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The Inquisitive Inquisitor's avatar

Probably one area of this that is often overlooked are the special operations that take place in comments sections. Lots of games being played. The goal it seems is to sow confusion.

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rich's avatar

you would know all about trolling comments

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The Inquisitive Inquisitor's avatar

Dr. Joe Mercola is an osteopathic physician who sells supplements and wellness products and his net worth is $100 million.

I'm not talking about trolling. I'm talking about special operations.

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rich's avatar

and big pharma is a trillion dollar conglomerate that bribes congress...sells toxic vaxxines and pills...and keeps natural treatments hidden from view...now go get your 15th COVID booster

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Eddie's avatar

Gone are the days where you had one vaccine and the problem is solved. Now we are at four shots and the effectiveness of the vaccines are questionable at best.

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Big Pharma is a big problem just as big anything is, but supplements and those who get rich off of them are not the answer. It's just more Big Pharma. THINK.

https://pharma.elsevier.com/pharma-rd/link-big-pharma-supplement-industry/

****One can imagine that some pharmaceutical drug makers might fume over this situation. After all, while they take on the serious and costly work of running intensive drug trials and conducting post-market surveillance, dietary supplement makers can just grind up a few plants, put them in a bottle and then forgo responsibility. Except for one thing: the reality is that even though the regulations on pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals are as different as night and day, the companies creating them are not.

“Increasingly, Big Pharma and Big Herba are indistinguishable,” claims Parramore. “The very same mega-companies with gigantic chemical labs that make drugs are cooking up vitamin and herbal supplements labeled with sunny terms like ‘natural’ and ‘wholesome.’ Pfizer, Unilever, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and other big pharmaceutical firms make or sell supplements.” While she does acknowledge there are a few small companies still in the mix, Parramore says they represent a tiny amount of the total sales in the $23 billion-a-year supplement business.

Many of these pharma companies have made the foray into supplements because it plays to their strengths while being far, far cheaper than drug development. Meanwhile, though, there are other large companies coming at it from a different direction. Nestlé has established a subsidiary, Nestlé Health Science, which, according to STAT, “employs 3,000 people globally and brings in annual revenue of about $2 billion. The big drivers: high-protein nutritional shakes sold under the Boost brand, and shakes and soups marketed under the Meritene brand as reducing ‘tiredness and fatigue,’ among other benefits.”****

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rich's avatar

you blew your cover as a troll when you claimed to know Mercola's net worth...his wife doesnt even know his net worth...now go work on another straw man argument

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