Alan Levinovitz

And if I saw my article, how could I possibly read that in some kind of objective, dispassionate way?

That would be impossible.

And of course, when I say this,

the people who are in that situation are going to be like, he's saying we're not objective because we've gone through this thing.

That's just a way to gaslight us.

So that's a way to trap us.

And I understand.

I understand that.

And I understand that they have to come from that perspective.

They are coming from that perspective.

But it remains the case that if you've been horrifically traumatized by something or if admitting in some kind of alternative worldview is happening in the context of having someone try to take your kids away and accusing you of harming your children,

They do.

The government thinks it might be parents deliberately harming their kids.

Now, I will say that, like, it is entirely possible, I'm not talking about long COVID now, but it is entirely possible for parents to well-meaningly harm their children through health interventions.

You could be a parent that makes your kid neurotic about food, for example.

I see this

All the time, right?

You are eating in a way that's super clean and super healthy, and your kid starts to become sort of obsessed with eating super clean or super healthy.

So the idea that parents' beliefs and practices around health and diet can't affect their kids is also ridiculous.

But it's absolutely false, I believe.