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How to Lift Brain Fog and Boost Your Immune System

https://www.lymedisease.org/how-to-lift-brain-fog-and-boost-your-immune-system/

How to lift brain fog and boost your immune system

2/9/23

By Lonnie Marcum

Both viruses and bacteria can invade the brain. All too frequently, patients with lingering symptoms following infection complain of “brain fog.”

Brain fog describes the feeling of mental confusion, forgetfulness, memory loss, lack of motivation, inability to focus, and/or difficulty concentrating.

A simple technique known as lymphatic drainage massage may help to clear the fog and boost your immune system at the same time.

Patients with brain fog often report “drawing a blank” when trying to remember the name of a friend, family member or pet; forgetting what they were going to do; or getting lost on the way home or to a familiar location. Brain fog can also be associated with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression.

Prolonged brain fog can be caused by a variety of factors, including sleep disturbance, certain medications, head injury, environmental toxins, inflammation and infection—which is the case in many individuals with “Lyme brain.”

Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, can infect the brain and nervous system. Neurological symptoms of Lyme disease are a late-stage manifestation of Bb infection called neuroborreliosis.

Neuroborreliosis and Lyme Brain

In 2011, researchers at the University of California, Davis were able to show how Bb invades the lymph nodes within 24 hours after infection. They later discovered how it causes abnormalities in the lymph tissues and impairs the immune system.

A more recent study suggests that the choroid plexus may play a role in how Borrelia infections affect the nervous system. The choroid plexus is found within the ventricles near the center of the brain. It produces and filters cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the clear fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord.

Another important study from Tulane University found spirochetes that cause Lyme disease in the autopsied brain tissue of a patient who had  been aggressively treated with antibiotics. This demonstrated that infection can persist despite antibiotic treatment.

Even if the Borrelia spirochetes don’t completely penetrate the brain, they are frequently present in the meninges. These are three protective layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Infection of the meninges is associated with increases in inflammatory cytokines, and meningitis, a swelling of the meninges.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S. and Europe. The spread of Bb to the central nervous system causing Lyme neuroborreliosis occurs in approximately 10–15% of all cases of Lyme disease. In the U.S., one of the most frequent manifestations of Lyme neuroborreliosis is lymphocytic meningitis.

Lyme lymphocytic meningitis is swelling of the meninges with the infiltration of lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) into the CSF. Symptoms may include fever, headache, neck pain/stiffness, sensitivity to light and cognitive impairment.

Two Circulatory Systems

There are two circulatory systems in our bodies: the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system.

The cardiovascular system consists of the heart and blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries). Basically, arteries carry oxygenated blood and nutrients away from the heart to every tissue in the body, while veins carry used blood back to the heart and lungs in a continuous loop. Capillaries are the small vessels where the arteries and veins connect.

The lymphatic system is a secondary circulatory system. It works separately but in conjunction with the cardiovascular system. When working properly, lymphatics only move in one direction—towards the heart. Included in the lymphatic system are small bean-shaped structures called lymph nodes. Depending on one’s age and sex, there are 400-700 lymph nodes throughout the body with main clusters found in the neck, armpits, chest, abdomen and groin.

Lymph nodes contain life-saving immune cells including:

  1. T-cells (T-lymphocytes) – play a crucial role in cell-mediated immunity;
  2. B-cells (B-lymphocytes) – produce antibodies that help fight pathogens;
  3. Dendritic cells – present antigens to T-cells, activating the immune system;
  4. Macrophages – engulf and digest foreign matter, cellular debris, and pathogens;
  5. Natural killer cells – attack abnormal (cancerous) or infected cells;
  6. Plasma cells – produce and secrete antibodies.

As bacteria and viruses enter the lymph nodes, the immune cells work to identify and remove them. The more fluid that moves through the lymph nodes, the more immune cells will be produced. From there, the waste is filtered out through the liver and kidneys and the lymph is returned to the blood stream in a continuous cycle.

Unlike the cardiovascular system, which is powered by the heart, the lymphatic system lacks a central pump. Thus, it relies on muscle contractions to circulate lymph.  To keep lymph moving through the system, you must drink plenty of water and be active enough to move the fluids through the body.

