Dr. Aseem Malhotra
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they potentially know that down the line, they're going to get offered lucrative jobs with big pharma. You know, government jobs don't pay as well as these big corporations do. So it's a huge bias in the system and it's damaging. It's very, very damaging. And you use the right word. Disgusting is the right word, Megan.
Yeah, well, that's a really good question. So I think things really started to... I mean, this is part of the economic system we're in, Megan. So up until sort of the 80s, maybe early 90s, most of the funding of these regulatory agencies came from government.
Yeah, well, that's a really good question. So I think things really started to... I mean, this is part of the economic system we're in, Megan. So up until sort of the 80s, maybe early 90s, most of the funding of these regulatory agencies came from government.
Yeah, well, that's a really good question. So I think things really started to... I mean, this is part of the economic system we're in, Megan. So up until sort of the 80s, maybe early 90s, most of the funding of these regulatory agencies came from government.
But because of the economic change, something called neoliberalism that was the brainchild of a Chicago economist who was very close to Ronald Reagan, his name was Milton Friedman. He basically wanted to reduce regulations, if you like, and allow companies to basically have open season when it came to drug development, less regulation, etc.
But because of the economic change, something called neoliberalism that was the brainchild of a Chicago economist who was very close to Ronald Reagan, his name was Milton Friedman. He basically wanted to reduce regulations, if you like, and allow companies to basically have open season when it came to drug development, less regulation, etc.
But because of the economic change, something called neoliberalism that was the brainchild of a Chicago economist who was very close to Ronald Reagan, his name was Milton Friedman. He basically wanted to reduce regulations, if you like, and allow companies to basically have open season when it came to drug development, less regulation, etc.
And government obviously thought it was better for them to reduce spending not knowing what the consequences would be. I don't think this was deliberate. And over time, what would happen is the drug companies then took over funding the very industries that are supposed to regulate them because it suits their interests, doesn't it, of course, because then they get more drugs approved more quickly.
And government obviously thought it was better for them to reduce spending not knowing what the consequences would be. I don't think this was deliberate. And over time, what would happen is the drug companies then took over funding the very industries that are supposed to regulate them because it suits their interests, doesn't it, of course, because then they get more drugs approved more quickly.
And government obviously thought it was better for them to reduce spending not knowing what the consequences would be. I don't think this was deliberate. And over time, what would happen is the drug companies then took over funding the very industries that are supposed to regulate them because it suits their interests, doesn't it, of course, because then they get more drugs approved more quickly.
And we're now in a situation where we're having to deal with a massive shortage overmedicated population around the world in the United States. You know, it's estimated globally, I've said this before, but people need to hear it again, that the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer globally is prescribed medications.
And we're now in a situation where we're having to deal with a massive shortage overmedicated population around the world in the United States. You know, it's estimated globally, I've said this before, but people need to hear it again, that the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer globally is prescribed medications.
And we're now in a situation where we're having to deal with a massive shortage overmedicated population around the world in the United States. You know, it's estimated globally, I've said this before, but people need to hear it again, that the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer globally is prescribed medications.
This is not even to do with the COVID vaccine or the vaccine. This is pre-pandemic figures. And this is just one symptom of why we've got here really, Megan.
This is not even to do with the COVID vaccine or the vaccine. This is pre-pandemic figures. And this is just one symptom of why we've got here really, Megan.
This is not even to do with the COVID vaccine or the vaccine. This is pre-pandemic figures. And this is just one symptom of why we've got here really, Megan.
Well, it's interesting, Megan, because I didn't know that. And that, for me, suggests that she had a big role to play in the approval of the COVID vaccine, which we know has been an absolute horror, right? If you look at the evidence now, if you allow me to elaborate a little bit on that, I mean, things keep accumulating over time.
Well, it's interesting, Megan, because I didn't know that. And that, for me, suggests that she had a big role to play in the approval of the COVID vaccine, which we know has been an absolute horror, right? If you look at the evidence now, if you allow me to elaborate a little bit on that, I mean, things keep accumulating over time.
Well, it's interesting, Megan, because I didn't know that. And that, for me, suggests that she had a big role to play in the approval of the COVID vaccine, which we know has been an absolute horror, right? If you look at the evidence now, if you allow me to elaborate a little bit on that, I mean, things keep accumulating over time.
You know, when the COVID vaccine was approved, let's say Pfizer and Moderna, which was the most prominent COVID vaccines used in the United States, We were under this impression, and it was obviously fueled by all sorts of media, especially the legacy media, that it was going to be very protective, maybe 95% to 100% protective against infection, et cetera, et cetera.