How Much Stupidity Will We Put Up With?
I told the graduating class at Life University durig my speech at their Awards Ceremony last week that they have the distinction of graduating just as chiropractic is no longer a drugless profession, philosophy has been removed from the curriculum in the United Kingdom and talk of a nexus between subluxation and health is no longer allowed there. Similar events are occurring in Australia and in the US.
Thankfully, the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation has responded to all of these recent issues. Just last week it issued a response to the United Kingdom's chiropractic regulatory authority and their statement that there is no evidence that subluxation has any relationship to health concerns. In fact the Foundation's President, Dr. Christopher Kent took it a step further and wrote a detailed, point by point analysis of the GCC statement.
If you have not read the Foundation's response and Dr. Kent's Analysis - you should. But just in case, I'll give you the Cliff Notes version:
You can't just make crap up!
And this is exactly what the General Chiropractic Council did.
While we are all affected by what the GCC has done it remains to be seen whether or not the chiropractors in the UK will come out swinging or not. If there was ever a time and if there was ever an issue where their regulatory board does not have a leg to stand on - this is it and they should be all over it like a pit bull on crack.
As Dr. Kent suggested - it's as if they were contending the earth was flat.
That is how ridiculously stupid this is.
As always I look forward to your feedback, comments and suggestions.
Matthew McCoy DC, MPH
matthewmccoy@comcast.net
Editor
Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - Chiropractic
http://www.chiropracticpediatricresearch.net
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