Archive for February, 2021

CDC Disaster Highlight

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CDC Disaster Highlight – Dr. James Lyons-Weiler

Watch the entire panel interview here now: https://youtu.be/on_p-sKxjGc​
Take a stand here: https://standforhealthfreedom.com/act…​
Download the peer reviewed research paper highlighting the CDC’s controversial conduct and learn more about the speakers here: https://www.standforhealthfreedom.com…​
Tune in to learn:
  • Why we should be concerned about death certificate data.
  • Why accuracy, integrity and transparency are so important during a public health crisis.
  • How the CDC set the stage for widespread devastation — physical, psychological and economic.
  • What we can do so that incidents of this magnitude never happen again.

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February Lyme Warrior Q & A

https://globallymealliance.org/dear-lyme-warriorhelp-16/

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by Jennifer Crystal

Every few months, Jennifer Crystal devotes a column to answering your questions. Do you have a question for Jennifer? If so, email her at lymewarriorjennifercrystal@gmail.com.

Do steroids make Lyme disease worse?

Yes. I learned this the hard way. Twice before I was accurately diagnosed with Lyme disease, I was prescribed steroids. The first time was in 2002, five years after my tick bite, and three years before I started treatment for Lyme disease, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis. I was prescribed steroids to treat systemic hives that, unbeknownst to me or my dermatologist at the time, were caused by Lyme. After being on that round of steroids, I was stricken with my usual on-and-off flu for several weeks.

I was prescribed steroids again in 2003 when I had a bad case of mononucleosis. Ironically, I begged my primary care physician for that prescription, so that I could speed up my recovery and get on to my summer job as a camp counselor. The steroids did clear up my sore throat and swollen glands very quickly, and while I was on them, I felt like I had energy. I went to camp, which was a mistake. My energy levels soon crashed, and the mono slipped into chronic Epstein-Barr virus. Two bedridden years later, I discovered that the Epstein-Barr was not improving because I had underlying tick-borne infections. Those infections probably would have come to the forefront anyway while I had mono, but the steroids certainly didn’t help.

Why do steroids impact Lyme disease patients so negatively? In his blog post “Steroid Use Can Lead to Long-Term Treatment Failure for Lyme Disease Patients”, Daniel Cameron, MD explains, “An association of steroid use with an increased failure rate or worsening of disease is understandable in view of the well-known effects of these agents on the inflammatory and immune responses.” Dr. Cameron points to several studies that tie steroid use to Lyme disease treatment failure.

My Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) has told me that the response to oral steroids is different than inhaled steroids. I have been on inhaled steroids for sinusitis (nasal spray) and for post-COVID-19 lung inflammation (inhaler) and have not had any issues with those, but of course the best thing is to always check with your LLMD about the way your own body might respond to any medications.

I have babesiosis and am starting to get back into exercise. Should I go until I feel air hunger, push beyond it, or stop before I feel it?

This question comes in response to my post “What is Air Hunger, Anyway?”, which describes a common symptom of babesiosis. Babesia is a parasite that eats the oxygen in the red blood cells, making the body feel hungry for oxygen. For me, that feels like molasses weighing my body down. Sometimes it feels like my arms and limbs are “gasping,” my cells craving air the way your stomach might grumble for food when you’re starving. I feel lightheaded, and experience low blood sugar reactions. I often get a headache.

These symptoms usually come on post-exertion. I started physical therapy while I was still in treatment for Lyme disease and babesiosis, and that was a bad idea; thirty seconds on a stationary bike caused such bad air hunger that I was in bed for a week. While trainers will often tell a healthy individual to press through fatigue and push their bodies just a little further with each workout, this advice is detrimental for a babesiosis patient. Even now that I am in remission, pushing doesn’t make me stronger; it sets me back. I have learned that I need to stop and rest before I feel air hunger. I need to pace myself. Even if I’m not yet tired, it’s better to take breaks, or even call it a day, so that my body is able to keep going the next day. With babesiosis, slow and steady definitely wins the race.

Will you give an update once you get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Yes! I have written four blog posts about my experience with COVID-19, which I had from March to June 2020. As I explained in my post “I Have Lyme Disease. Should I Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?”, the decision whether to get the vaccine is a personal choice that depends on risk-benefit analysis for each patient. Considerations should include where you are in Lyme treatment, how your immune system is doing, etc. For me personally, my doctors and I have determined that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks, so I will be getting the vaccine once I become eligible. I anticipate some kind of immune response, and hope it will not last too long, but I will write an updated post after receiving both doses of the shot.

GLA is offering a free webinar, “COVID-19 Vaccines and Lyme Patients: What You Need to Know” on March 3rd at 6:00 p.m. You can register here.

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Jennifer Crystal is a writer and educator in Boston. Her memoir about her medical journey is forthcoming. Contact her at lymewarriorjennifercrystal@gmail.com.

