To Speak or Not to Speak

“To be or not to be” was the existential question burning for Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Today, our dilemma is compounded, not only by life-and-death medical choices (and the lack thereof) but the ethical quandary of whether to lie low, hide in the herd, and hold our tongue—or to speak out against the collective madness. Somebody has to do it, even if we ris…