narrative from a surgeon.
http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/
The Surgeon General also stated that 49,000 deaths per year were caused by second hand smoke. As a surgeon, I was stunned, because I had never seen an autopsy report listing second hand smoke as the cause of death. Nor had I seen this as a secondary cause of death. So I asked six pathologists if they had ever listed second hand smoke as a cause of death – not one had. In my years of clinical practice, I have seen patients die from many devastating diseases, and yet I have never seen anyone who has been disabled by, or has died as a result of, second hand smoke. This was my first clue that perhaps there was more hyperbole than science involved in the reports issuing from the Surgeon General’s Office. To give a contrast: 33,000 people die per year of pancreatic cancer – all of the pathologists have listed pancreatic cancer as a cause of death.
And he continues.
If second hand smoke exposure is a significant risk factor for developing lung cancer, then we should expect to see increased numbers of cancer cases in non-smokers who are exposed to regular doses of second hand smoke. Has there been an increase in the incidence of lung cancer among non-smokers over the last 40 years? The answer is quite simply… No.
Why is it that our health minister never gets to see articles like this? Instead they get fed a diet of obfuscation from the tobacco control industry, with words like maybe, could, it is thought, etc.
Personally, I think that the average minister in Government and their sycophantic senior civil servants are as thick as pig shit. No wonder no-one votes anymore. how many MPs have held down a real job before
Would it not be more fitting if a government minister had some relevant experience to his job. Take our so called health minister.
Born in Hornchurch, Essex, Lansley was educated at Brentwood School and the University of Exeter, gaining a BA in politics. During his time at Exeter University, Lansley was elected as President of the Guild of Students (Student Union), as a Broad Left candidate.
It’s interesting in the above paragraph that he was a “Broad Left” candidate. we all know how the left love control.
In short, would it not be a prerequisite that ministers have to be qualified in a discipline to match their brief?
the Prime Minister must have run a multi million company.
The chancellor of the exchequer must have operated in the financial markets.
The Minister of defence must have actually served in the armed forces
The Minister for overseas aid should have been an ambassador to some shithole of a country.
Bye now I hope you’ve got the gist of my argument.
It all boils down to the fact the country is being run by people that are completely out of their depth. And it’s not going to get better in the short, medium, or long term.
You and me are screwed.
