Dr. John Campbell

Big pharma and covid vaccines, Illusion of knowledge,

Dr. John Campbell

Summary

Dr. Asim Malhotra receives recognition for his contributions to public health communication, having recently been awarded at the inaugural Global Health Awards 2025 held in the House of Commons. During the event, he delivered a keynote speech emphasizing the need for the medical establishment to acknowledge past mistakes regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Malhotra highlights a study indicating that individuals may be more likely to suffer serious harm from the vaccines than to be hospitalized with COVID-19, underscoring the importance of transparency and informed consent in medical practices.

Malhotra discusses the growing distrust in healthcare systems, attributing it to the influence of Big Pharma and the lack of accountability among medical professionals. He notes that many doctors are beginning to recognize the implications of their past endorsements of the vaccine, with some expressing a desire to engage in further discussions about the issues raised in his speech. He also addresses the ongoing challenges posed by new weight-loss drugs, warning that they may lead to significant health risks, including muscle loss and potential long-term complications.

The conversation reflects a broader call for reform in public health policies and practices, advocating for a return to principles of integrity and accountability. Malhotra stresses the need for a cultural shift in how healthcare professionals are judged, emphasizing that conduct should take precedence over status or image.

Show Notes

With Dr. Aseem Malhotra, Links to articlehttps://covid19.onedaymd.com/2025/07/aseem-malhotra-harm-caused-by-covid.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/13/aseem-malhotra-interview/https://doctoraseem.com/its-time-for-the-medical-establishment-to-admit-they-made-a-terrible-mistake/Uploaded 19-07-25Ancient wisdom teaches us that evil is rooted in ignorance but as Steven Hawking alluded to, the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge. In other words the greatest barrier to the truth is psychological, not intellectual. Two of those major psychological barriers have become most prevalent at an individual, population and institutional level over the past 5 years since the world was turned upside down at the start of the covid pandemic. The first of these which we can all relate to is the emotional phenomenon of fear. Then in a state of fear it impedes one’s ability to engage in critical thinking and simultaneously makes us more compliant to authoritarian rule. For example leaked WhatsApp messages (published on the front page of the Daily Telegraph) revealed as regards to covid the Secretary of State’s plan was to “ frighten the pants off the public”. Such tactics replicated by government bodies around the world amplified by the media grossly exaggerated covid risk in the minds of the public. For example 30-50% of American’s when surveyed believed their risk of being hospitalised with covid was 50%, when the actual risk was much below 1% even during the worst strain. Cutting through all the noise research from the most cited medical researcher in the world ( someone I describe as the Stephen Hawking of medicine) Professor John Ioannidis revealed that by the end of 2020 in under 70’s the infection fatality rate was 0.05%, in other words 1 in 2000, less than the overall infection fatality rate than the flu at 1 in 1000. As the director of health literacy at the Max Planc institute in Berlin, Gerd Gigerenzer has previously stated “ without understanding the numbers involved the public are vulnerable to exploitation of their hopes and fears by political and commercial interests”.The second psychological barrier to the truth which we are all potentially susceptible to is one of wilful blindness. This is when human beings turn a blind eye to the truth in order to feel safe, avoid conflict, reduce anxiety and to protect prestige and fragile egos. Examples of this on an individual level can be turning a blind eye to the affair of your partner. On an institutional level historical examples include the BBC and Jimmy Saville, Hollywood and Harvey Weinstein, and the Catholic Church and child molestation. Why do I mention this? Because it is in my view these psychological barriers ( which I also temporarily suffered from) that are hindering policy makers, journalists and influential sections of the medical establishment to acknowledge the greatest medical mistake with ongoing catastrophic harm to public health that we will likely witness in our lifetime. Yes, I’m talking about the covid mRNA vaccine which in reality is more accurately a prophylactic gene therapy. As someone who took two doses and supported its use for high risk and the elderly on Good Morning Britain in February 2021 my revelation came the hard way. On the 26th of July 2021, my father, Dr Kailash Chand Malhotra OBE, retired GP and honorary vice president of the British Medical Association, a very fit and healthy man in comparison to his 73 year old peers suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.Subsequent post mortem confirmed severe coronary artery disease that had significantly accelerated within a few years of having relatively mild disease. As an expert in coronary artery disease and its progression, this didn’t make any sense to me and I even remember angrily blocking someone on twitter who suggested this was because Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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