DOCTORS CENSORED AND GAGGED FROM TRUTH TELLING

How essential post-approval pharmacovigilance was undermined by our government

“There is no place for anti-vaccination messages in professional health practice, and any promotion of anti-vaccination claims including on social media, and advertising may be subject to regulatory action.” - Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) gag order 9 March 2021.

This reckless gag order has since been rescinded (called “superseded”) but it is too late.

The Alison Beverage Substack of 20 Dec 23 summarises the reprehensible actions of APHRA to silence doctors. CLICK HERE to view.

Alison says: “This censorship is a threat to public health as it interrupts the drug safety reporting system”.  This is undeniably true.

“Doctors were silenced as of 9 March 2021 with a gag order issued by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the Medical Boards.  All medical professionals were threatened with disciplinary action if they raised concerns about the products. A website was set up to snitch on any who did.”

“Any promotion of anti-vaccination statements or health advice which contradicts the best available scientific evidence or seeks to actively undermine the national immunisation campaign (including via social media) is not supported by National Boards and may be in breach of the codes of conduct and subject to investigation and possible regulatory action,” AHPRA said in its March position statement.”

“Dr McCann said doctors not only had to be careful what they said in public but also behind closed doors to each other due to mandatory reporting.”  This brutal crackdown on private speech between doctors was unprecedented.

In addition, it is now widely known that governments used security agencies in concert with social media companies to track down and silence health professionals who dared to tell the truth of their experiences.  This action deliberately undermined the traditional system of voluntary post-approval pharmacovigilance which has been fundamental in identifying safety issues for approved drugs and has led to the proper withdrawal of more than 100 dangerous drugs on safety grounds worldwide in the last couple decades alone.  Thalidomide was a prime example in the 1960s.  Without voluntary post-approval reporting of the horrendous effects of thalidomide, many more lives would have been lost and many more serious disabilities would have occurred.  It is incomprehensible that governments actively sought to undermine the long established post-approval pharmacovigilance system which is fundamental in order to keep us safe. There is no valid excuse for this dereliction of duty. Shame on them all.      

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