(Mercola)—”Playing God: An Investigation into Medical Democide in the UK” is a documentary film that explores allegations of harmful medical practices and policies in the U.K. health care system.

Directed by Ash Mahmood and Naeem Mahmood, and co-produced by Phil Graham and investigative journalist Jacqui Deevoy, the film critically examines the unethical and potentially deadly use of medical protocols and medications in the National Health Service (NHS), suggesting they have led to patient harm and deaths under the guise of government policies.

The documentary features testimonials from families affected by these dangerous practices, as well as analyses from medical professionals and legal experts, aiming to shed light on “medical democide,” — death or harm caused by government policies or health care practices. The film suggests that systemic issues deeply ingrained in the NHS hinder the delivery of humane care, from birth to the end of life.

NHS Has Become a ‘Killing Machine’

“In the last 30 years,” says Kevin Corbett, Ph.D., in the film, “you can see good evidence that the National Health Service has become the killing machine.”¹ He explains:²

“Toward the end of the 1980s, in medical, nursing and health care practice, the development of evidence-based medicine was seen as very positive. And evidence-based medicine sounded really good, because the idea was doctors, nurses and health care practitioners are not basing their clinical practice on much evidence or the best evidence or any evidence.

So, hey, let’s make some evidence, let’s look at what really works and apply it. It sounds so believable and so benign.

And, hey, presto, by the 1990s, doctors, nurses and all health care professionals practice was being geared by protocols and shaped by protocols. And once those protocols were instituted, it became very difficult for doctors, nurses and other health care professionals to use their own clinical acumen with patients.

The had to follow protocols, and in those protocols you’ve seen the administration of drugs like midazolam in dosages that are potentially lethal.”

Nurse Elena Vlaica details how her husband, Stuart, was “euthanized in hospital in November 2021” after going in for shortness of breath and a possible chest infection. She believes he was punished for not receiving a COVID-19 shot and put on an end-of-life care pathway that led to his death, instead of being provided with proper medical care.

In addition to withdrawing his blood pressure medications and antidepressants, Stuart was denied food or water for 11 days.³ Vlaica told Magzter:⁴

“I found out later, he’d had a DNR [do not resuscitate order] put on him. The reason given for that in his notes, which I managed to get with the help of a solicitor, was that he possibly had COVID and was unvaccinated. He’d also been put on midazolam and morphine without either of our consent.

I only discovered this later, when I saw his notes, and also found out that he’d been put on ‘fast-track end of life care,’ which was introduced at the start of the pandemic and allowed a consultant to decide whether a patient lives or dies.”

Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Vlaica wasn’t allowed to visit and didn’t know Stuart was put on the end-of-life care pathway. She later learned that he had tried to escape from the hospital four times, put medics pinned him down and sedated him using midazolam, a sedative drug often used in the U.S. for execution via lethal injection.⁵ Because it doesn’t relieve pain, an opioid such as morphine is usually added in. Deevoy wrote:⁶

“The day of Stuart’s death is the stuff of horror movies. On November 6, 2021 at 1 p.m., Elena had a call from the hospital to let her know that her Stuart was dying. When she arrived, Elena could see he was heavily sedated. ‘He looked like he was in a coma. I know now he was in a midazolam coma. I was kissing him and I could see his saturation levels improving.

He knew I was there and I knew he was fighting for his life. When the junior doctor saw me looking at the monitor, she switched it off. At that moment a nurse appeared with five 10ml syringes on a blue tray. She pushed two of them into Stuart’s canula, he took three breaths, then died in my arms. I shouted, ‘She’s killed him!’ then broke down. I don’t remember getting home that night.’”

Man Who Died From COVID-19 Shot Was Told He Had a Migraine

Another tragic story from the documentary is told by Vikki Spit, whose partner Zion died from a brain bleed caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot. His symptoms — an excruciating headache — started just eight days after he received the shot. After calling paramedics and being told Zion had a migraine, his condition worsened.

Spit called paramedics again two days later when Zion couldn’t get out of bed and began slurring his speech. He suffered a seizure and, at the hospital, was found to have a brain injury caused by a hemorrhage due to the COVID-19 shot.

