For starters, no big pharma connections nor any big food connections. The FDA must split into these two areas. It needs superior funding and a method to do independent research and testing on all these products. Perhaps it needs to be far removed from the government if it is to negate its endless corruption. Otherwise, it needs to be dissolved as unrecoverable.
I remember the first time it was suggested that a cure for cancer would never happened because people made so much money from it. I was in my 20s (I'm now in my 50s), and the idea was so atrocious and incredulous that I was rendered speechless. I denied that such evil existed, but also couldn't fight the feeling that there was a lot of truth in it.
1) I'd say the vast majority of problems with gov't is its entanglement with the private sector. Public and private need to be separate.
2) Whistleblowers should be protected. Integrity rewarded.
3) I only know of RFK jr. trying to get the additives out of food, so I can't say. There so much negative press about RFK, so it's hard to discern fact from fiction.
4) At this point, everyone knows someone or has been affected themselves by the FDAs corruption. How do you rewind death or permanent side effects? So, my answer is, I don't know.
Totally agree that public and private need to be separate and that whistleblowers should be protected, Lani. And yes, why can't our system reward integrity?
Man, what huge questions you ask. I honestly don’t know nearly enough about it to feel comfortable giving an opinion.
I will say, however, that I have always done everything in my power to stay off of prescription drugs. And every time I see a new doc or clinician and they find out that I am not on any meds the talk to me like I’m a unicorn.
I understand that staying off of those is not feasible for every adult. That being said, I think much of the population has been tricked into believing in the whole idea of “better living through chemistry.”
For starters, no big pharma connections nor any big food connections. The FDA must split into these two areas. It needs superior funding and a method to do independent research and testing on all these products. Perhaps it needs to be far removed from the government if it is to negate its endless corruption. Otherwise, it needs to be dissolved as unrecoverable.
That's a really good point about independent research and testing.
I remember the first time it was suggested that a cure for cancer would never happened because people made so much money from it. I was in my 20s (I'm now in my 50s), and the idea was so atrocious and incredulous that I was rendered speechless. I denied that such evil existed, but also couldn't fight the feeling that there was a lot of truth in it.
1) I'd say the vast majority of problems with gov't is its entanglement with the private sector. Public and private need to be separate.
2) Whistleblowers should be protected. Integrity rewarded.
3) I only know of RFK jr. trying to get the additives out of food, so I can't say. There so much negative press about RFK, so it's hard to discern fact from fiction.
4) At this point, everyone knows someone or has been affected themselves by the FDAs corruption. How do you rewind death or permanent side effects? So, my answer is, I don't know.
Totally agree that public and private need to be separate and that whistleblowers should be protected, Lani. And yes, why can't our system reward integrity?
Man, what huge questions you ask. I honestly don’t know nearly enough about it to feel comfortable giving an opinion.
I will say, however, that I have always done everything in my power to stay off of prescription drugs. And every time I see a new doc or clinician and they find out that I am not on any meds the talk to me like I’m a unicorn.
I understand that staying off of those is not feasible for every adult. That being said, I think much of the population has been tricked into believing in the whole idea of “better living through chemistry.”
Exactly — there are a lot of people who think that lifestyle and natural solutions are inherently inferior to prescription meds.
It is way safer to take meds that are NOT approved. I prefer homeopathic and herbal treatments, and even check those before using any.
Ha! That's probably true. Yeah, natural remedies are a safer bet, and you're right, even with those we want to be careful.