You're welcome of course. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. We should all place more value on truth. It's the only real currency we have.
Your theme follows the that of the 2003 award winning documentary, “The Corporation” and the sequel film, The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, that was released in 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film)
Neo liberal governments keep lowering corporate taxes to the point where there isn’t enough money to operate essential public services such as schools, hospitals water supply, sewage systems and health care etc. At that point governments have to turn to the corporations, the only ones rich enough to operate these essential services which they then do with gusto and at a profit.
These documentaries are available on You Tube and should be required study in the education system and governments and their agencies. Governments don’t have to operate everything but if they don’t they must have strong policies in place to prevent corporate capture where the regulators are just a rubber stamp for industry. The CDC is a highly conflicted organization. What about the public good?
SEE: Regulatory Capture - The Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics [CEBE]
Thanks for the tip, I'll look for that documentary.
I agree--Regulatory capture is a huge problem at our major health agencies. For example, as you probably know, the bulk of FDA's funding comes from the very companies they're supposed to regulate. It's laughable.
The system is broken in so many inter-related ways, I can understand why there are many people who don't see it. The truth is sometimes not an easy pill to swallow.
The report will show how conflicts of interest, market competition, State Actor collusion with private sector profiteers and other nonmedical and non-science-based dynamics are destroying the capacity to provide care for estimated millions living with Lyme and relapsing fever borreliosis infections.
On October 24, 2017, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur (SR) on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, presented his report on corruption to the UN General Assembly. He told his audience, “In many countries, health is among the most corrupt sectors; this has significant implications for equality and non-discrimination “… He noted some are related to the global pharmaceutical industry and others from “institutional corruption” and emphasized the “normalization” of corruption in healthcare which includes practices undermining medical ethics, social justice, transparency and effective healthcare provision, as well as illegal acts. Many researchers and scholars support the SR’s findings and note how the corporatization of medical practice has contributed to this situation and the loss of medical professional autonomy.
Related topic of self-regulation of the professions might be worthwhile exploring.
The colleges [regulatory boards] do not belong to the professions – they belong to the public…they have a public health mandate. “Self-regulation is a privilege granted to professions in the public interest. Professions do not have a “right” to regulate themselves. Rather, self-regulation is one of many instruments government may choose in an effort to protect the public and reduce risks associated with incompetent and unethical practice.
Self-regulation only works if everyone is behaving altruistically. There will always be a need for some level of self-regulation but it’s time to consider some degree of effective public oversight to protect the public good.
References:
Professional Self-Regulation and the Public Interest in Canada, Adams TL,
Why is UK medicine no longer a self-regulating profession? The role of scandals involving “bad apple” doctors, Dixon-Woods M et al, Soc Sci Med 73[10] 2011-Nov: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.031
The report will show how conflicts of interest, market competition, State Actor collusion with private sector profiteers and other nonmedical and non-science-based dynamics are destroying the capacity to provide care for estimated millions living with Lyme and relapsing fever borreliosis infections.
On October 24, 2017, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur (SR) on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, presented his report on corruption to the UN General Assembly. He told his audience, “In many countries, health is among the most corrupt sectors; this has significant implications for equality and non-discrimination “… He noted some are related to the global pharmaceutical industry and others from “institutional corruption” and emphasized the “normalization” of corruption in healthcare which includes practices undermining medical ethics, social justice, transparency and effective healthcare provision, as well as illegal acts. Many researchers and scholars support the SR’s findings and note how the corporatization of medical practice has contributed to this situation and the loss of medical professional autonomy.
Didn’t know about much of this. Horrifying. Decimation is coming from every direction. Will there be a Part 3? Can anything good emerge? Glad you put a warning about the content. I’d rather know…
Yes, part 3 will be the last one because I need to include war and famine. I didn't know about this stuff either until I started researching, trying to figure out the "Why?" After Part 3, I plan to write about lighter topics for a while.
I think good can come if media regains its independency. A turning point for me came when I was watching CNN a couple of years ago during the Summer of riots and the reporter was saying that "protests" were mostly peaceful while an entire building was engulfed in flames behind him and people were not acting peacefully.
I think that if he were to have done his job, he would have described the daytime events as mostly peaceful protests, but to fail to characterize what was literally blazing behind him for all the viewers to see as a violent riot was an epiphany.
That's when I made the decision to research everything for myself.
Thank you for this really well-referenced comment. I agree self-regulation is often not enough. There will always be bad apples unfortunately. And many times the best of apples don’t realize that they’re behaving like bad apples. Bias can be such a pernicious thing.
Thank you for all you do Dr. Phillips and being a voice of truth.
You're welcome of course. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. We should all place more value on truth. It's the only real currency we have.
Your theme follows the that of the 2003 award winning documentary, “The Corporation” and the sequel film, The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, that was released in 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film)
Neo liberal governments keep lowering corporate taxes to the point where there isn’t enough money to operate essential public services such as schools, hospitals water supply, sewage systems and health care etc. At that point governments have to turn to the corporations, the only ones rich enough to operate these essential services which they then do with gusto and at a profit.
