I would venture to say that the healthcare insurance industry is no better!! For years I have fought to obtain my RA biologic. I have insurance and I pay my co pays. I recently learned that my $6500+ biologic medication charged to my insurance could be bought without insurance for $950. All of healthcare, pharmaceutical companies are corrupt.
As are ALL the member of Congress & other government agencies taking Big Pharma & Insurance lobby money & kick-backs to ensure those companies can continue with their scams, lies & dangerous practices.
As I read this I think of a friend who passed away a few months ago. He had worked as a chemist for Pfizer decades ago, focused on developing antibiotics. A few days after his Covid 19 booster, he began having the exact same symptoms Christine Cotton had. He felt his legs were on fire. This man who had been playing tennis 3 times a week, could now not walk more than 3 steps. And this condition finally killed him. A colleague of his at Pfizer said to a rep: We have to do something for the people who are being injured by the covid vaccine. The response: "We aren't doing that, we're in the business of making money".
Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare
Peter C. Gøtzsche
4.18
412 ratings75 reviews
Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.
In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C. Gøtzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behavior, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm 1. He convincingly draws close comparisons with the tobacco conglomerates, revealing the extraordinary truth behind efforts to confuse and distract the public and their politicians.
The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms.
Vitamin D acceptance delayed by Big Pharma following the Disinformation Playbook
Commentary by William B. Grant, Ph.D.
(OMNS Oct 1 2018) A "Disinformation Playbook" has been used for decades by corporations to delay government action on matters of public interest that would adversely affect their income and profit. Some well-known examples include the big tobacco companies, the coal and oil industries, the sugar industry, and the National Football League. The Union of Concerned Scientists has outlined five "pillars" of the Playbook [Disinformation Playbook], [Alvord 2017]. Big Pharma may be using the Playbook to slow the adoption of strong support for vitamin D. This article is the product of my further analysis.
The Disinformation Playbook
1. The Fake
Conduct counterfeit science and try to pass it off as legitimate research.
2. The Blitz
Harass scientists who speak out with results or views inconvenient for industry.
3. The Diversion
Manufacture uncertainty about science where little or none exists.
4. The Screen
Buy credibility through alliances with academia or professional societies.
5. The Fix
Manipulate government officials or processes to influence policy inappropriately.
Background and evidence that vitamin D improves health outcomes
Big Pharma and its allies in the U.S. and perhaps also in Europe are opposing major recommendations for increases in vitamin D intakes and higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels [above 30 or 40 ng/ml (75-100 nmol/l)], apparently because such measures can significantly reduce the burden of human disease and, therefore, would reduce income and profit from treating disease. Healthcare in the U.S. now consumes almost 20% of the gross domestic product.
Historically, vitamin D was associated with prevention and cure of rickets and osteomalacia, and later with calcium absorption and bone health. In the past two decades, evidence has accrued showing that higher 25(OH)D serum levels from diet, supplements, and/or solar UVB exposure, are associated and mechanistically linked to better health and longer life expectancy.
In 2009-2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reviewed the evidence regarding vitamin D, and was instructed by the study sponsors, the Food and Drug Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and Health Canada, to use only the evidence from published high-quality vitamin D randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, by that time, such trials had only found benefits for bone health. From these studies it was known that bone health 'normalizes' above 25(OH)D levels of~20 ng/ml (50 nmol/l). However, they also used evidence from purely observational studies to suggest that there were risks associated with vitamin D supplementation that raised serum 25(OH)D levels above 30 ng/ml [Ross, 2011a]. This was the basis for their hypothesis of a U-shaped serum 25(OH)D level vs. health outcome relationship (higher risk for both low and high levels). However, this concern was later shown to be largely unfounded since most of the studies reporting U-shaped risk vs. serum level had no data for subject vitamin D supplementation, or for when it had started, thereby confounding subject stratification [Grant, 2016].
