Though a rhetorical device, it's clear this editorial was used as a way to blunt the scalpel the writer plunges into the heart of a large portion of Oklahoma's population by way of his thesis - that unvaccinated individuals are not only responsible for continued spread of the disease, but for propagation of disease variants as well.
Instead of possessing the temerity to directly accuse people with legitimate concerns about putting an experimental substance into their bodies or the bodies of their children - one that defies the previous medical definition of 'vaccine' - the writer plays a kindergarten conversation game.
"Except it turns out that some of our friends aren’t really that committed to ending this thing. “He wasn’t as bad as you’re making him out to be,” they say. “And this vaccine thing?” — now they’re the ones squinting their eyes and pursing their lips — “It’s even worse.” - Cohen writes in his editorial.
If it weren't so absolutely tragic, a good eye roll and a snicker might have been the only response to the silliness it probably took the good OMRF Interim President all day to write. But herein lies the problem: Cohen - like many in the medical profession today - clearly does not understand the tragic lack of trust he is sowing in members of the thinking, rational, public every day by demonizing those who don't agree with every medical pronouncement surrounding the novel virus.
Instead of uttering a perfunctory "yes sir/yes ma'am" upon exposure to the advice of medical professionals, MANY individuals today research information for themselves and use their own reason and intellect to make decisions about whether - or how fully - they follow healthcare advice provided for themselves and/or their children.
Yet instead of respecting 'the rights of patients' to act as individuals as the AMA Code suggests, many medical professionals have urged public schools and colleges to override the will of parents to determine for themselves whether they - or their children - wear a mask or accept an injection by using accusatory rhetoric and fear mongering similar to that found in Cohen's editorial.
Sadly, while medical professionals like Cohen may point proverbial fingers at those who disagree with their COVID assessment assertions, that won't urge compliance. Many parents want neither themselves nor their children to be treated as medical guinea pigs and will not put experimental substances into their body - especially when their own research has divulged medical professionals who present evidence that masking solves more problems than it prevents, grave infection may be prevented by making a few changes to their supplement regime and that vaccines are not the panacea many claim.
It's unfortunate Cohen appears not to appreciate individual thinkers - a once-lauded population before viral group think began to permeate medical discussion - but it might be important to remember next time he chooses to take others to task, that the four fingers pointing back at him represent the culpability he has for the loss of trust a great many Oklahomans are developing/have developed for the medical profession thanks to their lack of respect for the individual rights of patients to make healthcare choices for themselves and their families.
Jenni White
Education Director
Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment
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