007 | Medical ethics in Corona Times | Dr. Ahmad Malik

Dr Ahmad Malik is a consultant orthopedic surgeon in the NHS with over two decades of experience. We discuss aspects around medical ethics and informed consent - a theme which has popped up a lot on the podcast and why in his eyes the data that is available doesn't support the use of mandates and the public need to be better informed of both risks and limitations involved in experimental trials. We recorded this episode shortly after the massive win for The Together Declaration & NHS 100k of the dropping of the mandates for frontline workers by the government, thanks to tireless campaigning and protests, however there is still a lot more work to do.

00:30 Intro
01:47 What is medical ethics to you?
04:58 Why did you join the together declaration
06:45 Emails from NHS trusts around status
12:00 Why is bodily autonomy difficult and are vaccines needed to work in the NHS 
18:20 Hep B mandate 
23:40 Government/media misinformation? Earlier pandemic plans? 
28:30 Why are you concerned about this vaccine?
31:50 Jacinda Arden/Trudeau/Macron - saying we will make your life difficult
35:00 Alternative repurposed medications?
37:15 Workloads have impacted treatment?
39:00 Doctors and studies...?
40:00 Professionals scared to speak up?
43:53 Absolute/relative risk
52:30 Why are high vax countries having higher infection rates? 
53:30 Together Declaration & marches
58:28 Canadian Gov vs. protests
1:02:38 What's next?

Deferral of treatment Scottish fertility clinics
https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fertility-treatment-for-unvaccinated-patients/pages/covid-vaccination-in-pregnancy-december-2021/
!!!SINCE THE RECORDING OF THE EPISODE THIS DECISION HAS BEEN REVERSED!!!
https://www.scotsman.com/health/covid-scotland-unvaccinated-women-to-be-allowed-ivf-treatment-3598280

Canadian covid care alliance
https://www.canadiancovidcarealliance.org/media-resources/the-pfizer-inoculations-for-covid-19-more-harm-than-good-2/

Pandemic preparedness
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-pandemic-preparedness/uk-pandemic-preparedness
Influenza preparedness strategy 2011
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/responding-to-a-uk-flu-pandemic