Dr. Kelly Victory
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I'm so glad you mentioned that. Maybe Caleb can throw that up there. Dr. Matthias Desmet, I believe, has been on the show with Drew in the past. We certainly have quoted him commonly. He's the person who I first became familiar with referencing Bethlehem. Mass Formation Psychosis and Mass Formation, That Psychology. But I have not read that book cover to cover. I would like to.
I'm so glad you mentioned that. Maybe Caleb can throw that up there. Dr. Matthias Desmet, I believe, has been on the show with Drew in the past. We certainly have quoted him commonly. He's the person who I first became familiar with referencing Bethlehem. Mass Formation Psychosis and Mass Formation, That Psychology. But I have not read that book cover to cover. I would like to.
But I think, you know, go with this line of the theory behind the, you know, totalitarianism and the tactics. And certainly it played into, I believe, what happened with our profession. But go on from there.
But I think, you know, go with this line of the theory behind the, you know, totalitarianism and the tactics. And certainly it played into, I believe, what happened with our profession. But go on from there.
No, I think you are right. And I've said that myself many, many times. We have a disease care system, not a healthcare system. It's my understanding that in ancient Greece, actually, people paid their physicians when they were well and stopped paying when they got sick because it was a sign that you're not doing your job. We do the opposite.
No, I think you are right. And I've said that myself many, many times. We have a disease care system, not a healthcare system. It's my understanding that in ancient Greece, actually, people paid their physicians when they were well and stopped paying when they got sick because it was a sign that you're not doing your job. We do the opposite.
Doctors only make money and hospitals certainly only make money when people are in their hospitals. And so we have an incentive to do things that are not necessarily in their best interest.
Doctors only make money and hospitals certainly only make money when people are in their hospitals. And so we have an incentive to do things that are not necessarily in their best interest.
Not you and I personally, but the big system we know that 80% of all physicians are now employed by large hospital systems or hospital groups and insurance companies that don't necessarily have their best interests in mind.
Not you and I personally, but the big system we know that 80% of all physicians are now employed by large hospital systems or hospital groups and insurance companies that don't necessarily have their best interests in mind.
Where do you see, we've got a couple of minutes left and I know your patients are anxiously waiting for you to get back to clinic, so I feel obligated to let you go back to what you actually do expertly every day, which is care for pediatric patients. But in the last couple of minutes, talk a little bit about what you would like to see. We've got multiple competing crises.
Where do you see, we've got a couple of minutes left and I know your patients are anxiously waiting for you to get back to clinic, so I feel obligated to let you go back to what you actually do expertly every day, which is care for pediatric patients. But in the last couple of minutes, talk a little bit about what you would like to see. We've got multiple competing crises.
We got bird flu and the impact it's having. We've got measles. We've got Robert Kennedy Jr. trying to attend to some other things on his radar, some far bigger issues, like addressing the food system and those sorts of things.
We got bird flu and the impact it's having. We've got measles. We've got Robert Kennedy Jr. trying to attend to some other things on his radar, some far bigger issues, like addressing the food system and those sorts of things.
What would you like to see happen in the next, say, 12 months with regard to where we're going with health and human services, where we're going with health care in the United States?
What would you like to see happen in the next, say, 12 months with regard to where we're going with health and human services, where we're going with health care in the United States?
I share your hope and I appreciate those sentiments. I think the world of Robert Kennedy Jr., I think that he is absolutely sincere in his efforts. I think he wants to expose a lot of the fraud and corruption. I think he wants to get us back to the basics, return us to where we focus on health, not disease. And that certainly starts with our food system.
I share your hope and I appreciate those sentiments. I think the world of Robert Kennedy Jr., I think that he is absolutely sincere in his efforts. I think he wants to expose a lot of the fraud and corruption. I think he wants to get us back to the basics, return us to where we focus on health, not disease. And that certainly starts with our food system.
He has not, you know, the terrible anti-vaxxer you know, crazy conspiracy theorists that they want to, you know, you to believe that he is, I think he is genuine. I think he's brilliantly smart. He's got a great background. He's fought big pharma in the past. He will fight for kids. Uh, he will fight for, um, for informed consent.
He has not, you know, the terrible anti-vaxxer you know, crazy conspiracy theorists that they want to, you know, you to believe that he is, I think he is genuine. I think he's brilliantly smart. He's got a great background. He's fought big pharma in the past. He will fight for kids. Uh, he will fight for, um, for informed consent.