Column # 334     January 28, 2022

Today, Americans nearly have a totally socialized healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic put the entire healthcare system under the thumb of a faceless cadre of bureaucrats, “elites” in science, academia, big pharma, big tech, MSM, and leftist politicians. It doesn’t matter if a healthcare entity was previously independent of the Federal government or not, most of them have been forced into an unholy alliance where they’re either incentivized by Big Government—or penalized by the swamp.

Of course the more sinister micromanaging dictates of the Federal government haven’t yet reached beyond the COVID-19 edicts to include all medical procedures, but one can see how easily it would be for the cabal to expand their reach. Total dominance regarding the treatment of COVID-19 was accomplished in a matter of a couple of weeks. It became an iron grip on millions of professionals that forced them to compromise their Hippocratic Oath which is to “. . . follow that system of regimen which, according to MY ABILITY AND JUDGMENT, I consider for the BENEFIT OF MY PATIENTS, and ABSTAIN FROM WHATEVER IS DELETERIOUS AND MISCHIEVOUS." The treatment for COVID-19 as dictated by the CDC is a shocking example of how governments can force good people to do bad things against their will.

Only a few, very vocal, world-renowned doctors, medical experts, scientists, independent thinking practitioners, and researchers refused to go along. Instead they organized and signed up with various groups such as the Great Barrington Declaration, America’s Frontline Doctors, Children's Health Defense, online medical consultation services, and others. We must thank them for standing up against tyranny by speaking truth to power. If everyone protested with equal enthusiasm, the bureaucrats, "elites" in science, academia, big pharma, big tech, MSM, and leftist politicians wouldn’t get away with their evil deeds.^{1 2 3 4 5}

In his book, “A Plague Upon Our House,” Dr. Scott Atlas walks us through his six months in the middle of the swamp. The book is a series of stories about his meetings that, after a few chapters, become very repetitive. But the main points are what’s important. They are that in a data-driven-scientist’s eyes, the ignorance of Fauci, Birx, and Redfield was stunning. And what also bothered Atlas was that VP Mike Pence, and even Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, didn’t want to fire the ruthless and incompetent heads of the CDC because they didn’t want to “rock the boat ahead of the election.”⁶

Atlas’ book certainly exposes how bureaucracies function in the real world. They exist in a vacuum where they are totally insulated from the harm they do. Of course the bureaucrats, who aren’t members of the walking dead, seem to be totally corrupt because they lack competence for being anything else. They have no qualms about using fear to flog the masses into submission. In fact, they relish the power and fame they gain from it. They can be evil beyond measure and they fit in with the faceless cadre of fellow bureaucrats, “elites” in science, academia, big pharma, big tech, MSM, leftist politicians, and ignorant politicians—which is how Dr. Atlas described them.

If you’ve ever wanted socialized medicine to be provided “free” by a benevolent Federal government, look around and analyze our government’s performance during the past two years. Early treatment of COVID-19 with effective therapeutics was banned. Instead, people had to wait for an experimental vaccine while using ventilators and the toxic Remdesivir. Deaths soared!⁷

All people were negatively impacted by shutdowns that did not stop the spread. Instead of emphasizing better health, improving immunity, and losing weight, the CDC closed gyms, parks, and even beaches which helped ramp up obesity—a chronic disease that has a very high COVID-19 mortality rate. Hospitals were incentivized to put patients on ventilators where about 90% of them died. People were forced to wear ridiculous masks even though it’s a known fact that masks can’t begin to prevent the spread of an airborne virus. Children were kept from school with many being forced or cajoled into being injected with an experimental vaccine as if they were lab rats. A result of science-defying dictates, cancel culture, public shaming, firings, and the withholding of proper care hundreds of thousands of people needlessly died in the USA along with millions more around the world.

Now the Biden administration is doubling down on withholding proven treatments. On January 24, 2021, from out of the blue, it revoked emergency use authorization (EUA) for monoclonal antibody treatments—claiming they do not work on the Omicron variant. Not unexceptedly, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis immediately demanded the Biden Administration to reverse its decision because his state is providing monoclonal antibody treatments to thousands of infected people daily. In addition, new variations of the treatment are coming out. The ban caused Florida to cancel the appointments of more than 2,000 COVID positive people who were slated to get treated on January 25, 2022, alone.

