Trust the $cience!
In this blues of betrayal, nothin's the same.
The entire experience around the world governments' reactions to SarsCoV2, whatever it may or may not have been, has served humanity well in that it slapped a few billion people in the kisser and forced them to pay attention ... or to "wake up".
It's almost as if those in control know they're at the end of the deception and that most of humanity is now on to them. Granted, the cost we paid for that awakening was high ... we may not know how high for a generation or two ... but the game has changed. This isn't political. This isn't red shirt vs blue shirt. This is about the overlords vs the rest of humanity and there are far more of us than there are of them.
Trusting the "science" has never worked out well for the average citizen regardless of country.
Protect the first amendment, protect the second. Join forces with those who support the bill of rights, if nothing else. Pray for our cousins in England and Canada, Australia and New Zealand as they are on the precipice of societal collapse into tyranny.
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Trust the $cience
[instrumental intro]
[Verse 1]
Down in Tuskegee, they promised the cure,
Black men with bad blood, knockin' at death's door.
Uncle Sam foot the bill, said "Trust the science, son,"
But they hid the penicillin, let the sufferin' run.
Forty years of lies, watchin' 'em die slow,
Government greenbacks made the evil show.
[Chorus]
Oh, trust the $cience, yeah, follow the lead,
With dollars in their pockets, plantin' the seed.
They say it's for progress, but it's pain in disguise,
Trust the $cience, baby, open your eyes.
Blues for the broken, the fooled and the lost,
Trust the $cience—at what cost?
[Verse 2]
Ice pick through the eye, lobotomy game,
Freeman's quick fix for the wild and the tame.
State funds flowin' like a river so wide,
Crowded asylums, no place to hide.
Nobel in their hand, call it a breakthrough,
But souls turned to shadows, what they put 'em through.
[Chorus]
Oh, trust the $cience, yeah, follow the lead,
With dollars in their pockets, plantin' the seed.
They say it's for progress, but it's pain in disguise,
Trust the $cience, baby, open your eyes.
Blues for the broken, the fooled and the lost,
Trust the $cience—at what cost?
[Verse 3]
Patent potions, morphine in the bottle sweet,
For teething babes and the weary on the street.
No rules from the top, just let the frauds fly,
Radium glowin', watch the innocents die.
They claimed it was magic, backed by doc's word,
But government blind eye turned the truth absurd.
[Instrumental solo]
[Bridge]
They whisper defenses, "No better way back then,"
Nobels and data, justifyin' the sin.
Risks were worth it, for the greater good's sake,
But the graves tell the story of the hearts they break.
Malaria fever to burn out the spirochete fire,
Funded by the feds, pushin' the pyre higher.
[Verse 4]
Fever therapy, malaria in the vein,
To kill one demon, invite another's chain.
Nobel glory shinin', risks brushed aside,
Government dollars on a deadly ride.
They said it saved some, in that hopeless fight,
But the toll of the tremble under hospital light.
[Chorus]
Oh, trust the $cience, yeah, follow the lead,
With dollars in their pockets, plantin' the seed.
They say it's for progress, but it's pain in disguise,
Trust the $cience, baby, open your eyes.
Blues for the broken, the fooled and the lost,
Trust the $cience—at what cost?
[Outro]
So heed the history, don't swallow it blind,
When the funding flows, keep doubt in your mind.
Trust the $cience? Nah, question the game,
In this blues of betrayal, nothin's the same.
[instrumental outro]
In the history of American medicine, several practices and experiments were widely accepted as scientific advancements at the time, only to later be revealed as harmful or unethical, often causing widespread suffering. These cases illustrate how "trusting the science" without skepticism can lead to disastrous outcomes. Below are a few key examples.
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932–1972)
Conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service, this experiment involved 399 poor, mostly illiterate African American men in Alabama with syphilis who were denied effective treatment, even after penicillin became the standard cure in the 1940s. Researchers misled participants by promising "special treatment" for "bad blood," while observing the disease's progression to autopsy. The study, justified as scientific inquiry, resulted in needless deaths, blindness, and transmission to families, eroding trust in medical institutions, particularly among Black communities.
Lobotomies (1930s–1960s)
Prefrontal lobotomies, popularized by Dr. Walter Freeman, were hailed as a breakthrough for treating mental illnesses like schizophrenia and depression. The procedure involved inserting an ice pick-like tool through the eye socket to sever brain connections, often performed in minutes without full anesthesia. Backed by the medical establishment and earning a Nobel Prize in 1949 for its developer, António Egas Moniz, it was performed on tens of thousands of Americans, including children and non-consenting patients. Many suffered permanent personality changes, intellectual disability, or death, revealing the "science" as crude and damaging pseudotreatment.
Patent Medicines and Cure-Alls (Late 19th–Early 20th Century)
Before the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, "patent medicines" like Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup (containing morphine) were scientifically marketed and prescribed for teething babies, leading to addiction and infant deaths. Other examples included cocaine-laced tonics for hay fever or energy, and radium-based products touted for health benefits, causing radiation poisoning. Doctors and pharmacists trusted these as evidence-based remedies, but they often contained harmful substances with no proven efficacy, exploiting public faith in emerging pharmaceutical science.
Malaria Therapy for Syphilis (1920s–1940s)
Pioneered by Julius Wagner-Jauregg, who won a Nobel Prize in 1927, this involved deliberately infecting syphilis patients with malaria to induce high fevers thought to kill the syphilis bacteria. Widely adopted in U.S. hospitals, it caused severe side effects, including organ damage and death from uncontrolled fevers. While some patients survived, the risks were downplayed in favor of the "scientific" rationale, until penicillin rendered it obsolete and exposed its barbarity.
These episodes highlight how scientific consensus, influenced by biases, limited knowledge, or ethical lapses, can fail spectacularly, underscoring the value of ongoing scrutiny in medicine.
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