Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Peak Prosperity" channel.

Dear Mr Kunstler and distinguished guests, We have heard of the opioid crisis afflicting the USA and other countries round the globe. It is easy to look around and judge people who have become addicted to substances or food and think that society is coming apart. It isn’t their fault if they’re obese or on junk or opioids. It’s the system. They are mirrors for us in that they show us what we have become and where we are now, but they aren’t showing us where we’re going. I am writing to say that often there are solutions to problems that overwhelm us in another part of the world. There is a way to reverse the negative effects of addiction with relative ease and at a cost-saving way for our communities. Where I live they have been allowing addicts free access to paraphernalia i.e. clean needles, registered nurses and doctors and a safe area to inject for about a dozen years. There is no longer any drug-related violence. The police are not involved. It is a medical problem. Overdoses are history. The solution I believe is to follow the way the President of Switzerland, Ruth Dreyfuss, put in place over a decade ago and is still working fine. Can you please look into it for yourselves? Here is the way to reverse the damage and excess costs and unnecessary drug-related deaths in a matter of weeks. Addicts are peaceful when they have had their dose for the day and some of them even make it back into society. Hubris stops us so many times from trying techniques that are proven to work because it didn’t come from us. Here is the solution to America’s addiction problems and it will create good feeling and a sense of safety in the communities because it will torpedo the drug-related violence like robberies and hold-ups and people getting hurt. It is easy to send this e-mail and I cannot imagine how hard it is on you to see your fellow citizens in trouble. But there is a solution that works and lets the police do their job fighting crime and not babysitting sick people. Overeating and substance abuse need to be approached from a medical standpoint and we must give these people what they need to get through the day with medical supervision. Good luck.
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It was very interesting listening to Professor Desmet's research and insights into the human psyche and the good Doctor's questions and analyses. What all of us have to realize is that the Omicron variant has criss-crossed the world and where I live in Europe it has now reached 60% of the people getting infected and ICUs are filling up again. In neighboring France, the infection rate is off-the-charts. But this doesn't shake me as much as the fact that no one seems to realize that this is now the 24th month of the pandemic and it's going stronger than ever. There are only 5% of the poorer nations' people vaccinated against 70% of developped countries. 90 cruise ships have been infected at this writing. Thousands of people infected when only a few days ago the Omicron variant was somewhere else. What am I saying here? We had better prepare ourselves for the next variant that tops our best vaccines and I think that what we are experiencing is identical to what we have seen in science fiction films: an invasion of an alien life form that has changed the behavior of the human race in record time. This virus is something like germ-warfare when you think of it, except it keeps mutating and it has billions of people who are unvaccinated to perfect on increasing its deadliness. I think we have to accept that we are going to be living like the Londoners during the blitz-krieg i.e. masks, vaccines, social distancing and precaution will be with us for the rest of our lives. What I'm saying is that we have got to prepare ourselves for the long-haul and for a possible breach of the vaccines by a new variant that could really do a number on us. So; to sum up; I'm an artist and an inventor and not a health professional, but I have come up with what I think is the best way to deal with the pandemic after being vaccinated. First, one has to get in the best physical, mental and spiritual condition one can possibly do. Second, one has to get outdoors as much as possible to soak up the sun's rays and get nature's natural vitamin D. Lastly, one should double one's daily fruit intake. Strong minds equal strong bodies and vice-versa. Be well--
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