Over the last two decades, evidence has accumulated that UVB exposure and vitamin D have many non-skeletal health benefits, mainly from ecological and observational studies and from mechanistic evidence. Recent evidence has accumulated from vitamin D supplementation studies, especially those showing a correction of deficiency [Martineau, 2016]. Such evidence is now strong for cancer [Moukayed, 2013], [Grant, 2017], [Grant, 2018], [McDonnell, 2018], cardiovascular disease [Zhang, 2017], [Wimalawansa, 2018], respiratory tract infections [Martineau, 2017], all-cause mortality rates [Grant, 2011], [Garland, 2014], [Grant, 2016], [Lindqvist, 2016], and pregnancy and birth outcomes such as preterm birth [McDonnell, 2017], [Wagner, 2018] and as now widely reviewed [e.g. Holick, 2007; Pludowski, 2013; Baggerly, 2015; Grant, 2018; Page, 2018; Sorenson and Grant, 2018].
Recommended vitamin D intakes and optimal 'target' serum 25(OH)D levels have increased since the IOM report. For example, The Endocrine Society subsequently recommended 1000-4000 IU/d (25-100 mcg/d) vitamin D supplement intakes and serum 25(OH)D levels >30 ng/ml (75 nmol/l) for patients with baseline insufficiency [Holick, 2011]. A more recent review of vitamin D supplementation guidelines also recommended >30 ng/ml [Pludowski, 2018]. However, such recommendations may be replaced in the near future by those recommending >40 ng/ml based on studies such as those reported recently for preterm birth [McDonnell, 2017] and breast cancer [McDonnell, 2018]. One reason for the low earlier recommendations was the large underestimate made by the IOM in calculating intakes for the average population, (i.e. in 50% of the population) rather than for 97.5% of the population for whom the recommendations were presumed to be aimed [Veugelers & Ekwaru, 2014].
Of course, Big Pharma and its allies must follow current research findings on vitamin D with trepidation since they also realize that the general public also follows the research and has increased its rates of self-supplementation with > 1000 IU/d vitamin D from 0.2% of the population in 2001-2002 to 18.2% in 2013-2014, and that supplementation with >4000 IU/d has also increased from 0.2% in 2007-2008 to 3.2% in 2013-2014 [Rooney, 2017].
Two things we should all remember. Two extremely safe drugs that could have saved thousands, maybe millions, were squashed because if they were considered effective on covid, the vaccines could not have gotten their "emergency release" rather than need the time-tested trials. Secondly, those that died or were injured after their first covid vaccine, but before their next booster, were counted as "unvaxed" until they received their booster. Infuriating and quite evil.
"In 2009...a U.S. federal judge assessed Pfizer with the “largest health care fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine of any kind ever” for its illegal marketing...The U.S. Department of Justice was unequivocal in characterizing Pfizer’s officers as guilty of grave criminal conduct at the expense of the American public..." There were other offenses by Pfizer like this. So why did the US and other govs accept their fake vax would be any different than the above? I say it takes a brainless moron to imagine their fake vax would do anything else but what it did, murder or maim millions, that continues unabated today. The current USpres gave them $80B AFTER their fake pandemic vax while saying the same USgov did not have any cash for those Pfizer knowingly and deliberately killed or maimed.
Orson Welles. You remind me of a long-term regret. On numerous occasions while having lunch at Ma Maison, I noticed Orson at a nearby table, alone. My impulse was to go over and ask if I could join him. But each time propriety stopped me. In retrospect I wonder what amazing conversations I might have shared had I dared to ask to join him for lunch.
Your last sentence is what writers call an understatement.
I would venture to say that the healthcare insurance industry is no better!! For years I have fought to obtain my RA biologic. I have insurance and I pay my co pays. I recently learned that my $6500+ biologic medication charged to my insurance could be bought without insurance for $950. All of healthcare, pharmaceutical companies are corrupt.
As are ALL the member of Congress & other government agencies taking Big Pharma & Insurance lobby money & kick-backs to ensure those companies can continue with their scams, lies & dangerous practices.