“The neurosurgeon rang me and said they’d had to remove a massive piece of skull because the pressure on his brain was enormous,” Spit said. “They said they’d never seen anything like it — they didn’t expect him to wake up, and if he did he’d be in a vegetative state. And they said they thought it was caused by the AstraZeneca vaccine … If they had recognized what it was when I called them the first time, he would still be alive.”⁷

Medical Mistakes, Coverups Resulted in Avoidable Deaths

Other stories, including from Anne and Graeme Dixon, recount serious medical mistakes and coverups by NHS staff, including the death of Elizabeth Dixon at just 11 months old. In addition to misdiagnosing and managing Elizabeth’s high blood pressure, which led to permanent brain damage, she died from asphyxiation after her tracheostomy tube wasn’t cleared properly.⁸ Speaking to The Independent, Anne Dixon said:⁹

“Along our 19-year journey to find the truth, we have been failed by every agency possible. We have had to spend many years working tirelessly ourselves to gather and piece together the evidence of what happened to Lizzie and the 19-year cover-up that ensued. It is inconceivable to us that not one of these earlier agencies knew, or suspected, the truth. The evidence was there. We have been treated appallingly.”

Another mother, Joan Bye, whose daughter Helenor died after being treated for misdiagnosed epilepsy, stated, “She suffered much, she died needlessly, she could have been saved, but she was murdered by the state.”¹⁰

The Liverpool Care Pathway Is a ‘Pathway to Euthanasia’

Anna De Buisseret, a UK lawyer who used to work for Pfizer as an external management consultant, said, “The moment they go into hospital they’re being put on to these hospital protocols, which dictate which drugs, which treatment, they’re going to receive. And it’s a one-size-fits-all blanket policy.”¹¹

It’s also a pathway to euthanasia for many. Deevoy previously ousted the scandal in another documentary film, “A Good Death? The Midazolam Murders.” She realized something was wrong when a DNR was put on her dad while he was in a care home.

“So, I spoke to a whistleblower doctor,” Deevoy said. “She told me they were being put on people who were over 60 — they were classed as elderly. She told me they were being put on people with mental health issues, people with physical disabilities, even on children with autism.”¹²

Continuing a death protocol put in place by the Liverpool Care Pathway, victims’ families allege the NHS is responsible for the involuntary euthanasia of up to 457 people per day, without the consent of patients or their caregivers — deaths often attributed to COVID pneumonia.¹³

The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) was a government protocol used in England and Wales to “improve end-of-life care.”¹⁴ Developed in the 1990s, the protocol was meant to provide best practice guidelines during a patient’s final days, and included guidance on symptom control, discontinuation of treatments and psychological, social and spiritual care.¹⁵

What occurred instead was a “pathway to euthanasia,” during which patients were drugged and deprived of food, water and medical treatments, even in cases when recovery may have been possible. The LCP was abolished in 2014, following public uproar and a government-commissioned review, which criticized its practices.¹⁶

End-of-Life Pathway ‘Has to Stop’

Even after LCP was abolished, however, reports continued from families who said their loved ones were put on the pathway and died as a result.¹⁷ Father Patrick Pullicino, retired neurologist and Catholic priest, states in “Playing God,” “We need patients to be able to face death in a natural way and not in a manufactured way.” Regarding the end-of-life pathway, Pullicino says:¹⁸

“It’s undermining medical ethics, because you have doctors who subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath and who would in no way voluntarily kill somebody, allowing these pathways to be used on their patients because they are ‘end of life.’ They used to audit the pathway very carefully, and they found that the average time to death from the time starting the pathway to the time the person died was about 39 hours. It really has to stop.”

The film gives a voice to the victims and their families, Deevoy says, but, ultimately, she hopes it will serve as a wake-up call to prompt change:¹⁹

“’Playing God’ serves as a wake-up call, urging society to stand against medical democide. It aims to raise awareness, encourage dialogue and demand accountability from those responsible … the film strives to create a lasting impact and initiate positive change within the U.K. healthcare system.”

