Book Review "The Truth About Covid-19" By Joseph Mercola

It’s so funny, yet unsurprising how folks continue to react to getting vaccinated against Covid-19. Those who are for the vaccine have put their faith in a flawed medical and pharmaceutical industry subsidized by a government with a flawed history. Those who are against the vaccines are upset because of the lack of assurances or certainty that comes with vaccines. These good folks have a difficult time understanding the concept of reduced probability and are mostly nihilist. Every single person I’ve ever come across, consciously or subconsciously has his or her own philosophy, each and everyone of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which you determine what to believe.

Fortunately, there is another way to see things. We don’t need bias politicians on both sides of the covid argument telling New Yorkers what to do. Back in the early 80’s. I use to live at 1505 Townsend Ave (Bx), there use to be a dope spot across the street from my house. At times, when two competing crews sold drugs from the same abandoned building, each crew used different stamps - Obsession being one of them, to differentiate from the other crew. Both crews were bad drug dealers, but the Obsession crew provided more value to the junkies - becoming the better of 2 bad choices. That is what we’re presented with today. Dr Fauci’s vaccine is today’s Obsession since he's part of a bureaucratic group with a flawed history.

What about the crew against vaccination? Dr. Joseph Mercola is an antivaxer and the author of “The Truth About Covid-19”, a book Robert Kennedy Jr wrote the forward for. In it, Mercola acknowledges covid-19 is real. He uses the pandemic to highlight things he's been advocating for over 25 years. Mercola is saying everything I've been saying about food and nutrition since I opened my juice bar. I think the doctor’s intentions are mostly noble. I think the author does a good job at pointing out how flawed/corrupt FDA/DOH have been in the past. In his writings, Mercola used his clinical knowledge of research to spot omissions and sound the alarm.

Unfortunately, with the advent of Covid-19, folks like Dr Mercola have doubled down on the idea wheatgrass and clinically unproven homeopathic remedies can prevent Covid-19 instead of vaccination. So these absurd ideas create more demand for supplements Mercola has made a fortune selling now more in the open - so if you repeat something often enough, people will believe it.

When Stoop Juice was open, any customer who was 70 or more pounds over weight qualified for a complementary consultation to qualify for a free 100 day juice cleanse which was $9,000 retail value. Participants weight would be recorded, we’d list what they usually eat, and to ensure participants were self motivated enough to complete a 100 day juice fast, they were given a diet and exercise routine with the goal of losing 10 pounds prior to start of juice cleanse. In return, Stoop Juice could film the entire process.

Out of 89 participants who came in for a consultation, none ever followed up. This experience taught me a harsh reality, regardless of my best intentions, I couldn’t change the habits of people who didn’t want to put in the work. At first, I took this personal, but eventually I came away with a better understanding of human nature.

Out of my ability to forgive these folks for wasting my time arose a self-forgiveness within me and the relief of guilt. I decided to let go of any negativity and chose to be loving; In the end, I was the one who benefited. With an increased awareness human nature comes the progressive invulnerability to pain. Once I compassionately accepted my own humanness and that of others, I started doing standup since I was no longer subject to humiliation, for true humility is a part of greatness. Out of the recognition of who we really are comes the desire to seek that which is uplifting. Out of it arises a new meaning and context for life. Dr Mercola hasn’t done the same as I have with the inner emptiness, due to how underwhelming most people can be. Regardless of his best intentions, I’m of the opinion DR Mercola is letting his ego get in the way which may explain why he pulled all his research from the internet after he was questioned about spreading misinformation by a CNN reporter. This is bigger than anyone.

Dr Mercola, Have no fear and repost your studies for your harshest critics to see. Replace your fear with true self-love, self-respect and esteem, you no longer have to seek it in the world, for despite my efforts to help people, I found my source of happiness within me. I learned that it cannot be supplied by the world anyway.

No amount of riches can compensate for an inner feeling of poverty. We all know of the many multimillionaires who try to compensate for their inner sense of hollowness and lack of inner worth. Once we have contacted this inner Self, this inner greatness, this inner completion, contentment, and true sense of happiness, we have transcended the world. The world is now a place to enjoy, and we are no longer run by it. We are no longer at the effect of it. Mary, what I'm asking you to do isn't easy - Reason is the mirror of the mind’s vanity; ultimately, there are few things more boring to observe than our convictions. Rationality, the great liberator that has freed us from the demands of our lower natures, is also a stern warden, denying our escape to the planes above and beyond intellect.

I'm a big fan of philosophy and new ideas - I have a process for studying individual philosophies and their processes. What may’ve Mercola overlooked? What are the holes in his approach? How are his actions connected to the universal? Greatness is the courage to overcome obstacles. It is the willingness to move to a higher level of love. It is the acceptance of others’ humanness and having compassion for their suffering by putting ourselves in their shoes. What's Dr Mercola's personal story? Let's not judge him, let's be as pragmatic as possible.

Update 3/28/2024 - subscribers of mercola.com have access to Dr. Mercola's updated research

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