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I see...it was clear in my head but not in my post.
Anyway, my original position (pre 2020) was pro-vaccine, all of them. I had a yearly reminder in my calendar to get the flu shot every fall, and did, without fail.
And then after a couple months of covid insanity and medical tyranny in 2020, I started to realize that the pro-vaccine propaganda was just that - propaganda. I started reading up on it. This particular book was recently referenced in an interview by Aaron Siri.
It's a great read. I learned about this book on the recent interview that Aaron Siri gave on the Dark Horse podcast (Brett Weinstein). The interview was really fascinating.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0iNJnENTx55PYnrroJxHOj.
Aaron Siri was talking about his own book (Vaccines, Amen), which I plan to read as well.
In the article you mention, "five errors" are listed, that Forrest Maready supposedly made in The Moth in the Iron Lung.
This is the first one mentioned in the article:
“Before the developments associated with the 20th century, almost all children were exposed to poliovirus during infancy, largely due to poor sanitation conditions. Sewage entered watersheds without treatment transporting the polio virus into rivers, lakes, streams and thus direct into the water supplies. Indirectly, polio virus passed through the food chain and could be traced even in milk supplies. Due to the low case:infection ratio of infants, and due to protection from transplacentally acquired maternal antibodies, paralysis was rare amongst young children, although the disease itself was endemic. Because of their exposure to polio at an early age, infected infants acquired immunity to the disease thereby protecting them in later life.”
Maready specifically refutes this exact argument in the book.
Many have suggested that improvements in sanitation caused the rise in paralytic polio. It has been proposed that advances in water quality and sewage systems created a reservoir of children that did not gain natural immunity to the poliovirus infection at a young age—as had happened in previous generations. This may seem to make sense on the surface, but does not stand up to even a trivial amount of scrutiny. The illness was called infantile paralysis for an obvious reason—infants were targeted time and again, as were children. It is unclear how improvements to sanitation could simultaneously prevent children from exposure and target them more frequently than anyone else.
What's inconsistent? Pre covid vaxx - I was basically positive on vaccines in general.
Post covid vaxx - eyes wide open to the propaganda. Never got it. Never gonna get another flu shot.
Cancer is a disease of civilization. Meaning - it was very, very uncommon before modern foods (excess consumption of grains, sugars, etc) became common.
An interesting book on this topic by Vilhjalmur Stefansson is, appropriately enough Cancer Disease of civilization?
Published in the early 1900's, he goes through the very detailed records from the first missionaries that lived among the native tribes of Canada. Cancer was completely unknown until maybe the 1930's after they'd had some decades of eating foods like flour and sugar.
Yes, I wonder what the process is like, for taking a dot org site down.
I'll bet there's lots of companies putting lots of money into that effort...
I just talked to a friend of mine, a nurse. She actually leads "healthier living" groups at a VA hospital, trying to help people eat healthier and get more exercise.
She was pretty skeptical about the changes. "Whole fat milk!", scary!
Yes, we've had the carnivore discussion. I don't engage on that topic anymore.
I think ESPECIALLY if people work in health care - unless they're skeptical, open-minded and curious - they've had 50 years of propaganda telling them that whole milk, meat, butter, etc, are unhealthy. They're not going to turn on a dime, or indeed ever.
Really interesting, thanks for the comment. If you'd ever want to explore that in more detail, I think lots of people would be interested, I certainly would.
And...yes, tallow is much more expensive. However at a personal/home level, it can be super cheap. Far cheaper than butter.
How's that? Here's what I do. I buy beef fat trimmings from a local grocery store. I only pay $0.49 a pound, and sometimes they give it away.
I render the fat trimmings into tallow. So overall, with maybe 50 percent waste, I'm paying $1/lb.
Feeling purposeless and without a "place to go, things to do" can hit lots more people than trust fund babies. Retired people without a good idea of what they want to do post-retirement can also feel at a loss, and without value to society.
Interesting article. The Macular Degeneration, which caused him to go blind, is apparently cause by long-term consumption of vegatable oils. My aunt went blind from this disease - avoiding vegetable oils can prevent it
I don't trust Peter McCormack at all since his relentless pro-covid vaccine ranting in 2021/2022.
Where there any other bitcoiners that were like this? As far as I know, he was the only one.
A huge flaw like this in his judgement = zero trust for a lifetime.
Count me in as one of those people who've transformed via carnivore. I've written it up in stacker news quite a bit. Here's some of those posts.
2025-07: My friend is eating an almost vegetarian diet. I think it's killing him.
2025-05: Carnivore Classic by Dr. Anthony Chaffee - Plants are trying to kill you
2025-04: Carnivore hack: how to buy meat without spending a fortune
2025-04: It seems like all carnivores converge on this one favorite food
2025-04: Rendering beef tallow, from beef fat trimmings - yum
2025-04: The most common question I get asked as a Carnivore has been answered
2025-03: I was unknowingly almost vegetarian, before going carnivore
2025-02: Is sugar the new smoking?
2025-02: I would continue with Carnivore even if I got only this ONE benefit
2025-02: Weird, oddball health improvements I've experienced on the Carnivore diet
2024-10: There's currently a propaganda campaign against low-carb diets
2024-07: Carnivore quotes in classical literature
2024-04: Carnivore diet - looks like it fixed this nighttime disorder for me
2024-04: Carnivore diet - believe it or not, it healed this oddball disorder for me
2024-04: Can a keto/carnivore diet heal issues like depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar?
2024-04: Eating Carnivore on a short trip - tips and tricks
2024-01: Latest steps in my carnivore path
2024-01: Carnivore achievements unlocked
2024-01: Taking a temporary break from mostly-carnivore diet during holidays
2023-12: Sugar and Alzheimers
2023-12: Kinda-carnivore diet is leading to WAY more energy
2024-12: Question for carnivores/carnivore-curious folks
2023-12: I'm transitioning ... to a more MEAT centric diet
2023-11: This book is blowing my mind - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz
My fasting was always 2 or 3 days. I think once I went to 4 days.
I absolutely dreaded it. I know some people love it, and get a fasting "high", and lots of mental clarity. Not me, I just watched cooking videos.
There were definitely some interesting things that happened, though. For instance - eyes become completely white, no red veins anywhere. Inflammation going down, or maybe autophagy?
Looks fascinating, be sure and give us a report after you check them out!
Looking at it a bit more - they need to work on their website. A site they point to a lot (https://btcnyc.github.io/) is not working.