At the American Thinker today Olivia Murray has a post that tells you all you need to know about what our government thinks is "science." Her post can be found at CDC and FDA poised to exchange one pseudoscience for another: "Indigenous Knowledge" set to replace "Follow the Science". Of course Murray is not belittling indigenous knowledge, for that is what many generations of people have come to know, as even she uses topical peppermint oil for her childrens' infections, thus avoiding dangerous antibiotics that destroy the gut microbiome. Mothers have used such remedies for...well...forever.
No, what Murray is pointing out is that both catch phrases are being used by the Biden administration to virtue-signal to their base while implying that we knuckle-dragging conservatives are just too unsophisticated...beyond the pale really, to even understand. What they are doing in fact is further undermining the medical professions, which have taken a real beating since going "woke."
The marketers and public relations consultants behind the “follow the science” campaign of the Covid-era left were definitely the B-team, and it seems like despite the failure, they still have their jobs. As a New York Times columnist wrote of the catchphrase:
"When Donald Trump was president and making false statements to downplay Covid, ‘follow the science’ began to gain popularity. Now, it also serves as a response to the many incorrect statements that vaccine opponents make. President Biden likes to promise that he will follow the science, to signal his difference from Trump and deference to the C.D.C."
"The phrase does have its uses. It’s a rejection of myth…."
Well, that didn’t age well, because it appears as though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are poised to exchange the pseudoscience of Big Pharma with… let’s all welcome “Indigenous Knowledge” to the asylum that is the federal bureaucracy. (And for those wondering, no, this is neither farce nor satire.)
Now, I have always thought that one of the things the American public owes its startling increase in lifespan to is the invention of flush toilet, along with sanitary sewers and sewage treatment, and fresh potable water pumped to the house. That eliminated a ton of waterborne diseases. By allowing bums to defecate on the public streets, San Fransico is flirting with a return of these diseases. Next would be the elimination of malaria in this country through the use of DDT. We are flirting with a return to this scourge by letting people in without checking their health status. But medicine played its roll too in knocking out many remaining infectious diseases like smallpox and polio. Indeed, now it seems that most deaths are due to chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and various lifestyle diseases.
(sarcasm on)Who knew that we didn't need any of that. We could have relied on "indigenous knowledge" instead and avoided all those expensive medical treatments. Who knows, maybe if the Biden administration had thought of this sooner, we wouldn't have needed Obamacare?(end sarcasm)
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