#133

It’s complicated. There’s some good stuff that can come out of it and some bad stuff. I want perverse incentives removed, pharma advertising gone, and I want chemicals out of the food supply (Unless we have some amazing way to really thoroughly test their safety). I want medical freedom to choose which vaccines to take and when, and I want good data to know which ones to take.

On the other hand he seems pretty anti big pharma in a way that makes me worried for bio investment and drug development. We will have to wait and see how this plays out.

Btw I developed an autoimmune condition after the covid vaccination some years ago now. The trials I see as corrupt, protocol would have patients reporting symptoms through a checklist of things like headache, fever, fatigue, meanwhile if you have any serious reaction you’d have to phone someone and it would be up to their discretion how your reaction is included in the study (often inaccurately or not at all). Clinical trials around this need to be improved. I want to hear unadulterated patient reports, I frankly lost all trust for the people running these things. I know people severely harmed from the trials of multiple vaccines (astrazeneca, pfizer, etc) to the point where you can tell there is a larger issue at play with how we are tracking serious adverse events in trials. At least studies with these stupid checklist apps should have never been done.

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#134

I tended to focus on science at school and did a science degree at Oxford University, but I was unhappy with the approach of the state on Covid which in retrospect did not allow dissent in science.

Sadly contrarians such as RFK who simply disagree with the conventional wisdom have taken the fore rather than people who think carefully about what is probably true and work out what the alternatives may be and consider that actually we may not as yet know what is true.

That should not be surprising as having uncertain views does not get you lots of followers.

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#135

Re Dr Oz.

All I have to say is Oprah owes us a huge apology

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#136

IMO: We have lost the plot.
This forum is supposed to be about rapamycin and other life-extending drugs, supplements, and practices.
Stop the political nonsense and hyperbole. Take your political views and discuss them on other forums. For one, I would like Rapamycin News to get back to basics.

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#137

I didn’t delete my last post. I made an edit to a word in the post and the post disappeared.

#138

Using words like “never” makes it unlikely that you are correct.

#139

Ok, we’ll make it “usually not the case” as opposed to “Never the case”. Hope that’s good enough for you. :joy::joy:

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#140

I’m with you 100% on this one. I was willing to give it a pass for almost anybody but Dr. Oz, seriously, laughingstock of the planet. I’m about to join your side now LOL

#141

The water is warm :slight_smile:

#142

I do have to wonder what Trump is thinking with this pick. Some I can get behind even if I don’t like them, but Oz and Tulsi are completely unqualified.

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#143

Anyone with a heartbeat is a step up. But seriously, give these people a chance. They have the right attitude which is the most important quality.

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#144

What do you guys think Dr. Oz is going to do that’s going to be horrible? I’m willing to bet you’ll all survive the terror of the Dr. Oz regime. I seriously doubt he will take away all medications and force lemon water on us.

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#145

The world is generally getting too interesting. It has become really hard to predict what will happen. I am, however, not sure that this is a good thing.

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#147

Remember when the DEA was going to shut down tele visits for TRT? RFk Jr an advocate for TRT won’t let that happen because he is on TRT. I like RFK jr am on TRT and loving it. I personally like this pick.

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#148

I don’t want to get mired in a political discussion, so only in reference to those people in the healthcare/medical fields. Most of the current people filling those positions are administrators who were DEI hires. Others are very liberal physicians who made serious errors. And many worked for the pharmaceutical industry.
Trump’s picks may be a little odd but are people with healthcare backgrounds or strong interests. Trump is currently filling the leadership “idea” positions, not the day to day managers. The country wants change. These people will do that. Might be some bumps in the road but the ride will be interesting.

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#149

And all us regular folks just want to live a good life, raise a family and live in peace, while so many “leaders” don’t get what that means and how to deliver on the concept of basic human rights.

Someday maybe we won’t have to “fight” for the right to live a good life but it seems that’s a never ending condition of humanity. Always some powerful entity beavering away at taking rights away to fuel their own lust for power.

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#150

Change happens very slowly. Bureaucratic empires are often massively entrenched over time and highly protective of their budgets. Sure politicians can initiate change but who makes that change happen? not politicians, bureaucrats and their empires enact the change as mandated and that does not happen overnight.

Gov bureaucracies are like a massive flywheel that is hard to change speed or direction.

When change does come it can be quite disruptive. Health care reform in the late 90’s cost me over $5M in less than 6 months and caused thousands of SNF’s to declare chapter 11. It took a long time for that to settle out. Was the end result any better?? I’d argue that is isn’t. Why? because the US does not have a health care system… it has a profit care system.

Something that is easily illustrated with the Alpha to Omega stats. Something I noticed in the 90’s (when I was in the med device biz in the US) and have explained dozens of times to my US friends. It still has not changed for the better.

I have the utmost respect for the good people working in the US health care system, some of the best in the world, with bleeding edge tech available. How the system is milked by being a for profit system is the biggest issue.

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#152

@KarlT- Are you saying that a man who thinks he is a woman (or vice-versa) is just some random choice they made (“clearly not based on science”)?

Some percent of the population is gay and it seems that genetics (some combinations of genes) are involved. I think many of us knew a young child who seemed certain to be gay- and it was not based on upbringing or environment. I think many of us believe that being gay is not just a choice and that there is science involved. And I personally think being a transgender is also not just some random choice.

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#153

That is certainly your right. I think it’s more of a psychosocial issue.

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#154

The system has far too many middlemen taking their cut. Of course the government isn’t in it for profit, but is causing just as many problems.

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