My first steemit rant so please bear with me.
The other day I was at the CDC website looking up botulism to make sure I am making my garlic infused oil the safe way, and I am, so all is good.
In the process of looking this up, I came up with some interesting numbers that got me back to thinking about how messed up our modern thinking is thanks to The Powers That Be.
After doing a bit of math, I discovered that only 8 people per year contract botulism from home preserved foods. Out of those 8, only 5% will actually die from it. Now, these low numbers do not mean we should stop practicing safe canning and other food preservation methods, but seriously now, you are more likely to die from being struck by lightning than you are from botulism.
The same pretty much applies to measles, the flu, and every other boogeyman "They" always want us to live in fear of. All the while those same "They" are the ones that encourage people to take the drugs, vaccines, and undergo medical procedures that kill an average of 200,000 people annually. Though it was years ago I looked THAT number up so it could likely be much higher than that by now.
What is the REAL deadly epidemic? What is it that we REALLY should be afraid of?
More people need to start taking their own lives back, stop being afraid of the sun, the dirt, the air and preserving your own food. Get outside, plant a garden and get your hands and feet in that mood lifting soil that is full of beneficial bacteria! Yes I said BACTERIA! There is yet ANOTHER boogeyman we have all been brain washed into fearing!
I have a story about how 5 years or so ago, Mr. Rain and I got ourselves off of 15 years of thyroid medications and several over-the-counter drugs (pain, allergy, et cetera). We did this without the help of any doctor or even nutritionist. Just some research, growing our own herbs, and a bit of common sense. We are far happier and healthier now in our 50's than we were in our 30's when we were taking that synthetic garbage daily.
But I will save that story for another day when I have more time to write it up. Today, I am just venting a bit...I hope you do not mind.
Thanks for stopping by and putting up with me slight soap box today! ~Heidi
