Oh, and I read this blog yesterday about
the CDC - it's at least thought provoking.
/andthebandplayson.com/2016/10/23/cdc-corruption/ A tiny bit from that blog:
"DC SPIDER scientists (Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence, and Ethics in Research) have expressed concern for the “astonishing” practices of the organization. It is telling that this group of federally employed scientists has chosen to express this concern anonymously “for fear of retribution” despite statutes that supposedly protect federal employees from whistleblower retaliation. This begs a serious investigation into whether the Whistleblower Protection Act has any real, enforceable, practical value, or if it is a ruse.
While we would all prefer, and almost all of us have been conditioned, to think that unethical Tuskegee-like actions occur only in history and never in the present, there is presently abundant public outcry about
the CDC’s handling of at least two infectious diseases: Lyme and the Zika virus.
More people suddenly are becoming familiar with the prevalence and severity of Lyme disease. In 2013, the CDC revised its annual estimate of infection rates from 29,000 to over 329,000 new cases annually. This gave some who live with Lyme disease and the doctors who treat them hope that the acceptance of high prevalence would lead to greater research and care. This has not happened. In fact, the federal government of Canada, which has followed CDC diagnostic and treatment guidelines for Lyme disease to date, is presently convening meetings of its own scientists to develop better treatment protocols for the disease in recognition that the American government–e.g., the CDC–has been negligent in its acknowledgement of science related to Lyme disease.
In 2014, the Canadian House of Commons passed a law called the Federal Framework for Lyme Disease whose preamble states, stunningly, that “the current guidelines in Canada are based on those in the United States and are so restrictive as to severely limit the diagnosis of acute Lyme disease and deny the existence of continuing infection, thus abandoning sick people with a treatable illness.”
"Since May, the Zika virus has been touted as a serious public health risk by the CDC and perhaps in even greater measure by mainstream news organizations. The Zika panic can be fairly compared to that which ensued following warnings of swine flu, avian flu, West Nile virus, SARS and many other infectious diseases. To date, 3,936 cases of Zika have been reported among American people, 128 of which have been contracted within the United States. (By comparison, over 300,000 new cases of Lyme diseases are estimated to occur within the United States annually, or over 3 million over the past decade.)
This is not to suggest that raising awareness about
the Zika virus is unwarranted; however, the attention and resources allocated to Zika virus prevention are surprising given its limited prevalence: In February, President Obama requested $1.9 billion in emergency funding for Zika-related public health efforts, and U.S. Congress has struggled over the request, with the House proposing $1.1 billion. Only $24 million on average is dedicated by the National Institutes of Health annually to research Lyme disease despite its unquestionably much higher prevalence and known severity."
"Purportedly in order to stem the spread of the Zika virus, federal agencies have authorized the aerial spraying of Naled, a potent pesticide, over areas that are determined to be high-risk areas for Zika. While the CDC and EPA claim that Naled poses little to no risk to human beings, the chemical is listed as acutely “moderately to highly toxic by ingestion, inhalation and dermal adsorption” with chronic exposure causing “impaired memory and concentration, disorientation, severe depressions, irritability, confusion, headache, speech difficulties, delayed reaction times, nightmares, sleepwalking and drowsiness or insomnia. An influenza-like condition with headache, nausea, weakness, loss of appetite, and malaise has also been reported,” according to Extension Toxicology Network, a collaboration of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, and University of California at Davis. Remarkably, the effects of Naled can be strikingly similar to those of Zika virus infection itself–including potentially causing serious birth defects among children born to pregnant women who are exposed to the chemical.
Despite assertions that Naled is poses no risk to human beings or the environment, it was widely reported in September that millions of bees were killed by Naled spraying in South Carolina, supposedly in an effort to control Zika."