I had a Physical today at the Doctor’s Office

Hadn’t had one in a while …so when they called I booked it

I had the same doc who was a partner ( owner) in the Clinic for 40 years and he retired..

I hadn’t met the young Doctor who replaced him

Its Corporate owned now

Nice young guy. Very attentive ..knew all my history and what I did for a living and family history and hit all the right points…took his time…no rush….it was quite pleasant

ANd he even discussed lifestyle for disease prevention…like diet and execrcise and proper sleep and there was a notice on the wall which I read which said basically that Yearly Check ups and Physicals have been shown to be useless in disease prevention.

So now they are just seeing patients with by request and or with issues .

The disgnostics and treatments are tailored to each individual situation rather than the previous One size fits all approach where everyone every year had all the same tests etc.

Also I was surprised to see this memo on the wall stated that Good health is enhanced a lot by having good human relations and lots of rest and healthy diet etc

Something up !

My feeling is the corporation that owns this practice is in tune with the fact that Their business model has taken on scrutiny and been found wanting by a good portion of the patients and they know they have competition…from natural medicine and Natural health stores and people just avoiding allopaths altogether and just being their own doctor more often . It seems to me they are fighting for market share and they know hat their model needs to be more holistic . The fact he was so thurough and had so much time likely means they are not as busy as they were

The Clinic was closed to humans..phone only…for 2 years !

Of course NOT everything was peachy keen

He spent a lot of time “suggesting” I get the Pneumonia Vaccine !! but again did not insist..just said think about it and book with the nurse if i wanted.

It works FOREVER , 1 Shot .

It prevents to a degree Pneumonia from bacteria fungae and or viruses.

He made a POINT to tell me this Pneumovax has been around for a long time !!! As if to say..it’s not one of these new ones that don’t work very well 🙂

He didnt say it was safe BUT I got the distinct impression he felt it was and

He seemed to really want me to take it. They recommend it strongly .

However he Never mentioned Flu Shot

I asked it this was a flu shot ( knowing the answer) and he said NO …but he never recommended the flu shot NOR a Covid shot

He did check my Tetnus shot status and I had one 5 years ago…so wait 5 more

AND…one more Pump…Shingles ! The Shingles Shot …effective ..but not covered by the Govt Plan

I think it’s all about $s

The Corporation likey gets government grants and or pharmacutical “grants” based on number of vaccines…any Vaccines

So they are switching emphasis to Pneumonia and Shingles and away from Flu and Covid

because everybody knows those are BULLSHIT

Ha !

So In summary

Nice Young Man . Attentive , Preventive Oriented , No Rush …but same old Snake Oil Speal

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THEN to Ballance things off…i went to the Local Health Store…bought some stuff i needed to top up

The Lady was a fountain of knowledge about the products and helped me a lot in choosing what i needed.

I asked casually if she had noticed an uptick in interest in Natural health Products. she said …FOR sure

People are fed up with Doctors…especially that they refused human contact for 2 years !!

I said You are preaching to a choir member…and went on a short rant agaist Allopathy

She smiled and said Thats why they are going after US !! And they are…making noise they will cancel much of the Natural Alternative health industry

I told her that They wont get away with that ! WE ARE THE MAJORITY NOW AND WE KNOW HOW TO PRACTICE ACTIVISM AND THERE WILL BE PUSHBACK !