As I read this I think of a friend who passed away a few months ago. He had worked as a chemist for Pfizer decades ago, focused on developing antibiotics. A few days after his Covid 19 booster, he began having the exact same symptoms Christine Cotton had. He felt his legs were on fire. This man who had been playing tennis 3 times a week, could now not walk more than 3 steps. And this condition finally killed him. A colleague of his at Pfizer said to a rep: We have to do something for the people who are being injured by the covid vaccine. The response: "We aren't doing that, we're in the business of making money".
"My great grandparents believed that pharmaceutical labs were at the forefront of progress, relieving suffering and extending life..."
I've a friend who said almost exactly that when I first warned him about VAXSCAM©
Our friendship has been a bit cold since. Wrote a piece on that:
Do the Right Thing —
(How to... or maybe how NOT to) A Short Allegory on red-pilling.
https://peterwebster.substack.com/p/do-the-right-thing
Bottom line: end-stage capitalism and health care do not mix well!
Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare
Peter C. Gøtzsche
4.18
412 ratings75 reviews
Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.
In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C. Gøtzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behavior, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm 1. He convincingly draws close comparisons with the tobacco conglomerates, revealing the extraordinary truth behind efforts to confuse and distract the public and their politicians.
The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms.
...more
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18428805-deadly-medicines-and-organised-crime
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Oct 1, 2018
Vitamin D acceptance delayed by Big Pharma following the Disinformation Playbook
Commentary by William B. Grant, Ph.D.
(OMNS Oct 1 2018) A "Disinformation Playbook" has been used for decades by corporations to delay government action on matters of public interest that would adversely affect their income and profit. Some well-known examples include the big tobacco companies, the coal and oil industries, the sugar industry, and the National Football League. The Union of Concerned Scientists has outlined five "pillars" of the Playbook [Disinformation Playbook], [Alvord 2017]. Big Pharma may be using the Playbook to slow the adoption of strong support for vitamin D. This article is the product of my further analysis.
The Disinformation Playbook
1. The Fake
Conduct counterfeit science and try to pass it off as legitimate research.
2. The Blitz
Harass scientists who speak out with results or views inconvenient for industry.
3. The Diversion
Manufacture uncertainty about science where little or none exists.
4. The Screen
Buy credibility through alliances with academia or professional societies.
5. The Fix
Manipulate government officials or processes to influence policy inappropriately.
Background and evidence that vitamin D improves health outcomes
Big Pharma and its allies in the U.S. and perhaps also in Europe are opposing major recommendations for increases in vitamin D intakes and higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels [above 30 or 40 ng/ml (75-100 nmol/l)], apparently because such measures can significantly reduce the burden of human disease and, therefore, would reduce income and profit from treating disease. Healthcare in the U.S. now consumes almost 20% of the gross domestic product.
Historically, vitamin D was associated with prevention and cure of rickets and osteomalacia, and later with calcium absorption and bone health. In the past two decades, evidence has accrued showing that higher 25(OH)D serum levels from diet, supplements, and/or solar UVB exposure, are associated and mechanistically linked to better health and longer life expectancy.
In 2009-2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reviewed the evidence regarding vitamin D, and was instructed by the study sponsors, the Food and Drug Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and Health Canada, to use only the evidence from published high-quality vitamin D randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, by that time, such trials had only found benefits for bone health. From these studies it was known that bone health 'normalizes' above 25(OH)D levels of~20 ng/ml (50 nmol/l). However, they also used evidence from purely observational studies to suggest that there were risks associated with vitamin D supplementation that raised serum 25(OH)D levels above 30 ng/ml [Ross, 2011a]. This was the basis for their hypothesis of a U-shaped serum 25(OH)D level vs. health outcome relationship (higher risk for both low and high levels). However, this concern was later shown to be largely unfounded since most of the studies reporting U-shaped risk vs. serum level had no data for subject vitamin D supplementation, or for when it had started, thereby confounding subject stratification [Grant, 2016].
