I do believe in the benefits of SCIENTIFIC medicine . The problem is this : in warning people to SEE YOUR DOCTOR ( $$$ ) and get your flu shots the Good Doctor on TV has as much credibility as a Kevin Trudeau ( remember that convicted swindler ? ) TV infomercial.
I respect all those nurses and NAs who choose to wear MASKS - a life saving skepticism, more SCIENCE than BUSINESS .
From Brian S. Hooker, Science adviser to Focus For Health ( October 6, 2017 ) :
" Ultimately the decision to receive a flu shot is yours alone. I am a scientist, not a medical practitioner, and do not give medical advice, only present the scientific facts. That being said, I will not be receiving the influenza vaccine. " [ " Why did we ask Dr. Hooker to comment? There are probably very few people in the world who have spent as much time looking at CDC studies related to vaccines and autism as Dr. Hooker. Dr. Brian Hooker, a PhD scientist, has been fighting the CDC since 2004 in trying to get them to comply with Freedom of Information Acts to see the CDC research that supposedly shows there is no link between mercury in vaccines and autism. The CDC apparently believes they are above the law regarding the Freedom of Information Act, and have fought to withhold most of the information Dr. Hooker has requested. But as you will see from Dr. Hooker’s critique below, even what the CDC does publish and make public doesn’t amount to much of anything that will help us understand the problem of the rising rates of autism, let alone solve it.Why did we ask Dr. Hooker to comment? There are probably very few people in the world who have spent as much time looking at CDC studies related to vaccines and autism as Dr. Hooker. Dr. Brian Hooker, a PhD scientist, has been fighting the CDC since 2004 in trying to get them to comply with Freedom of Information Acts to see the CDC research that supposedly shows there is no link between mercury in vaccines and autism. The CDC apparently believes they are above the law regarding the Freedom of Information Act, and have fought to withhold most of the information Dr. Hooker has requested. But as you will see from Dr. Hooker’s critique below, even what the CDC does publish and make public doesn’t amount to much of anything that will help us understand the problem of the rising rates of autism, let alone solve it. " ]
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