Posted on 04/07/2021 3:43:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Efforts to raise awareness about “implicit racial bias” or “structural racism” in health care are forcing some doctors to speak out.
Efforts to raise awareness about “implicit racial bias” or “structural racism” in health care are forcing some doctors to speak out -- carefully.
In March, an editor at JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, was fired because he said in a podcast it was unfortunate the word “racism” taints a valuable discussion on disparate outcomes in health care.
Physicians make a huge investment in time, money, and energy to become medical doctors and are reluctant to make waves with government regulators or powerful special interests. Implicit bias training is now a requirement for credentialing with at least one insurance company and may soon be mandated for medical licensing. Physicians undergo this training at their own time and expense.
Additionally, there is little to no evidence that health care disparities are the result of “racism.” Blacks suffered disproportionately from COVID-19, but science shows this has more to do with factors like population density than subconscious bigotry. If research doesn't back up their claims, politicians should apologize for suggesting that health care providers are racists and remove any orders to address “implicit bias.” Looking at public policy problems through the lens of race is in itself a form of racism. Do woke warriors realize that?
Below are the thoughts of one practicing physician who wishes to remain anonymous.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Accusing "implicit racism" is about the most racist thing someone can say.
I hope people realize that 75% of hospitalizations is directly related to DIET.
Yes, what you put in your “pie hole” is generally what makes you SICK.
Deal with this, humanity, black, brown, white, yellow or green.
I watched a video recently where the doctor was blaming Covid and other infections on the lack of Vitamin D, and also on weight.
I forget the number, but obviously darker skinned people can’t take in as much Vitamin D from the sun and need to have supplements. Except most people don’t - so they are even more lacking than whites.
Lib “science” shows itself again. Just like AGW, it is “draw your lines then plot your points.”
Totally true.
One example given in a video I watched (wish I had the specific link) - UK had a rash of doctors getting COVID - I think something like 25 died in a cluster. All but 3 had dark skin (African, etc.). Doses of cholecalciferal were quickly & specifically made available to doctors in the UK and there were no more deaths. In nature, by far the major form of vitamin D that nurtures the body is cholecalciferol. Some patients in ICU with COVID have been given doses of cholecalciferol in an attempt to help them.
On youtube, go to Ivor Cummins channel - he has a bunch of videos on the links between low Vit D/COVID & why some people are low on D - skin color is a big factor, so is latitude. Your risk of a severe case of COVID, if not death, goes up if you have low Vit D levels.
“Physicians Blamed for Racial Health Disparities”
My white doctors have always treated me well, which has to mean that they treat blacks badly. So I guess the article has a point, and something needs to be done.
(don’t laugh, they run the country now)
In today’s brave new world, anything they do not like is racist.
When everything is racist, nothing is racist.
Ruben G. Rumbaut and John R. Weeks published their findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association article “Born in the USA: Infant Health Paradox.” The authors found that Vietnamese immigrants had an infant mortality rate of 5.5 per 1,000. Whites had a rate of 8.0 and African Americans 16.3 per thousand. This is conclusive proof that the medical profession for some strange reason has a racial bias against blacks and white.
“This is conclusive proof that the medical profession for some strange reason has a racial bias against blacks and white.”
LOL, and they favor people who they often cannot even understand when they’re trying to speak English.
88% of people in this country have at least 1 symptom of Metabolic Syndrome. What are the symptoms of MS? Obesity, high blood pressure, Type 2 Diabetes for starters. All co-morbidities for COVID.
What is METABOLIC SYNDROME [5 risk factors]? (It’s a BIG Deal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJDRSRa9w4
BTW, most docs do not check fasting insulin - they check blood glucose levels. Your insulin can be through the roof because that’s what it takes to keep your blood sugar at normal levels. Even if blood sugar numbers are good, if your insulin is high, Type 2 Diabetes will eventually be the result.
