Dr. Scott Jensen and Dr. Jordan Peterson: Weaponized Bureaucracy

The video is about Dr. Jordan Peterson and Dr. Scott Jensen, a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years. He also served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee. In the video, Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations. He also talks about his role as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.

This video by Jordan B Peterson was published on Apr 17, 2023.
Video length: 01:40:38.

The video is about Dr. Scott Jensen, a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years.

He also served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee. In the video, Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how it can be weaponized. He talks about how he became more morally protected and felt like he had access to information that others didn't. He also discusses his role as a voice to watch out for encroachments on liberties and how he felt entrusted to be a force for good in the world.

Dr. Jensen also talks about his time in the Senate and his experiences with the healthcare system.

• Dr. Scott Jensen is a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years.
• He served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee.
• Dr. Jensen is married to a small animal veterinarian and has three children, two of whom are physicians and one is an attorney.
• He grew up in a small town in southern Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota, where he was going to be an orthodontist but left dental school after realizing he did not have a love affair with teeth.
• He went to the seminary for a year and made the decision to ask his girlfriend to marry him, and they have been together for 45 years.
• Dr. Jensen has experienced bureaucracy in his professional life as a family medicine physician.
• He has also experienced bureaucracy in his political life as a senator.
• Dr. Jensen believes that he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He feels that the words of Esther 4:14, "Consider you're in the position you're in for such a time as this," rang true in his life.

Weaponized Bureaucracy | Dr. Scott Jensen | EP 349 - YouTube

Dr. Scott Jensen's Background

• Dr. Scott Jensen is a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years.
• He also served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee.
• Dr. Jensen is married to a small animal veterinarian and has three children, two of whom are physicians and one is an attorney.
• He grew up in a small town in southern Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota, where he was going to be an orthodontist but left dental school after realizing he did not have a love affair with teeth.
• He went to the seminary for a year and made the decision to ask his girlfriend to marry him, and they have been together for 45 years.

Dr. Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Jensen has experienced bureaucracy in his professional life as a family medicine physician.
• He has also experienced bureaucracy in his political life as a senator.
• Dr. Jensen believes that he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He feels that the words of Esther 4:14, "Consider you're in the position you're in for such a time as this," rang true in his life.
• Dr. Jensen had access to information that people didn't have and was doing his responsible duties.

Dr. Jensen's Role as a Voice for Those Encroached Upon by Government Expansion

• Dr. Jensen served as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.
• He held his family together as well and tried to keep up with the issues going on with the Minnesota Senate, the COVID-19 pandemic, and worldwide.
• Dr. Jensen felt that he was entrusted to be a voice to watch out for encroachments on our liberties.
• He said no to government expansion and tried to hold his ground.
• Dr. Jensen believes that he was entrusted to be a force for good in the world.

Weaponized Bureaucracy | Dr. Scott Jensen | EP 349 - YouTube

Dr. Scott Jensen's Background

• Dr. Scott Jensen is a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years.
• He served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee.
• Dr. Jensen has a skeptical personality and is addicted to context.
• He believes that if we don't have the context of what we're dealing with, we can't really digest it.
• Dr. Jensen made a comment about the CDC's adjustment of death certificates on a local TV program.

Investigation and Whistleblower Status

• Dr. Jensen received an email from the Department of Health with a link to the CDC advising him as a physician that they were going to adjust the way death certificates were completed.
• He made a comment about this on a local TV program that traveled nationally.
• Dr. Jensen was subsequently asked to be on numerous National TV programs.
• He received a letter with red letters stamped confidential from the board of Medical Practice advising him that his license was under investigation.
• Dr. Jensen believes that the CDC's suggestion to physicians to alter their death notification practice in the case of Covid-19 is unethical.

Dr. Jensen's Role as a Voice for Those Encroached Upon by Government Expansion

• Dr. Jensen believes that the government's expansion into healthcare has encroached upon the rights of patients and physicians.
• He believes that the government's involvement in healthcare has led to a loss of autonomy for physicians.
• Dr. Jensen believes that the government's involvement in healthcare has led to a loss of trust between patients and physicians.
• He believes that the government's involvement in healthcare has led to a loss of quality in healthcare.
• Dr. Jensen believes that the government's involvement in healthcare has led to a loss of innovation in healthcare.

Dr. Jensen's Moral Protection

• Dr. Jensen believes that his involvement in investigations has provided him with moral protection.
• He believes that his involvement in investigations has given him the courage to speak out against the government's involvement in healthcare.
• Dr. Jensen believes that his involvement in investigations has given him the strength to stand up for his patients and his profession.
• He believes that his involvement in investigations has given him the ability to make a difference in the healthcare system.
• Dr. Jensen believes that his involvement in investigations has given him the ability to protect the rights of patients and physicians.

