The red-pilling about corruption in the medical field continues.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13268371/Corruption-doctors-received-pharma-payments.html
Almost six in ten doctors in the US received more than $12 billion in payments from pharma firms in the past decade, an analysis has revealed.
A study by researchers at Yale University found that 57 percent of doctors earned the huge sums from manufacturers in relation to medical drugs or devices between 2013 and 2022.
Most of the money was for consulting services or fees for things such as serving as a speaker at a venue, but the physicians also received large amounts of money for food and beverages and gifts.
Orthopedic surgeons were found to receive the largest total sum of payments, at $1.36bn, and the most common drugs related to payments were blood thinners Xarelto and Eliquis.
One medical device found to be in the top five medical devices related to industry payments was Impella, a device used in some types of heart surgery.
Some Impella devices were recalled in December by the FDA due to a perforation risk which 'may cause serious injuries or death.'
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These payments are the equivalent of book deals to politicians, and lucrative positions for retired military. Bribe money.
Interestingly, the New Testament Greek word translated “sorcery” is pharmakeia, which is the source of our English word pharmacy. In Paul’s day, the word primarily meant “dealing in poison” or “drug use” and was applied to divination and spell-casting because sorcerers often used drugs along with their incantations and amulets to conjure occult power.
Apparently, sorcery will still be practiced in the end times. Spiritual Babylon, representing the false religious system of the last days, will deceive “all nations” with sorcery (Revelation 18:23) before judgment falls.
Pharmaceuticals are just another example of how knowledge can be used for both good and for evil.
All of human history involves the struggle between good and evil, and if the Great Awakening does anything long-lasting at all, it must dramatically increase the understanding of this struggle and its importance.
The single most powerful change we can make in that regard is to focus on Jesus' teachings on love and especially on the compassionate treatment of children.
Of course, many other religions and traditions also teach that; also, I grew up in the American midwest in the '50s and was often appalled at how often parents who went to church seemed to have almost no understanding of Jesus' teachings regarding children, or regarding "love they neighbor" in general. Too much focus on the supernatural, not enough on the here-and-now. I was well into adulthood before I was able to get past that.
The child really IS father to the man -- sensitive dependence on initial (or early) conditions in the growth of complex systems cannot be avoided -- and children who are treated with love, compassion, and who learn that others must be treated with the same respect for their rights as they themselves desire, become loving, compassionate, emotionally healthy adults who not only respect others' rights but insist on protecting their own rights. They become good neighbors and decent human beings. They also know what they want in life and how to get it.
EDIT: What I describe in the above paragraph is a statistical truth (like "men are taller than women") -- it is well-supported statistically but every PERSON is an individual, which means that -- just as some women are tall and some men are short -- some people who had horrible childhoods become loving and decent human beings (although usually the trauma causes physical or emotional issues; see the well-known ACE study for stunning examples).
I'm pretty sure that humans will never stop practicing pharma (drugs, herbs, and specific diets for that matter) -- and when used with malice or even just without sufficient regard for the well-being of others, then bad things will result.
As always where choices between good actions and evil ones are concerned, the treatment of the children who BECAME the adults involved is the largest factor in which way the choices go.