“How credible is anything you are told by people in that medical field, when modern medicine is one of the leading causes of death in America. They have all been brainwashed, just like you. Any doctor that speaks out is sytematically [sic] destroyed; it is just a fact.” ~Lowell K. Hubbs
Well there you have it. Of course don't bother asking Lowell to prove that modern medicine is one of the leading causes of death in America, because he will point you to his personal website as evidence.
However, for those of us interested in real facts supported by science, here is a complete listing of the most common causes of death in the US.
- Heart disease: 616,067
- Cancer: 562,875
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 135,952
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 127,924
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 123,706
- Alzheimer's disease: 74,632
- Diabetes: 71,382
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 52,717
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 46,448
- Septicemia: 34,828
Complete table with source documentation can be found here.
So apparently if you die of a medical condition, Lowell believes that is the fault of modern medicine. That makes perfect sense. Of course any doctor who dares speak out against the medical establishment is "sytematically [sic] destroyed", and those that don't speak out are simply "brainwashed". I guess that is rather convenient, but in reality such a statement with no supporting evidence is what we call a conspiracy theory.
The reality of the situation is that countless doctors do speak out against medical techniques, drug interactions, process errors and numerous other medical issues each and every day. This is what helps to keep medicine evolving and what helps to develop newer and better treatments.
Case in point, when doctors and researchers started realizing that there were problems with Vioxx, did they get ostracized from the medical community for speaking out? No they didn't, and in fact it led to an FDA investigation, the drug being pulled from the market, and eventually billions of dollars (yes that is billions with a "b") worth of fines and settlements being paid by Merck.
Yet throughout all of the process, not a single doctor or researcher lost his or her job or was in any way harmed by voicing their opinion that was a direct assault against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies on the planet.
I guess not everyone in the medical community is as brainwashed as Mr. Hubbs would have us believe.
a few billions.. pocket change for Merck
ReplyDeleteAnd you somehow think they don't mind losing billions of dollars?
ReplyDeleteThe claim here is that anyone who speaks out is destroyed - that has been proven to be false. Like it or not, Mr. Hubbs' claims never hold water.