However, many patients with persistent symptoms of Lyme suffer from chronic fatigue, making activity and traditional exercise nearly impossible—which was the case with my daughter.

When my daughter was immobile due to chronic illness, I used three things to help with lymph drainage:  passive range of motion exercises, medical grade compression stockings, and manual lymph drainage massage. These were all things I’d been taught as a physical therapist (PT).

Later we worked with a PT who specialized in chronic fatigue syndrome. She helped my daughter design a full body lymph drainage massage technique she continues to use to this day.

[Note: While you can learn to do all these things on your own, I highly recommend scheduling an appointment with a licensed physical therapist to learn the proper technique for each. PT is covered by most insurance.]

Lymphatic drainage for brain health

There is increasing evidence that infection is a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases. In fact, one of the most common viral infections, Epstein-Barr virus, is now linked to multiple sclerosis.

Whether an infection is active, persistent, dormant, or the dead remnants of previous illness, it can produce inflammatory waste products that the body must try to clear through the circulatory system.

Lymphatic drainage massage is a therapeutic technique that uses gentle, rhythmic strokes to stimulate the flow of lymph fluids in a specific direction through the body.

Whole body lymph drainage massage helps reduce inflammation and remove waste products. It also helps  stimulate the immune system and allows the movement of basic hormones needed for rest and healing.

Lymphatic drainage massage is similar to deep cleaning your home. It’s like clearing the cobwebs out of the corners and the dust bunnies out from under the bed. When the lymph nodes are plugged, they slow the flow of lymphatic fluid. Leaving those nodes clogged and swollen impairs the healing process.

Never underestimate the value of keeping the lymphatic system functioning.

The Glymphatic System

In the brain, the lymphatic clearance pathway is called the glymphatic system—a pathway that was only recently discovered.

Maiken Nedergaard is a Danish neuroscientist who works at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. In 2012, she first identified the existence of the network of lymphatic vessels in the brain that eliminate toxins via cerebrospinal fluid. Prior to this, no one knew how the brain cleared waste and infections. Nedergaard created the word “glymphatic” to represent the relationship between the glial cells and the lymphatic system  of the brain.

Nedergaard discovered that the glymphatic system is responsible for removing byproducts of infection, including amyloid beta. It’s a protein that can build up in the brain and is associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

The glymphatic system is most active during uninterrupted deep sleep. This is one reason why sleep is so important for overall brain health and why sleep deprivation can exacerbate neurodegenerative diseases.

Head/Neck Lymphatic Self-Massage

[Note: If you have any contraindications listed below, please speak to your doctor before performing this procedure.]

When doing lymphatic drainage massage, you always want to start by opening the lymph valves closest to the heart first, work your way outwards, then back in towards the heart. The first time you do this type of massage I recommend going low and slow — maybe 10 – 20 motions of each of the following steps. Later, if no adverse reactions, you can increase to 50 repetitions of each step.

Step 1. From a comfortable seated position, begin by gently pulsing the lymphatic nodes at the base of your neck, the soft space just above the collarbones. These nodes need to be opened before anything can move down from the head/neck.

Step 2. Move your fingers higher up the neck to the groove just behind your ears. With palms flat, pull the skin gently towards the front and all the way down to the center of your neck where it meets the “V” between the collarbones. (P.S. If your sinuses and/or ears pop and you feel like swallowing, you are doing it right.)

Step 3. Make the “Spock” hand sign. Place your middle and index finger behind the ears and the ring and pinky finger in front of the ears and gently pull downwards.

Step 4. Move your hands around the back of the head/neck to the base of the skull and gently pull forward.

Step 5, 6, and 7 is the first three steps in reverse: Perform steps 3, 2 and 1, pulling all the fluid down towards the collarbones.

This is the video I most frequently use to teach people this simple beginner’s self-drainage massage technique.

