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What passes for science today instead is mostly corporate sales pitches is time to divide us right down to the individual
that are not only wrong but often destructive. We are in a dark age. level and make everyone afraid of even their own
Science, religion, ethics, business, farming, nutrition, history, eco- family members. Remember, the most severe
nomics, health, morality and politics are not separate, unrelated subjects. form of punishment in the American justice
They are different aspects of one integrated, unified reality. They are all system, short of the death penalty, is isolation:
connected, and we are all connected. We see glimpses of that in Plague solitary confinement.
of Corruption and other books. Unfortunately, though Pasteur’s lack of This fake “new normal” will reverberate
integrity and fake science may not have made a big impact in his own through every facet of our unified reality. No
time, its consequences have continued to play out with increasing effect more religious freedom or freedom in general.
for more than a century. Want to go to a ball game, go out to eat, hang out
Many other players have also contributed to the plague of corruption, at a bar, go to a wedding or go to a movie? No,
which in the year 2020 has reached unprecedented levels. People who no, no, no and nope. All social ties that bind us
know nothing about economics seek to impose drastic, economically together are being severed. Do I have to suggest
disastrous measures for the “benefit” of our health. Millions are out of a this might not end well?
job and finding it increasingly difficult to afford food and other basic ne- Dr. Mikovits does try to provide a little light
cessities—but apparently that has nothing to do with health. Government in this dark age with suggestions on what really
officials would have millions believe their jobs are “non-essential.” That works for health. I don’t necessarily agree with
must be good for mental health. “You are not important. Have a nice day.” all of her suggestions, but she does mention
We already live in a world of fake news, fake health care, fake education the importance of healthy fats and deuterium-
and fake food. Humans don’t have a stellar track record of getting along. depleted water, which Dr. Tom Cowan has
Now we see social distancing and promotion of a “new normal”—a fake spoken about at our conferences. Overall, the
normal. This has already stirred up a storm of protest and violence like thumb is UP.
we haven’t seen since the 1960s. The news media have worked hard to Review by Tim Boyd
divide us along racial, gender and socioeconomic lines. Now apparently it

BOOK REVIEWS IN Wise Traditions
The Weston A. Price Foundation receives two or three books per week, all of course seeking a Thumbs Up review.
What are the criteria we use for choosing a book to review, and for giving a Thumbs Up?
• First and foremost, we are looking for books that add to the WAPF message. Dietary advice should incorporate the
WAPF guidelines while adding new insights, new discoveries and/or new therapies.
• We are especially interested in books on the fat-soluble vitamins, traditional food preparation methods and healing
protocols based on the WAPF dietary principles.
• We look for consistency. If you talk about toxins in vaccines in one part of your book but say you are not against
vaccines in another part of your book, or praise fat in your text but include recipes featuring lean meat, we are
unlikely to review it.
• We do not like to give Thumbs Down reviews. If we do not agree with the major tenets expounded in a book sent
to us, we will just not review it. However, we feel that we have an obligation to point out the problems in influential
or bestselling books that peddle misinformation, and for these we will give a negative review. We also will give a
negative review to any book that misrepresents the findings of Weston A. Price.

• If you want us to review your book, please do not send it as an email attachment. Have the courtesy to send us a
hard copy book or a printout of your ebook or manuscript in a notebook or coil binding.

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