Editor:
What a sleazy move, NCJ! When I read my letter, as you printed it, (Mailbox, Feb. 27), I noticed that the editor removed an important piece of information. I recommended the book: The Courage to Face COVID-19: preventing hospitalization and death while battling the bio-pharmaceutical complex by Peter McCullough MD, MPH and John Leake. However, the editor removed the MD and MPH, Peter McCullough›s medical degree and academic credentials.
I had, of course, included the MD and MPH in the manuscript that I submitted to the NCJ. That is how it appears on the cover of the book. Most physicians convey their medical degree when they author a book. Dr. Peter McCullough is a highly respected cardiologist, with a master’s degree in public health. He has authored hundreds of papers published in top medical journals, in addition to treating patients. Moreover, he successfully treated patients with COVID-19, when government health officials were telling doctors that it couldn’t and shouldn’t be done.
There is no excuse for the NCJ to tamper with my letter, and hide Dr. McCullough’s medical credentials from their readers. The impact of this misrepresentation was to diminish the book and Dr. McCullough in the minds of the readers. The editors inserted their biases where they do not belong. This unprofessional conduct is shameful.
Amy Gustin, Ettersburg
Editor’s note: It is the Journal’s policy not to publish academic degrees as a part of people’s titles, so Peter McCullough’s were removed in the referenced letter as part of the editing process, which also includes fixing grammatical errors, as it is the Journal’s custom to lightly edit letters for style and clarity. On the subject of McCullough’s credentials, it should be noted that the American Board of Internal Medicine recently revoked his board certifications in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine after determining he was providing false or inaccurate medical information to the public.
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