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I think there are additional reasons for the failure of the medical profession to look out for patients. I have been shocked at how trenchant and fervent is the belief in vaccines. I asked a young physician why he was going to vaccinate his young child and he honestly looked at me like I was crazy to ask this question. Secondly Allopathic physicians in particular are mostly the products of academic institutions. I believe many of them cannot conceive of how an academic institution could make mistakes such as the very faulty predictive models that were produced by various research units. It is even more foreign to them to consider that there might be actual deliberate deception or malfeasance involved. These were their teachers and colleagues, and I don’t think they can bear the thought of the fallibility of those people. Finally, medical practice is so frantic these days there just isn’t enough time or energy to do a lot of self study. It’s all very sad commentary on the state of our medical profession, I’m afraid. I continue to support my patients’ efforts to get the care they prefer, based on their preferences, knowing that I could be reported to our states medical commission for spreading “disinformation”.

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May 26, 2022·edited May 26, 2022

"A Midwestern Doctor" addresses in great depth medical blindness and the reasons most doctors are failing to serve their patients in his substack at https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/p/the-origins-of-medical-blindness?r=rflm4&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web The reasons are historical and multifactorial.

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A low level of financial freedom is good enough, however, we have been brainwashed otherwise, leaving us vulnerable. High fees for medical school has now turned the following employment into bonded labour with little time, diminishing freedom of thought and action. They have had their intelligence insulted through conditioning. They can still turn it around.

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deletedMay 29, 2022Liked by Joel S Hirschhorn
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