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Claire Landon's avatar

I find it extraordinary that whistleblowers continue to be ignored in medical scandals of epic proportions, eg opioids, paediatric transition, and in the UK, the recent case of a neonatal nurse murdering babies.

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Sandy's avatar

It reminds me of the weather report in a resort town - it never rains at the beach, because people would stay home.

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Franklin O'Kanu's avatar

When you realize the Big Pharma and Media connection, it all begins to make sense.

Big Pharma pays A LOT into Media so you will RARELY find negative publicity about them.

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Linda Runs's avatar

And they pay for all the medical journals, including the Lancet.

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RKO's avatar

And are a major financial contributor to medical schools where doctors are taught how to prescribe medications for symptoms vs diagnosing the root cause problem...

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Casey Jones's avatar

And the meta issue surfaces.... we treat the symptom instead of the condition that causes it. Something to think about next time you're interfacing with a Medical Professional.

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Lynne Morris's avatar

And test after test after test is often administered to rule out a diagnosis

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George Neidorf's avatar

Add to that the FDA and bribed Congress people and you have the recipe for mass corruption. The whole system, from top to bottom, is corrupt. We'll see if a Republican President will take it on.

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Alison Bull's avatar

Watch any cable or broadcast TV show and youтАЩll see pharma has the most commercials. The media depends on that money because since the internet started sucking up billions in advertising twenty years ago there isnтАЩt enough to go around.

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Franklin O'Kanu's avatar

100% agree! HereтАЩs a piece on how corporations use all that space to тАЬdirect our actionsтАЭ

https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/how-corporations-influence-you-and

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