I agree with much of this, of course you should talk to your own doctor about your medical inquiries.
It's the outright dismissal of my post and the content posted because someone did a google search on the doctor, when those people have no medical degrees I am aware of, that is a problem. Search engine companies, news media outlets, and politicians also have no medical degrees. We shouldn't be afraid to share information or medical professional's opinions. No one here or on the youtube link is recommending doing anything without consulting your doctor first.
For what it's worth, I don't think you did anything wrong by sharing the link to the Jimmy Dore show. But it's concerning to me that people care more about what youtubers and TV hosts say than they do their own Doctors. Maybe you're not this way, but we're living in a world where people have let their political content streams determine what they will do for them before they've bothered talked to professionals. My sister in law who I mentioned earlier is like this - stopped going to her Doctor the minute he told her she should be vaccinated. Her mind had already been made up by social media.
Something else talked about is the fear porn over the virus, and how it is because the pharma companies have a stranglehold over the news companies as well as most politicians, because they want to make more money off the vaccines, since early treatments are cheap and don't make those people rich. Dr. Malone is no more trustworthy than Dr. Fauci. Fauci, who has been wrong about almost everything related to covid (and HIV) still has his job from one administration to the next, and is constantly touted on TV and computer screens by the so-called reputable sources of news, but that's OK.
I don't really know what to say to this, but I understand the concerns. This is the world we live in. We're at the mercy of professionals and industry specialists, who work for private profit. We rely on regulatory bodies like the FDA to keep them from running off the rails, knowing that there will always be corruption and conflicts of interest. I'm somewhat at peace with the idea that this is just the world we live in - if I develop some ailment later in life because the FDA failed to honorably contain capitalism's total apathy toward my long-term health, so be it. The alternative is trusting someone on the fringe with even less basis, or even worse, burying your head in the sand and doing nothing. I'll bet on the big money because it's really the only choice I have. If something bad happens to me, I take solace in the fact that it's a failure of my nation and our economic system and that I only did what I was supposed to do.
I appreciate your response, because it is rational, and not immature.
This doesn't have to be the world we live in. This is the result of decades of apathy throughout the latter half of the 20th century. We can do better, and more people are less apathetic about the system than they were were even 10 years ago, so I'm keeping my glass half full for now. Unfortunately, it may be too late. Too much control over most mechanisms in our society are in the hands of a few select people, with more money than any of us have ever dreamed about having.
So I have to ask, and I'm asking this honestly and respectfully, who's behind it all? See, if it were just us 'Mericans I might see your point. What we seem to be seeing is a completely global phenomenon. The freedom you see us sacrificing is minor compared to other countries, and massive compared to still others. Are the Japanese being conned? The Russians? The Swiss? The Somali? Are Dr. Stravinski, Dr. Chang, and Dr. Umfufu equally misinformed, or misleading? What about the other vaccines, both American and foreign? Is the Sputnik vaccine just as dubious? What about the Indian vaccine? And for that matter, what about Johnson and Johnson (Belgian, I believe), which is a completely different mechanism?
That's what's intriguing to me. What some like yourself suggest is that we're seeing the greatest global effort ever put together for a single, unified cause. That would be truly remarkable, yet I think we're really all just winging it the best we can. As is usually the case, confusion, dysfunction, ineptitude, and the like are far more likely causes than ill-intent.
Globalization began with conquering the world. These were the ones who wanted the world to be dominated and rules under their laws and customs. And yes, lots of Indigenous Peoples of the world were coerced and forced into submission by way of assimilation. Forced into making the plants, the customs, the traditions and livelihoods of the people become part of the factory to become a product to be distributed to the world.
These conquerors used slave labor as their people that lived in another country benefited from the labor while those in the farmland suffered greatly. They did not see any of the fruits of their labors, if they did, it was the rotten, useless, fruits.
This led to depletion of land and soil, this led to people having to migrate to a new place and adapt to their new environment.
The problem with Equalization and equality is that it can't be assumed that everyone is made the same. That is just false. People are made differently and if we accept this fact, how can we make life Equal for all. To be Equal, everyone has to be the same. Same mindset, same thoughts, same rules, same order, all under One...I honestly believe we can not have true equality in the sense that everyone is made the same.
What we can have is Unity. Unity is respect, compassion, and understanding of the other while allowing them to be who they are. This allows humans to be different, yet as one united under the respect, compassion, and understanding each has for one another. I consider that true love and understanding for the other.
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