Dr. Aseem Malhotra
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His name is Professor John Ioannidis from Stanford. I call him the Stephen Hawking of medicine.
His name is Professor John Ioannidis from Stanford. I call him the Stephen Hawking of medicine.
A couple of years ago, he wrote an article in one of the peer-reviewed journals saying that non-randomized studies, so studies which aren't the one which I described earlier with a 1 in 800 figure of harm, he says that claims of them being so beneficial or preventing deaths from COVID, et cetera, et cetera, may be spurious, in other words, fake. So, you know, we need to really put this to bed.
A couple of years ago, he wrote an article in one of the peer-reviewed journals saying that non-randomized studies, so studies which aren't the one which I described earlier with a 1 in 800 figure of harm, he says that claims of them being so beneficial or preventing deaths from COVID, et cetera, et cetera, may be spurious, in other words, fake. So, you know, we need to really put this to bed.
A couple of years ago, he wrote an article in one of the peer-reviewed journals saying that non-randomized studies, so studies which aren't the one which I described earlier with a 1 in 800 figure of harm, he says that claims of them being so beneficial or preventing deaths from COVID, et cetera, et cetera, may be spurious, in other words, fake. So, you know, we need to really put this to bed.
And I think if anybody, you know, we have this conversation so that President Trump, and I think he's up for turning because I think he was deceived. He was misled by these drug companies. We need to get a situation where he comes out and says, listen, you know what? We did this with the best of intentions. And it's true, we may have saved some lives, certainly in the high-risk people.
And I think if anybody, you know, we have this conversation so that President Trump, and I think he's up for turning because I think he was deceived. He was misled by these drug companies. We need to get a situation where he comes out and says, listen, you know what? We did this with the best of intentions. And it's true, we may have saved some lives, certainly in the high-risk people.
And I think if anybody, you know, we have this conversation so that President Trump, and I think he's up for turning because I think he was deceived. He was misled by these drug companies. We need to get a situation where he comes out and says, listen, you know what? We did this with the best of intentions. And it's true, we may have saved some lives, certainly in the high-risk people.
But overall now, the fact that it was given to so many other people at low risk, it's very clear, Megan, for me, it's very, very clear with the evidence that we've done more harm than good here and it needs to stop.
But overall now, the fact that it was given to so many other people at low risk, it's very clear, Megan, for me, it's very, very clear with the evidence that we've done more harm than good here and it needs to stop.
But overall now, the fact that it was given to so many other people at low risk, it's very clear, Megan, for me, it's very, very clear with the evidence that we've done more harm than good here and it needs to stop.
Well, listen, I think we have to confront an uncomfortable truth, Megan. Let's be honest, first and foremost. But one of the things why we need to get this stopped and pulled and we need the president involved is because it's going to give us more information of what we need to do to sort this out. Identify who's at risk so people don't worry unnecessarily.
Well, listen, I think we have to confront an uncomfortable truth, Megan. Let's be honest, first and foremost. But one of the things why we need to get this stopped and pulled and we need the president involved is because it's going to give us more information of what we need to do to sort this out. Identify who's at risk so people don't worry unnecessarily.
Well, listen, I think we have to confront an uncomfortable truth, Megan. Let's be honest, first and foremost. But one of the things why we need to get this stopped and pulled and we need the president involved is because it's going to give us more information of what we need to do to sort this out. Identify who's at risk so people don't worry unnecessarily.
Identify who may be at risk of a further problem. And then we can use the best minds of science and medicine to actually identify you know, allow research to take place to find the solution, Megan. That's another issue. It's not just like, oh, you know, people said to me, Dr. Mohotra, listen, it's happened. People don't know about it.
Identify who may be at risk of a further problem. And then we can use the best minds of science and medicine to actually identify you know, allow research to take place to find the solution, Megan. That's another issue. It's not just like, oh, you know, people said to me, Dr. Mohotra, listen, it's happened. People don't know about it.
Identify who may be at risk of a further problem. And then we can use the best minds of science and medicine to actually identify you know, allow research to take place to find the solution, Megan. That's another issue. It's not just like, oh, you know, people said to me, Dr. Mohotra, listen, it's happened. People don't know about it.
I said, no, this is going to be an ongoing issue and we need to talk about it right now so that we can stop problems in the future. One of the things I do, for example, is I, you know, I see many patients who are vaccine injured and
I said, no, this is going to be an ongoing issue and we need to talk about it right now so that we can stop problems in the future. One of the things I do, for example, is I, you know, I see many patients who are vaccine injured and
I said, no, this is going to be an ongoing issue and we need to talk about it right now so that we can stop problems in the future. One of the things I do, for example, is I, you know, I see many patients who are vaccine injured and