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I am suspicious of hype/scare articles like this one...smells too much like manufacturing consent for more laws to restrict the ability of americans to go aroun

I am suspicious of hype/scare articles like this one...smells too much like manufacturing consent for more laws to restrict the ability of americans to go around the laws enacted by the healthcare cartel via congress...all in order to increase wall st profits... yes, I am aware of the dangers of antibiotics no longer being effective because of overuse etc...but I don't know how much of that is media propaganda being paid for by some medical cartel...most everything in america/the West is shaped by and influenced by corporate propaganda put out by the media...this article and similar articles smell like media propaganda that is designed to scare people and manufacture consent for yet more laws from congress to control the ability of the people to go out and buy some drugs to help them live longer... I don't trust the media because it is bought and paid for with corporate advertising dollars...I don't trust the medical cartel because they increase profits by restricting our freedom to buy medical care and buy drugs...the medical cartel and media and congress effectively conspire to extort americans for healthcare and drugs that help them live longer...that is how they get rich and we get poorer... I don't trust congress because they are bought and paid for by the corporations and they dance to the tune of the corporate media... I will say what nobody else on this thread dares to say--that this article is quite possibly propaganda bought by the medical cartel...and that this article is one of many such articles...

empath75 7y ago
I have personally met someone who nearly died and is going to be in a wheel chair for the rest of his life because he stepped on a lego and the wound was infected by MRSA. The infection spread into his bones and blood supply before they managed to stop it. That’s the future that we’re headed for if we don’t get it under control — a world where you can die from accidentally stepping on a toy.
- RappingBoomer 7y ago
  and with anecdotes like that one, the corporations can lock down all medications and supplements tighter than a drum...you carrying aspirin on you without a prescription? That's a felony, mandatory life sentence...i am too old to be fooled by these media hypestorms...seen it too many times...
  - defterGoose 7y ago
    Just consider this. Why would the drug companies have any interest in a law that severely restricts what they can and can't sell to people?
speg 7y ago
The Guardian is one of the few places I still trust. Their funding model insulates them more than other organizations (I’m not saying they’re perfect).
jmcqk6 7y ago
You are, of course, free to live your life this way, but please don't consider this to be reasonable or rational. This isn't critical thinking; it's pure pessimism. These are extremely complicated subjects. It's even more complicated because of the extreme amount of BS in them. But a careful, fact based approach will lead to a productive understanding of these issues.
h0p3 7y ago
We should be friends. Hit me up, homie: https://philosopher.life/ https://philosopher.life/.

empath75 7y ago

I have personally met someone who nearly died and is going to be in a wheel chair for the rest of his life because he stepped on a lego and the wound was infected by MRSA. The infection spread into his bones and blood supply before they managed to stop it. That’s the future that we’re headed for if we don’t get it under control — a world where you can die from accidentally stepping on a toy.

RappingBoomer 7y ago
and with anecdotes like that one, the corporations can lock down all medications and supplements tighter than a drum...you carrying aspirin on you without a prescription? That's a felony, mandatory life sentence...i am too old to be fooled by these media hypestorms...seen it too many times...
- defterGoose 7y ago
  Just consider this. Why would the drug companies have any interest in a law that severely restricts what they can and can't sell to people?

speg 7y ago

The Guardian is one of the few places I still trust. Their funding model insulates them more than other organizations (I’m not saying they’re perfect).

jmcqk6 7y ago

You are, of course, free to live your life this way, but please don't consider this to be reasonable or rational. This isn't critical thinking; it's pure pessimism. These are extremely complicated subjects. It's even more complicated because of the extreme amount of BS in them. But a careful, fact based approach will lead to a productive understanding of these issues.

h0p3 7y ago

We should be friends. Hit me up, homie: https://philosopher.life/ https://philosopher.life/.