#BecauseMiami: Dr. Mufson or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Less Fluoride
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Why was fluoride removed from Miami-Dade County's water?
The fluoride frenzy reaching a boiling point Tuesday. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners has voted to remove fluoride from the county water system.
Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation?
Back in the 40s, they started doing this nonsense, putting this in the water as fluoride.
Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?
If you take more than what it's supposed to be brushing your teeth with, then you have to call 911.
It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual.
I was injured in 2017 from the tetanus vaccine, and I'm half-numb from the waist down.
Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?
And I just have to mention a 5G tower pops up involuntarily radiating them 24 hours a day.
And the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
It is our right to not be intoxicated by our government.
That's the way your hardcore commie works.
Aye. Aye. All against? No.
No.
So two nays, item passes.
That was a Miami-Dade County Commission meeting, appropriately on April Fool's Day, Roy. Yeah, that makes sense. And we intercut the actual public comment that happened that day, along with Florida Surgeon General and Quack Ladapo in the House.
What are the historical misconceptions about fluoride?
And we intercut that with clips from the 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which a United States Air Force Brigadier General named Jack D. Ripper. Loses his mind over a communist conspiracy theory to poison Americans by putting fluoride in our water. This was a real bullshit John Birch Society conspiracy theory in the late 50s, 1960s. And he orders his attack wing to drop nuclear bombs on Russia, thus ending war. The earth. He destroys the earth in nuclear war over a nonsensical conspiracy theory about fluoride in our water. This was a dark political satire in 1964. And now we are living it in real life. And the Miami of today is the America of tomorrow. And Miami-Dade County, one of the largest counties in the entire country, just ended what I understand is scientifically recognized as one of the most successful public health initiatives in the history of the world. Not great. Not far from ideal. But but don't take my word for it. We go to the scientists. We go to the experts.
We are joined now by Dr. Richard Mufson, a board certified oral surgeon with over 30 years of experience treating patients in South Florida, graduate of Temple University of Dentistry in Philly, and did his postgrad work at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He's joining us live from the drilling room. It looks like in Aventura, Florida or North North Miami Beach. Where are you, doctor?
How are you doing? I'm in Aventura and greetings and thank you for having me on. And I appreciate the good work that you've been doing over the years. So, so nice to be with you.
Thank you. It's rare to hear somebody say that. Normally I hear, no, I was listening. Yeah, I don't even say that. So, so doctor, am I, maybe perhaps I'm wrongheaded about this. Let's start at the beginning here. Why did we put this poison into our water supply in the first place?
Well, you know, historically, it was realized that early 1900s, 1901, it was discovered that a certain city in Colorado, Colorado Springs, people had brown, ugly teeth, but they also had no cavities. And it took them a few decades to realize there was a reason. It was the fluoride, which was much too high in the water in that city. But
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why was fluoride removed from Miami-Dade County's water?
0:36–2:19
2
What are the historical misconceptions about fluoride?
2:19–5:04
3
Who is Dr. Richard Mufson and what is his stance on fluoride?
5:04–10:36
4
How does the removal of fluoride impact public health?
10:36–19:57
5
What misinformation is being spread about fluoride?
19:57–29:26
6
How do local politics influence public health decisions?
29:26–33:50
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