JoAnnFarb.com
  • Home
  • video
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • recipes
  • About
    • About/Podcasts and Videos
    • Contact
    • presentations
  • Resources

Are we Trusting the Wrong People?

5/9/2020

2 Comments

 
Picture
    
     Remember Brave New World, and Orwell's line about "War is peace"?

    As I see and hear the narrative being crafted by CNN, FOX, MSNBC and other big media -- and then compare their message to published science, I can't help but think about Orwell -- and how the dominant narrative perverts the facts.


  

    At the same time, health information at odds with big media's message is being censored by Facebook, Amazon, Pinterest, Yahoo, YouTube and more. Yet those lacking first hand knowledge of this censorship, often don't realize how pervasive the censorship has become.

     The big tech companies claim they are merely removing things that are not true -- but Sanjay Gupta, Nina Shapiro and others aligned with those who hold the power are not getting censored -- even when they say things that can be shown to be factually incorrect. Here is a good example.


     Dr. Nina Shapiro is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, a division head of a surgery center and she's taught medicine in academic settings. With those credentials -- you'd think there might be some pressure on her to make factually supportable public statements right?

Picture
     Shapiro is also the author of the book, "Hype" which claims to be a doctor's guide to  "...medical myths and exaggerated claims...and how to tell what's real and what's not."  It is that tagline by Shapiro that makes me think of Brave New World. Let me explain.

             Nina Shapiro exemplifies Brave New World.

     My first exposure to Nina Shapiro was when I stumbled upon an article of hers featured on Forbes where she argues that the right to have or refuse an abortion IS a valid personal choice, but the right to have or refuse other medical interventions -- with documented risks is not. She thinks having an abortion which can be definitively linked with ending a specific life is acceptable while refusing a vaccine which has  only a theoretical possibility of preventing a disease which if not prevented has only a theoretical chance of hurting someone is not acceptable.  Here is a screen shot of the headline of her article:

Picture
    But Nina has a big problem with her facts.  The only justification she offers for why our fundamental right to decide what happens to our own body should be violated is this statement:


"The dissolution of herd immunity...is...contributing to resurgence of...pertussis, measles, tetanus, and diphtheria."

      Could a medical doctor who graduated from Harvard really be THAT ignorant?

      Tetanus is not a communicable disease.
     
     The vaccine for Diphtheria is a toxoid --- so there is not even a theoretical basis to suggest that it can  prevent the spread of the organism that causes diphtheria.

     And the published science on the Pertussis vaccine not only provides ZERO evidence that this vaccine prevents the spread of the disease --- in fact it is well documented that people properly vaccinated for pertussis can have and spread the illness -- and often don't show any symptoms!



Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
(So only one of the four diseases she mentions -- measles -- is there even a theoretical basis to suggest herd immunity, and we  had over 1200 measles cases in the US last year -- and there was not a single death. Measles is not deadly in well-fed populations.)


     I notice a disturbing double standard by some of my scientist and doctor friends when it comes to medical information like this.

     When I share information that challenges their perspective (particularly on the subject of vaccines) many look at it only long enough to find a single detail they can point to, to discredit the entire article -- even when the detail might not be central to the evidence being presented. But they take the opposite approach to sources that support what they already believe....like this one I just deconstructed by Nina Shaprio.

Picture
     But sometimes details really do matter a lot. So I ask you...who is really promoting medical myths and exaggerated claims? (For the record -- here is a screen shot of what Nina wrote:
Picture
If you liked this post -- be sure to read my
previous post -- comparing COVID-19 to POLIO

2 Comments
Susan Nance
5/14/2020 08:38:44 am

Please add me to your mailing list. Thank you!

Reply
Penelope Sullivan
5/14/2020 10:43:16 am

Thank you so very much for maintaining critical thinking throughout your life! My name is Penelope and I am a friend of Susan Nance, from Nevada City. I am a family/nutritional herbalist and have focused a fair amount on vaccines, over the last 17 years..and health for the last 26 years.
Susan knew that I would appreciate your work.
I am so glad that you point out that those vaccinated, can and do quite often, get the very disease vaccinated against. I have felt that waning immunity is a game changer if people can actually realize that vaccines all wane..and that this in fact puts a huge wrench in the theory of vaccine derived herd immunity.
If at all possible I would love to speak to you some time..and perhaps even interview you on your thoughts on masks...as well as the terrain theory vs germ theory. Have you looked into the terrain theory at all?
Thanks again, Please let me know if you are ever available to have a conversation. Take care. Warmly, Penelope

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Click to learn why people Fail on plant-based diets

    Categories

    All
    Environment
    Health
    Parenting
    Recipes
    Social Justice

    My Best Articles are HERE
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.