• ^1, 2, 11 Children’s Health Defense, Playing God Movie April 17, 2024, 24:17
• ^3, 4 Magzter July 2023
• ⁵ The New York Times March 8, 2022
• ⁶ Jacqui Deevoy, July 24, 2023
• ⁷ Chronicle Live June 26, 2021
• ⁸ BBC November 26, 2020
• ⁹ Independent November 26, 2020
• ¹⁰ The Solari Report April 20, 2024
• ¹² Rumble, A Good Death? The Midazolam Murders, 1:11
• ¹³ Rumble, A Good Death? The Midazolam Murders, 14:06
• ¹⁴ Version 2. Wellcome Open Res. 2018; 3: 15., Abstract
• ¹⁵ Br J Gen Pract. 2013 Oct; 63(615): 509–510
• ¹⁶ The Guardian July 15, 2013
• ¹⁷ Daily Mail December 16, 2015
• ¹⁸ Children’s Health Defense, Playing God Movie April 17, 2024, 55:00
• ¹⁹ Children’s Health Defense April 22, 2024

• An urgent and immediate response to assess whether COVID-19 shots — of which more than 12.7 billion doses have been given — are causing heart damage and related deaths should be conducted
• Instead, a propaganda campaign appears to be underway to blame the surplus heart attacks on other factors
• Investigative journalist Corey Lynn compiled 28 media examples pinning heart attacks on unscientific causes that don’t explain the sudden increase in heart problems that have occurred since COVID-19 shots were mass administered
• If you listen to these experts, if it’s hot or cold, you’re young or old, you garden or shower, or you’re happy or stressed, you’re at risk
• “The so-called ‘experts’ and their friends in the media are covering up adverse events and deaths caused by the Covid injections,” according to Lynn

Since the rollout of COVID-19 shots, a concerning rise in heart attacks and other heart problems has been reported, particularly in young, healthy people — those you wouldn’t expect to have cardiac trouble.

This should prompt an urgent and immediate response to assess whether COVID-19 shots — of which more than 12.7 billion doses have been given¹ — are causing heart damage and related deaths. The media, too, should be bringing attention to this association, to educate the public and prompt action from regulatory agencies.

Instead, a propaganda campaign appears to be underway to blame the surplus heart attacks on other factors. They’re really grasping at straws, though, as you’ll see in some of these “heart attack risks” they’re coming up with.

It’s also ironic that while studies showing a link between COVID jabs and heart attacks are being flagged as misinformation, these far-fetched associations that truly lack scientific support are not.

Studies Point to COVID Shots Triggering Heart Trouble

One of the most revealing studies came from Israel, where calls to the National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for cardiac arrest and acute coronary syndrome increased more than 25% among 16- to 39-year-olds from January to May 2021, compared to the same time period in 2019 and 2020.²

Both COVID-19 infection and COVID-19 shots have been implicated in causing heart trouble, but a statistically significant association was only found for COVID-19 shots, not the infection:³

“Moreover, there is a robust and statistically significant association between the weekly CA and ACS call counts, and the rates of 1st and 2nd vaccine doses administered to this age group. At the same time there is no observed statistically significant association between COVID-19 infection rates and the CA and ACS call counts.

These results … are mirrored by a report of increased emergency department visits with cardiovascular complaints during the vaccination rollout in Germany as well as increased EMS calls for cardiac incidents in Scotland.”

There are also growing reports of elite athletes who have experienced devastating injuries after receiving COVID-19 shots. After receiving his second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 injection, Florian Dagoury, a world record holder in static breath-hold freediving, experienced increased heart rate and a reduction in his breath-holding capacity.

A cardiologist diagnosed him with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, which is inflammation of the outer lining of the heart.⁴ Both are recognized adverse effects linked to the shots. In another example, a previously healthy 36-year-old mother of two died 11 days after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 shot; her death was deemed to be caused by myocarditis due to the shot.⁵

Dr. Neil Singh Dhalla, a CEO of a major health clinic, fell asleep four days after he got a COVID-19 booster shot — and died from a heart attack.⁶ The autopsy stated myocarditis. He was only 48 years old and had never had heart problems in his life.

A Thailand study also revealed “cardiovascular manifestations” including rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), palpitation and myopericarditis in 29.24% of adolescents who’d received an mRNA COVID-19 shot.⁷

28 Absurd Heart Attack Causes From ‘Experts’

As noted by investigative journalist Corey Lynn:⁸

“According to ‘experts’ and their allies in the media, the recent rise in heart attacks must be due to anything but the Covid injection. These so-called ‘experts’ are working at ‘the speed of science’ to come up with every excuse under the sun, other than the most obvious reason, for the rise in fatal heart conditions.”

