’s not the same pathetic, cynical, thirsty, self-serving grifting that intentionally sown doubt in public health expertise and resulted in 300,000 dead Americans,” Rasmussen wrote on Twitter.
In my experience, most medical personnel are in their profession because they want to be useful and contribute positively to other people’s lives. But, as Dr. Rasmussen notes, for a few, a pathetic few, they are grifters, selling snake oil for the sake of lining their pockets.
I’m sure a few are simply mislead – they don’t understand the difficulties of discerning successful medications from mere coincidence: they may have treated three patients with hydroxychloroquine and, through luck, seen them get better. Placebo effect? Just recovered? They can’t believe it.
But at this juncture, they should know better. At this point, they’re just grifters.
Folks, be careful of the scams out there. This is just one of many.
