Medical Journal goes Extreme Leftist

The (British) Lancet, one of the top five medical journal, has gone fully woke. Here is the latest editorial:

The far-right and health: an evolving political crisis

Across Europe and North America, racism, xenophobia, and far-right nationalism have become normalised in public and political discourse, leading many people to feel anxiety and fear of violence, discrimination, and hatred. This developing political crisis is having a pervasive and devastating impact on the health and wellbeing of health workers and scientists, as well as the general population. Two major drivers have intensified these forces. First, increasing public support for and visibility of populist nationalist politics across Europe and the USA. Second, the aftermath of the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel and subsequent genocide in Gaza has fuelled substantial increases in antisemitism and islamophobia. Furthermore, white Europeans are also experiencing xenophobic attacks from far-right political parties who favour ethnic nationalism and are opposed to policies that foster European or global collaboration. These developments, together with anti-migrant sentiments across much of the West, have produced a perfect storm. Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are fundamental determinants of health and contribute to an array of health inequities. In this volatile political climate, it is important for the medical community to acknowledge this public health threat — and respond.

This is bizarre. Conflicts between Jews and Moslems in the Middle East go back decades, if not centuries. Why is this now an issue for a medical journal?

People are being called far right for opinions that were considered centrist 20 years ago. Ethnic nationalism describes what most of the world has been for millennia.

Britain has adopted policies of importing millions of Third World migrants. The effects on Britain, both medical and otherwise, have been overwhelmingly negative. Usually medical societies and journals stay out of political debates.

The journal could give arguments in favor of the migrant policy. But no, it just uses name-calling against the other side. This is the behavior of partisan fanatics with no solid medical or scientific backing for its opinions.