Dr. Scott Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Scott Jensen is a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years and served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021.
• In the video, Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He raises questions about the reliability of death statistics used to calculate the virality and lethality of COVID-19, including why the CDC felt the need to elevate the seriousness of the pandemic and the impact on the federal registrar's cause of death data.
• Dr. Jensen believes that absolute power corrupts and raises concerns about the potential for corruption of data and nefarious opportunities for people to grab hold of corrupted data.
• He also discusses the skepticism he faced from some people who argued that he missed the limelight and that his complaints about the CDC's request to be hyper careful in relationship to the lethality of COVID-19 were motivated by right-wing conspiratorialists like Rush Limbaugh and Tucker Carlson.

Dr. Scott Jensen's Background

• Dr. Scott Jensen is a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years.
• He served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee.
• In 2019, he carried a large insulin bill through and worked with Democrats to get it done and Governor Walz signed it.
• At that point in his life, he had made it clear that he was not interested in being in the limelight.
• He was interested in stepping away from politics and being there for his family, his wife's health, and being a grandpa.

Dr. Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Jensen had never been in a situation where he was in the limelight politically speaking.
• He was well-situated because he was a physician of long-standing and also a senator and vice chairman of the health services committee.
• He had been named one of the 15 top residents in the country through the Amy Johnson award program in the late 1990s.
• He had been awarded a bush fellowship to study leadership, computers, and plastic surgery techniques.
• In 2016, he had been named the family physician of the year in Minnesota.

Dr. Jensen's Experiences with Politics

• Dr. Jensen had been in the Senate for the first year of the pandemic in 2020.
• It was a painful year and there were schisms within his own family.
• He had plenty of tears and axed and it would have been fun to not have to go through that.
• People have asked him what it was like and he said he didn't know quite frankly.
• He felt a little bit like Jonah in the Old Testament where he was asked to do some tough duty.

Dr. Jensen's Role as a Voice for Those Encroached Upon by Government Expansion

• Dr. Jensen became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He was a voice for those who were being encroached upon by government expansion.
• He was interested in stepping away from politics and being there for his family, his wife's health, and being a grandpa.
• He was not interested in being in the limelight or fame and infamy.
• He was well-situated because he was a physician of long-standing and also a senator and vice chairman of the health services committee.

Dr. Scott Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Scott Jensen, a family medicine physician, has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years and served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021.
• He has experienced extreme skepticism about the COVID-19 hysteria and Stanford University basically turned its back on him.
• He lost 35 pounds in three months and it almost killed him.
• He has talked to over 100 people who have been in similar situations.
• All of them were pushed to the limits of their psychological and physical tolerance by the process of cancellation and mobbing.

The Impact of Moral Integrity

• The degree to which the process of cancellation and mobbing affects a person is proportionate to their moral integrity.
• A person who is highly conscientious, hard-working, diligent, and detail-oriented tends to be somewhat guilt-prone.
• If someone accuses such a person of not doing their duty, it strikes them to the heart because they are dutiful.
• If a person is incompetent, unconscientious, and parasitic in their fundamental orientation towards others, criticisms fall on deaf ears.
• If a person has checked off all the proper boxes both practically and morally, it can be incredibly damaging and produce internal schism in the family.

Dr. Jensen's Role as a Voice for Those Encroached Upon

• Dr. Jensen became somewhat morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He felt like the words of Esther 4:14 rang true in his life.
• He felt like a Pit Bull with a pork chop in his mouth and was not going to let anyone take the truth out of his mouth.
• He had access to information that people didn't have.
• He was doing his responsible duties, doing his due diligence, reading two to four hours a day, and trying to hold his family together.

The Video

• The video is about Dr. Scott Jensen, a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years.
• He served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee.
• In the video, Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.

The Letter

• The letter was sent to Dr. Jensen by the governing board of physicians in Minnesota, which is the physician's regulatory agency regarding licensure.
• The letter was written in red and marked confidential.
• Dr. Jensen received the letter and was stunned by its contents.

The First Question

• The first question is about the name of the board that sent the letter.
• The board is the governing board of physicians in Minnesota, also known as the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (MBMP).
• Dr. Jensen was surprised that the board would think he was not a credible target.
• He had a stellar reputation on the educational front and as a physician.
• He had also been a senator, which should have made him less of a target.

