Do you know how many people would have died in THIS pandemic had we previously & properly addressed hypertension, diabetes & obesity?
Of the 650,000 dead from COVID, 615,000 would have been saved
Imagine this pandemic with only 5% of it’s devastation…
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/rant alert 🚨
Thank you Coca-Cola, Nestle, and Philip Morris/Kraft, you’ve made a 💩 vaccine the only option for countless
Thank you energy balance proponents for shaming a generation with crap low-fat advice
Thank you ADA for emphasizes calories & weight loss while ignoring carb restriction
And this is the terrible situation that im in now… where I see how vulnerable my patients are to disease. My choices are few. The vaccine is clearly helpful but with unknown unknowns that we learn about day after day
I have recommended the vaccine to countless patients, in other cases I’ve remained cautious, carefully trying to consider what should this 16-3x year old person do. I’m trying to use my best judgement, listen to patients, learn.
I have had countless patients ask me to do things I just can’t.
No I cannot give you a fake vaccine card, I cannot fake vaccine administration, I cannot manifest acceptable medical exemptions
I can’t do those things, but I can be the best possible advocate I can be
Above all, the real tragedy is that the culprits that made us all so sick.
The people that made us need these vaccines, they will remain untouched.
They even mock you with their free happy meals, donuts, and beers
This has been one of the most challenging time in my life.
As a husband, father, doctor, critical thinker, contrarian
Every day I ask myself to reconsider my positions, I push myself to criticize my positions & assumptions
But above all I keep calm & stay focused
“Doc, my father has COVID, can you help?”
yes
“Doc, my wife and are fighting again, what can we do”
Let’s talk
“Doc im worried about my job”
Me too, we are here for you
Every day has been a series of new challenges
But underneath it all, despite all the controversy and all the fear and confusions, I know the truth
I know what’s really made this pandemic unbearable
Medicine and dietitics have failed to address our chronic disease
We failed a population, as corporate food pimps left our society ravaged with obesity & diabetes.
Blame the food companies, blame the doctors and dietitians & blame ourselves for trusting them with our health
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It’s very difficult to help children under 13-15 with dietary change
They are still not fully developed, can’t drive, don’t buy their own food, don’t cook their own food, school lunch is a disaster, so is their friends house
But also many just aren’t ready to make the change
My best advice to parents with children who have obesity is to be as supportive as possible. Help them out without their knowledge
In 2018, 636 children 12yr old & younger died in motor vehicle accidents
I want to implement a mandatory safety program for each of the 70 million children <18yrs
My safety program will cause heart damage to about 1 in 5-10k
Now pay me $40/each & don’t hold me liable
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My safety program may have additional benefits like as they children age they will likely be safer drivers.
It could save other people’s lives, especially those frail & more likely to experience motor vehicle accident mortality.
To help people accept my program, I’d like to pass legislation to prevent any child who hasn’t gone through my safety program to be prevented from going to gym class or watching a movie (that’s means no popcorn either, added bonus)
The problem with public health experts and infectious disease doctors is that they are not human behavior experts
They dont see how stupid their recommendations are in relation to human behavior.
Many can tell that they are willing to lie to push a public health agenda
Case and point: the CDC website for adverse events doesn’t even mention myocarditis, GBS, thrombotic events, Bell’s palsy, etc.
Yet it’s avidly discussed worldwide
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Even a statement like: “we believe the vaccine is safe. Post marketing side effects include x, y, z but the benefits may outweigh the risks, talk to ur doctor”
Instead they treat patients like idiots & jam virtue signaling, mandates & passports down their throats
A major northeast metro hospital system reporting that 25% of COVID admissions is in vaccinated patients, most cases are mild.
Concerns were expressed about Delta’s high viral load & east transmissibility
“With Delta, the viral load is a thousandfold higher than in previous variants with reports of cycle thresholds of less than 30, in the majority of breakthrough samples tested.”
“Generally speaking this means there is more virus in the nasopharynx, which could mean a higher likelihood of transmission of the virus.”
“that’s why we are now becoming concerned about whether vaccinated people can potentially infect others…”
The problem here is that BAD data & poor assumptions led doctors to wrongly say that the vaccine prevents spread, this endpoint wasn’t properly tested & when breakthrough cases became clear it further eroded trust, which was already minimal given the coercion & virtue signaling
Call for vaccine mandates in the face of consecutive “discoveries” of adverse events clots, myocarditis then GBS… calls for children to be vaccinated w/o proper outcomes studies, & institutions/companies mandating a therapy with limited tested WORSENED it all.
The fact that adverse events were discovered after the approval is reason enough to at least pause and reconsider on an individual basis, the personal risk reward.
The low morbidity/mortality in children should also give pause and careful consideration