Miracle Cures: A Theory That Conspires to Make You Think

From a solo laymen's perspective, it seems to me there hasn't been many definitive medical breakthroughs in recent memory. Most of the major cures that were discovered have been several years in the past. Cures for polio, chicken pox, malaria, tuberculosis, etc all happened either before or in the early days of my generation.

What's the deal you ask (or maybe its just me)? Why aren't the miracle cures still coming? Well I have a theory.

It seems to me that in this capitalist society that we live in that money is a motivator for a lot of things. Not too many things get done without lots of money. People can't get enough of it. They lie, cheat and steal for it. So if you had a guaranteed residual income coming from a ready-made source that was renewable and your profits could continue to rise, would you work very hard to get rid of that godsend? Doctors, medical facilities, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacists, etc. are in the business of TREATING illnesses, not CURING them, at least not anymore in my opinion. The longer they can keep you on the string for more office visits, tests, medicines, consultations, x-rays, etc. the more they stand to rake in. Cure what ails you and they just lost a valued customer.

These are all very generalized statements. I am neither naive enough, or blinded by my own indignation enough to think that all doctors, hospitals, research facilities, etc. are out to get us for all they can get. There are some pretty great people out there TRYING to do some wonderful things. But its the greedy ones at the top that I hold responsible. To them its about the bottom line. Human suffering to them is measured in profit margins. Its inconceivable to me that with all the resources at the disposal of the great minds of this country that we are at a loss how to create viable cures for some of the major plagues on our society. You are telling me we can't find actual cures for ANYTHING these days?!!! The best we can do is create expensive TREATMENTS!!!! The medical establishment poo-poos natural healing methods as if they are the only real alternative. Could it be if people find out some of that crazy looking stuff actually works it might cut into their residual business? I've never really tried any of those except old family remedies passed down from generation to generation by my family. Its funny how so much of that old stuff used to work fine until modern medicine convinced us we couldn't live without it. But the world is a different place than when those old home remedies were widely used. We have more pollutants and contaminants seeping into our bodies on a daily basis. And what else kills me is that a lot of the crap that is developed to treat us more often than not contributes to our demise in some other way. I am a Type II diabetic. The meds I take to keep it in check can potentially screw up my kidneys. Ain't that a shit! Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Its suspicious people, REALLY damn suspicious.

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