The Second Question

• The second question is about what exactly the board claimed in their first attempt to discipline Dr. Jensen.
• The board's collective perception was to investigate all complaints that came forward.
• In Minnesota, you can submit a complaint on the MBMP website without any obligation to do any due diligence.
• The person who accuses someone has no way of getting their name protected by anonymity.
• It is relatively easy to make a complaint without knowing the person you're complaining about or having ever received a healthcare service from them.

Dr. Scott Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Scott Jensen, a family medicine physician, has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years and served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021.
• In the video, Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He talks about his role as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.
• Dr. Jensen mentions that the pattern of behavior by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice attests to his concerns about the investigation process.
• The video covers five investigations that Dr. Jensen went through, which had a devastating effect on his life while he was in the Senate.

Investigation 1

• The first investigation came at Dr. Jensen with allegations.
• He responded and received a letter, but it was dismissed.
• The investigation number two was similar to the first investigation.
• Dr. Jensen was never advised that there was a pending investigation or that there were allegations on the table.
• He was simply sent a letter by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice indicating that further allegations had come in.

Investigation 4

• Investigation 4 went back to the first two where they investigated Dr. Jensen.
• He responded, but it was dismissed.
• Investigation number five is where it gets interesting.
• It took place from June of 2020 to November of 2021.
• By then, Dr. Jensen had to respond individually to hundreds of allegations.

Investigation 5

• Investigation 5 was the first time Dr. Jensen was asked to provide patient records.
• He made sure to de-identify the records before submitting them.
• He also made a comment about using off-label medications for a handful of patients.
• The board of Medical Practice came back to him and said they were not sure they liked where he was at.
• They asked for more information, including patient records, but it stopped there for a full year.

Legal Counsel and Expense

• Dr. Jensen mentions that one of the reasons to get a lawyer quickly in these circumstances is to avoid opening up a whole "rat's nest" of additional potential avenues for persecution.
• He also mentions that the potential self-admission of wrongdoing is a risk in these circumstances.
• The expense of legal counsel and potential self-admission of wrongdoing can be significant.
• It is important for professionals, especially medical professionals, to be aware of these risks and to seek legal counsel as soon as possible.

Dr. Scott Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Scott Jensen, a family medicine physician, discusses his experiences with bureaucracy.
• He served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021 and was vice chair of the Health and Human Services committee.
• Dr. Jensen talks about how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• He describes the consequences of the need for Boards of Investigation to convince themselves that they were justified in their initial inquisition.
• Dr. Jensen discusses the issue of turning over patient records and how it can be used as a means of breaking the privacy walls surrounding the patient.

The Importance of Privacy in Healthcare

• Dr. Jensen discusses the importance of privacy in healthcare.
• He talks about how patient notes can now be used as a means of breaking the privacy walls surrounding the patient.
• Dr. Jensen describes the issue of endless fodder for the continuation of Catholic expensive punitive pointless and punishing investigations.
• He recommends getting a lawyer to protect professionals who are watching.
• Dr. Jensen talks about the importance of getting a good lawyer who will be expensive.

Dr. Jensen's Decision to Go Public with Allegations

• Dr. Jensen discusses the decision he made to go public with allegations.
• He talks about the recommendation of several close friends and colleagues to go public.
• Dr. Jensen describes the consequences of not going public with allegations.
• He talks about the importance of going on offense to protect oneself.
• Dr. Jensen discusses the mistake he made with the first four investigations.

Dr. Jensen's Loss of License and the Fifth Investigation

• Dr. Jensen discusses the fifth investigation and how it went on for a full year.
• He talks about the election that took place and how he lost.
• Dr. Jensen describes the letter he received from the board of Medical Practice providing additional allegations.
• He talks about the consequences of being accused of having handwriting that wasn't always legible.
• Dr. Jensen discusses the importance of being morally protected in the face of bureaucracy.

Dr. Scott Jensen's Experiences with Bureaucracy

• Dr. Scott Jensen is a family medicine physician who has practiced in Carver County, Minnesota for 35 years and served in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2021.
• In the video, Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• Dr. Jensen talks about his role as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.
• The video is about Dr. Jensen's experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• Dr. Jensen talks about his role as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.

Dr. Jensen's Role as a Voice for Those Encroached Upon by Government Expansion

• Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• Dr. Jensen talks about his role as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.
• Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.
• Dr. Jensen talks about his role as a voice for those who are being encroached upon by government expansion.
• Dr. Jensen discusses his experiences with bureaucracy and how he became morally protected through his involvement in investigations.

Watch the video on YouTube:
Weaponized Bureaucracy | Dr. Scott Jensen | EP 349 - YouTube