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The following is a letter published in our local paper this morning:
At first I though nut case, now I see not just any nut case.
Author of: "Dr. Max Gerson: Healing The Hopeless"
by Howard Straus (the grandson of Max Gerson).
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Mainstream medicine is No. 1 killer in U.S.
The AP article Monday on the potential risks of
alternative medicine tells such a one-sided story that it appears to be a "hit" piece from the competition: allopathic medicine. In your attempt to frighten people with vague criticisms of alternative medicine, you fail completely to mention that conventional, allopathic medical care is the No. 1 killer of Americans by far. We are often told that heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes are our top four killers. That is a deliberate distortion: They are our top four disease killers. By numbers gathered from mainstream medical journals and government databases, Carolyn Dean and Gary Null showed in a carefully researched article ("Death by Medicine") that our medical system kills more than 784,000 Americans annually. This number is not vague, nor is it speculation about possible consequences; this number represents actual deaths that have occurred, without question, and have been tabulated and published.
Vioxx alone killed an estimated 144,000 people and caused injury to millions. Gardasil has killed at least 33 young women and permanently injured thousands more.
Unless you wish to be seen to be blatant propagandists for allopathic medicine, you should present the complete picture, not just press releases from pharmaceutical companies.
Howard Straus
Carmel
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This deserves a better response than I can give it.
At first I though nut case, now I see not just any nut case.
Author of: "Dr. Max Gerson: Healing The Hopeless"
by Howard Straus (the grandson of Max Gerson).
Second Letter down
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Mainstream medicine is No. 1 killer in U.S.
The AP article Monday on the potential risks of
alternative medicine tells such a one-sided story that it appears to be a "hit" piece from the competition: allopathic medicine. In your attempt to frighten people with vague criticisms of alternative medicine, you fail completely to mention that conventional, allopathic medical care is the No. 1 killer of Americans by far. We are often told that heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes are our top four killers. That is a deliberate distortion: They are our top four disease killers. By numbers gathered from mainstream medical journals and government databases, Carolyn Dean and Gary Null showed in a carefully researched article ("Death by Medicine") that our medical system kills more than 784,000 Americans annually. This number is not vague, nor is it speculation about possible consequences; this number represents actual deaths that have occurred, without question, and have been tabulated and published.
Vioxx alone killed an estimated 144,000 people and caused injury to millions. Gardasil has killed at least 33 young women and permanently injured thousands more.
Unless you wish to be seen to be blatant propagandists for allopathic medicine, you should present the complete picture, not just press releases from pharmaceutical companies.
Howard Straus
Carmel
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This deserves a better response than I can give it.