While I respect and take seriously the authors and question, I can't help but scoff a bit at this.
Britain's health establishment was besieged by a populist-accelerated ideological takeover in trans healthcare beginning 5 years ago.
For trans people, this paper is not addressing a hypothetical.
Christyn Parkes
New @bmj.com piece by me & @martinmckee.bsky.social on the need for the UK's public health institutions to prepare to speak up in the event of a populist government set on undermining our population's health protections.
The tea leaves aren't that mysterious.
www.bmj.com/content/393/...