Weapons of mass destruction
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7438.531-a (Published 26 February 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:531All rapid responses
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Mr. Loefler uses few words to say much.
Yet he states "now the biological enemies are microscopic and
submicroscopic ....."
However, since we are talking about "weapons of mass destruction" we
ought to give credit where credit is due.
Our real enemies are the powers that aim to make us dependent, the
merchants who try to sell health care as a pro-active entity rather than a
'reactive' one. They offer free examinations and they manipulate long-
established laboratory values, all in the name of more profit. They go
hunting for potential new patients and persuade them that they need
treatment or 'preventive' measures. They deliver "health care" to the
eager, brainwashed consumer like the milkman delivers milk. But they are
often empty-handed. They do not owe you anything but they promise much.
Weapons of mass destruction are hard to find in Iraq, in Modern Medicine
they are abundant (if cosmetically enhanced).
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WMD - Made in USA
An amusing cartoon appeared in a Florida daily newspaper soon after
the quest for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq. It depicted a
couple driving down a main street with restaurants on both sides
displaying prominently their food specialties - KFC, Pizza Boys,
McDonalds, Church's, etc, etc. "Look, dear", the man says to his wife,
"at all those weapons of mass destruction"!!
It has been said that pharmaceutical companies make diseases out of non-
diseases, then manufacture the drugs to treat them. Our children and
young (and not so young) adults in our developing countries are all being
brained- washed into consuming these WMDs. These will effectively induce
the diseases, well known in the developed countries. These diseases will
then need treatment with the increasingly expensive (and unaffordable)
medication produced by - you know who.
And the rich will become richer, and the poor poorer (in health, too).
B C Boyd
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