Back in March, Dr. Bram Wispelwey et al. alerted the broader medical community to the extreme dangers of a Covid-19 outbreak in the Gaza Strip, placing this vulnerability within a context of longstanding structural violence & a brutal Israeli siege. 1/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mepo.12502?fbclid=IwAR1sDM0eOB5LQY2O90z9bcRB2aPQ7SjkfxjunLHaGsiswor16UNkwYBNVok#.X1ZaSvGvn6Y.twitter">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/...

A group of doctors threatened @TheLancet with boycott for publishing the piece, and it was quickly removed from the journal& #39;s website. 2/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mepo.12502?fbclid=IwAR1sDM0eOB5LQY2O90z9bcRB2aPQ7SjkfxjunLHaGsiswor16UNkwYBNVok">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/...

Now Gaza is facing massive community Covid-19 spread without the means to effectively treat the sick, as they lack sufficient ventilators, medical equipment, and medications. 3/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mepo.12502?fbclid=IwAR1sDM0eOB5LQY2O90z9bcRB2aPQ7SjkfxjunLHaGsiswor16UNkwYBNVok">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/...

Meanwhile, the doctors who worked (and continue to work) to censor writing and advocacy on Palestine enjoy tremendous respect in their medical fields, edit major journals, and head various professional societies. 4/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mepo.12502?fbclid=IwAR1sDM0eOB5LQY2O90z9bcRB2aPQ7SjkfxjunLHaGsiswor16UNkwYBNVok">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/...

These docs-all from settler colonial societies like US, Canada & Australia-use their power to erase Palestinian narratives, rationalize crimes against humanity & further endanger millions of refugees living in an "open-air prison" that is among Earth& #39;s most population-dense. 5/

Tolerance of this behavior is a mark of shame for the medical community and its pretense of academic freedom. #COVID19

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