Originally Posted by Gulfcoast (Post 1860072)

I've seen plenty of practicing physicians - doctors who actually care for patients every day in Primary Care, Urgent Care, ER say that this virus has been overblown. Big time.

Hospitals are not and never have been overwhelmed by this thing. Bodies are not piling up in the street. There is evidence to suggest that cloth masks and all of the hyper sanitizing and distancing that people are doing could very well be doing more harm than good. It could actually have some very serious consequences for our immune systems.

I have heard sad tales about children, teenagers and young adults who have been isolated inside their homes away from people their age since the beginning of this. They go to school virtually. They play video games and talk on social media but that's about the extent of their lives. They are missing out on so much fun and they will never get that time back. It's sad but their parents have bought into the fear hook, line and sinker and they think that they are keeping their kids "safe". That isn't safe.

Originally Posted by macawlaw (Post 1860533)

Depression and loneliness is real.

Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 1860531)

Once again, the remarks were in reference to the New York Yimes, not anything whatsoever to do with MSN in any [I][I]way.

"Like"' Judy..."appreciate" real.

Not surprising.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1860563)

I was replying to Orange Blossom Baby, not you.

Originally Posted by Gulfcoast (Post 1860072)

I've seen plenty of practicing physicians - doctors who actually care for patients every day in Primary Care, Urgent Care, ER say that this virus has been overblown. Big time.

Hospitals are not and never have been overwhelmed by this thing. Bodies are not piling up in the street. There is evidence to suggest that cloth masks and all of the hyper sanitizing and distancing that people are doing could very well be doing more harm than good. It could actually have some very serious consequences for our immune systems.

I have heard sad tales about children, teenagers and young adults who have been isolated inside their homes away from people their age since the beginning of this. They go to school virtually. They play video games and talk on social media but that's about the extent of their lives. They are missing out on so much fun and they will never get that time back. It's sad but their parents have bought into the fear hook, line and sinker and they think that they are keeping their kids "safe". That isn't safe.

Originally Posted by Bonnevie (Post 1859811)

Some researchers and doctors say that Mercola steers patients away from proven treatments and peddles pseudoscientific misinformation on topics such as flu shots and fluoridation. In their view, he is resurrecting old myths, such as the threat posed by mercury in dental fillings, and promoting new ones, such as the notion that microwave ovens emit harmful radiation. “The information he’s putting out to the public is extremely misleading and potentially very dangerous,” opines Dr. Stephen Barrett, who runs the medical watchdog site Quackwatch.org. “He exaggerates the risks and potential dangers of legitimate science-based medical care, and he promotes a lot of unsubstantiated ideas and sells [certain] products with claims that are misleading.”

Some of the articles on Mercola’s site, Barrett and others say, seem to be as much about selling the wide array of products offered there—from Melatonin Sleep Support Spray ($21.94 for three 0.85-ounce bottles) to Organic Sea Buckthorn Anti-Aging Serum ($22 for one ounce)—as about trying to inform. (Your tampon “may be a ticking time bomb,” he tells site visitors—but you can buy his “worry-free” organic cotton tampons for the discounted price of $7.99 for 16.) Steven Salzberg, a prominent biologist, professor, and researcher at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, calls Mercola “the 21st-century equivalent of a snake-oil salesman.”

Originally Posted by Scott O (Post 1860658)

And do you think not think that every entity in this world doesn’t have haters and biased for some reason? I cannot stand several news networks along with 70 million others, so I don’t go on them, because I find them misleading...you have that option, this is not communist China. ...so your response really isn’t validated ...also do you know it’s perfectly legal to endorse your own products, like this MD, it’s called making a living...and those complaining maybe his competitors, did that occur to you...

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 1860946)

Just in case you missed this :

"Dr. Joseph Mercola is a family physician living in north eastern Florida coast and stopped seeing patients in 2007 to focus on his website, mercola.com which has been the most visited natural health site on the web since 2004."

He sells vitamins and health supplements.

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 1860946)

Just in case you missed this :

"Dr. Joseph Mercola is a family physician living in north eastern Florida coast and stopped seeing patients in 2007 to focus on his website, mercola.com which has been the most visited natural health site on the web since 2004."

He sells vitamins and health supplements.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1861054)

He also sells and promotes alt-med quackery in the form of ingesting liquid silver solution (which does nothing other than turn your skin and pupils permanently blue), promotes medical anti-pharmaceutical conspiracies (you only "need" heart meds because Big Pharma pays your doctor to prescribe them!"), and pure quackery such as suggesting that snorting whippets ( laughing gas, nitrous oxide) is a viable treatment for COVID-19.

You need to stay far, far away from this website, if you even THINK you might actually need medical care, for anything, ever.

The only thing it's useful for is satisfying your morbid curiosity of "things that idiots actually believe, and the guy who profits from it."