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Written by Marilyn Juds, Prince George
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Monday, 28 July 2008 |
The abuse of power phenomenon probably appeared when man first became a social creature. But nowadays the public has no patience with such behaviour. Recall two community issues.
Since September 1955, Prince George drinking water has been fluoridated. In the U.S. a 600-strong group called the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has called for an end to fluoridation. One member, a Nobel Prize winner, states: “Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It’s really obsolete.”
To that end, the Safe Water Coalition, on Feb. 2, 1998, represented by Dave Fuller and Dr. Debra Phair, gave a presentation to our city council requesting a referendum on the issue. The opposing speakers were two doctors and Dr. Lorna Medd. The opposition prevailed. Dr. Medd, as chief medical officer, should have explained both sides of the issue, allowing people to judge for themselves. As it was, she exceeded mightily the bounds of her position.
The other controversy is the flu shot. Every fall the Centers for Disease Control begins a flu season distributing flyers and media campaign materials to public health departments, “planting the seeds in the minds of patients so that they request the flu vaccine when it arrives.” And every fall Dr. Medd would obediently advise the public, from babies on up, to get that flu shot. However, skepticism was growing of the vaccine’s efficacy and its list of troubling ingredients:
Aluminum hydroxide, animal tissues, MSG, henoxyethanol (antifreeze), orbital, formaldehyde, sucrose and Thimerosal, a toxic preservative containing mercury. Most people wouldn’t want their cat exposed to such neurotoxic poison.
Mercury is the second most toxic material on the planet; the first is radioactive plutonium.
The Mad Hatter is a well-known character in the book Alice in Wonderland. Several centuries ago in England, hatters routinely used mercury salts on felt to create stylish hats. Many hatters did eventually go mad.
Additionally, Thimerosal is highly suspect as a contributing cause in the skyrocketing incidence of autism in children.
So how is it that Dr. Medd, in her senior medical capacity, would not know all this? Surely she would have had access to this information. Wouldn’t her mandate require her to warn the public, who paid her salary after all, of any flu vaccination risks?
Unfortunately, for years Dr. Medd used her position of power to push through her personal agenda. It’s time for serious damage control. No longer will we tolerate betrayal of trust. We have the privilege of expecting better within the public domain.
For more information: Vaccination Risk Awareness Network: www.vran.org
-- Marilyn Juds
Prince George
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 September 2008 )
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In other words, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but Dr. Medd had a lot of knowledge and was quite capable of making recommendations that were in the public interest, even when they did not meet the pleasure of those with a monofocus.
Sucrose is a neurotoxic poison, is it? Sucrose is the chemical name for sugar, the stuff we buy by the pound from grocery stores. It may rot your teeth, true, but a neurotoxin?
Mercury hasn't been used to felt hats since Victorian times, so what is the relevance of that today? In fact, mercury salts are banned in many jurisdictions. Scaremongering with irrelevant and suspect data is hardly being informative to the public. It is, in fact, a means to mislead them.
If you don't want the flu shot, don't have it. It is not compulsory. Those of us that do want it can then continue to get it and reduce the risk of our getting sick during the flue season. It is called choice.
Why you would want to discredit Dr. Medd is beyond me, especially as she is no longer a Medical Health Officer in Prince George, having semi-retired to Vancouver Island. Another failure to get some facts by Ms. Juds, perhaps?