Sounds all too familiar my fren. I was getting burned out and saw the direction things were going and decided I needed a sabbatical. I needed some time just to air the cobwebs out and refocus. Even in the beginning stages of the plandemic I kept myself plugged in to what was happening on the front lines. I helplessly watched as practitioners that genuinely cared struggled to come up with solutions to help their patients only to be shutdown and demeaned for even suggesting treatments not approved by the guardians of the science. This process started barely two weeks into the first hospitalizations. Patients were put on ventilators and literally sacrificed for money. The Covid cash cow piggy trough was engaged early to help fuel the greed from administrators and officials that were giddy with all the dollars flowing into their coffers. I was horrified. Then the censoring started. It was all like a really bad dream that never ends.

I have decided for the moment, that returning to clinical practice will not work the way things are currently. Maybe in time, if this system blows up, I can be involved in building something better that really focuses on health. Also like you, I could not bring myself to return to teaching either because I could not stomach the narrative of just absolute bull crap I would be forced to teach to the new and upcoming medical and dental professionals. Any curriculum that presented information that strayed from the narrative was met with swift and often job ending discipline. So, I am finding other pursuits to challenge my mind.

I challenged the narrative even when I was a student and I had many differences of opinions with instructors over just basic science - especially when it came to wrong information contained in textbooks. Years are spent learning basic foundational elements of anatomy, biochem, and physiology, only to have it shelved when application moves in. Somehow, 1 + 1 now equaled 3, 4, or 5 depending on the desired outcome. Even then I felt like I was the only one in the classroom that could still critically think. Nutrition was a dirty word and anyone that even suggested there were alternatives was immediately belittled and publicly chastised. It is perpetual hazing that does not end after graduation - as anyone that has dared to buck the Olympian gods of the science can attest.

Here is something to help get you started about the tracking of prescribers among other things. It is a little dated, but still a good place to begin. The companies mentioned in the article that data mine the healthcare industry have since merged with other companies - as is the case with many industries that consolidate into larger behemoth structures. If I find anything else on the topic I will be sure to forward it to you. Thanks again for the discussion. The Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry on Healthcare Practitioners’ Prescribing Habits