This essay should be required reading for all medical students and, yes, even virology students to at least impart a sense of humility and, can we hope, some healthy skepticism about received dogma. Brilliant work by Mr. Stone which will be dutifully ignored even by most "medical freedom" advocates. The virus paradigm controls the worldview of, well, the world. But the work of Mike Stone is a clarion call of hope.
Thank you so much for the kind words, BuddhistRothbardian! I'm really glad you enjoyed the article — I deeply appreciate the feedback. The SMON incident has always fascinated me, and I’d been meaning to write about it for a while. I’m not sure why it took so long, but I’m glad I finally gave it the closer look it deserves. 🙂
How many S.M.O.N.'s are out there? I presented this matter to a know-nothing "health conscious" friend of mine, degree in physical therapy, total believer in "viruses." Her reaction: "Well, here they discovered something else. It's OK to assume a virus cause, because there are lots of viruses in the air." She, very counterculture-ish, WANTS to believe in viruses, because "Trump is evil and doesn't care about public health," and "It's intuitive, you're around sick people, and get sick, there must have been something transmitted from one to another." LOL,
I’d imagine the vast majority—if not all—are SMONs. It’s amazing how easily environmental, chemical, and other factors get brushed aside in favor of chasing invisible boogeymen. Makes you wonder what the real motive is... 🤔😉
For most people, belief in viruses is simply based on acceptance of authority. Humans are wired to cooperate in order to survive: we have strong herd instincts, even highly educated intellectuals. They may be worse because of viewing themselves as gatekeepers of "the Truth." Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions reveals how science evolves through erroneous paradigms by adopting better ones. He describes the process as a revolution because of the extreme difficulty and opposition from adherents of the older paradigm. One thing he does not discuss is how powerful actors may be invested in preserving a paradigm for financial reasons, as the virus paradigm is by pharma and big medicine. Governments seem also to like viruses as fear inducing and, hence, people controlling devices. There is much at stake in exposing the virus paradigm to the light of truth.
You’re a great researcher Mike!! You should look into vitamins. They are the same as viruses, never isolated, never proven… just a story to sell lab made toxins to people under the guise of health. And if someone were to use these alleged vitamins as health promoting substances, then it would be THEIR burden of proof to show it’s beneficial. The burden of proof lies with the one making the positive claim, right?
I just read a post by a 'retired MD' RH whose guest referred to a "Giant Virus' in Australia. Me thinks I might unsubscribe from that one. Life is too short to drink bad wine and waste time on GIGO articles - especially those based upon a sample size of one.
the chemical (pharmaceutical) companies responsible for the medical debâcle described here apparently did well during WWII: "...Ciba, Geigy (and Sandoz) collectively constituted the entire chemical industry of Switzerland. In 1918 the three companies joined together to form a cartel, the Interessengemeinschaft Basel (“Basel Syndicate”), or Basel IG, in order to compete with the German chemical cartel IG Farben [...] All three Swiss companies prospered and continued to diversify in the decades after World War II, though Sandoz earned an unwelcome notoriety in the 1960s when one of its inventions, a potent hallucinogen called LSD..." - https://www.britannica.com/money/Novartis-AG
This essay should be required reading for all medical students and, yes, even virology students to at least impart a sense of humility and, can we hope, some healthy skepticism about received dogma. Brilliant work by Mr. Stone which will be dutifully ignored even by most "medical freedom" advocates. The virus paradigm controls the worldview of, well, the world. But the work of Mike Stone is a clarion call of hope.
Thank you so much for the kind words, BuddhistRothbardian! I'm really glad you enjoyed the article — I deeply appreciate the feedback. The SMON incident has always fascinated me, and I’d been meaning to write about it for a while. I’m not sure why it took so long, but I’m glad I finally gave it the closer look it deserves. 🙂
thank you so much for sharing, much appreciated!
How many S.M.O.N.'s are out there? I presented this matter to a know-nothing "health conscious" friend of mine, degree in physical therapy, total believer in "viruses." Her reaction: "Well, here they discovered something else. It's OK to assume a virus cause, because there are lots of viruses in the air." She, very counterculture-ish, WANTS to believe in viruses, because "Trump is evil and doesn't care about public health," and "It's intuitive, you're around sick people, and get sick, there must have been something transmitted from one to another." LOL,
I’d imagine the vast majority—if not all—are SMONs. It’s amazing how easily environmental, chemical, and other factors get brushed aside in favor of chasing invisible boogeymen. Makes you wonder what the real motive is... 🤔😉
For most people, belief in viruses is simply based on acceptance of authority. Humans are wired to cooperate in order to survive: we have strong herd instincts, even highly educated intellectuals. They may be worse because of viewing themselves as gatekeepers of "the Truth." Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions reveals how science evolves through erroneous paradigms by adopting better ones. He describes the process as a revolution because of the extreme difficulty and opposition from adherents of the older paradigm. One thing he does not discuss is how powerful actors may be invested in preserving a paradigm for financial reasons, as the virus paradigm is by pharma and big medicine. Governments seem also to like viruses as fear inducing and, hence, people controlling devices. There is much at stake in exposing the virus paradigm to the light of truth.
My opening question was rhetorical. Indeed.
I figured. 😉
You’re a great researcher Mike!! You should look into vitamins. They are the same as viruses, never isolated, never proven… just a story to sell lab made toxins to people under the guise of health. And if someone were to use these alleged vitamins as health promoting substances, then it would be THEIR burden of proof to show it’s beneficial. The burden of proof lies with the one making the positive claim, right?
Great work, Mike. Thanks.
I just read a post by a 'retired MD' RH whose guest referred to a "Giant Virus' in Australia. Me thinks I might unsubscribe from that one. Life is too short to drink bad wine and waste time on GIGO articles - especially those based upon a sample size of one.
the chemical (pharmaceutical) companies responsible for the medical debâcle described here apparently did well during WWII: "...Ciba, Geigy (and Sandoz) collectively constituted the entire chemical industry of Switzerland. In 1918 the three companies joined together to form a cartel, the Interessengemeinschaft Basel (“Basel Syndicate”), or Basel IG, in order to compete with the German chemical cartel IG Farben [...] All three Swiss companies prospered and continued to diversify in the decades after World War II, though Sandoz earned an unwelcome notoriety in the 1960s when one of its inventions, a potent hallucinogen called LSD..." - https://www.britannica.com/money/Novartis-AG
It's missing the word 'phage'