Senator Ron Johnson

"It was held two years into the coronavirus pandemic, a pandemic that was used to frighten and control the public on a global scale. The result was a stunning loss of life and freedom for individuals, trillions of dollars economic devastation, but billions of dollars of profit and the accumulation of enormous power for those in control. Fortunately, what happened during the pandemic opened the eyes of untold numbers of people around the world to the corruption and capture of government agencies, the media, medical journals, and the medical establishment by large corporate interests.
Now that our eyes have been opened to that reality, it is impossible to ignore that the same dynamic has occurred throughout governments and industries worldwide. The purpose of today's event is to ask questions we haven't been allowed to ask. To provide a foundational and historical understanding of the changes that have occurred over the last century within public sanitation, agriculture, food processing, and healthcare industries that impact our current state of national health. Once we have described what has occurred, suggestions for steps we can take to put us on a better path will be discussed. As our panelists will detail the current state of America's national health is not good. Even though America's healthcare system spent $4.5 trillion in 2022, or over $13,000 per person. Those who seriously question the current orthodoxy, or offer alternative treatments and approaches, are generally ridiculed, vilified, and canceled with concerted effort made to destroy their reputations and careers. We all witnessed this during the pandemic as eminently qualified and respected doctors who had the courage and compassion to treat COVID patients using cheap, generic drugs were fired, sued, and either lost their medical licenses and certifications or had them seriously threatened. Unfortunately, this intimidation works as most doctors remain silent in order to maintain their good standing in the medical establishment.
The catalyst for this event was an interview I saw with Dr. Casey Means and her brother Calley. When it comes to nutrition, we all face the same daunting variety of opinions, guidelines, and diet recommendations. Dr. Means does an excellent job of simplifying the basic concept of how our bodies convert food to energy and how that miraculous process can and has been impaired.
I am grateful that she and her brother have been able to join us here today. I am also very pleased that Robert Kennedy Jr. is here. His environmental advocacy connected him to mothers with autistic children and his subsequent advocacy for children's health and chronic illness. Because of corporate capture of regulatory agencies, the connection between environmental factors and pharmaceutical adverse impacts on health have not been adequately explored.
CaliMeans has helped assemble a highly qualified group of doctors and nutritional and fitness experts to discuss these issues and make a case for robust research into causes and effects. I am extremely grateful for the time and effort all of these participants have devoted to these issues and to the event today. Again, the title of today's event is American Health and Nutrition, a Second Opinion. With emphasis on the word opinion. I am truly amazed at how much knowledge mankind has accumulated over time and how rapidly the acquisition of knowledge has accelerated in our lifetimes. With that said, however, I still believe that what we don't know vastly exceeds what we do know. As we pursue a greater understanding of human health and seek answers to questions we have been discouraged to even ask.
I sincerely hope we approach our quest with the humility and modesty that that reality demands."