Vaccines, Germs and a Quick Buck

by Dan Schultz, DC

The germ and vaccine theories caught on quickly because really healthy ideas are never big sellers.  Health is rarely a valued commodity in western culture, and usually only in those who have lost it. Health doesn’t sell because no one profits from health. Breastfeeding is a good example. 

As probably the single most beneficial gift to an infant’s health, it’s 100% safe and absolutely free.  Yet it falls in an out of favor with American mothers like fad clothing and doctors certainly don’t strain themselves to emphasize it. 

If breast milk were something corporations could mass produce and profit from, surely there would be studies aplenty and massive marketing campaigns.  The legislature would be lobbied for subsidies and mandates and the government would likely succumb.  There would be pressure to create breastfeeding registries and social services would probably remove children from non-breastfeeding homes.  Formula use might be outlawed or restricted.  Profitability, it seems, generates more popularity than truth.   

The primary selling point?  Fear. Marketing advisors know this all too well.  Fear sells -- even better than sex.  People stop thinking when fear enters the mind.  Reason, science and truth are non-issues.  Fear consumes them.

My question for you:  Do life-decisions made out of fear usually turn out well?

Comments

[Andrea]

after spending the last few days reading every article on your website regarding vaccine ineffectiveness i have just one comment to make for those "out there". when someone speaks to their pediatrician regarding vaccine concerns the most common response i hear about is "yes, there may be a few concerns regarding vaccines but the benefits far outweigh the concerns." i want you to know that that statement simply does not hold water. there is not one study that backs up that statement as being true. in fact, there are no studies about the long-term effect of vaccines. there is one study that observed the effects for 24 hours post injection. this website gives ample evidence to the rising concern regarding the pro/con list. after studying this topic for about 7 years i cannot think of one pro and the list of cons could fill a volumes. please, don't be duped. become an educated, independent thinker. a life surely will depend on it.