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None of the vaccines currently given to young children have ever been tested for safety in a saline-placebo controlled trial. As a clinical immunologist, I was shocked to learn this fact 4 years ago. I highly recommend this book as it details the history of the vaccine industry from its infancy to modern times.
Big Pharma may be evil, but it is not stupid. It has tons of money and knows how to use it. It knows an important way to influence physicians is to control what they read. In 2024, both JAMA and BMJ published studies revealing that the majority of peer reviewers for JAMA, BMJ, Lancet, and NEJM, the four journals with the highest circulation, receive payments from Big Pharma. From 2020-2022, they received $1.06 billion. Both articles state the obvious – that this is a dangerous conflict of interest. Add to that the amount of money these journals receive from Big Pharma advertising, and one can see the corresponding end result.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2824834
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2260.full
In August 2004, Marcia Angell, MD published her book, The Truth About The Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us And What To Do About It.
She joined the editorial staff of NEJM in 1979, became executive editor in 1988, and became the first woman editor in chief of the journal in 1999. In this book, Dr. Angell details the tricks Big Pharma commonly uses to make their drugs look safer than they really are and to make them appear more effective than they really are. This book was supposed to be a warning and a call to action. Unfortunately, her wake up call went unheeded. Like most physicians, I used to think a study printed in one of these top journals represented the epitome of science. How sad and depressing to realize many are actually the complete opposite – propaganda bought and paid for by Big Pharma.
In early February, the state of Florida released their test results of popular brands of bread for glyphosate (herbicide) levels. Some people who have been diagnosed with a gluten allergy/intolerance may actually have glyphosate allergy/intolerance.
Although the organic brand, Dave’s Killer Bread, did well, the only two with undetectable levels were Sara Lee’s Artesano White and Pepperidge Farm’s Farmhouse Hearty White. The next time you are in the grocery store, try one of these glyphosate free options.