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    An Imperialist Endeavour the Albert Schweitzer Legacy ("Uncle" David) 📂 Archived Message

    Posted by Gerard on August 8, 2021, 10:42 am

    "As the race to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 has reached phase 3 clinical trials, concerns are increasing about the low rates of trial participation in important subgroups, including Black communities. Recent data show that although Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 21% of deaths from Covid-19 but only 3% of enrollees in vaccine trials. This problem threatens both the validity and the generalizability of the trial results and is of particular concern in vaccine trials, in which differences in lifetime environmental exposures can result in differences in immunologic responses that could affect both safety and efficacy. Despite long-standing calls from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the participation of underrepresented subgroups in drug trials, the problem persists.1" https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2030033

    "In recent years, many have taken him to task for decidedly paternalistic and racist descriptions of his African patients that would offend many a 21st century observer. For example, he once said, “The African is indeed my brother, but my junior brother.” On other occasions, he opined, “I let the Africans pick all the fruit they want. You see, the Good Lord has protected the trees. He made the Africans too lazy to pick them bare.”

    The list, alas, goes on and his prejudices are difficult, if not impossible, to ignore.

    Although unacceptable in today’s culture, Dr. Schweitzer’s comments about those he treated were, sadly, all too common during his era, one marked by colonialism, paternalism and racist views."     https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dr-albert-schweitzer-a-renowned-medical-missionary-with-a-complicated-history

    Schweitzer said it himself; "The only way out of today’s misery is for people to become worthy of each other’s trust."

    ...but in what way "good uncle" is conventional medicine worthy of trust?

    Consider this rogues gallery..

    1. The truth about radiation poisoning esp. re: the Bomb (something Schweitzer was at least "partially" concerned about), incl. so-called "low-level" and X-ray.
    2. The pesticides and herbicides of the Green Revolution such as D.D.T and, more recently, glyphosate and organophosphates etc.
    3. Thalidomide.
    4. Fluoride.
    5. Breast implants.
    6. AIDS (the evidence that HIV is a man-made "gain of function" virus is very, very strong).

    The above list is in no sense complete yet represents more than enough evidence for the non-medically qualified to harbour deep reservations about the vaccine response to Covid-19 and coercion simply increases the degree of distrust. Many modern so-called scientists would rather avoid the social science relevant to the current pandemic, however, this merely exemplifies the nature of both their practice and their politics, conventional medicine is an exploitative and elitist endeavour and now so much a tool of imperialist statecraft that there is no way to draw a distinction between physician and politician (a fair principle when realised but a dangerous deception when not).

    "A healthcare worker is vaccinated at Albert Schweitzer hospital with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine Covid-19. After a break from the delivery of the vaccine due to possible side effects, vaccination with Janssen is now allowed.Dordrecht, Netherlands, April 24, 2021. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM" https://www.alamy.com/a-healthcare-worker-is-vaccinated-at-albert-schweitzer-hospital-with-johnson-johnsons-janssen-vaccine-covid-19-after-a-break-from-the-delivery-of-the-vaccine-due-to-possible-side-effects-vaccination-with-janssen-is-now-alloweddordrecht-netherlands-april-24-2021-photo-by-robin-utrechtabacapresscom-image423112286.html

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