Doctor sues Mayo Clinic

Doctor Sues Mayo Clinic Claiming Retaliation For His Public Comments On Transgender Sports

Hat Tip: Legal Insurrection:

A prominent doctor is suing the Mayo Clinic and two of its executives for threatening to fire him after he gave interviews to the New York Times about transgender sports and to CNN criticizing the National Institute of Health (NIH).

In his lawsuit filed November 13, Dr. Michael Joyner claims the clinic violated its own policies protecting academic freedom when it punished him for using “idiomatic language” that was “problematic” and “reflected poorly on Mayo Clinic’s brand and reputation.” Joyner is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Research at Mayo.

Joyner’s punishment allegedly included a one-week unpaid suspension, denial of any salary increase at his next annual review, and the threat of termination—all over comments he made based on his expertise in his area of scientific research.

So to recap this situation (which is becoming more and more common theme), a distinguished medical doctor with a medical degree is being punished for talking about science as he was taught, as he understands it, and quite literally how it is proven in the real world. The problem, of course is not the science, but that he is not following the politics of a public relations person who has no scientific or medical degree.

So at one of the most prestigious medical clinics in the world, politics is now ruling out over science. Good to know? Not really. The reality is there is little science that backs the political rhetoric regarding the biological difference between men and women. The fact that biological males are stronger and faster on average is a fact. The idea that this fact makes certain people uncomfortable makes it no less of a fact. If you want to make "other" arguments as to why you believe that biological men should be allowed to compete with biological women in sports, then go to it. But you are not making an objective "scientific argument" in that case. You are making a emotional political argument. That argument should not come from the Mayo Clinic.

Would anyone here want to go to a doctor who placed their personal politics ahead of their medical and scientific training? I know I wouldn't. Not in a million years. Why would I want to go to a medical facility that promotes politics over science? No good reason. I would take my medical business to a place where medicine and science runs the ship.

But maybe that is just me...