It was a gorgeous spring afternoon in 1993. Dr. Harvey Pass MD, one of the world's leading mesothelioma surgeons and the chief of thoracic surgery at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in Bethesda, Maryland, was busy working in his laboratory when Michele Carbone MD, PhD, an Italian pathologist and a researcher at the NCI, strode in with a most unusual request. These men did not know each other and had spoken for the first time on the telephone just a few hours prior to this meeting. Carbone was asking Pass for his help in proving a somewhat controversial theory he had developed about the origins of mesothelioma, a deadly cancer afflicting the the lining of the chest and the lung. Mesothelioma was virtually unheard of prior to 1950, but the incidence of the disease has risen steadily since then. Though considered rare — responsible for the deaths of about 3,000 Americans a year, or about one half of one percent of all domestic cancer deaths—the disease is deadly. Most patients die within eighteen months of diagnosis.
I’m no scientist, and I find it quite challenging trying to interpret much of what I’ve read about SV40 and how it relates to the Covid vaccines. But this background on the polio crisis is fascinating and helps immensely. I recently attempted to engage a pediatric infectious disease specialist about the topic. I asked if he had heard or read anything about “DNA contamination in the COVID vaccines?” He replied with an insulting giggle and grin, and stated “the vaccines use mRNA, not DNA.”
The conversation was over. He wasn’t even remotely equipped to listen or understand what I might be able share.
Regret isn’t helpful, but I so wish I’d never been in the situation to get the jab or lose my job. Knowing what I know now, I would’ve gladly accepted termination. Lord protect all that were forced between feeding the family or drinking the mystery kool aid.
1. The internet has democratized the availability of information that was previously only available to experts.
And
2. The so-called experts are bombarded with half-baked information from within their own echo chambers leading to extremely polarized cognitive biases. They don't know that they don't know.
This demise of expertise was a long time coming. Every person needs to arm themselves with information. An expert who readily admits they don't know is more trustworthy than someone who says you don't.
I’m no scientist, and I find it quite challenging trying to interpret much of what I’ve read about SV40 and how it relates to the Covid vaccines. But this background on the polio crisis is fascinating and helps immensely. I recently attempted to engage a pediatric infectious disease specialist about the topic. I asked if he had heard or read anything about “DNA contamination in the COVID vaccines?” He replied with an insulting giggle and grin, and stated “the vaccines use mRNA, not DNA.”
The conversation was over. He wasn’t even remotely equipped to listen or understand what I might be able share.
Regret isn’t helpful, but I so wish I’d never been in the situation to get the jab or lose my job. Knowing what I know now, I would’ve gladly accepted termination. Lord protect all that were forced between feeding the family or drinking the mystery kool aid.
Two things are happening simultaneously:
1. The internet has democratized the availability of information that was previously only available to experts.
And
2. The so-called experts are bombarded with half-baked information from within their own echo chambers leading to extremely polarized cognitive biases. They don't know that they don't know.
This demise of expertise was a long time coming. Every person needs to arm themselves with information. An expert who readily admits they don't know is more trustworthy than someone who says you don't.