The Poor-Man's Guide to Modernity - Independent Media Center

Chapter 7 Medicine in the Service of Empire
The Construct of Western Medicine: What's the truth about
modern medicine?
This column looks at the world of modern medicine from an alternate perspective. And oh what
a difference even a slight shift can make!
Caption Perspective: Oh what a difference even a slight shift can make! (Image
courtesy of Desiree L. Rover's Presentation on Vaccinations, August 1, 2009)
We already know what the perspective is from the eyes of innocence. It is best captured in the
momentous words of international banker and chairman emeritus of Chase Manhattan Bank,
David Rockefeller himself: “Improved public health, has caused the world's infant mortality rate
to decline by 60 percent over the last 40 years. In the same period, the world's average life
expectancy has increased from 46 years in 1950s to 63 years today. This is a development
which as individuals we can only applaud.” (see full speech below)
To examine the perspective from the eyes of a predator however, perhaps the best place to
begin is with my exclamation on learning the following:
“Bed-bugs cause smallpox! I had no idea. In Pakistan, as children, like all
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