Lynn compiled 28 examples from the media pinning heart attacks on unscientific causes that don’t explain the sudden increase in heart problems that have occurred since COVID-19 shots were mass administered.⁹ If you listen to these experts, if it’s hot or cold, you’re young or old, or you’re happy or stressed, you’re at risk. The first set has to do with weather.

Hot Outside? Cold Outside? Humid? You’re at Risk

“Hot weather, cold weather, solar storms, daylight savings … it doesn’t matter,” Lynn says. “For every season, there is a reason for the rise in fatalities (other than the Covid injection of course!).”¹⁰

1.Extreme heat waves — Increasing temperatures leading to extreme heat waves were blamed for affecting heart health, especially among people of color.¹¹

2.New ‘highly reactive’ chemical in the atmosphere — The chemicals, trioxides, have three oxygen atoms and are said to penetrate airborne particles known as aerosols, which can trigger heart disease. “It is easy to imagine that new substances are formed in the aerosols that are harmful if inhaled,” professor Henrik Grum Kjærgaard with the University of Copenhagen’s department of chemistry, told Daily Mail.¹²

3.Slightly hotter nights — If the temperature rises 1 degree Celsius, it raises the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 3.1% in men aged 60 to 64, “but not older men or women in either age group.”¹³

4.Humid weather — If the weather is humid, watch out. Professor James Spratt, consultant cardiologist at London Bridge Hospital, told Express.co.us, “Heat can be thought of as stress on the heart. While short exposure to heat, such as in saunas, can be beneficial, if prolonged it can be harmful. The body works hard to maintain a steady core temperature, primarily by diverting blood from internal organs to the skin.”¹⁴

5.Cold weather — If it’s chilly outside, blood clots and heart attacks are more likely.¹⁵

6.Shoveling snow — About 100 people die from shoveling snow every year, according to The National Safety Council, as the strenuous activity increases risk of heart attack or cardiac arrest.¹⁶

7.Solar storms — Solar storms reported cause up to 5,500 heart-related deaths in the U.S. in events that occur every 11 years, due to disruptions in the Earth’s magnetic field.¹⁷

8.Daylight saving time — The transition to daylight saving time is also said to put your heart health at risk. “We don’t really know the specific reason for increases in heart disease and stroke during the daylight saving time change, but it likely has something to do with the disruption to the body’s internal clock, or its circadian rhythm,” Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, president of the American Heart Association, told the Toronto Sun.¹⁸

9.‘Stroke season’ — Dr. Raj Bhardwaj says he didn’t know about this until 2022, but “it turns out” that about three to four weeks after flu season, there’s a stroke season. “The good news,” he says, “is that getting a flu shot reduces your risk of stroke.”¹⁹ “Did you know there is a ‘stroke season’? Well, that’s what the ‘experts’ say, so it must be true,” Lynn says.²⁰

Tall, Healthy and Like to Exercise? Sarcastic? You’re at Risk

This next set also highlights that no matter your age or current mood, your heart attack risk could be on the rise. Lynn says:²¹

“Whatever age, attribute, or mood, there’s an excuse for you! Young, old, tall, healthy, sick, active, happy, lonely, stressed — according to the ‘experts’ the ‘silent killer’ could strike anyone. Definitely DO NOT ask ‘What do these diverse groups have in common?’ (Turns out, even sarcasm increases your risk. If that’s the case, I’d better see a doctor quick!)”

10.Teenagers — If you’re a teenager, the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends you get screened for heart attack risk, because, in case you weren’t aware, “any teenager can have a heart attack.”²²

11.Fit and healthy young women — Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) can cause a heart attack in healthy women as young as 22.²³

12.Lonely older women — If you’re socially isolated or lonely, and between the ages of 65 and 99, you’re at greater risk of heart attack.²⁴

13.Tall people — Tall people have an increased risk of heart, nerve and skin diseases.²⁵

14.COVID-19 infection — Surges in COVID-19 infections are linked with increases in heart attacks, especially among 25- to 44-year-olds.²⁶

15.Physical activity — High levels of physical activity may increase your heart attack risk by hastening the buildup of plaque in your coronary arteries.²⁷