Watch:

Other Treatments

  • An anti-inflammatory diet, full of high quality proteins, fresh fruits/veggies and fiber, and low in processed foods, sugar, gluten and dairy.
  • Vitamin B, vitamin C and vitamin D are also vital to immune health,
  • Certain herbs as recommended by Dr. Bill Rawls,
  • Epsom salt baths or foot soak. The magnesium helps to calm the nerves
  • Saunas and dry brushing also help with lymphatic drainage,
  • Movement based upon your tolerance: simple range of motion (moving arms & legs while lying or seated), walking, yoga, swimming, or biking.
  • Vagus nerve stimulation regulates the immune system through its connections with immune cells in the spleen, thymus and gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT),
  • Abdominal massage to help get things moving,
  • Other integrative and restorative therapies.

Contraindications

I always recommend speaking to your treating clinician before beginning a new treatment method. Contraindications to lymphatic massage include acute infection, cardiac edema, cancer, blood clots (DVT), bleeding conditions, kidney failure, bronchitis, uncontrolled high blood pressure.

Resources

Find a Lymphology Certified Specialist through LANA.

Training: Manual Lymph Drainage Institute International

Self-help: The Concise Perrin Technique: A Handbook for Patients. By Dr. Raymond Perrin. (A practical companion to The Perrin Technique 2E: How to diagnose and treat CFS/ME and fibromyalgia via the lymphatic drainage of the brain.)

LymeSci is written by Lonnie Marcum, a Licensed Physical Therapist and mother of a daughter with Lyme. She served two terms on a subcommittee of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Follow her on Twitter: @LonnieRhea  Email her at: lmarcum@lymedisease.org.

References

Adams Y, Clausen AS, Jensen PØ, Lager M, Wilhelmsson P, Henningson AJ, Lindgren PE, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Mens H, Kraiczy P, Kragh KN, Bjarnsholt T, Kjaer A, Lebech AM, Jensen AR. 3D blood-brain barrier-organoids as a model for Lyme neuroborreliosis highlighting genospecies dependent organotropism. iScience. 2022 Dec 19;26(1):105838. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105838. PMID: 36686395; PMCID: PMC9851883.

Bacyinski A, Xu M, Wang W, Hu J. The Paravascular Pathway for Brain Waste Clearance: Current Understanding, Significance and Controversy. Front Neuroanat. 2017 Nov 7;11:101. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00101. PMID: 29163074; PMCID: PMC5681909.

Bohr T, Hjorth PG, Holst SC, Hrabětová S, Kiviniemi V, Lilius T, Lundgaard I, Mardal KA, Martens EA, Mori Y, Nägerl UV, Nicholson C, Tannenbaum A, Thomas JH, Tithof J, Benveniste H, Iliff JJ, Kelley DH, Nedergaard M. The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling. iScience. 2022 Aug 20;25(9):104987. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104987. PMID: 36093063; PMCID: PMC9460186.

Chikly, Bruno (2004). Silent Waves: Theory and Practice of Lymph Drainage Therapy: An Osteopathic Lympathic Technique. I.H.H. Pub. ISBN 978-0-9700-5302-2.

Chikly BJ. Manual techniques addressing the lymphatic system: origins and development. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005 Oct;105(10):457-64. PMID: 16314678.

Elsner RA, Hastey CJ, Olsen KJ, Baumgarth N (2015) Suppression of Long-Lived Humoral Immunity Following Borrelia burgdorferi Infection. PLoS Pathog 11(7): e1004976. doi:10.1371/ journal.ppat.1004976

H Heald A, Perrin R, Walther A, Stedman M, Hann M, Mukherjee A, Riste L. Reducing fatigue-related symptoms in Long COVID-19: a preliminary report of a lymphatic drainage intervention. Cardiovasc Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Apr 12;11(2):e0261. doi: 10.1097/XCE.0000000000000261. PMID: 35441129; PMCID: PMC9010124.

Lotz SK, Blackhurst BM, Reagin KL, Funk KE. Microbial Infections Are a Risk Factor for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Front Cell Neurosci. 2021 Jul 7;15:691136. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.691136. PMID: 34305533; PMCID: PMC8292681.

Parthasarathy G, Pattison MB, Midkiff CC. The FGF/FGFR system in the microglial neuroinflammation with Borrelia burgdorferi: likely intersectionality with other neurological conditions. J Neuroinflammation. 2023 Jan 17;20(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s12974-022-02681-x. PMID: 36650549; PMCID: PMC9847051.

