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Authority argues from conclusions. These “anti-vaxers” people inherently distrust Authority for both good and bad reasons.
Two years ago, when I had some unrelated medical tests done during flu season, many staff were wearing surgical masks because it was policy that those who chose not to vaccinate had to wear masks. These were knowledgeable medical professionals, some vaccinating others. If those who know the product decline to use it, it's the product's fault, not just the rumors!
The solution is not to argue from conclusions and map strategies based on Authority and Community; but to Improve the Product so one can argue from Facts and Science as they apply to the very person you are trying to convince and vaccinate. If argument is even needed! As master advertising man Ogilvy wrote decades ago, a good product sells itself, a bad product kills itself; good advertising can only speed that process either way.
As for me, I am allergic to chickens and eggs, so most vaccinations can be problematic. I had not had a flu for over ten years, but this year, I had two flu's. Having been a patient of the late Dr. Robert F. Cathcart, my standard is to try to overdose on Vitamin C [*] when I have a cold or flu. For me, that's ten grams (two heaping teaspoons) of pure ascorbic acid in water every half hour. With that, my flu's are almost always gone in 4 to 8 hours, by which time I will feel the rumbling side effects of overdose, indicating the immune system has run out of target and wants to flush the excess C. (But even if I miss the early rumblings and overdose, sitting on the throne for an hour or two is still Way better than the flu!) http://mall-net.com/cathcart/titrate.html
Why are the doctors not pushing C? Low profit, so no liability support from the vitamin companies, the way Big Pharma does with high cost drugs where the expected settlements are factored into the price.
It was easier when I could get a 60-gram vitamin C IV, when Doc's office was open. Vitamin C is one of the most potent anti-virals one can get. When the immune system ramps up to fight any invasion, the body needs many times the normal amount as C is used by the white blood cells to generate the immune system's ammunition.
What we need is not simply to study the failure of the body in disease; but to expand the research to look at why some people just don't get this or that disease!
Measles is Highly Contagious. Years Before the vaccine came out, I played with my cousin all day, the day before he broke out with measles. I never got it. Our doctor commented that some people just don't get some diseases. Why didn't I? I got a lot of other childhood disease. Is it nutrition, genetics, or could it be a few minimal exposures primed the immune system before the big exposure? (When I had the chicken pox, our family doctor brought his son along to give him some exposure.)
As Engineers and Scientists, we need to study the body's successes, not just its failures, that we can build on success, not merely butress failure.
“A return to balance would be commercially unviable. The best solution may be an honest embrace of bias.” […]
Snow cover is disappearing, sea ice is melting and fires, including possible ‘zombie’ blazes, are raging.
Siberia is in the throes of a heat wave that would be considered warm even by the standards of those living outside the Arctic Circle.
In Washington, for example, the temperature has been stuck in the 60s all week, reaching a maximum of 73 degrees Thursday. Yet several stations in North Central Siberia, including areas near or above the Arctic Circle, are seeing temperatures climb well into the 80s.
On Friday, the town of Khatanga, Siberia, located well north of the Arctic Circle, recorded a temperature of 78 degrees, some 46 degrees above normal. The typical maximum temperature for the day at that location is 32 degrees. The town obliterated its previous record high for the date of 54 by some 24 degrees and its monthly record of 68 by about 10 degrees. <https://twitter.com/bhensonweather/status/1263895080726859776>
The Siberian warmth in May is not a fluke event, either; instead, it's been a consistent feature since the winter. Temperature departures from average in Europe and Asia have helped push global average surface temperatures to record highs this year, and on global temperature maps, these regions stand out as splotches of crimson red. […]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/05/22/siberia-heat-wave/
https://twitter.com/mdudas/status/1265072949100511232
Also see: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/facebook-mass-censoring-any-mention-of-the-word-coronavirus/
With all due respect to esteemed Dr. Ladkin, I would politely suggest that he direct his future “misinformation” complaints to the
How long will it be before we see: “iPhone app bug allows anyone to lock Tesla owners into their cars”?
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