Saturday, March 28, 2020

N95 RESPIRATOR MASKS DO WORK TO DETER AIRBORNE RESPIRATORY VIRUSES

Turns out that masks that cover the mouth and nose actually are effective at deterring airborne respiratory diseases. The mask they recommend? The mask in question is the N95 Respirator Mask.

You'll be hard-pressed to find any N95 Respirator Masks on Amazon, but you can and will find them at eBay.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

U.S. DEATHS FROM THE SEASONAL FLU: 12,000; U.S. DEATHS FROM COVID-19: 802.

Hopkins Medicine compares the number of deaths from the seasonal flu versus the COVID-19:
COVID-19Approximately 19,625 deaths reported worldwide; 802 deaths in the U.S., as of Mar. 25, 2020.* 
Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year. 
I don't want to say "Let that sink in," but at least think about this comparison and then tell me what is more dangerous to the U.S.: 802 or 12,000?  If you're reading this at all it does mean that you're not reacting to fear as much as the rest of the population is.  And when a large enough group of folks get scared and start reacting irrationally, like too many at the stores are doing, then we have a problem, and I don't like where it is leading to.  Hopefully, businesses will re-open and get back to business and all governments will get out of the way.  

Scientific American has an article out comparing the Coronavirus, COVID-19 with the seasonal flu.  Its headline reads
The flu has already caused about 12,000 deaths this season in the U.S. alone.
And yet you're not afraid of this.  Huh.  
But tell people that one novel virus, a respiratory flu virus, has killed a few hundred, and you're ready to lay down and hand to the government your complete individual sovereignty?  Huh.
As of today, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Statist.com shows that the number of deaths worldwide from the coronavirus, or deaths as a cofactor, is 18,906.  
Italy is the country with the most recorded deaths by country with 6,820.  There are a lot of factors as to why so many deaths are occurring in Italy.  Check this out for five of those factors. 
Thanks to Robert Wenzel for this video

China has 3,281 deaths.
Spain has 2,991.
Iran has 1,934. 
France has 1,100.
United States has 784. 
United Kingdom has 422. 
Jim Ostrowski breaks down the numbers as a percentage of a population segment:
DAILY REPORT ON US DEATH RATE
March 25
CASES--------DEATHS------DEATHS PER 1000
54,963---------784-------------14.26
March 25---DEATHS PER 1000-----14.26
March 24---DEATHS PER 1000-----12.60
This is a significant increase over yesterday.
The virus as we all know strikes people over 70 hardest--global death rate for over 80 is 14.8%.
For those under 40, it's 0.2% or double the flu (With incomplete data).
The illness hits men harder than women.
The number one problem essentially causing all the others is that the government has artificially reduced the supply of tests below what a free market would have supplied. This is why the government goes to plan B, imprisoning you in your home and wrecking the economy.
In other words, progressivism is murdering us and imprisoning us.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Over 70 or with health issues, wear a mask in public. It's cool, we get it.
2. Exercise
3. Get 30 minutes of sun per day.
4. Take vitamins--C and D and zinc.
5. Any symptoms, avoid contact with others.
It may be time for all Americans to wear masks in public. (I made sure that we had ONE for each member of the family back in January when the MSM and Democrats were busy impeaching Trump for exercising obvious Article II powers.)
I wore leather gloves outside yesterday. Will that help?
Back to being imprisoned for the crime of living under an incompetent big-government that is killing us.
Will these be my last words, "Where's my test kit?"

The JAMA Network provides us with some valuable numbers.  Whereas most people have been instructed by the government authorities to fear their own shadow--to shelter in place (limit activity and reduce your vitamin D absorption), to wash your hands incessantly, and self-quarantine all out of fear from a virus that has either directly or as a cofactor killed over a span of 6 months less than 20,000 worldwide, the JAMA Network provides us with numbers that puts the deaths, the virus and the panic in perspective, 
Lost in the discussion about COVID-19 is the fact that the US is experiencing a severe influenza season that has already resulted in more than 16000 deaths. This JAMA Infographic compares prevalence and number of deaths for the 2 diseases.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY PAIN IS THAT PAIN IN YOUR BUTT

One of the best descriptions as to why you get a pain in the butt.  And her anatomical prop made her points really clear.  Enjoy.  

VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION REDUCES THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTION [HINT: THAT'S THE COVID-19]


This should not come as a secret or a surprise to any visitors to this site.  Unfortunately, Former CDC Director, Tom Frieden was interviewed by John Roberts, long-time CBS Anchor.  The problem is that Roberts leads the questioning and the answers that Frieden gives are standard: stay at home, quarantine a person infected, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum.  Is he talking to 6-year-olds?  Anyone old enough, from a 9-year-old child to an octogenarian, knows that if you're sick with anything that you stay home.  Now it is true that though high school kids may know this they don't heed this warning because they've got friends to attend to, they've got games and projects that need their hands on.  So it's true that some people need to have this message droned into their head, but if you're at all conscientious you're not going to want to get people sick and sabotage their productivity.  

So take your daily vitamin D for the reasons that Dr. Frieden states here,
Vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of respiratory infectionregulates cytokine production and can limit the risk of other viruses such as influenza. A respiratory infection can result in cytokine storms – a vicious cycle in which our inflammatory cells damage organs throughout the body – which increase mortality for those with COVID-19. Adequate Vitamin D may potentially provide some modest protection for vulnerable populations. 
Frieden is downplaying the effectiveness of vitamin D because as a former government agent, he has to stay on the plantation narrative of "shelter in place," "accept martial law," "self-quarantine," "wear a mask," "wash your hands," etc., etc., etc.  

Check out what Dr. John Cannell, owner of the Vitamin D Council site, has to say about what vitamin D does for you.  Then check out what Creighton University professor, Robert P. Heaney says about the protective effects of vitamin D, which go way beyond strengthening your immune system.  Need more evidence?  Scroll down this page about 2/3 to find other vitamin D experts to see what they say about what it does and how it can restore your health.  Like I said, I've covered the powerful effects of vitamin D several times.  It's too important a supplement not to have in your daily arsenal.  

I've had good results with this brand.  And the price is not bad either.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

AUTHORITIES ARE UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF [COVID-19] . . . OR OTHER SERIOUS DISEASES

In the commentary below, Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Health Committee, discusses problems with the COVID-19 tests that are going on and the general panic surrounding the Coronavirus.  As of March 18, 2020, 1.2 million people have watched this presentation.


Thanks to Robert Wenzel and Karen DeCoster.  At TargetLiberty, Wenzel points out that 
that positive deceased patients have an average of over 80 years - 80.3 to be exact - and are essentially predominantly male (Women are just 25.8 percent).
And he noted:
The majority of the dead were carriers of chronic diseases.
At present, in fact, the authorities are unable to distinguish those who died as a result of the virus, from those who were mostly carriers of other serious diseases and who, therefore, would not have died from Covid-19," he said.