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

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

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

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

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'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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