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What is it like to be one of the credentialed people who, early on, knew the policies were bad and going to kill people, and you rightfully assumed you had authority and a right to be at the table, to offer your expert dissenting opinion, to be part of the decision-making team -- motivated primarily by wanting to do the right thing for the people of the world, and in line with what you know to be sound scientific inquiry and process..... what is that like, and then to be absolutely vilified, refused a seat at that table, censored, ridiculed....

and you do not stop speaking up and speaking out. If they close down one platform, you find another. You find each other and you keep going; you do not give up. You are relentless.

I am wishing I, too, could be a hero on a large scale, but I know my platform and my influence is small. I can only imagine what it must be like for some of you on this large scale, sticking your necks out.

It has to be immensely frustrating and maddening to know full well that we are being played by people who are in positions of public trust.

Thank you for shining a bright light on all of this.

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