Today’s episode critically examines how corporate entities, specifically Epic Systems, and media outlets like ABC News, collaborate to shape the narrative around ‘medical conditions’ such as autism. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, argues that Epic’s vast patient data, collected without explicit consent, is then used for “research” that lacks scientific rigor and independent peer review, functioning more as marketing. Dr. Hoerricks asserts that journalism often amplifies these corporate findings without critical interrogation, creating a misleading sense of authority and obscuring the underlying power dynamics. Furthermore, she highlights how this process silences the voices of affected individuals and ignores systemic issues in diagnosis, instead portraying disparities as inherent to autism rather than the system. Ultimately, she contends that this unchecked corporate control over data and narratives poses a significant threat to truth, dignity, and autonomy, particularly concerning marginalised communities.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/when-big-data-becomes-bigmed-autism
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