A guest post by Dr. Hector E. Carvallo, who conducted the first human trials of ivermectin for the prevention of COVID-19, and who was subsequently attacked.
“…with the same rod that you measure, you will be measured…”
Take a look at the symbols above. Which do you think is the one widely accepted as the symbol of modern medicine?
The Rod of Asclepius, seen on the left, is a rough and humble piece of wood surrounded by a single serpent. It is associated with Asclepius, a Greek god known for his healing powers.
The Rod of Hermes, on the right, is an exquisitely carved staff, topped with a pommel, crowned with a pair of wings and surrounded by two snakes.
While Asclepius represents medicine, Hermes represents trade and travel and is the god who protects merchants and thieves.
These may seem like trivial concepts to explore amid the desolation and pain left in the wake of the COVID pandemic. However, they serve a useful purpose to determine some of the non-epidemiological characteristics revealed by this scourge.
Over the last three years, physicians have fallen into two diametrically-opposed groups: those who blindly followed orders — replicating behaviors imposed on them without questioning anything — and those who dared to think critically and act accordingly.
The first group, which dwarfs the second in size, can be subdivided into three more groups: the ignorant, the cowardly, and the corrupt.
The ignorant are those who — incapable of thinking for themselves — obeyed crazy orders and ended up:
- Leaving patients to their own devices until their condition was so desperate they required admission to the hospital.
- Keeping those infected isolated from the outside world, but surrounded by their families, thus guaranteeing further contagion.
- Once admitted to the hospital, inflating patients like soccer balls and adding further trauma to already inflamed lungs.
- Disbelieving everything that was instilled in them during their medical training (e.g., early treatment is more effective than late treatment; natural immunity is superior to artificial immunity; treatments must be adapted to each patient, etc.)
- Reviling colleagues who did not act in accordance with “the norm.”
- Injecting themselves and others with an experimental agent.
I could continue this list of aberrations, but the article would be too long…
The second subgroup, the cowards, is made up of doctors who did exactly what the ignorant did, but whose only motivation was fear of possible reprisals (e.g., losing a job, being stigmatized, leaving their comfort zone, etc.)
The third subgroup is the most appalling: the corrupt.
Even knowing that the rules flew in the face of the fundamentals of medicine, these doctors dedicated themselves to advocating and disseminating them (with the help of a media apparatus propped up by pharmaceutical interests), under a false halo of omnipotence and omniscience. This was nothing more than the prostitution of medicine, against the interests of patients and in favor of pecuniary rewards. Their hands are stained with blood.
These three groups do not deserve to be represented by the rod of Asclepius, but by that of Hermes.
By action or omission, they were merchants of death.
By action or omission, they were thieves who robbed fellow humans of quality of life and even of life itself.
These bad medical professionals in turn joined forces with bad businessmen, bad politicians, bad journalists, bad judges, and others to form what amounts to an extensive criminal class. What is their goal? Profits and power at the expense of humanity?
Little by little, people are realizing they have been viciously deceived. That they have unjustifiably mortgaged the future.
Little by little, the balance is tipping against these shadowy characters in history.
So, which rod suits you?
