(01-12-2022, 11:54 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(01-12-2022, 07:59 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Either I didn't understand this statement or others on this board didn't. I take this to mean that you are at least acknowledging that we are going to uncover how politicians and Big Pharma leveraged this "crisis" to gain more power and money. Kind of like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0i_YxPATc

That is what I meant. There are huge legitimate and altruistic efforts to contain and understand this virus with science and well-intentioned policy, and it's not my aim to dismiss it. Medical and pharmaceutical research along with accelerated manufacturing efforts have proven to be hugely beneficial to the American public and the world. But any time the government pours its resources into an abrupt and mammoth effort, there are always those who are looking to benefit. Historians will most certainly ascertain politicians, bureaucrats, and industry were working hand in hand to push some questionable policies and influence research for maximum payout. This should be of no surprise. The military industrial complex has been doing it for decades. 

I can't help but believe that some of the senseless policy we see today, much of it driven by Howdy Doody Fauci, is not arrived at purely for the public good. A multi trillion-dollar tsunami washed over the earth in the last 36 months, it is an absolute given that corruption is a featured component.

Well, this is what I have been diving into. I wish people wouldn't give so much credit to these people. I was honestly on the fence with the vaccine. I mean, not for myself. I wasn't planning on taking it unless the virus became more deadly, or we were able to get a few years of public data under our belt. But I thought it was at least a good idea for the elderly and at-risk individuals. I also thought it could help quell public fear for individuals looking to get extra protection. Early studies showed it was successful at reducing hospitalizations and deaths, and I never doubted that. I still don't. However, when the CDC didn't recognize natural immunity and started treating vaccination as the only prevention measure, my spidey sense started tingling. Most of the rest of the scientific world recognized natural immunity. 

So, then I started digging into the process, because I figured this kind of policy had to be money-driven, and I absolutely think the American people are being taken advantage of. 90% of big Pharma's money comes from the US. That's a crazy stat. The FDA recalls 1200 drugs a year for unknown side-effects... drugs that made it through the entire process. Drug companies don't need to release their data for peer review. The FDA has been primarily funded by corporate money since the 2000's. I started looking at public trials that show these guys lie and never get arrested. 

Just read one where Merck sold 12 billion dollars' worth of a drug over 5 years. It killed 40k-60k people. They were fined 1 billion by the government and lost a lawsuit for 4.4 billion after a 12-year-old died. There company wasn't dissolved, and no one went to jail, and they still made money. Documents released show they knew their product caused heart problems. They removed the 3 cases from their studies where people had a major heart problem and said it was an outlier. Their top scientist even emailed the CEO and said something to the effect that even though there was a heart problem with the drug, they were going to do very well financially. To make it worse, they made this drug to replace a previous drug that was causing gastro-intestinal issues at a rate of 53 per 100000. There new drug was causing heart problems at a rate of 72 per 100000 but defended themselves by saying it was within limits. Did they market that fact to us? Nope. 

Made money. Killed thousands. Now, add to this protection of government from lawsuit. You really think we're getting the true numbers? This is one story of MANY I've been reading. This whole system is built on the trust of these institutions, because doctors just don't have the capacity to fact check their data. Does this mean all drugs are bad? No. It does need we need public scrutiny and time to see what's actually happening before we give a drug to and ENTIRE nation.

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