Sachdeva S, Persaud S, Patel M, Popard P, Colverson A, Doré S. Effects of Sound Interventions on the Permeability of the Blood–Brain Barrier and Meningeal Lymphatic Clearance. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(6):742. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12060742

Thompson D, Brissette CA, Watt JA. The choroid plexus and its role in the pathogenesis of neurological infections. Fluids Barriers CNS. 2022 Sep 10;19(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s12987-022-00372-6. PMID: 36088417; PMCID: PMC9463972.

Tunev SS, Hastey CJ, Hodzic E, Feng S, Barthold SW, Baumgarth N. Lymphoadenopathy during lyme borreliosis is caused by spirochete migration-induced specific B cell activation. PLoS Pathog. 2011 May;7(5):e1002066. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002066. Epub 2011 May 26. PMID: 21637808; PMCID: PMC3102705.

Related Posts:

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  4. NEWS: New UC Davis study says Lyme hides out in lymph nodes

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Can Anaplasmosis Cause Heart Issues?

https://danielcameronmd.com/can-anaplasmosis-cause-heart-problems/

CAN ANAPLASMOSIS CAUSE HEART PROBLEMS?

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The number of cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is rising in the United States, with more than a three-fold increase over the past several years. The tick-borne illness is not often associated with conduction problems and myocardial disease. But a new study highlights a case in which anaplasmosis triggered mycopericarditis.

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In their article, “Case report: human granulocytic anaplasmosis causes acute myopericarditis with atrial fibrillation,” Levy et al. describe the case of a 65-year-old man who presented to the emergency room with fever and malaise, which had persisted for one week.¹ An electrocardiogram showed new atrial fibrillation and conduction abnormalities.

The man resides in a suburb of Boston in a home surrounded by wooded areas. “He reported being outdoors regularly for kayaking trips in the few months prior to presentation,” the authors wrote.

“Anaplasma serologies were positive for IgM and negative for IgG, and subsequent PCR detected anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA,” the author wrote. “CMR imaging revealed findings consistent with myopericarditis.”

According to the authors, the man had “an isolated HGA infection, and cardiac workup showed evidence of myopericarditis as well as conduction system disease.”

Conduction and rhythm abnormalities are frequently associated with Lyme disease but have not been previously reported with [anaplasmosis] HGA.

“This case highlights that conduction and rhythm disturbance can be a feature of myocarditis in the setting of isolated [anaplasmosis] HGA infection,” the authors wrote.

“In our patient HGA was the sole identifiable culprit,” the authors point out. “This is an uncommon finding; isolated HGA myocarditis or myopericarditis has been reported only once previously.”

The authors conclude:

  • “myopericarditis and serious haemodynamic compromise are potential severe complications of HGA infection, without the need for a concomitant Lyme infection.
  • “anaplasma phagocytophilum infection, in the absence of any concomitant Lyme disease, can cause acute myopericarditis”
  • “HGA myopericarditis can present with electrical disturbances including atrial fibrillation and conduction system disease.”

It is important to include anaplasmosis in patients presenting with clinical symptoms consistent with myopericarditis and continuing doxycycline treatment until both Lyme disease and HGA are ruled out, the authors explained. This is particularly relevant to those patients living in endemic regions who present with symptoms during the late Spring through early Fall.

Related Articles:

Babesia and anaplasmosis in a child with B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Anaplasmosis leading to neurological symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia

Podcast: Anaplasmosis in the brain

References:
  1. Levy AM, Martin LM, Krakower DS, Grandin EW. Case report: human granulocytic anaplasmosis causes acute myopericarditis with atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2023 Jan 17;7(1):ytad026. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad026. PMID: 36727140; PMCID: PMC9883714.

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**Comment**

It’s important to remember the distinction between rarely reported and rarely occurring.  Big diff.

