Have you ever heard the phrase 50 million Frenchmen can't be wrong?
Today's quick message is about this idea that just because a lot of people are saying it or doing it doesn't make it true. Of course 50 million Frenchmen can be wrong. One Frenchman can be wrong. One hundred fifty billion people can be wrong.
This brings up a really scary idea and a scary premise that's being pushed on people, especially in health care. Just because many people are doing something doesn't mean that it's good for you, and it doesn't mean that it's right. The idea that just because the majority has voted on something or just because the majority thinks that a certain thing is true does not make it true.
Yet these are some of the tactics and the pressures that are being pushed on people in our society. Well, everyone else is doing it. You know, everyone else is taking statin medication, so it's got to be good for you. Everyone else is getting the flu shot, so it's got to be good for you.
Your health and your family's health, it's not a mob rule. It's not a majority vote.
You have to make the best decisions for you and your family. So don't leave it up to anybody else other than yourself. Do your research and make the best decisions, even if you're the only one making those decisions.