
At the outset of the Covid “pandemic “ my Internal Medicine practice had approximately 1500 patients, 60% over 65, of those, half over seventy, and a fifith over 80, and a few over 90 and 100 years old. 60% white, 30% Hispanic, 10%black.
The first year of the « pandemic », 0 cases of Covid. The next several years there were a few cases each week but no hospitalizations and no deaths.
My patients were no different than those in the national stats, there were similar numbers with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases etc.
Why were my stats so different than those reported nationally? Different populations ? Levels of care? Demographics ? None of these applied.
One thing I have learned over the years, was to trust my own statistics.
Were national statistics fudged? Were hospital deaths where Covid was a cofactor but not the cause of death, listed as a Covid death for Medicare reimbursements which were substantially higher for Covid deaths?
Were numbers nudged for Covid cases, to justify vaccinations for an entire population?
To stay employed I was required to have five Covid boosters. If I spoke out against Covid policies (from masking to social distancing and isolation) I would be terminated. When I tried to discuss it with our infectious disease department I was shut down.
When patients asked about my recommendation on the vaccine, I would respond that the vaccine had not gone through the usual 3-5 years of testing vaccines needed before they were deemed safe or effective, and because of that, there was not enough data to either recommend or oppose the Covid vaccine.
I am encouraged, although skeptical, that today’s Senate hearing from the Covid whistleblower will lead to change before the next “pandemic “ hits.
Laws should be considered to ban large medical foundations from disciplining or terminating physicians who oppose government mandated medical decisions. Physicians need to be empowered, once again, to make decisions independently for the patients under their care without government interference. Politicians must never be empowered with mandating medical decisions that need to be followed by all physicians in the country, and medicine should never be used for political power or payoffs.
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