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WHO Backs Down on IHR Amendments But It Ain’t Over By a Longshot

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Shocking WHO Pandemic Treaty Update

Feb. 9, 2023

Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts explains that in a rare win, the World Health Organization has backed down on proposed International Health Regulation (IHR) amendments for compulsory vaccination and lockdowns. But this is only a win in a minor battle from a much larger war, because the Pandemic Treaty that would do the same thing is patiently waiting in the wings. This diabolical treaty is a main reason why many refuse to declare the pandemic over, including Biden who states the national emergency will magically end exactly on May 11.  The WHO states COVID is at a “transition point,” despite the very real pandemic fatigue, low cases and deaths, and the acknowledgment that COVID will always be with us, and simply isn’t ready to move on (i.e. concede power.)

Astrid Stuckelberger, PhD, former member of the WHO research and ethics review committee, spoke about the WHO’s slowly changing agenda.  German political scientist ILona Kickbusch wrote a paper which was circulated between all member states on how they were going to establish a new convention.  They want to take down the Constitution of the national member state, and establish the WHO Constitution as the only one, giving them all power to do anything they want including changing definitions to whatever they want (definition of pandemic, vaccines, etc.) in the midst of a ‘pandemic,’ which clearly shows why they are in no hurry to declare COVID over. The following slide is from the interview which shows the strategy the WHO is rolling out.

The concerted power grab is very real as is the desire to centralize and monopolize all of medicine not only in the U.S. but globally. 

This should concern everyone but particularly Lyme/MSIDS patients as we already have an uphill battle to get diagnosed and treated due to this very real monopoly.  Red flags should immediately appear whenever the words “consensus” based medicine are uttered.  Science is always evolving and there is, or should be healthy debate.  The fact ‘the powers that be’ have squashed all debate over COVID should be proof enough that something is rotten in Denmark.  They’ve done it with Lyme/MSIDS for over 40 years and continue unabated.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/…

These people will never give up.
Stay alert, stay informed, and stay boldly outspoken.

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14% and 10% Drop in Fertility in Germany and Sweden After COVID Shot Program

Here come the data…..

https://www.bib.bund.de/Publikation/2022/Fertility-declines-near-the-end-of-the-COVID-19-pandemic-Evidence-of-the-2022-birth-declines-in-Germany-and-Sweden

Fertility declines near the end of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence of the 2022 birth declines in Germany and Sweden

Bujard, Martin; Andersson, Gunnar (2022)

BiB Working Paper 6/2022. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung

“Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries faced short-term fertility declines in 2020 and 2021, a development which did not materialize in Scandinavian and German-speaking countries. However, more recent birth statistics show a steep fertility decline in the aftermath of the pandemic in 2022. We aim to provide data on the unexpected birth decline in 2022 in Germany and Sweden and relate these data to pandemic-related contextual developments which could have influenced the post-pandemic fertility development. We rely on monthly birth statistics and present seasonally adjusted monthly Total Fertility Rates (TFR) for Germany and Sweden. We relate the nine-months lagged fertility rates to contextual developments regarding COVID-19 mortality and morbidity, unemployment rates, and COVID-19 vaccinations.

The seasonally adjusted monthly TFR of Germany dropped from 1.5-1.6 in 2021 to 1.3-1.4 in 2022, a decline of about 14%. In Sweden, the corresponding TFR dropped from about 1.7 in 2021 to 1.5-1.6 in 2022, a decline of almost 10%. There is no association of the fertility trends with changes in unemployment, infection rates, or COVID-19 deaths. However, there is a strong association between the onset of vaccination programmes and the fertility decline nine months after of this onset. The fertility decline in the first months of 2022 in Germany and Sweden is remarkable. Common explanations of fertility change during the pandemic do not apply in its aftermath. The association between the onset of mass vaccinations and subsequent fertility decline indicates that people adjusted their behaviour to get vaccinated before becoming pregnant, as societies were opening up with post-pandemic life conditions. Our study provides novel information on fertility declines in countries previously not affected by any COVID-19 baby bust. We provide a first appraisal of the COVID-19-fertility nexus in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic.”

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Walensky Face Plants Again – But is Still in Office

https://jeffereyjaxen.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-the-cdc-as-walensky-goes

The Fall of The CDC As Walensky Goes Down With The Ship

Jefferey Jaxen
2/9/23

In the current administration, it appears that no amount of public face plants will get health officials quietly shuffled out of their positions. During the pandemic response, flawed as it was, the American people watched as a master manipulator with decades of experienced double talk, gaslighting families and bold faced lies to the public. Tony Fauci was a rare breed of operator with a pedigree to conceal inconvenient truths in realtime – and he did with masks, vaccines efficacy, safety and lockdowns. 