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**Comment**

A few points for consideration:

  1. There are many types of steroids including: anabolic (building up) steroids and catabolic (immune suppressive – often called corticosteroids).  Only the catabolic steroids are of concern to the Lyme/MSIDS patient due to their ability to depress the immune system, and even then they can be used in specific cases, but according to experts, always in tandem with antimicrobials so infections are kept at bay and not allowed to proliferate.  So saying “steroids” are bad is like saying all plants are bad when there are certainly poisonous ones to avoid but many other plants that are healthy.
  2. Since Lyme/MSIDS is parasitic in nature, hosting off of us and depriving us of many nutrients, minerals, and yes – hormones – supplementing with the things we are deprived of will build our bodies up and make us tougher targets for disease and actually helps us fight disease.  The body is a complicated machine and there are many issues involved in health.  Again, what’s good for one patient may not be good for another.  My husband and I have been on steroids for years including vitamin D (yes, it’s a hormone), testosterone, various thyroid hormones, and I’ve been on 7-Keto DHEA as well as progesterone – all of which have helped us immensely.  Steroids are hormones that our bodies make and need.  Also, there are times a person requires synthetic steroids (not bioidentical).  My daughter is one such case as she has severe endometriosis.  The reason this is important is similarly to there being a concerted effort by mainstream medicine in denying persistent Lyme/MSIDS and long-term antibiotics as a treatment, there is a concerted effort to vilify steroids.  From everything I’ve experienced and learned from experts, steroids could replace many expensive pharmacuticals – making them a competitor to pharmaceuticals, and THAT is the reason they are vilified.  They work and are cheap.  
  3. Oversimplifying the exercise question is similar to oversimplifying the steroid question.  There are a million ways to exercise – one of which is right in your bed!  Pick a type of exercise that you can do without making yourself feel worse.  Do something you enjoy and will continue. This could be simple stretches on the floor.  Lifting canned goods a few repetitions, or doing Yoga.  Some love to swim and feel refreshed afterward.  Some love riding their bike or taking a walk.  If you are exhausted after walking to your mailbox, well, start there and feel good about it!  One must be creative and open-minded with Lyme/MSIDS.  Your body does need to move but move it in a way that builds you up – rather than tears you down.  Start small and see where it can go.  No guilt!
  4. From everything I’ve read and studied, there is a prolific and checkered history of public ‘authorities’ hiding the truth about vaccines risks, and the fact they are not safe for everyone.  Mainstream medicine is guilty of trying to put everyone into the same box when individual health matters greatly.  This is one reason Lyme/MSIDS is in the state it’s in.  It doesn’t fit the one-germ, one-drug allopathic germ theory.   I believe strongly in the right to choose and taking your individual health into account as well as the risks present for you.  So far I’m not seeing anything convincing, productive, or worth the risk about this experimental, fast-tracked COVID injection, that isn’t a vaccine and that doesn’t stop transmission or prevent infection. There are numerous issues that have yet to be addressed and the media/’authorities‘ are doing all within their power to downplay serious reactions and deaths.  Antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) is very real, and there are many testing positive and getting sick after the injection.  This “must see” video reveals those getting this injection are getting far more than they bargained for. (Dr. Lee Merrit is past president of the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons)
Lastly, every single Lyme/MSIDS patient I’ve worked with has suffered a relapse after getting vaccinated.

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Tick-Borne Disease & COVID-19: Nutritional Strategies For a Compounding Problem

Presents:
Dr. Joseph J. Burrascano, Jr. & Dr. Debby Hamilton

An in-depth discussion

Tick-Borne Disease & COVID-19:

Nutritional strategies for a compounding problem
Joseph J. Burrascano, Jr., MD
Dr. Burrascano presents possible connections between COVID “Long Haulers” and tick-borne disease, and testing strategies to distinguish between the two. He will also review what is currently known about the available COVID vaccines.
Debby Hamilton, MD, MPH
Doctor Hamilton will  expand on Dr. Burrascano’s discussion and add nutritional support strategies for vaccination, including immune and detox support pre- and post-vaccination.

Key insights:

  • Up to 67% of COVID tests provide false negative when taken 1 day prior to symptoms
  • COVID “Long Haulers” may actually be a reactivation of tick-borne disease
  • Targeted Nutritional support may provide healthy pre- and post-vaccination response
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Join us Wednesday, March 10th  3PM or  6PM PST

(lecture will be presented at two different times for your convenience)
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More”Breakthrough Cases”- Testing Positive After COVID “vaccine”

**UPDATE May, 2023**

The Cleveland Clinic Study is now published as peer-reviewed science.  It shows that the more doses of the COVID shots you get, the higher your risk of contracting COVID.

“Risk of COVID-19… increased with time since most recent prior COVID-19 episode and with the number of vaccine doses previously received.’

Which means the argument for “vaccine” mandates is destroyed. 

It also means the “vaccinated” are now a risk to the unvaccinated and the elderly, but will anyone state this?  Nope.  Will the “vaccinated” lose their jobs and be bullied like the unvaccinated have been?  Nope. 

https://thehighwire.com/videos/did-you-catch-covid-19-after-getting-the-vaccine/  Video Here

DID YOU CATCH COVID-19 AFTER GETTING THE INJECTION?

