The “Pandemic of Misinformed Doctors”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-pharma-takeover-modern-medicine-pandemic-cola/
This article is an excellent read. It lays out the issue of big pharma taking over healthcare, leading to a society of healthcare providers that “don’t know what they don’t know”. They are all believing in what pharma has told them, and it has destroyed evidence based practice.
Due to Big Pharma’s stronghold over healthcare, we’re facing what Malhotra calls a pandemic of misinformed doctors and unwittingly harmed and misinformed patients.
Drug companies and medical device manufacturers aren’t in business to make patients happy; they’re beholden to their shareholders, for whom they have a financial obligation to produce a profit.
Malhotra notes that political involvement and policy advocacy, combined with social participation and social movements, can together lead to the creation of relevant knowledge to protect public health.
Fear inhibits your ability to think critically. This is a central point made by cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra in his London presentation on Nov. 14 (see video below). Many people were gripped by unprecedented fear during the COVID-19 pandemic, which shaped attitudes about the pharmacological interventions offered.
Willful blindness is another phenomenon to be aware of. It’s when people turn a blind eye to the truth. Also known as conscious avoidance, this tactic has historically been used in legal trials to avoid criminal liability by ignoring or purposely staying unaware of key facts. However, Malhotra notes, people also engage in willful blindness in order to feel safe, avoid conflict, reduce anxiety and protect prestige or, in some cases, “precious, fragile egos.”
Due to Big Pharma’s stronghold over health care, we’re facing what Malhotra calls a pandemic of misinformed doctors and unwittingly harmed and misinformed patients. This misinformation comes from a variety of sources, including:
Biased funding of research — Research is funded because it’s likely to be profitable, not because it’s likely to be better for patients.
Biased reporting in medical journals.
Biased patient pamphlets.
Biased reporting in the media.
Commercial conflicts of interest.
Defensive medicine.
Medical curricula that fail to teach doctors how to comprehend and communicate health statistics.
Malhotra describes John Ioannidis, professor of medicine and professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University, as the “Stephen Hawking of medicine.” Ioannidis co-wrote a paper in 2017 titled, “How to Survive the Medical Misinformation Mess.”
At the time, he described four key problems:
Much published research is unreliable, offers no benefit to patients or is not useful to decision-makers.
Most healthcare professionals are not aware of this problem with published research.
Healthcare professionals lack the necessary skills to evaluate the reliability of medical evidence.
Patients and families lack accurate medical evidence and skilled guidance when they need to make medical decisions.
Healthcare has become such a dumpster fire. With plenty of blame to go around. The massive attack on the public has been in full force for decades. I feel for people who put so much trust into their healthcare provider only to find out that they were trained to be part of the regime. There are many in healthcare who have woken up to truth and reality. We need to rebuild with those people, and change how we educate the future healthcare workers.
One of the most shocking results of this Plandemic for me was to totally lose faith in the doctors I had trusted, to scrutinize each one with a critical eye and re-assess my opinions of them. I now see my GP as a pusher of prescriptions and vaccines, not limited to just the mRNA, and also as a spy for the federal government through the ObamaCare Annual Wellness Visit. It feels like paranoia, but I don’t trust that questionnaire. The USA’s medical profession and organizations have shifted towards the enemy category for many Americans. Frontline Doctors and other “rogue” doctors such as Peter McCullough who think for themselves are the anomaly and the heroes of the day.
Having worked as a hospital system IT administrator, I have seen the influence drug companies have behind doors. Drug Companies (dcs) give free lunches to all Dr's and staff every working day. They give free samples. My brother was out "on the road" in his airplane or on a private jet pitching drug products. He was a principal in UNCs Urology department. He would get paid somewhere between $1500 and $3000 for each 1 hour presentation, in addition to expenses and travel time coverage.
Your article hit home to me not only for being on the money but that doctors themselves were being in the money from the dcs to pedal their products, whether through direct supply or by perks. I believe the perks and cash has to stop. Cold stop.
There is so much abuse and inappropriate influence in the way health professionals are given information and access to product.
Furthermore, at the CDC/FDA level, as well as at the professional level, such as the AMA, the standard protocols developed for disease diagnosis and management are full of nefarious drug company influence (and, in the past couple dozen years, political influence). Though it might cost the state more, all states should have the equivalent of COC and FDA departments. Drug information that flows to doctors should be through these organizations, not the drug companies. Protocols should be reviewed and changed where appropriate, given the population characteristics of the state. Both drugs and protocols should be tracked in real time for effectiveness and adverse events.
I don't know how this can be implemented in such a way that it will not recreate the deep state at the State Level. Perhaps committee members should have a limited appointment. There has to be oversight over these committees. (Committees of committees,, ugh!) As I have recommended, having a Surgeon General post would elevate accountability above the deep state level. Only 4 or 5 states have such a post. (Florida is the most notable example.)
I have already outlined bills for these ideas to my own legislature, except for shutting down direct contact and influence between the dcs and the medical professionals. In your opinion, does this have any merit?