Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

They wanted to create an illusion of consensus. This hurt a lot of people.

It's a brilliant movie. It's absolutely brilliant. Even though I'm in it, it's a brilliant movie. So that's how good it is. Some of the people that you saw on the screen there were Canadian doctors that faced tremendous persecution because they spoke up against lockdowns. The persecution, it happened in the United States, but it was, I think, even worse against dissenters in Canada.

It's a brilliant movie. It's absolutely brilliant. Even though I'm in it, it's a brilliant movie. So that's how good it is. Some of the people that you saw on the screen there were Canadian doctors that faced tremendous persecution because they spoke up against lockdowns. The persecution, it happened in the United States, but it was, I think, even worse against dissenters in Canada.

And the story it tells is absolutely... I mean, there's this one story where I was in tears about this boy, this teenage boy who had meningitis, bacterial meningitis. The parents took their kid to the ER. They couldn't be with him because of the COVID protocols. They sent him home.

And the story it tells is absolutely... I mean, there's this one story where I was in tears about this boy, this teenage boy who had meningitis, bacterial meningitis. The parents took their kid to the ER. They couldn't be with him because of the COVID protocols. They sent him home.

misdiagnosed, came back second time, again, I think sent home and eventually dies because they were so scared of COVID, they couldn't see bacterial meningitis, a preventable cause of death for a child. I mean, the emotional impact of the movie is incredible. And the basic argument that it was the censorship

misdiagnosed, came back second time, again, I think sent home and eventually dies because they were so scared of COVID, they couldn't see bacterial meningitis, a preventable cause of death for a child. I mean, the emotional impact of the movie is incredible. And the basic argument that it was the censorship

and this sort of like creation of this like illusion of consensus that was really the root cause. It's a very powerful message. I encourage anyone listening to watch this movie.

and this sort of like creation of this like illusion of consensus that was really the root cause. It's a very powerful message. I encourage anyone listening to watch this movie.

It's a caste system, Drew. Basically, there's a distinction between clean and unclean. And Trump voters are unclean. Unvaccinated are unclean. Unmasked are unclean. If you got COVID or were not careful, you're unclean. I mean... I think that the idea that public health contributed to that sort of social poison of this idea that they're unclean, that we must shun, it just shocks.

It's a caste system, Drew. Basically, there's a distinction between clean and unclean. And Trump voters are unclean. Unvaccinated are unclean. Unmasked are unclean. If you got COVID or were not careful, you're unclean. I mean... I think that the idea that public health contributed to that sort of social poison of this idea that they're unclean, that we must shun, it just shocks.

I mean, this is a field that I've been in and worked in for decades, and the idea that we contributed to that just grieves me.

I mean, this is a field that I've been in and worked in for decades, and the idea that we contributed to that just grieves me.