Unfortunately, the medical community & the way docs are trained these days, is to treat symptoms (not get to the root of the issue) and to prescribe drugs (Big Pharma). The SAD (Standard American Diet) has failed miserably (look at the obesity epidemic currently raging), but that is what is taught in the 1-2 hours of “nutrition” they receive in med school.
As a prime example of how screwed up “medicine” is these days, Type 2 Diabetes is NOT chronic & progressive ... you do not have to keep ratcheting up insulin, getting fatter, developing diabetic retinopathy, kidney failure, have limbs amputated, develop heart disease, etc. You can reverse Type 2 Diabetes & most people who do this get off all their meds - to do this, you do not put certain things in your mouth like any processed food, grains, vegetable seed oils & sugar ... low carb is the way to reversal/remission (which is NOT a new fad, it’s been around since the early 1900’s).
For those docs who have “seen the light”, mostly because they were obese, even morbidly obese, and the “eat less/move more” advice they’d been giving patients wasn’t working for either the patients, or themselves, they will tell you that ““Once you see these things, you can’t unsee them…”. Their own health has turned around dramatically and their patients are improving their health, getting off of meds, not getting progressively worse.
Two of these docs have a podcast that is fantastic - they interview many other docs, researchers, etc. who have also “seen the light”, They share their clinical experience - actual results with patients (& themselves). The podcast is called Low Carb MD. One of those docs also has another podcast called Life’s Best Medicine where he brings in faith/family in addition to the medical perspective in the other podcast.
Low Carb MD online link - you can get it on most podcast apps, too:
https://lowcarbmd.com/2021/04
Life’s Best Medicine Podcast with Brian Lenzkes, MD
https://lifesbestmedicine.com/
FReegards & better health to all,
~Q
Dr. Tony Hampton, African American doctor working with the African American community
https://lowcarbmd.com/episode-113-dr-tony-hampton
“We are excited to welcome Dr. Tony Hampton to the show today! Dr. Hampton adopted the low carb diet when he began to realize, through his own reading and by following the research, that it could be used to combat diabetes. When he realized that conventional methods didn’t treat the underlying disease, he decided that he had to re-evaluate his perspective. In this episode we discuss the culture variable in the equation of working with a patient to improve their health. Additionally, we talk about wholistic health and the importance of addressing underlying issues leading people to make unhealthy choices.”
Plz explain why cholecalciferol is also the ingredient used in D-Con rat poison? You couldn’t pay me to take that seco-steroid hormone D. It’s not even a real vitamin
They should instead take training to avoid being oversensitive little bitches.
You could just go to Wikipedia, I suppose, for what it’s worth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecalciferol
Rodenticide[edit]
Rodents are somewhat more susceptible to high doses than other species, and cholecalciferol has been used in poison bait for the control of these pests.[40][14]
The mechanism of high dose cholecalciferol is that it can produce “hypercalcemia, which results in systemic calcification of soft tissue, leading to kidney failure, cardiac abnormalities, hypertension, CNS depression, and GI upset. Signs generally develop within 18-36 hr of ingestion and can include depression, loss of appetite, polyuria, and polydipsia.”[13] High-dose cholecalciferol will tend to rapidly accumulate in adipose tissue yet release more slowly[41] which will tend to delay time of death for several days from the time that high-dose bait is introduced.[40]
In New Zealand, possums have become a significant pest animal. For possum control, cholecalciferol has been used as the active ingredient in lethal baits.[42] The LD50 is 16.8 mg/kg, but only 9.8 mg/kg if calcium carbonate is added to the bait.[43][44] Kidneys and heart are target organs.[45]
It has been claimed that the compound is less toxic to non-target species. However, in practice it has been found that use of cholecalciferol in rodenticides represents a significant hazard to other animals, such as dogs and cats.[13]
Give up soda pop and live healthy for much longer.
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This is another manifestation of the false presumption that everyone is identical and, therefore, differences in outcomes are entirely due to sinister outside forces.
I have to take 5000 units of vitamin D daily because the chemo that I had for my cancer treatments killed my body’s ability to make it.
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