The People's Project: Placebo Vaccines, Hospital Crisis, Crashing Fertility, Racist Medicine

On tonight's show with Obstetrician Dr Tom Cade and paramedic turned doctor Dr Sean Runacres, brought to you by Intensive Care at Home:

PLACEBO VACCINES?
Data from a German/Danish study raises whether placebo batches exist, and whether authorities already know about them.

WE AREN'T MAKING BABIES ANYMORE
Global fertility rates have been crashing around the world for a long time. Why?

THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL CRISIS
All around the country hospitals are under pressure, with many reaching crisis levels. What can people do to 'protect' the health system or is that just an inversion of morality?

RACIST MEDICINE
New Zealand has decided to award preferential treatment to Maoris on surgery waiting lists. Is this ethical and will it be copied in elsewhere?

NEWS WITHOUT NOTICE

Discernable broke the story about police officers changing their gender identity in their HR system, thus being awarded higher pay. What was the response? Police Command is now demanding that officers 'look' gender diverse or they won't qualify for the extra payment.
Ohio court rules that trans woman is too fat for her genitals to have been visible in flashing incident
How the Titanic submarine conveniently covered bigger stories

Watch the full episode at: https://discernable.io/the-peoples-project-placebo-vaccines-hospital-crisis-crashing-fertility-racist-medicine