Please consider signing this important petition, which calls on the American Osteopathic Association to condemn DOs who propagate misinformation with regard to COVID19 vaccines.
https://www.change.org/p/american-osteopathic-association-condemn-vaccine-misinformation
AOA auto-generated letter to senator
The link above is prepared by AOA president to email your Senator in California. Please take time to sign and oppose the scope creep by mid levels.
It would be nice if AMA can also fight for us.
This is pretty huge. The Journal of American Osteopathic Association published an article yesterday (thankfully before the end of the comment period!) by Dr. Walter Prozialeck essentially concluding there is no basis for scheduling Kratom as an opioid, that the benefits likely far outweigh the risks, and that research is the answer. Our advocacy work including the March, the petition and our succes with members of Congress are all mentioned. 👊🏻
A few gems:
"Based on all of the evidence, it is clear that kratom and its mitragynine constituents are not opioids and that they should not be classified as such."
"After evaluating the literature, I can reach no other conclusion than, in pure herbal form, when taken at moderate doses of less than 10 to 15 g, pure leaf kratom appears to be relatively benign in the vast majority of users."
(Quote from Susan Ash on Facebook.)
http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2588524
Hey /r/nursing. Some of you might remember a few months back when I posted about The New York Times and their ridiculous anti-worker coverage of "the nursing shortage." Well, I'm back again with a fresh dose of public humiliation to administer on my day off. In this post we will examine the history of the American Heart Association, how they accumulated $1,437,669,656 in assets, and what their priorities are (hint: it's not saving lives).
Objectively, the AHA does a lot of good in the world. But they also waste a FUCK TON of money. Many of you have seen their October guidance recommending nurses sacrifice themselves to start early CPR on COVID patients before putting on PPE. I think it's important that we critically examine the history and intentions of these institutions that are failing us (and our patients) on such a remarkable level.
The Creation of the AHA
The AHA was created in 1924 by six cardiologists to consolidate research in the budding field of cardiology in an era of “almost unbelievable ignorance.” This was an important and promising evolution: finally the multitude of small research organizations scattered across America had united into a contiguous blob with the legitimacy to establish guidelines and promote cutting edge data. Huzzah!
The Corruption of the AHA
The AHA remained small until the 1940s when it was selected for support by Procter & Gamble from a list of applicant charities. P&G had just invented the artificial trans-fat margarine Crisco, and were on the hunt of a medical organization they could bribe donate to in return for an organized PR beatdown of Crisco's competition -- animals fats. The head of this PR campaign was none other than the renowned piece of shit, tobacco propagandist Edward Bernays.
P&G paid the AHA $1.5 million ($30 million dollars in today's money) and the AHA began pushing trans fats as a heart-healthy alternative to animal fats. From Wikipedia:
>We now know that the artificial trans-fat from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils are detrimental to human health.
For your comedic enjoyment, [here is a link](https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-l
... keep reading on reddit ➡The other day Joe Rogan had Dr. Peter McCullough on his podcast, a controversial guest. He is an anti-vaxxer, and known for "debunking" current claims about COVID-19, and it's vaccines. Most of his scientific claims involve cherry-picking studies and misusing public databases that wasn't intended to make the claims he tries to make with him. He is so discredited that he is even being used by Baylor to stop using their University as his credentials.
He is most notable for claiming things such as; COVID-19 vaccines are being used as a "depopulation tool" and that a "vaccine Holocaust" is occurring. Of course, Joe Rogan blindly nods and agrees with him throughout whole entire duration of the podcast without questioning him once.
So, when one user on the sub makes a post titled "Something you should know about Dr. Peter McCullough" detailing how much of a fraud and hack this guy is; it rises to the top very rapidly, but not without some controversy. Other users are ready to defend him and Joe Rogan to death, no matter what it takes. As such drama ensues.
Why is it that Rogan fans are over indexed in stupidity? [+57]
[none of that even if true changes anything he said on the podcast. it sounds like you ar
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