Merck created hit list to discredit dissenting doctors (2009)

PSA: this is about „Merck & Co“, the US Company internationally known as „Merck Sharp & Dohme“ (MSD), which is distinct from the German pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck KGaA (though they share history until 1917).

And yet we currently uncritically accept the denouncement and suppression of “misinformation” championed by our various media institutions, all of which either derive a plurality of their income (television) or a significant fraction from pharmaceutical companies.

There is a part of me that wonders sometimes if the push to go back to the office is not about the middle managers or even real estate, but about something simpler. It is much harder to coordinate things like that via email without leaving a trace. In the office, you just have a meeting with relevant players.

The fake medical journal and pop songs are really creepy