Medical practice is absolutely a ritual. We may no longer call them shaman or witch doctors, but modern physicians are the same cult of personality as the tribal medicine man of the past. This video really does show how this tribal cultism is still alive today. It seems we can't escape it because too many people just want to worship the medical priests rather than think critically and honestly about how the world really is. This is a really sad affair and I don't think it will get any better in the future without a new type of priest for the simple minded masses to worship.
Shaman Fauci: You must wear the deer feces on your face to ward off the evil spirits that give you fevers until we can make a new potion to grow good spirits inside you and battle the evil spirits. Two moons to stop the spread of the evil spirits. And don't share teepees or stand closer than two rattlesnakes apart.
We have learned so much about human nature in the last 5 years. 5 years ago if I were to have read your analysis I would have lauged at you. Now, it is just how our nervous system is wired.
One example of that is pregnant mothers all getting sonograms of their babies. There have been voices from physicians warning about long term problems for the child, but they are drowned out by the "magic" of the baby's blurry image the Mother can share on FB, ticktok or whatever. It's become part of the experience based solely on magical thinking. "We can see problems" is the fear the lay on the Mother. How many of the millions born actually have a problem before birth that can be detected?
I had only one major health issue until now: I badly dislocated my shoulder while playing ice hockey. I was miserable for years afterwards because the shoulder would pop out again and again while doing the silliest things. The problem was diagnosed using MRT and fixed with minimally invasive surgery. The recovery was incredible and I never had a problem with my shoulder ever again. I'm happy with modern medicine. Don't confuse it with the politicized clot jab.
Modern medicine is good at fixing physical things that are broken, such broken bones, where you can see clearly see what is wrong and can evaluate the result of their intervention afterwards.
However, beware if they tell you that something is wrong that you can't see (such as a test result) or have no ability to evaluate yourself, and especially if you have no symptoms. That's potentially (likely?) quackery.
I second this sentiment. The broken bones or torn ligaments aren't symptoms of a disease. They're ailments with a single direction for repairments, which is to realign or reattach them. I will not hesitate to go to a hospital for the needed surgeries.
On the other hand, if I ever get struck with a terminal illness, I'm never gonna set a foot inside a hospital. I'm taking pain killers until l pass surrounded by loved ones.
My kid would be dead without modern medicine. It's hard science, not ritual.
The point is that it can be both. The message shouldn't be that all modern tech and medicine is bullshit - it clearly isn't. It's that the average person is no different than someone who followed a witch doctor 5k years ago.
There are huge elements of religion caught up in it all. You will never be able to logically show a normal person their doctor is wrong, because they BELIEVE, not because they're logical and reviewed the literature.
You could probably argue it's the politicization of medicine and the modern structure of authority (FDA, WHO, etc) that is the real issue. No one is trying to say science doesn't exist. He's saying The Science is a religion.
In medicine you are required to have confidence in your doctors ability to a degree. It can't be expected that common folk be experts on cancer, organ transplants, etc., before making a decision on their health. Specialization requires a degree of confidence in the specialist. Otherwise we would have to do and know everything ourselves. It's not religion or ritual. it's either trust or distrust in the medical system through the experiences you've had with it. When you order your favorite steak a restaurant, you trust its going to be great like it usually is. That doesn't require you to know where the beef was procured, how it was stored, what seasoning was used, what temp it was cooked at etc. It's just trust in the system through experience.
That's a big "it" you've got there! (in "It's hard science...")
Is the doctor who is refusing to treat unvaccinated a "hard scientist?"
No, not necessarily, but the medical field he works in is based on hard science.
(post is archived)