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Tim’s DVD Reviews

good for plant life and all life. The FMD model really means the insurance and pharmaceutical
devastated English agriculture. The Covid-19 industries have decided this is the best way for
model has put a major dent in agriculture and them to make money. Doctors and nurses are
the economy needed to produce and acquire just as trapped in the system as their patients.
food all over the world. Destroying the enemy’s When you see a conventional doctor, you
food supply is a tried-and-true war tactic. Gov- are putting yourself at the mercy of industries
ernments everywhere seem to have perfected that say they care. And they do care, very
the use of computer models to convince us that deeply—about your money. If you need to lose
they need to reduce our food supply for our weight, they will help you lose weight, mostly
own good. I’m not trying to start conspiracy in your wallet. They will respond to concerns
theories, but whether this is deliberate or not, about radiation by claiming that you get the
the result is equally unacceptable. The thumb same amount of radiation on an airplane. OK,
is UP for this video. maybe true—but on the plane, that radiation
is evenly distributed over your whole body. A
bOObs: The War on Women's Breasts mammogram concentrates it just on the chest,
Written, directed and produced which makes a big difference. I’m not sure
by Megan S. Smith flying on a plane is the greatest thing for your
WayMark Productions health, anyway.
Distributed by Cinema Libre Studio According to a study published in The Lan-
cet, not only does mammography not decrease
Our mainstream medical system is still breast cancer mortality but it may increase
widely trusted despite a rather pathetic track overall deaths. The stress associated with false
record. The basis for this trust is a lot of fake positives could be part of that. It is also a very
news put out by an industry that is very adept abusive process involving a lot of smashing of
at patting itself on the back. The film bOObs body parts that might have a tumor. Never a
seeks to counter the fake news with a few facts good idea. Apparently, Switzerland is the only
specifically on the subject of mammograms. Dr. country that has gotten the message and banned
Ben Johnson and other experts on the biological mammograms.
effects of radiation are interviewed and have The video makes some strong recommenda-
False positives some interesting points to make. tions for prevention and alternative methods of
One of the first points is that a mammogram screening. If you must get screened, thermogra-
and false exposes you to about the same amount of radia- phy (especially when combined with ultrasound)
negatives are tion as one hundred X-rays. Next point: Con- has much higher accuracy than mammography.

so routine trary to their reputation, mammograms do not There is no smashing, no radiation, not even
achieve early detection. By the time a tumor is any touching.
that the large enough to be detected by a mammogram, But there are also ways to reduce your risk,
mammogram it has probably been growing for five years for example, by tossing your junk food in the
procedure or more. Next point: False positives and false garbage. Bras that are too tight will cut off blood
negatives are so routine that the mammogram and lymph circulation, and poor circulation
is hardly procedure is hardly better than flipping a coin. absolutely can lead to cancer. This film does a
better than But they have convinced middle-aged women good job of giving women better information
flipping everywhere that it is very important to flip that and much better choices than mammography.
coin once a year or so, whether it really does any The thumb is UP.
a coin. good or not. It is the “standard of care,” which

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