Jon Samson

Music Therapist and Grammy Award Winning Artist/ Producer/ Public Speaker

[Greg Markham @gxm16twi]

An Open Letter to Doctors, Nurses, Medical Professionals…, by @jonsamson https://t.co/0NSz07SIie

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@BusyDrT Yes the medical apartheid must end and people must be heard. To criticize people, especially families who have lost children, for not trusting objectively corrupt institutions— is insanity.

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@AaronSiriSG

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I understand your frustration but do you not see the irony in what you just said? You don’t want your rights to be infringed … wouldn’t that apply both ways? I’m not against vaccines, it’s the mandates that force people to trust institutions that have proven historically they are corrupt — infringing on the rights of people who are not anti science but mistrusting of “experts” that gave us a LOT of propaganda.

[Jon Samson @jonsamson]

Florida has just dropped all vaccine mandates across the board, and so the obvious narrative from those apposed is that this will put people in danger because vaccines save lives and not getting them will lead to pandemics and certain death.

On the other side of the equation, we’ve got people (like myself) who can’t help but think: “how can you accuse people of being negligent for not trusting institutions who have been found guilty of negligence in a court of law?

I myself think of everything in life as a vaccine. Anything we’re exposed to or experience is a shot of the unknown, and how we adapt in body and mind is not just contingent on whether we have taken a serum mixed with stabilizers and preservatives we can’t pronounce but somehow are supposed to trust because experts know better, to trust science, but not the original debate driven science — the religious version where one is cast out for seeing through a different lens.

While most people know the placebo effect —if you believe something will work it has a better outcome — it’s lesser known counterpart, the Nocebo effect, clinically proves that when someone doesn’t feel safe or positive about ingesting something, there is larger risk of injury.

No matter what side a person is on, the one thing we all have in common is the need to feel safe. In my work as a music therapist as well as in my own personal healing, it all comes to breathing patterns. If we are constantly terrified other people are going to kill us indirectly because of their own fears about the same issue but from the opposite viewpoint — we hold our breath in blame and anger — and that is just no way to live.

Ultimately, we must find a way to cultivate a functional level of TRUST and ACCOUNTABILITY in order to feel safe. Institutions must own up to the fact that history doesn’t lie, and that the lack of trust and safety was well earned, therefore mandates are no longer a viable mechanism — unless liability is clearly established.

It’s tormentingly scary, spirit crushing and heart shattering to not feel safe or agree with government, mainstream medical institutions, and especially, to think differently than the people in our families and circles of friends —about what should be a matter of informed consent, personal choice and neurobiological diversity.

I share all this in the spirit of critical thinking, Poppet.

[Jon Samson @jonsamson]

History is often shaped by selective memory, emphasizing narratives that align with cultural or political agendas while sidelining inconvenient truths. For example, the polio epidemic’s decline is sometimes credited solely to the Salk vaccine, overlooking how sanitation and public health measures had already begun flattening the curve by the early 1950s. Similarly, the Cutter Incident, where faulty vaccines caused polio outbreaks in 1955, is downplayed despite exposing early vaccine safety flaws. These omissions distort our understanding, proving that how we remember history often diverges from its complex reality.

[Jon Samson @jonsamson]

History is often shaped by selective memory, emphasizing narratives that align with cultural or political agendas while sidelining inconvenient truths. For example, the polio epidemic’s decline is sometimes credited solely to the Salk vaccine, overlooking how sanitation and public health measures had already begun flattening the curve by the early 1950s. Similarly, the Cutter Incident, where faulty vaccines caused polio outbreaks in 1955, is downplayed despite exposing early vaccine safety flaws. These omissions distort our understanding, proving that how we remember history often diverges from its complex reality.

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@SecKennedy

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@kalanipeamusic ….9 years later, you’re welcome :@)

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@NaturallyFTW I think you’d enjoy my song: https://t.co/4upBP9MYxC

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@elonmusk Yet how the ones who have the power use it— determines whether they deserve to have it.

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Here is a song I made— to teach metaphysics and help heal the COllective diVIDE: https://t.co/4upBP9MYxC

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@elonmusk You’ve got 2 options at this point. You either have to honor your word and step down — or you could — given your current position — make a mends to serve as an agent of healing rather than division for a bit and then recast votes.
I believe in second chances because… Duality

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@TheTweetOfGod holy cow !

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@andrewfutral I’m sure you’ll be fine if you’re boosted

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@elonmusk I’m a music therapist and won the Grammy for best Childrens album last year. I also grew up in Johannesburg. Now— don’t you wanna give XLM a shoutout 😉😂💙🌎🎶

[Children's Music Fund @theCMForg]

Spread the Love! Grammy winner @jonsamson shares why kids need to have the healing benefits of Music Therapy during isolation. Thank you for supporting @theCMForg & encouraging others to join the One Heart Fan Club. Become a member, help a sick child, https://t.co/LL6aeHZO0T.

[WFUV Cityscape @WFUVCityscape]

Brooklyn resident @jonsamson is the first board-certified music therapist in history to receive a Grammy for Best Children's Album for his album Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype. He joins us to talk about his music and music therapy practice.

https://t.co/65FfpJq59X

[WFUV Cityscape @WFUVCityscape]

Our episode this week features @jonsamson, the first board-certified music therapist in history to receive a Grammy for Best Children's Album. Listen below!

https://t.co/65FfpJq59X