Rule Britannia 2
The last blog I posted, Rule Britannia, http://www.saltinstitute.org/News-events-media/Salt-Sensibility/Health/Rule-Brittania was taken directly from a comment I made to a HealthCanal story (which was linked in the blog). When I checked the HealthCanal story a few days later, my comment had not been published, so I sent it in once more. Two days later, my comment still did not appear, however, multiple reactions from WASH (World Action on Salt and Health) and CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health) were published.
This serves as an excellent example of the cozy relationship between publishers and their ideological beliefs. It is an example of ‘the ends justifying the means.’ You can lie, cheat, obfuscate, hide evidence and stifle opinion as long as you believe that the cause you serve overrides all ethics. It is the sort of thing that leads to the great medical blunders we have seen, such as hormone replacement therapy. It is also a common characteristic of those who are possessed by both their cause and their sense of self-importance and is quite typical of those currently promoting the salt-reduction agenda.
It the end, just as in the beginning, the only thing that matters is the preponderance of scientific evidence. And that, they will never conceal permanently.
