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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

Fat and trans is are cash cows for big pharma drugs. They need new sources of revenue now that covid is fading. Always follow the money: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-do-no-harm-part-2

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Vinay, This is well done. And goes hand in glove with all of the demographically-driven drivel we have been forced to consume over the past five years from organizations (AMA, Federal Government, AAP, you name it) that used to know better. I am a hematologist and telling me that it is racist to point out that Sickle Cell Anemia is primarily a disease of black people is insane -- but that is the standard mantra these days.

As soon as one departs from the long-standing requirements for a medical student to: 1) be of above average intelligence, particularly at mastering medical information AND 2) have an overriding passion for caring for the patient sitting in front of you NOW, health care just becomes politics and increasingly an exercise in idiocy. Covid has shown this in spades, but there is plenty more to go around.

I place much of the blame on the LCME, the accrediting agency for medical schools, which has forced all of this drivel to become the only acceptable mantra to teach. It will take a new accrediting authority and a concerted effort by doctors like you (and me) to turn this around.

I fear that these excellent Substacks that are clearly correct but resoundingly ignored by the Government and those who are lap dogs to the government (AAP, AMA, etc.) will not be enough to stop the slide. You have a far bigger bully pulpit than I and your writing is incisive -- but what difference is it making? That is the question we need to answer...and soon.

Also, I notice that you have stopped posting on Brownstone. That is too bad because they have a very broad worldwide readership, and your work needs as much exposure as possible.

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