I think it's potentially even scarier than this. As Aaron Kheriaty has pointed out, doctors and nurses didn't just "go along" with the Holocaust, they were at the forefront of it. This happened because they began to believe that promoting the health of the German people (the "volk") was their primary duty, rather than the health of the individual patient under their care. When they began to see certain individuals, such as the demented elderly and the handicapped, as being a drain on the "volk" they initiated a "euthanasia" program....and the slippery slope we are all familiar with ensued.
Kamala Harris (among others) has told us that her goal is "equity" -- not equality of opportunity, but equality of outcome between groups. The AMA and other medical associations are constantly beating the drum of "health equity" -- which means equal outcomes between groups, including racial groups. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada is looking at making this their PRIMARY goal. We have already seen examples of race-based prioritization of certain scarce medical treatments. If our primary goal is to make sure that all races have, say, the same life expectancy, how will we care for an elderly demented white person? Especially if they are also perceived as being "bad for the planet?"
I think it's potentially even scarier than this. As Aaron Kheriaty has pointed out, doctors and nurses didn't just "go along" with the Holocaust, they were at the forefront of it. This happened because they began to believe that promoting the health of the German people (the "volk") was their primary duty, rather than the health of the individual patient under their care. When they began to see certain individuals, such as the demented elderly and the handicapped, as being a drain on the "volk" they initiated a "euthanasia" program....and the slippery slope we are all familiar with ensued.
Kamala Harris (among others) has told us that her goal is "equity" -- not equality of opportunity, but equality of outcome between groups. The AMA and other medical associations are constantly beating the drum of "health equity" -- which means equal outcomes between groups, including racial groups. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada is looking at making this their PRIMARY goal. We have already seen examples of race-based prioritization of certain scarce medical treatments. If our primary goal is to make sure that all races have, say, the same life expectancy, how will we care for an elderly demented white person? Especially if they are also perceived as being "bad for the planet?"
A few years ago, I would have said this kind of thinking was crazy. The COVID debacle taught me otherwise. I wrote about this here: https://pairodocs.substack.com/p/save-the-planet-kill-your-patient