[macinjosh]

IMHO, this is an incredibly authoritarian point of view. It makes the assumption that the content being censored or banned is both wrong and damaging. I am not only referring to this specific case, but the interviewee here is ostensibly someone of expertise being a professor of medicine. That doesn't mean what they say is correct but at the very least they have direct knowledge of the topic.

In the grand scheme of things, there isn't much that is universally agreed upon even in professional/academic circles.

I would submit that limiting discussion because it doesn't fit the most wideley accepted or palatable narrative is a magnitude more dangerous than instead relying on people to take in all sides and decide for themselves.

Recall how Galileo Galilei was treated. History can and does repeat itself.

[kiba]

IMHO, this is an incredibly authoritarian point of view.

Is it authoritarian if misinformation are being spread?

[CyanBird]

It is always authoritarian, yes. People do have the right to be wrong and make mistakes, that's part of an indivials personal sovereignty

That said, having tens of thousands die bringing innocent people with them to the grave is a matter of public policy and the very reason why governments are not direct democracies but republics instead

I am happy that this video was removed, not because I trust YouTube, but because I don't want to see people continue to die needlessly. Governments have other tools to provide economic sustenance to those that require it. And no, I won't go to the cinema, a mall or a restaurant simply "because they are open" as I don't have the brain of a child to risk myself and my family for it