Reply With QuoteBy the way, Im not giving an opinion about this topic either way, just wanted to share the link with everyone as its a free preview.. and I found it interesting.
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some insight into the truth of the multi billion dollar pharmaceutical industry..
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Below is copied from Dr Joseph Mercola's facebook update status.. --> -->
Important! Only a few days left to view this powerful documentary for FREE! The producers of this monumental film are allowing a full and FREE preview for a limited time only! Please tell everyone you know to watch this highly controversial documentary in its entirety through September 24th, 2011. I strongly encourage you to join me in supporting this noteworthy film and it’s cause.
How the Cancer Industry Deceives You with Cancer Drugs
Last edited by tinkerbelle; September 24th, 2011 at 12:09 AM.
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By the way, Im not giving an opinion about this topic either way, just wanted to share the link with everyone as its a free preview.. and I found it interesting.
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I'd be concerned listening to a doctor who doesn't know how to differentiate between "its" and "it's".
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oh.. i love love love Dr Mercola.. in my eyes (and many other people's) he is the bees knees. and 1 little puncutation mistake aint gonna change that..
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He’s an AIDS denialist. ‘nuff said.
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rofl:
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PZ are you laughing at his punctuation or the fact that he’s an AIDS denialist. Because I don’t find AIDS or cancer denialism funny at all. I find it utterly abhorrent, just as I find holocaust denial utterly abhorrent. IT MAKES ME SICK!
Tinkerbelle, did you know he’s working on his own brand of baby formula now too for his followers. And he has the HIDE to accuse “big pharma” of profiteering. SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!
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LOL, so much for not having an opinon.
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If you're looking for some snake oil his site is very useful.
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Epacris I was laughing at your comment...was meant to be taken as a sarcastic rofl. I agree with you 100% My good friend and landlord is HIV+ so it's not exactly something I find amusing.
Is Mercola still peddling his infant formula btw? I used to follow a fb page about him and his antics but they posted too much.
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Post went weird on me....
Was just in agreement with epacris.
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Livingthedream - I was talking about not giving opinion on the cancer movie, not the topic of Mercola.. but now we are on that topic, I will give an opinion...
Epacris - whether he is an aids denialist or not, I dont really care - people are entitled to their own opinions on things. I didnt know he was - but just because I think he is great at giving people an alternative perspective on topics of health, doesn't necessarily mean I support all of his opinions regarding everything. Also IMO, a Dr selling his own brand of infant formula is a far different ball game to the issues with big pharma..
Onyx - I dont believe he is all about snake oil at all, he is very good at informing people on some very real and concerning truths in medicine..
Oh, and my own very good doctor, who has people waiting for 8mths plus to get into his surgery, is also a follower of Mercola.
Talk about being totally shot down for sharing a link..
Last edited by tinkerbelle; September 24th, 2011 at 09:23 PM.
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Tinkerbelle, be careful not to tar all chemotherapeutic agents with the same brush. Perhaps you would like to read up on newer therapies like monoclonal antibodies (eg Mabthera) which have made a significant impact in disease-free survival rates (and even "cure") for many blood cancers in the last 10 years.
I certainly agree that it's problematic that big pharma is not interested in investigating inexpensive remedies for cancer and other chronic disease, but fortunately there are plenty of independent and publicly funded research organisations that do. It's important to remember that it's not necessarily big pharma that's running the show, but thousands of highly motivated and skilled physicians who constantly review the evidence-based research. Fortunately this means (in Australia) that if you fall into a cohort where the benefit of a particular treatment regimen is borderline, you are likely to have this explained to you so you can have input into your own treatment pathway. Chemotherapy *is* expensive, unpleasant, and sometimes dangerous and if curing cancer were as simple as treating systemic fungal disease, trust me, the funding model in this country would be quick to pick that up.
If Dr Mercola is so passionate about this cause, perhaps he could divert the profits away from "building his website" to funding some independent, unbiased, double-blind, evidence-based research. I"m sure the research community could be swayed by the donation of the proceeds of sale of his multi-million dollar luxury property
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I do believe that money should be being invested in studying 'natural' treatment alternatives and I do believe that there is some substance in big pharmacuticial companies holding the monopoly on people's wellbeing - call me a bit of a cinic I guess. However this statement:
makes me shake my head alot - so those children in Africa, they aren't really sick, they've just talked themselves into it? Seriously?Mercola has suggested that HIV is harmless and does not cause AIDS. He has claimed instead that the manifestations of AIDS (including opportunistic infections and death) are a result of "psychological stress" brought on by the belief that HIV is harmful
Also, anything that says limited time free viewing and then you have to pay for the priveledge of watching his video, sorry, lost me.....clearly you have an problem with big pharma making loads of money, but for you it's fine.....
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ausgirl - I agree with you on the aids issue.. but in regards to the video, its not "his" - he just posted the link to it on his facebook page but he did not make it.
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I think Dr Mercola gives some excellent exposure to some really valid questioning in our medical sciences... but his ad covered wedsite, infant formula and support of some rather wacky 'science' really discredits the good amongst the bad. Such a shame.
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