Hmm. I suppose the NY Times could run a column on the ethics of open discussion of violating medical confidentiality. No?
Certainly this sequence can be continued. With each new meta-iteration we are further removed from the original issue but might hope to benefit (?) from the silence-equivalent effect of increased incomprehensibility.
By the way, you do know that ants already do service for people by harvesting seeds for rooibos tea?
https://wildaboutants.com/tag/rooibos-seeds-harvested-by-ants/