More than two months in and the Covid injection still has not proven to stop infection or transmission of SARS-CoV2, which could explain what mainstream media is calling “breakthrough cases,” a phenomenon where people are testing positive for #Covid19 within a few days or weeks after getting the Covid shot.

Experts say you should continue to act as if you never got vaccinated.
The question to ponder of course, is why get the injection at all?

Del Bigtree’s question to Dr. Fauci is:

“How do we achieve herd immunity from a product that does not stop infection or transmission?”

Great question that deserves an answer.

As you can see here, many are testing positive for COVID and becoming ill after the injection, but we are continually told it isn’t due to the injection.

Some experts are also calling for a halt to the injections after a multitude of deaths.

Those trying to downplay “breakthrough cases” state people should just, “Stop Stressing Post-Vax Risk of Spreading Coronavirus.” I encourage you to read the article for yourself but the take home is this particular doctor, and others like him, don’t want anything to stop people from getting vaccinated.

This ideology is rampant, but the question has always been about risk and that’s a decision each individual must make for himself – without threats and punishment. See: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/02/23/contact-your-representatives-about-the-vaccine-bill-of-rights/

Besides not stopping transmission and infection, experts have warned about this injection increasing HIV risk.

The belief that everyone, regardless of risk, should be vaccinated “for the greater good” overlooks the many subsets of people who for various reasons shouldn’t be vaccinated – particularly with this experimental, fast-tracked injection that does very little, if anything at all, with warnings and reports of serious adverse reactions and deaths occurring daily.

Do your own reading and don’t be coerced into doing something you very well may regret later.

For those who believe that the injection will help things return to “normal,” Dr. Fauci states Americans will be wearing masks in 2022.

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Vivek Murthy’s and Janet Woodcock’s Multimillion Dollar Conflicts Are Cause for Concern

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/

The Surgeon General nominee will only treat corporate America’s woes

by Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH February 22, 2021

A photo of Vivek Murthy, MD

Over the weekend, Dan Diamond for the Washington Post reported that Vivek Murthy, MD, nominated for Surgeon General and to help the Biden COVID-19 response, received 2.6 million dollars in pandemic consulting fees and speaking engagements since January 2020. Murthy received $400,000 from Carnival cruise lines for consulting, over $400,000 in cash and another $400,000 worth of stock from Airbnb, nearly $300,000 from Estee Lauder, and $600,000 from Netflix. The article notes, “most of Murthy’s consulting work came after Biden effectively cinched the Democratic nomination in April 2020, after rival Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race, and he was sometimes touted in speeches as a Biden adviser.”

What’s the problem?

These payments are a serious conflict of interest, and an example of the swamp that Americans want to drain. These companies aren’t paying exorbitant fees for advice or services provided. Sars-Cov-2 is a great threat, but no one has two million dollars of special advice. Most experts know that distancing, ventilation, hand hygiene, cleaning, and masking are key. As for Carnival cruise lines, my advice would be simple: don’t run cruises. That advice is free, by the way.

If these payments cannot be for services rendered, what are they for? They are payments for influence. All of these companies have pending issues right now with the Biden transition and administration. For example, Carnival wants to reopen their cruise ships, so they want Federal exemptions, and attainable ventilation standards; Airbnb wants to use Murthy’s name and title to assure customers it’s safe to stay; Netflix has a dual interest: they want customers to purchase their services, making lockdowns good for business, but they simultaneously must produce shows, so exemptions for filming would be great; the list goes on.  (See link for article)

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02/23/21

Why Janet Woodcock Is Wrong Person to Lead FDA

Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting FDA commissioner, is one of two leading contenders for the role of FDA commissioner, but some argue her past and current conflicts of interest and her inadequate oversight of the opioid crisis should disqualify her.
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On Jan. 20, the Biden administration named Dr. Janet Woodcock acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

As The New York Times reported over the weekend, Woodcock is “one of two leading contenders” to lead the agency, but she faces “strong opposition.”

Among those opposing Woodcock’s appointment as FDA commissioner is as  a coalition of nonprofit advocacy groups who argue that Woodcock’s “inadequate” oversight of the FDA during the opioid crisis should disqualify her. In a letter to officials at the Department of Health and Human Services, the coalition wrote:

“In its opioid decision-making, Dr. Woodcock, and the division she supervised, consistently put the interests of opioid manufacturers ahead of public health, often overruling its own scientific advisors and ignoring the pleas of public health groups, state Attorneys General, and outraged victims of the opioid crisis.”

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

According to HHS.gov:

The U.S. Surgeon General is the Nation’s Doctor, providing Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury. The Surgeon General oversees the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, an elite group of over 6,000 uniformed officers who are public health professionals. The USPHS mission is to protect, promote, and advance the health of our nation.

The office of Surgeon General should be an unbiased source of public health information.

According to FDA.gov, the office of the FDA Commissioner’s role is to:

“protect and promote public health, and to meet the challenges of rapid innovation across the industries regulated by FDA.”  

So similarly to the Surgeon General, the head of the FDA is entrusted with public health, but further regulates industries.

But, true to form, we discover the very people entrusted with public health have their hands in deep coffers and are financially vested in things obstructing their ability to make unbiased decisions, giving them ZERO credibility.

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