Ignore Your Instinct and Trust the Experts

(who bow to institutions and regurgitate the script)

Jul 19, 2022

This “Vaccine Pitch Meeting” kinda nails it…

Many of us have been watching the plots of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 play out for the past two years and we’re trying to rewrite the endings…

We all know what this country was founded on…

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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. — George Washington

But the messaging is everywhere…

Vaccinate Your Family @Vaxyourfam

“These Are the Pro-vaccine Messages People Want to Hear” - via @washingtonpost - bit.ly/3vj0vbF -- #COVID19 #covidvaccine #vaxnews #vaccines #vaccineswork #covid19vaccines #COVID19vaccine #vaccination

bit.lyThese are the pro-vaccine messages people want to hearNo single strategy works for everyone, but a combination of several types of messages and messengers is persuading on-the-fence folks to get vaccinated.

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How to Talk to Parents About COVID-19 Vaccines: 3 Tips From Scientists

bityl.coHow to Talk to Parents About COVID-19 Vaccines: 3 Tips From ScientistsThe National Academies of Science has new guidance for schools on encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated.

(I attempt to weave some additional perspective into a local health department presentation here.)

On Second Thought

Weaving Perspective into Propaganda

Last week, New Jersey “public health experts” Dr. Meg Fisher, Assemblyman Herb Conaway, MD, Nicole Fields of Saint James Health FQHC and Nayeli Salazar de Noguera of NJDOH's NJCCC had a panel discussion on the “importance of getting your COVID-19 booster shot and how you can help create a safer, healthier New Jersey…

a year ago · Ann Tomoko Rosen

And the silencing is intense…

Human Flourishing

Punishing Dissident Physicians

I will be heading to Sacramento next Monday to testify at a Senate committee hearing on California Assembly Bill 2098. The bill, sponsored by Senator Pan—who has been in Pharma’s back pocket for years and the source of much legislative health policy mischief in my home state—would give the medical board the authority to punish any physicians who challen…

9 months ago · 138 likes · 13 comments · Aaron Kheriaty, MD

Human Flourishing

The Censorship of Medicine

In my last post I warned of the dangers of CA Assembly Bill 2098: Here’s my recent testimony against the bill at the CA State Senate…

8 months ago · 110 likes · 8 comments · Aaron Kheriaty, MD

It helps to be aware that the same people and organizations who tell you to “talk to your doctor” and also telling your doctor what to say.

Below are some of the scripts.

If your doctor can’t speak outside these lines, think twice.

https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/resource/how-to-talk-to-parents-guardians-about-vaccinating-children
https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/resource/how-talk-about-covid-19-vaccines-parents-and-teens
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/pediatrician/quick-guide.html
https://www.immunize.org/talking-about-vaccines/responding-to-parents.asp
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/how-to-talk-to-parents-about-covid-19-vaccines-3-tips-from-scientists/2021/10
https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2022/quick-guide-talking-vaccine-hesitant-parents
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-pediatricians-are-talking-with-nervous-parents-about-the-covid-19-vaccine#Talk-about-kids-risk-when-it-comes-to-COVID-19

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Jeff Schreiber

Hi Ann - I happened to stumble onto your Stack and like what I’ve read so far. Keep the love and truth bombs coming. I look forward to hearing more.

The message above really comes down to a matter of trust. Every ad we’ve seen for a drug always is followed by the reminder to talk to your doctor (because you know you can trust them). And of course you can trust us the media playing this message (because we are trustworthy of course). So much hypnosis has been going on for a very long time through repetition and surrender of our ability to think critically. We see the effect everywhere.

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