The moralising propaganda of public health has a generally demoralising effect on society, encouraging fear and anxiety — and attendant sentiments of stigma and blame. It has a degrading effect on medical practice and is corrosive of good relations between doctors and their patients. As the swine flu scare confirms, it is also disruptive of day-to-day medical practice. — Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick
When will we stop letting government officials treat us like children and mental defectives?