Cancer Research Worthless?

by metatron 56 Replies latest jw friends

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  Marvin Shilmer

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  “So, as a system, what is it optimized to produce? I would say that it is optimized or 'tweeked' to produce maximum profit.

  “Thus, it is not maximized to relieve human suffering. That is secondary.”

  metatron,

  This is the system we have for one reason: humans are selfish.

  Two fundamentally selfish human traits:

  - Humans want more economic security.

  - Humans want more treatments for disease.

  Because finding and producing treatments for disease is an expense then it goes contrary to one on the above traits and is accordingly a hindrance to the other.

  The pharmaceutical industry is a private-sector attempt to leverage the want of more treatments for disease as a means of securing money with the lure of gaining more economic security. The engine that drives this system is selfishness. That’s the only thing that makes this particular system work and it’s been that way since humans were living in caves.

  Love and compassion are very minor influences in the total horsepower driving the entirety of human society, including our many and varied healthcare systems.

  It is not my contention that this whole system is good. It is my contention that this is how it works based on human traits and I don’t see any way to change that. We’d have to get human society to agree to act contrary to human nature to change this. Maybe one day. Maybe.

  In the meantime my recommendation is for folks to take on medical issues one at the time and find creative ways of leveraging human traits to better ends in relation to each medical issue based on its own merit.

  Marvin Shilmer
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  metatron

  I think that's an excellent reply.

  I believe there may be a problem of scale within this system. As with the TBTF Banks, large corporations have too much control over society and freedom suffers accordingly. they attempt to dominate everything.

  I do assert this: do your own research and be your own medical advocate.

  I have a lot of experience dealing with chronic , serious illness in relatives and thinking that doctors know everything can be a fatal mistake.

  If you can't afford a Pub Med subscription ( who can, these days?) sneak into your local hospital's library and do your own research. I say sneak because, I'm sorry but, patients trying to learn about their own conditions often appears to be unwelcome.

  Another thought: if you have an unusual condition or illness, get your sorry butt OUT OF YOUR SMALL TOWN and go to a bigger city that has more experienced doctors !!!!!. You will often find that you ( or your insurance provider) end up spending the same or less amount of money for far better service and more accurate treatments.

  metatron
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  designs

  I had not heard about the parasite/intestinal worm theory with cancer in some while, vermox is suppose to treat this, apparently you can have a Dr. write a prescription for the ingredients and a pharmacy can make the same med locally for you.
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  Pterist

  When all else fails, Thank God for hospice and our rights to a living will.
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  metatron

  A brief note here: Vermox is a anti-worm drug that also has anti-cancer effects, at least in clinical studies.

  I don't think anyone is saying that cancer has anything to do with parasites. The drug may act like Taxol to wreck growth in worms or cancer.

  metatron
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  designs

  The story use to be that the poop from parasites and intestinal worms was a major health problem affecting the liver etc. leading to erratic cells.
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  talesin

  ST - ayup!