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Spirituality, Patreon Bonus Sampler.

Hey everyone, welcome to Conspiratoriality,

where we investigate the intersection of

conspiracy theories and spiritual influence to uncover cults, pseudoscience,

and authoritarian extremism and today to look at our broken health care system.

I'm Derek Barris and this is a Conspiratoriality Bonus episode, which I'm calling a prescription. a better. So since launching this podcast in May of 2020, we've gone to great lengths

to separate the efficacy of pharmaceuticals, like vaccines and other modern medical practices

from America's for-profit health care system.

Now we recognize that many of the frustrations

around medicine in general come from living inside of a corporatized system that puts

profits over people.

Matthew is a resident of Canada and enjoys a socialized health care system, unlike Julian and I who live with the

for-profit system that I'm discussing today. We've all in our own ways expressed our

gratitude for modern medicine and we recognize

that we might not be here today without it I'm a cancer survivor each of us has

had our health challenges which have been helped by the quote-unquote

Western medical system but the bureaucracy of the

literacy of the system is a nightmare. And so today I want to share some recent challenges that I've had with you.

And I'll start by saying that at the time of this recording,

it took me weeks to get a flu shot and after over a month of effort I have not been able to get an updated COVID booster

Now to be clear I could have gotten both if I were to pay about $200, but I was not going to do that for reasons that will become clear.

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