Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.
~ Allen Ginsberg
When you have complete conviction that something is amiss and look to those who ethically and authentically work to increase transparency in current affairs, it is tough not to want to shout out from the rooftops:
Wake up, everybody! Relevant information is missing. We are under the influence.
When the facts don’t speak for themselves, when health care staff who administer treatment refuse to take it, and when coercion and absurd incentives are needed to achieve compliance, it is reasonable for people to become suspicious.
Transparency on intent and origins of policy reduces scepticism and increases compliance.
Inclusivity works better than divisiveness if population health is the outcome sought.
Sometimes a solution needs a problem. It may be prudent to follow the history of stakeholder investment in current policy decisions.
Where there is a lack of transparency, investigative efforts are required.
Delayed processing of Freedom Of Information requests (FOI) impairs our ability to make informed decisions and hold leaders accountable. Once a policy is entrenched, it can be tough to admit a mistake and undo the harm. The media creates the hype. Stakeholder benefits roll in.
An effort is required to manage perceptions and create evidence to embellish any promised outcome. A growing body of evidence, predominantly stakeholder funded studies, is used to push full force ahead, making it difficult to stop the momentum. Sometimes what should be independent studies, care of the taxpayer, are not.
Research that supports the mainstream view is much more likely to be published in scientific journals. It is challenging to publish studies that question the current narrative when so much has been invested in selling it.
Under the circumstances, I completely understand the confusion and righteous feelings of resentment that those who have unquestioning trust for authority feel for those who fail to comply. The thinking that such people are not team players has been hard-wired into the collective subconscious.
I invite those in the majority to open their hearts and minds, to become curious as to why a minority might legitimately remain hesitant and willing to forsake short term rights and freedoms for what they perceive to be for the greater good over time.
Sometimes the right thing to do is protect the disenfranchised. Be cautious not to fall under the influence. Please remember those who dared to question propaganda disobeyed the rules to save slaves and Anne Frank from crimes against humanity. Rule followers exposed them.
Common sense dictates that public health organizations concerned about population health and the regulatory bodies for health care workers prioritize the following:
Mandate that healthy, clean, nutrient-dense food and drink is available to all.
Rather than promoting the wide use of antimicrobial lotions and disinfectants, empower people with the knowledge to create a healthy ecology that will naturally keep the infectious bugs in check over time.
Promote more walkable and green living environments, reducing fine-particulate matter, a leading cause of respiratory distress.
Ban harmful herbicides and pesticides.
Allow doctors in clinical settings to treat the whole person, not just numb symptoms using a standard of care that treats the average not the individual.
Refrain from using fear and shame and gifts to get compliance. Earn trust.
Empower people to believe that given the right building blocks, the body can heal itself. (The building blocks include: a safe living environment; prioritizing early childhood development and parenting education; affordable housing; connection; clean whole sustainably produced food and drink; access to nature’s pharmacy; holistic health care; thriving mindset; non-violent communication and autonomy.)
Admit that overuse of antibiotics and controlled injected or ingested lab-made microbial exposures can create superbugs.
Fund research on natural remedies that cannot be patented. It is unethical to place a patent for profit on microbes, genes and life-saving technologies in times of global suffering.
De-criminalize illicit drug use and help rehabilitate those who seek to numb emotional pain without shaming and blaming. Dr Gabor Maté wisely advises: Ask not why the addiction. Ask why the pain?
Protect the vulnerable. Leave the healthy alone. Give doctors the autonomy to use repurposed drugs that will save lives and keep people out of hospitals.
Refrain from creating a victim mentality:
Admit that our genes are not our destiny. In the right environment, genes that cause harm need not be expressed.
Drop the story that chemical imbalances in the brain require drugs for life.
Misleading people into thinking that expensive chemo, radiation, surgery, immune suppressants, disease-modifying drugs and other invasive medical treatments are the only evidence-based solutions to what has become common health afflictions is disempowering.
Don't outsource unethical work to other countries and blame them when things go awry.
Because I have guided loved ones in the quest to overcome complex diseases, people reach out in a time of need. But my ability to ethically and responsibly help modify behaviour remains small scale. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. That is how I operate for the time being.
I’m not worried about my brand. I can be authentic. I speak from the heart and trust the inner guidance that has yet to fail me. I understand that some may have to remain silent for now.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
~ Albert Schweitzer
I invite global leaders to become good role models, take 100% responsibility for decisions made, admit failure when it happens, and use heart-centred communication to create a more livable world.
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