As I write this, the Queensland government in Australia is proposing legislation that would compel clinicians and medical professionals to prioritise ‘public confidence’ in safety over the actual ‘health and safety of the public’. In other words, a government could impose penalties on health professionals who say anything that is out of step with whatever the government of the day says about treating gender dysphoria or the risks associated with vaccines. This is an instance of a government deliberately politicising medicine rather than leaving best practice and advice to medical bodies and
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