If you've ever felt like questioning vaccines puts you in the crosshairs of a zealous crusade, you're not alone. In a hard-hitting piece titled "Dissecting the Religion of Vaccines," The Midwestern Doctor (a pseudonym for a practicing physician who's become a prominent voice in medical skepticism) pulls no punches. He argues that vaccines aren't just a medical tool — they're the "holy water" of a full-blown religion embedded in Western medicine. This isn't hyperbole; it's a metaphor backed by historical parallels, institutional failures, and a deep dive into how blind faith in science (or "scientism") has corrupted healthcare. Drawing from personal anecdotes, whistleblower accounts, and suppressed data, the doctor extends this critique to modern medicine at large, painting it as a dogmatic system more interested in profit and prestige than patient well-being.
The Vaccine Sacrament: How Inoculation Became a Rite of Passage
At the heart of the critique is the idea that vaccines serve as a baptism into the "faith" of modern medicine. Doctors are the priests in white coats, hospitals the temples, and vaccines the purifying elixir that supposedly washes away the sins of disease. Medical students and healthcare workers must submit to vaccination not just for health reasons, but as a loyalty oath to the dogma. Refuse, and you're excommunicated — think job losses or social ostracism, amplified during the COVID-19 era. This ritualistic aspect isn't accidental; it's propped up by a mythology that credits vaccines with eradicating ancient plagues, positioning modern medicine as humanity's saviour from a barbaric past.
But here's the rub: This faith demands unquestioning belief. Vaccines are deemed "safe and effective" by default, with any evidence to the contrary dismissed as heresy. The Midwestern Doctor highlights cognitive biases like the Dunning-Kruger effect, where those least informed are most confident, and societal needs for a unifying creed in a post-religious world. People cling to this belief system because it confers status; admitting flaws would shatter their worldview. During COVID, this led to absurd defences: reclassifying injuries, underreporting side effects, and even unblinding trials to skew results in favor of the narrative.
Dogmas and Fallacies: The Absurd Logic Shielding Vaccines
Diving deeper, the article dissects the "key dogmas" that make vaccines untouchable. One big one is the reversal of proof: Harm must be proven beyond doubt, but safety is assumed without rigorous evidence. Trials use harmful "placebos" like aluminium adjuvants or other vaccines, masking side effects. For instance, HPV vaccine studies hid autoimmune issues affecting 2.3% of recipients, while COVID trials downplayed cancers as mere "swollen lymph nodes." Post-marketing surveillance? A joke — regulators like the CDC bury data, as seen in whistleblower revelations about autism links or deleted datasets on myocarditis.
Aaron Siri's book Vaccines, Amen gets a shoutout for exposing these contradictions: Evidence for safety is accepted at face value, but proof of harm is rejected outright. Fallacies abound — "absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence" for injuries, yet ethical excuses prevent proper placebo trials for vaccines (but not other drugs). No liability for manufacturers seals the deal; mandates protect them from lawsuits, turning the system into a profit machine immune to accountability.
Historical Echoes: From Smallpox Myths to Modern Cover-Ups
To bolster the "religion" angle, The Midwestern Doctor draws parallels to historical medical heresies. Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn's 1979 classic Confessions of a Medical Heretic called out medicine as a faith prioritising rituals over results, with dissenters burned at the stake (figuratively). Fast-forward, and COVID echoed this: Mandates, censorship, and shaming of sceptics.
Vaccine mythology crumbles under scrutiny. Smallpox eradication? More due to sanitation than jabs, which often caused outbreaks. Polio? Weak evidence, with declines predating vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s work shows no solid proof linking shots to disease drops — it's correlation, not causation. Autism's explosion post-1986 (when vaccine schedules ballooned) is no coincidence, per the doctor, especially with cultural priming via films like Rain Man. Even SSRIs hid suicide risks until lawsuits forced transparency, mirroring vaccine trial tricks like short monitoring windows or selective testing.
Broader Indictment: Modern Medicine as a Corrupt Paradigm
This isn't just about vaccines; it's a takedown of modern medicine's soul. The system is "unartistic and unscientific," corrupted by industry funding that tortures data to fit narratives. Evidence-based medicine worships RCTs (randomised controlled trials), but these are rigged — observational studies showing vaccinated kids with 3-10x more chronic illnesses get dismissed. Regulatory capture is rampant: CDC heads jump to pharma gigs worth millions, FOIA requests are stonewalled, and harms like UNICEF's covered-up child deaths from vaccines go unpunished.
The result? A paradigm where vaccines repattern nervous systems for control, boosting chronic diseases for lifelong profits. Cognitive dissonance keeps doctors in denial; admitting harm would mean confronting their role in patient suffering. Scientism — science as infallible dogma — fills the void left by traditional religion, but it's irrational and harmful.
Paths to Heresy: Breaking Free and Reforming the Faith
The silver lining? COVID exposed the cracks. Polls reveal 30% side effects, 10% severe, and nearly half believing vaccines cause deaths. High-profile stories, like Tucker Carlson's son developing Guillain-Barré from a flu shot, are sparking debates. Lawmakers are calling scam, and the vaccine brand is tarnished.
For change, The Midwestern Doctor urges promoting suppressed studies (e.g., vaccinated vs. unvaccinated comparisons), demanding dataset access, and rejecting RCT fundamentalism. Spread the word through books like Siri's and Mendelsohn's, foster open debate, and shift to patient-focused, rational medicine. It's a call to action: Capitalise on this moment to dismantle the dogma and restore healthcare's integrity.
In wrapping up, this critique isn't anti-science — it's anti-scientism. The Midwestern Doctor challenges us to question the sacred cows of medicine, vaccines chief among them, to build a system that truly heals.
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dissecting-the-religion-of-vaccines