Over the last two decades, evidence has accumulated that UVB exposure and vitamin D have many non-skeletal health benefits, mainly from ecological and observational studies and from mechanistic evidence. Recent evidence has accumulated from vitamin D supplementation studies, especially those showing a correction of deficiency [Martineau, 2016]. Such evidence is now strong for cancer [Moukayed, 2013], [Grant, 2017], [Grant, 2018], [McDonnell, 2018], cardiovascular disease [Zhang, 2017], [Wimalawansa, 2018], respiratory tract infections [Martineau, 2017], all-cause mortality rates [Grant, 2011], [Garland, 2014], [Grant, 2016], [Lindqvist, 2016], and pregnancy and birth outcomes such as preterm birth [McDonnell, 2017], [Wagner, 2018] and as now widely reviewed [e.g. Holick, 2007; Pludowski, 2013; Baggerly, 2015; Grant, 2018; Page, 2018; Sorenson and Grant, 2018].
Recommended vitamin D intakes and optimal 'target' serum 25(OH)D levels have increased since the IOM report. For example, The Endocrine Society subsequently recommended 1000-4000 IU/d (25-100 mcg/d) vitamin D supplement intakes and serum 25(OH)D levels >30 ng/ml (75 nmol/l) for patients with baseline insufficiency [Holick, 2011]. A more recent review of vitamin D supplementation guidelines also recommended >30 ng/ml [Pludowski, 2018]. However, such recommendations may be replaced in the near future by those recommending >40 ng/ml based on studies such as those reported recently for preterm birth [McDonnell, 2017] and breast cancer [McDonnell, 2018]. One reason for the low earlier recommendations was the large underestimate made by the IOM in calculating intakes for the average population, (i.e. in 50% of the population) rather than for 97.5% of the population for whom the recommendations were presumed to be aimed [Veugelers & Ekwaru, 2014].
Of course, Big Pharma and its allies must follow current research findings on vitamin D with trepidation since they also realize that the general public also follows the research and has increased its rates of self-supplementation with > 1000 IU/d vitamin D from 0.2% of the population in 2001-2002 to 18.2% in 2013-2014, and that supplementation with >4000 IU/d has also increased from 0.2% in 2007-2008 to 3.2% in 2013-2014 [Rooney, 2017].
https://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v14n22.shtml
Makes me wonder where all the meth and fentynal are actually coming from.
Two things we should all remember. Two extremely safe drugs that could have saved thousands, maybe millions, were squashed because if they were considered effective on covid, the vaccines could not have gotten their "emergency release" rather than need the time-tested trials. Secondly, those that died or were injured after their first covid vaccine, but before their next booster, were counted as "unvaxed" until they received their booster. Infuriating and quite evil.
Praying for miraculous change.
Dear God, please protect and bless those who are telling the truth at great risk to themselves.
Please comfort and bless the families and friends of those who have lost their lives for telling the truth to all of us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Christine Cotton
Brittney Vaughn learn the risk . org (pharma sales rep for VIOXX in early 2000s)
Dr Andrew Saul
https://healthnutnews.substack.com/p/holistic-doctor-deaths
Eavesdroppers and gangstalkers saying they are doing an intervention. Fun people.
"In 2009...a U.S. federal judge assessed Pfizer with the “largest health care fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine of any kind ever” for its illegal marketing...The U.S. Department of Justice was unequivocal in characterizing Pfizer’s officers as guilty of grave criminal conduct at the expense of the American public..." There were other offenses by Pfizer like this. So why did the US and other govs accept their fake vax would be any different than the above? I say it takes a brainless moron to imagine their fake vax would do anything else but what it did, murder or maim millions, that continues unabated today. The current USpres gave them $80B AFTER their fake pandemic vax while saying the same USgov did not have any cash for those Pfizer knowingly and deliberately killed or maimed.
Orson Welles. You remind me of a long-term regret. On numerous occasions while having lunch at Ma Maison, I noticed Orson at a nearby table, alone. My impulse was to go over and ask if I could join him. But each time propriety stopped me. In retrospect I wonder what amazing conversations I might have shared had I dared to ask to join him for lunch.