Clients can receive “nutraceuticals,” intravenous concoctions such as the “Immunity Blend” (zinc chloride, vitamin C and a B-complex blend). In lieu of accepting insurance, the clinic operates on a membership model that “allows people the dignity of freely making their own health care decisions without 3rd party interference,” according to the clinic’s brochure. It employs a small team of medical professionals who offer pretty much the same services as any other primary-care facility, with one key distinction: “We’re not gonna push the vaccine - ain’t gonna happen,” Mellor says. What it represents is distrust of mainstream institutions - and the initiative some skeptics are taking to create institutions of their own.īesides the Hollow, Mellor has built a health-care facility called We the People Health & Wellness Center, to serve people who, like Mellor, distrust the medical establishment. “Physically, there’s not a whole lot to the Hollow,” Mellor says. The gun range adjoining the Hollow, where Mellor has hosted shooting classes. Even without anyone there, it seemed clear to me why this place might appeal to a certain kind of southwest Floridian: It was a kind of anti-elitist hangout where like-minded people could gather without anyone telling them Donald Trump’s a liar, or indoctrinating their kids with liberal B.S., or requiring them to get vaccinated against communicable diseases, or insisting that gun culture is its own kind of illness. It was closed because of a zoning dispute at the time of my visit, in mid-August, but he’s optimistic it will be allowed to reopen. This is the Hollow, Mellor’s light at the end of the tunnel. Alongside the back of the property is a gun range, where Mellor has hosted instructors who teach kids as young as 7 how to shoot. Here, a man who calls himself “America’s Constitution Coach” has hosted weekly “Constitutional Defense” classes - a “one of a kind course on the meaning and purpose of the 2nd Amendment and the entire Constitution!” per a Facebook post. ![]() The passageway empties into an outdoor bar and patio adorned with a wall-length Betsy Ross flag. Vic Mellor in the cavelike entryway to the Hollow in Sarasota, Fla.
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