Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I am so pissed at this moment I can hardly type!!!!!!! I decided to move a radio into my office for some nice jazz on KPLU. Welllllllll at 3:00 p.m. it goes to news until 8. I didn't pay much attention what was going on until they started talking about flu shots. Luckily I have low blood pressure or I probably would have blown a vein by now. There are people in Washington DC at a pediatrician's office offering $1,000.00 for a flu shot! They are willing to pay one thousand dollars to poison their children!!!!!! THEN it got worse. A doctor was interviewed and he made this statement " how can the government expect me to practice medicine without the tools I need? " Tools? How about diet and exercise? How about herbs.........see why I got so nuts? Is it Americans or is the rest of the world as gullible? Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Shari, Tuesday's Seattle Times had an editorial about flu shots that caused a similar reaction in me. I set it aside intending to write a letter to the editor, but I don't know if I will get around to it or not. It starts out: " Millions of Americans either will stand in line for hours to get a flu shot or forgo it and risk their health because of inadequate planning by the government. " They conclude with: " The government has to increase incentives so more companies will make flu vaccine. A soon-to-be coughing, aching, sneezing, feverish nation deserves better. " Sheesh. Mark - Shari Viger RawSeattle Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:34 PM [RawSeattle] flu shots I am so pissed at this moment I can hardly type!!!!!!! I decided to move a radio into my office for some nice jazz on KPLU. Welllllllll at 3:00 p.m. it goes to news until 8. I didn't pay much attention what was going on until they started talking about flu shots. Luckily I have low blood pressure or I probably would have blown a vein by now. There are people in Washington DC at a pediatrician's office offering $1,000.00 for a flu shot! They are willing to pay one thousand dollars to poison their children!!!!!! THEN it got worse. A doctor was interviewed and he made this statement " how can the government expect me to practice medicine without the tools I need? " Tools? How about diet and exercise? How about herbs.........see why I got so nuts? Is it Americans or is the rest of the world as gullible? Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 This reminds me of a quote by Einstein. " Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. " M _____ I am so pissed at this moment I can hardly type!!!!!!! I decided to move a radio into my office for some nice jazz on KPLU. Welllllllll at 3:00 p.m. it goes to news until 8. I didn't pay much attention what was going on until they started talking about flu shots. Luckily I have low blood pressure or I probably would have blown a vein by now. There are people in Washington DC at a pediatrician's office offering $1,000.00 for a flu shot! They are willing to pay one thousand dollars to poison their children!!!!!! THEN it got worse. A doctor was interviewed and he made this statement " how can the government expect me to practice medicine without the tools I need? " Tools? How about diet and exercise? How about herbs.........see why I got so nuts? Is it Americans or is the rest of the world as gullible? Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Shari, My money is on gullabity. When we moved here to Morgantown I got in with the bikeriding crowd and met the " holistic " doctor (also a cyclist) who practices a few blocks from our house. She was recommended by some of the athletic types in town who look healthy. I also thought that the fact that she was recovering from cancer was a point in her favor since she referred to using diet to control it. I have every impression that she is doing the best she knows how to take the best care of her patients, but she doesn't show any interest in the raw diet (I've offered her some information, politely I thought). When she has treated my family she has prescribed pharmaceutical medicines without asking for any details on what we eat. When I asked her why she didn't insist that her patients eat health she said she couldn't force them to do anything - yet she'll write them prescriptions for synthetic drugs. My feelings for her are of exasperation rather than judgement however. I was raised by medical professionals. My father, a doctor, was probably the biggest influence on my diet and fitness choices. He drank, smoked and didn't exercise. He died at age 72, when his family history suggests that he could have lived a lively existence to age 90. I assume that people who didn't grow up with this kind of a negative example don't see the contradiction. It looks like the best I can do without making enemies, given that I can't be around raw foodists all the time, is to set a good example and explain (when asked) why I have so much joy, enthusiasm and energy. Kind of a let down, but I don't see any better choice right now. It will be a great day when we can have a vibrant, brilliant, organic living meal in a social setting without having to explain it. There are so many other things I'd rather talk about. And if everyone else around were as well-fueled they'd be great conversation partners. Nickolas Hein Morgantown WV - Shari Viger RawSeattle Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:34 PM [RawSeattle] flu shots I am so pissed at this moment I can hardly type!!!!!!! I decided to move a radio into my office for some nice jazz on KPLU. Welllllllll at 3:00 p.m. it goes to news until 8. I didn't pay much attention what was going on until they started talking about flu shots. Luckily I have low blood pressure or I probably would have blown a vein by now. There are people in Washington DC at a pediatrician's office offering $1,000.00 for a flu shot! They are willing to pay one thousand dollars to poison their children!!!!!! THEN it got worse. A doctor was interviewed and he made this statement " how can the government expect me to practice medicine without the tools I need? " Tools? How about diet and exercise? How about herbs.........see why I got so nuts? Is it Americans or is the rest of the world as gullible? Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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