These documentaries are available on You Tube and should be required study in the education system and governments and their agencies. Governments don’t have to operate everything but if they don’t they must have strong policies in place to prevent corporate capture where the regulators are just a rubber stamp for industry. The CDC is a highly conflicted organization. What about the public good?
SEE: Regulatory Capture - The Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics [CEBE]
Thanks for the tip, I'll look for that documentary.
I agree--Regulatory capture is a huge problem at our major health agencies. For example, as you probably know, the bulk of FDA's funding comes from the very companies they're supposed to regulate. It's laughable.
The system is broken in so many inter-related ways, I can understand why there are many people who don't see it. The truth is sometimes not an easy pill to swallow.
The Situation of the Human Rights Defenders of Lyme and Relapsing Fever Borreliosis Patients, The Ad Hoc Committee for Health Equity in ICD11 Borreliosis Codes 2018-03-06: https://www.canlyme.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Defendersreport.pdf
The report will show how conflicts of interest, market competition, State Actor collusion with private sector profiteers and other nonmedical and non-science-based dynamics are destroying the capacity to provide care for estimated millions living with Lyme and relapsing fever borreliosis infections.
On October 24, 2017, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur (SR) on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, presented his report on corruption to the UN General Assembly. He told his audience, “In many countries, health is among the most corrupt sectors; this has significant implications for equality and non-discrimination “… He noted some are related to the global pharmaceutical industry and others from “institutional corruption” and emphasized the “normalization” of corruption in healthcare which includes practices undermining medical ethics, social justice, transparency and effective healthcare provision, as well as illegal acts. Many researchers and scholars support the SR’s findings and note how the corporatization of medical practice has contributed to this situation and the loss of medical professional autonomy.
Related topic of self-regulation of the professions might be worthwhile exploring.
The colleges [regulatory boards] do not belong to the professions – they belong to the public…they have a public health mandate. “Self-regulation is a privilege granted to professions in the public interest. Professions do not have a “right” to regulate themselves. Rather, self-regulation is one of many instruments government may choose in an effort to protect the public and reduce risks associated with incompetent and unethical practice.
Self-regulation only works if everyone is behaving altruistically. There will always be a need for some level of self-regulation but it’s time to consider some degree of effective public oversight to protect the public good.
References:
Professional Self-Regulation and the Public Interest in Canada, Adams TL,
Oasis Discussions: http://oasisdiscussions.ca/2017/01/17/pi-2/
Self-regulation in health care professions comes under scrutiny, Motluk A, CMAJ 2019-07-30: https://cmajnews.com/2019/07/30/self-regulation-in-health-care-professions-comes-under-scrutiny/
The Professionals Who Are Really Not Helping, Harrington B, The Atlantic 2021-01-14: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/lawyers-and-doctors-making-americas-crisis-worse/617673/
Why is UK medicine no longer a self-regulating profession? The role of scandals involving “bad apple” doctors, Dixon-Woods M et al, Soc Sci Med 73[10] 2011-Nov: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.031
The Situation of the Human Rights Defenders of Lyme and Relapsing Fever Borreliosis Patients, The Ad Hoc Committee for Health Equity in ICD11 Borreliosis Codes 2018-03-06: https://www.canlyme.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Defendersreport.pdf
The report will show how conflicts of interest, market competition, State Actor collusion with private sector profiteers and other nonmedical and non-science-based dynamics are destroying the capacity to provide care for estimated millions living with Lyme and relapsing fever borreliosis infections.
On October 24, 2017, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur (SR) on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, presented his report on corruption to the UN General Assembly. He told his audience, “In many countries, health is among the most corrupt sectors; this has significant implications for equality and non-discrimination “… He noted some are related to the global pharmaceutical industry and others from “institutional corruption” and emphasized the “normalization” of corruption in healthcare which includes practices undermining medical ethics, social justice, transparency and effective healthcare provision, as well as illegal acts. Many researchers and scholars support the SR’s findings and note how the corporatization of medical practice has contributed to this situation and the loss of medical professional autonomy.
I couldn't agree more. You're speaking my language. Thank you for this really informative and well-written comment.
Didn’t know about much of this. Horrifying. Decimation is coming from every direction. Will there be a Part 3? Can anything good emerge? Glad you put a warning about the content. I’d rather know…
Hi,
Yes, part 3 will be the last one because I need to include war and famine. I didn't know about this stuff either until I started researching, trying to figure out the "Why?" After Part 3, I plan to write about lighter topics for a while.
I think good can come if media regains its independency. A turning point for me came when I was watching CNN a couple of years ago during the Summer of riots and the reporter was saying that "protests" were mostly peaceful while an entire building was engulfed in flames behind him and people were not acting peacefully.
I think that if he were to have done his job, he would have described the daytime events as mostly peaceful protests, but to fail to characterize what was literally blazing behind him for all the viewers to see as a violent riot was an epiphany.
That's when I made the decision to research everything for myself.
Yes, this.....”Personally, I’d rather be slapped in the face with the truth than kissed with a lie”..... perfectly said.
...audio on, going in now to listen. Eyes open, well, maybe squinty...
Thank you for this really well-referenced comment. I agree self-regulation is often not enough. There will always be bad apples unfortunately. And many times the best of apples don’t realize that they’re behaving like bad apples. Bias can be such a pernicious thing.