When I was first starting out in business over 55 years ago, there were numerous, very astute professionals in the private sector who kept telling me that governments can’t be trusted. As the decades unfolded, over and over again their advice proved to be true. The recent COVID-19 experience is just one more example. There are many more examples, but three more may suffice.

Starting with WWII, wars have been a constant my entire life. Now it seems that while inflation, border crossings, the COVID mess, and many other issues are seemingly out of control, our government is rattling its saber at Russia over Ukraine. Apparently another war is required. The reasons aren’t important or they can be fictional such as attacking Iraq to capture their weapons of mass destruction. Remember?

The Fed and the government have overextended our credit system to the point where it is going to implode. Short-term interest rates are still near zero and the Fed has been afraid to raise them because higher rates will slowdown or stop credit growth. But in order to keep the economy growing, credit outstanding must grow. If it doesn’t the stock and bond markets will crash and a recession will follow. If rates are still really low when that happens, what stimulation tools will the Fed have left? Its options will be to stand back and let the crunch happen or hyperinflate the money supply, destroying the dollar and impoverishing everyone.^{8 9}

Another government activity we can’t trust involves nutrition. Big Pharma controls the CDC and, indirectly, even other branches of the government. The pharmaceutical companies are not enthusiastic about getting doctors and nurses up to speed on nutrition. That’s because about 18% of the nation’s GNP is spent on healthcare. Of that huge number, at least 75% is for treating chronic diseases. Nearly all chronic diseases involve abuse caused by poor diets, inadequate sleep, stress, loneliness, sedentary lifestyles, and other factors.

An improper diet is probably the worst abuse for causing chronic diseases. All foods items are packages of chemicals. Our bodies expect a certain balance of specific chemicals in order to function properly. If the wrong chemicals are ingested, that causes body failures which doctors call chronic diseases. When that happens, doctors prescribe drugs and operations which have side effects.

A diet of selected whole foods, that are low glycemic, nutrient dense and diverse, with perfectly balanced essential fatty acids, will not have side effects like drugs or improper foods. The best  foods for meeting those criteria are grass-fed and Omega-3 meats, wild-caught seafood, and green leafy vegetables. Historically, they provide people with 100% of their nutrient needs in perfect balance. That positively impacts all body parts including brain function (memory), immunity (stopping autoimmune diseases), and inflammation.¹⁰

When it comes to nutrition, most doctors only know what’s common knowledge. Therefore, they are as clueless as any man on the street. Most doctors just prescribe drugs and operations as they were taught by the schools funded by Big Pharma and the government. So, in order to make a good living, doctors don't want people taking care of themselves with proper food, exercise, rest, etc. They want them to be dependent on drugs and operations.

The bottom line is that we are in charge of our health. Therefore we must trust ourselves and not the faceless cadre of bureaucrats, "elites" in science, academia, big pharma, big tech, MSM, and the ignorant politicians who have the healthcare system under their thumbs.

To your health.

Ted Slanker

Ted Slanker has been reporting on the fundamentals of nutritional research in publications, television and radio appearances, and at conferences since 1999. He condenses complex studies into the basics required for health and well-being. His eBook, The Real Diet of Man, is available online.

Don't miss these links for additional reading:

1. Great Barrington Declaration

2. America’s Frontline Doctors

3. Children's Health Defense

4. Online Medical Consultation Service

5. Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance

6. A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America by Scott W. Atlas M.D.

7. Doctors Are Being Forced to Use ‘Toxic Medication’ to Treat Covid: Respiratory Specialist by Ashley Sadler from Life Site News

8. A World Upside-Down by Ted Slanker

9. Inflation Is The Kryptonite That Will End Our Decades-Long Monetary Policy Ponzi Scheme from Quoth the Raven

10. Food Analysis: EFA, Protein to Fat, Net Carbs, Sugar, and Nutrient Load by Ted Slanker