A recent ‘controversy’ reveals how politically correct ideology is harming health care.
Four hundred years ago, Italian astronomer Galileo was persecuted for advancing Copernicus’s theory that the earth and other planets rotate around the sun. This heliocentric theory violated the prevailing belief dating back to Aristotle and engrained in Christian theology that the sun and planets rotate around a stationary earth. Galileo was tried for heresy and placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life. Science would eventually vindicate Galileo.
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Today’s scientists and physicians face a different orthodoxy that explains all disparate health outcomes as the result of structural or systemic racism. Doubters and those who investigate genetic and scientific alternative explanations face their own latter-day inquisition. Just ask Howard Bauchner, editor in chief of
Qinxuan Pan, accused of gunning down Yale University graduate student and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Jiang earlier this year, is expected to ask a judge in Connecticut to reduce his $20 million bail in a hearing scheduled for next month.
Panel sheds light on vaccine safety
Physicians urged to reach out to hesitant patients
SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette
The American Medical Association on Wednesday hosted a webinar to equip doctors nationwide with answers to patients questions about vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Half of U.S. adults have received the coronavirus vaccine as of this week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But as the pace of vaccinations has slowed, health care providers are sharing ideas for how to change the minds of those who haven t sought the shots.
“We need to be part counselor, part research scientist and part myth-buster,” said Dr. Mira Irons, the Chicago-based AMA s chief health and science officer.