Leslie Eastman writes at Legal Insurrection about a disturbing development in the world of medicine.
Dr. Erica Li is a pediatrician practicing in the state of Washington, as well as teaching medical students from three medical schools and interns from four residency programs.
Li recently published a chilling piece in Substack about the current state of medicine in this country, which she referred to as being “postmodern.”
“Postmodern medicine seems to have a particular foothold in the West, especially in the United States, where it has become institutionalized. It is relatively new but is embedded in multiple American medical societies and medical schools. While it leverages the same technologies as Modern medicine, thereby superficially resembling it, it fundamentally seeks to dismantle Modern medicine’s underlying philosophy.
“While Postmodern medicine is being propagated across American medical schools through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bureaucracies, nothing exemplifies Postmodernity more than the gender ideology that drives American “gender-affirming” model of care.” …
… While Li focuses on the “queering of medicine,” Politico just published a glowing piece on changes that hospitals are making in the name of the pseudoscience of “climate change.” The piece notes that the Biden team is doing its own part to push hospitals to overhaul their practices; given the administration’s numerous failures, its attempt to interfere with decisions being made at hospitals that impact patient care is disturbing, indeed. …
… Approaches to anesthesia will be based on climate change assertions that have not been borne out over the past three decades and are not based on real global weather pattern considerations. …
… Much of the reason for the use of disposable items is concern about the spread of germs. And while there are sound and practical reasons for considering sanitizing and disinfection, I am not convinced that the people in charge of “sustainability” will be as concerned about humans as about virtue signaling.
