If the Biden-Harris Administration has its way, Sunday Schools across America will have to teach students the evils of Jesus of Nazareth’s conversion of water into wine at the Cana wedding feast.
That’s because the Administration could follow the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) in declaring there is “no safe level” of alcohol consumption.
The WHO — the same group that brought us global lockdowns in 2020 — released a statement in January 2023 saying there was “no safe amount (of alcohol) that does not affect health.” This follows a WHO initiative, launched in 2018, called “A World Free from Alcohol-Related Harms” (SAFER), that had a goal of reducing alcohol consumption by 25% by 2025.
Scientific evidence is clear: there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.
To buy and consume alcohol is your choice – but it is not the healthy choice, according to WHO/Europe & @TheLancetPH
👇 https://t.co/Ay9Xj99jZW pic.twitter.com/V1moJaioTm— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) January 4, 2023
Following the WHO’s lead, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services have plans to conduct a review on alcohol use, which would impact their suggestions for the federal guidelines on alcohol consumption.
In August, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States sent a letter to the agencies to inquire about the goals of the review, according to Wine Spectator.
In short, the Biden-Harris Administration could soon change the dietary guidelines to say there is “no safe level” of alcohol consumption.
In addition to new, wacky warning labels and, perhaps, limits on alcohol service at your local grocery store, restaurant, or tavern, this could mean a boon for enterprising trial lawyers.
Legal Newsline this week reported on a blog post written by Holland & Knight attorneys Jessica M. Brown and Ana Dragojevic, titled, “Alcohol Consumption Guidelines: A Warning Shot for the Industry.”
In that blog post, the attorneys write:
It remains to be seen how the WHO’s guidance will impact the alcohol beverage industry in the U.S., but it could be analogous to another highly restricted product: tobacco. In response to public outcry about the negative effects of tobacco usage, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act banned advertising of cigarettes on television and radio starting on Jan. 2, 1971, and, since 1984, cigarette companies have been required to place U.S. Surgeon General warnings on all cigarette packs and advertisements with the passing of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act.
If “Big Alcohol” gets “Big Tobacco’d”, we could see a massive transfer of wealth to trial attorneys (not just from alcohol companies but from mom-and-pop convenience stories, restaurants, and taverns, and a host of new regulations on that end-of-day glass of wine you might enjoy at home.
Never mind, by the way, that a June 2024 study from WHO announced that between 2010 and 2019, there was a 20% decrease world wide in alcohol related deaths.
But nanny-state socialists never let facts get in the way away of a good regulation — or gift to their friends in a major donor constituency.
The political action committee of the American Association for Justice (formerly called the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, “routinely directs approximately 97 percent of its candidate contributions to benefit Democratic candidates,” reports InfluenceWatch.
So, don’t be surprised if you soon start receiving warnings at your local tavern — or if your kids are taught that Jesus contributed to a cancer cluster at Cana.
The Biden-Harris Administration might be coming for your glass of red wine, and it’s still early enough to stop them.
Is there anything more injurious to productive effort, joy and imagination than an attorney? Perhaps industries affected by Big Law ought to attempt closures of as many law schools as possible? Form groups in every state attacking local Bar organizations? Stick it to 'em good and hard. From my Amarone to my Zinfandel, I swear these people are joyless, greedy stick-in-the-muds who would destroy anything for a dollar.
They forgot to add “R E” to the WHO, but there are plenty of them inside that organization already.
Hmmm, makes me glad I bottle my own wine. It also explains a few articles I have read within the last 2-3 months that indicate that a new faction within the medical community are seeking to overturn the idea that a glass of wine in the evening is good for your overall health. Of course, I would have to care what the medical community thinks or recommends for that change or effect my habits – post-Covid, my already shaky faith in doctors & health officials has become pretty much non-existent.
Wow! That ends communion. Oh, yeah, right, I forgot, they can always substitute grape juice.
I think we know who is in that faction!
I think we can probably figure it out😉