16.Joyful events — Birthday party? Wedding? Birth of a grandchild? These joyous events increase your risk of heart attack. It’s known as “happy heart syndrome.”²⁸

17.Pandemic stress — Stress due to the pandemic may be behind the recent surge in heart attacks.²⁹

18.Rise in energy bill — Increases in your gas and electricity bills could increase risk of heart attacks and strokes.³⁰

19.Delayed flight — Flight delays and refund issues put you at risk of “silent killers,” like heart disease.³¹

20.Sarcasm — If you’re sarcastic, you’re at greater risk of a heart attack.³²

Shower? Garden? Play Video Games? You’re at Risk

From eating eggs to skipping breakfast — both arguably health-boosting habits — to engaging in gardening, the media’s fearmongering makes it seem as though nothing is sacred, or safe. Lynn notes:³³

“Do you live in a noisy area? Guess what? You may be at risk! Do you fall asleep with the TV on? You guessed it. You’re at risk! Don’t watch an exciting movie. You might be at risk! And you can forget about scrolling through social media, playing video games, or sports. If you thought gardening was safe, you were WRONG!”

21.Living under a flight path — If you live under a flight path, the noise from the planes may be increasing your heart attack risk by 72%.³⁴

22.Watching an exciting movie — A man who died while watching the movie Avatar 2 reportedly suffered an “excitement-induced heart attack.”³⁵

23.Anti-vax misinformation — If someone reads “misinformation perpetuated by the anti-vaccination movement” and then gets a shot, the mental stress it causes them could lead to constriction of veins, arteries and vessels, which then causes all those COVID shot side effects we hear about. This is according to Raymond Palmer of Full Spectrum Biologics, who wrote:³⁶

“This biological mechanism (the constriction of veins, arteries and vessels under mental stress) is the most likely cause for where there has been blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, dizziness, fainting, blurred vision, loss of smell and taste that may have been experienced shortly after vaccine administration.

The extreme mental stress of the patient could most likely be attributed to the fear mongering and scare tactics used by various anti-vaccination groups.”

24.Video games — Playing video games can trigger rare heart attacks in children.³⁷

25.Cold showers — This could trigger a heart attack or heart rhythm irregularities by shocking your blood vessels.³⁸

26.Gardening — Don’t even think about trying to grow your own healthy food. Pollutants in the soil could “have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system” and increase your risk of heart disease.³⁹

27.Eggs — Choline in eggs could make your blood more likely to clot, leading to enhanced risk of blood clots.⁴⁰

28.Skipping breakfast — If you skip breakfast, your risk of dying from all causes increases by 32% while your heart attack risk rises by 21%.⁴¹

While some of these studies may highlight legitimate risks in certain cases, it’s curious that obscure factors like watching an exciting movie and gardening are getting air time, while adverse events scientifically linked to COVID jabs are not.

“You get the picture,” Lynn says. “The so-called ‘experts’ and their friends in the media are covering up adverse events and deaths caused by the Covid injections, but by all means — keep ‘trusting the science.’”⁴²

• ¹ Bloomberg October 6, 2022
• ^2, 3 Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 6978 (2022)
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• ⁵ Independent May 6, 2022
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• ¹² Daily Mail May 27, 2022
• ¹³ The Guardian March 28, 2022
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• ¹⁶ Daily Mail February 2, 2022
• ¹⁷ New Scientist June 17, 2022
• ¹⁸ Toronto Sun March 8, 2022
• ¹⁹ CBC Calgary January 18, 2023
• ²² Norton Children’s January 18, 2022
• ²³ New York Post October 26, 2021
• ²⁴ The Times February 2, 2022
• ²⁵ New Scientist June 2, 2022
• ²⁶ Cedars Sinai October 24, 2022
• ²⁷ Irish Times September 20, 2021
• ²⁸ Harvard Health Publishing August 1, 2022
• ²⁹ The Times October 16, 2021
• ³⁰ Wales Online February 3, 2022
• ³¹ The Sun June 17, 2022
• ³² The Sun September 15, 2020
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• ³⁹ The Sun November 14, 2022
• ⁴⁰ Express.co.uk February 3, 2023
• ⁴¹ Express.co.uk December 12, 2021