As I sit here at my desk, there is a burning acid fear of uncertainty rumbling inside my guts. My last blog was only a few days back and was about a local health department encountering the prospect that Chiropractors were being viewed as a patients primary care provider, 40% of the population of the county in fact. This sent shock waves through the system, so much so that the medical providers want to meet with chiropractors and discuss 'what' this is all about. I am rather dubious about their intentions and I, like many chiropractors have good reason to be.
For the past 120 years, chiropractic has been under the collective gun of medicine. At every turn the medical profession did it's level best to erase chiropractors from the health care system, time and time again we were attacked, arrested, maligned, burned out and boycotted until finally someone within the AMA found their conduct morally repugnant and sent records to a chiropractic attorney indicating that the AMA was engaged in an illegal boycott against the Chiropractic profession. Long story short they got sued, we won...and nothing changed.
In spite of paying damages and having a permanent injunction against them the AMA kept on doing what they had been before...it merely changed hands. There are legions of people who 'hate' the chiropractor. When you look at them, see them and talk to them these skeptics of Chiropractic are not, brilliant, impressive or even mildly intellectual. Yet, it is from these decidedly unimpressive, intellectually dull people, that perpetuate the negative image this grand profession suffers from. That is what frightens me...to be held hostage by a horde of narrow minded thugs who, if PT Barnum were alive today would have loved to put them in his freak show.
What confuses me, is how do they get away with it? Today, we have what is in effect a war of information, or rather propaganda that is being shoved down the throats of the American public. Any study that surfaces and raises an alarm about the safety of vaccines for instance is met with a violent back lash. Forgive me, but this, in a way, reminds me of the arrival of Jesus and his teachings.The motivations are eerily similar to that of King Herod, who upon hearing that the King of the Jews had been born, killed all the infant males in Bethlehem to prevent the King of Kings from threatening his rule. Now, I am not saying that anyone who questions a vaccine is the Messiah, no. What I am saying is that the motivation is the same, the threat of losing power and control which is to say, money and influence.
It is sad that the arrival of enlightenment is met with hate, prejudice and violence. It seems the more enlightened we become the more violent those in power become and that is what makes me nervous about the coming 'awakening'. As we march forward, we have no choice but to 'evolve', which is to say grow intellectually, learn from our mistakes and move forward.On the other hand there are those who have been working to stem that forward movement and it is very disconcerting if not down right frightening...to me anyway.
In 2004 the CDC conducted a study into autism to see if Dr. Andrew Wakefield was indeed correct. They discovered that he was correct. Only they did not applaud his study or make their findings public. Instead they destroyed all of their records, save for one man who kept them all in his office, hidden from the rest of the CDC executives, because he was concerned about the legality of their actions. That and he was I'm sure seeking to cover his assets. The CDC then proceeded to destroy Dr. Andrew Wakefield's reputation, career and future prospects in research. He lost his license to practice in Britain and has been pursued by every thug the pharmaceutical industry could bring to bear.
It is the beginning of the end of Big Pharm and somewhere in the deepest recesses of their soul, they know it. That knowledge, that fear makes them dangerous and it makes me wonder how many people will pay the ultimate price before they finally are put in their place?
Enlightenment should be embraced not quashed.
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