Responsibility for Health
As mentioned in previous posts, as someone in her 80s, I have had the great good fortune to have had time to study many subjects, including medical history. Included in this pursuit were investigations into the beliefs surrounding health and healing, changes in emphasis and views over time, and challenges we have faced as a species. When taking the long view, malaria has allegedly been the number one killer of humanity, but we all know of the Black Death and the devastating consequences of both smallpox and syphilis, which initially was nearly always fatal.
From one point of view, responsibility for health is essentially a personal matter. We decide what to eat and perhaps why. We address issues of hygiene and habits. We manage our environments to keep them as safe as possible; but we turn to professionals if something serious arises. In former times, annual checkups, routine inoculations, and prescription drugs were not typical; but are we healthier now or not?
The boundary between personal and public is generally where there concerns over epidemics. An epidemic is generally attributed to a pathogen, perhaps a microbe or contaminant. If, for instance, the water is unsafe to drink, this is a local issue to be addressed by the owner of a well or public health authorities and the supplier of municipal water. If there is a genuine pandemic, it is a national and international issue so the question is where the authority to prevent spread begins and ends.
I firmly believe my body is my own, and no one has the right to force any type of treatment on me. However, I do acknowledge the need for quarantines and safe management of diseased bodies, something that would have definitely limited the ferocity of the Plague that we may or may not have studied in school.
This is my boundary, meaning locking down certain individuals or geographic regions can be a realistic safety measure; but forcing someone to accept specific medical procedures crosses the line. This is where free will reigns, and the boundaries must be vigorously protected.
Freedom of Choice
During the last few years, many people were denied freedom of choice despite the availability of numerous alternatives that were more successful than the mandated procedures. In an erudite society that espouses free will, this never should have happened.
Parallel to this shameful episode, it is questionable in my mind that any government has the authority to insist upon health insurance. Every government has the option of providing health care, but not of dictating what conditions and treatments are covered. This infringes our right to determine how to manage our challenges — and dare I add income — in an allegedly free society. It is one thing to have humanitarian objectives and another to override the right of individuals to make decisions on their own behalf.
I first heard of socialized medicine as a child in Sweden, age nine perhaps. The alleged ideals behind this cannot be disputed, but the science and economics are another matter. The U.K. and Sweden were pioneers in this initiative, but I think the systems have failed the public’s need for quality care and choice.
There is no question that in today’s plutocratic circles, profits and power reign supreme over humanitarian concerns. We should be wary of this!
We should also be wary of politicians and people in white coats who kowtow to those who are prophesizing pandemics and declaring the need for involuntary measures to control alleged risks. As data for the recent alleged emergency is still being crunched, we should not fall for the same propaganda as before . . . fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Rewinding
More than 70 years have passed since I first heard of socialized medicine. In general, feel it is a noble idea that has failed to meet expectations. The playing field has never been level, the costs have been extraordinary, and the benefits have not been evenly experienced. In theory, science is always progressing in its understanding of our world and finding new ways to manage challenges. In reality, we need to look at who finances the research, which advocates suffer from conflicts of interest, and who is raking in the treasures. In short, unless the system itself has integrity, the findings are almost irrelevant.
I am in favor of total freedom of choice, meaning that all options available to humanity are permitted regardless of how they are viewed in the halls of ivy . . . or dare we mention Big Pharma. This means that if we want a shaman to clear our energy fields, we have every right not only to seek this form of healing but to have it covered in the same way an insurance. Otherwise, insurance benefits its authoritarian cohorts at the expense of our beliefs and preferences.
In more than a half century of clinical experience, I have little faith in most mainstream treatments. Almost without exception, they come with risks than are understated, and outcomes that are less than satisfactory. This is obviously a very broad statement but rather than quadruple the length of this post, let me simply say that the body is organic and cannot assimilate anything that is not organic. This means that what is not natural to the body comes with risks, and resources that could be used for healing are devoted to detoxification instead of recovery and regeneration. Radiation, synthetic drugs, suppressants, and so on and so forth all create problems for the body and thus interfere with healing. We then have to make a distinction between what is a treatment and what is a reasonable approach to cure.
Little Update
After posting about how easy it is to grow potatoes, I planted a few about a week or two later. The tallest is three feet tall already, no flowers yet! I expect a good harvest.
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