Then we have CDC director Rochelle Walensky. She is in many ways the antithesis of Fauci and his ilk. Although much of the public knows that a manipulative response is coming after she’s asked a question, her answers leave people within earshot frustrated and hopeless. Not because she’s an inept public health leader but because her effort to conceal truths has front facing childlike unpreparedness.

At one time in her career, Walensky may have been a sharp, hard-hitting professor at Harvard and hospital chief propelling her into the director position at the top public health agency in the US. Yet, akin to a Benjamin Button of health communication and public relations, Walensky seems to regress in tact, professionalism and trust as her tenure as CDC director goes forward in time. With Charles Manson-like eye contact, Walensky often says things she probably shouldn’t say out loud – or at the very least, seems not to know any better.  (See link for article)

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SUMMARY:

  • Walensky et al., who all knew Pfizer never properly tested their gene therapy product for effectiveness or safety, went from saying COVID jabs were 95% effective to they don’t stop transmission or infection, after millions had already received them.
  • She face-planted completely off the PR wagon when she blamed ‘too much optimism’ for the reason ‘nobody’ thought the efficacy would wane or be potent against other variants.
  • When the ACIP recommended the gene therapy shots to pediatric ages, she gave the tone-deaf reason that it was the only way it could be covered in The Vaccines For Children (VFC) program, which is a U.S. government program to provide low-income families receiving government aid through Medicaid.
    • Some speculate that similarly to Brazil, this might be the path to require low-income families to have their children “vaccinated” to receive government aid benefits, such as food stamps.
    • The COVID-19 “vaccines” now add another 2-3 doses of vaccines to the 25 doses of other vaccines already on the CDC schedule that can be injected into babies and toddlers during their first 15 months of life.
    • The COVID shots were also added into the CDC schedule of immunizations for children 18-months-old to 18-years-old.
    • This also opens the door for local health departments and schools to add these shots to the CDC list of recommended vaccines as a requirement for school attendance.  This should trouble everyone.
    • Nobody seems to care that these gene therapy jabs DO NOT have FDA approval.  They remain under emergency use authorization (EUA) and are linked to more adverse reactions and death than ANY other vaccine in the history of VAERS, which only has a 1% capture rate.
  • Walensky had the gall to state that ‘misinformation’ was the reason people are losing faith in the childhood vaccination schedule, despite the fact overall safety testing is less than what the world just experienced with COVID shots.  This would almost be humorous if it wasn’t so serious.
  • When questioned over the known harm masks have caused children and adults, Walensky doubled down on the mantra that masks prevent transmission, despite a meta-analysis on 78 studies by Cochrane that determined masks probably make little to no difference in the outcome of influenza-like illnesses like COVID.The analysis also reported: “Harms were rarely measured and poorly reported.”  Bingo!  Can we pleeeeeeeze move on from the mask nonsense?
    • Go here for a “must read” article on how despite the good scholarship of the mask review, Cochrane has become nothing more than a “political junk science rag.” Within the article is a rare interview with Tom Jefferson, one of the study authors, who doesn’t trust the media (gee I wonder why?).  Jefferson states: “Governments completely failed to do the right thing and demand better evidence.”  I highly recommend reading the transcript as Jefferson highlights the shenanigans within science journals that will do virtually anything nowadays to publish the “right answer,” i.e. accepted answer for the accepted narrative.
    • In this important video, Dr. Prasad reads a statement from CDC director Rochelle Walensky and then states the following:

      “She’s just making things up.  She’s good at making things up. She made up the fact that there’s credible data that we should mask kids between 2 and 5 even though UNICEF and the WHO said not to do that. She made that up.  She makes up lots of things, because she doesn’t actually use science to guide decision making, she just likes to make things up.” ~ Dr. Vinay Prasad  

  • While health “authorities” try and cover their backsides and excuse their incompetence and/or evil intent by stating they had to do something other than wait around for “the science,” a Cochrane study author states it best:

“…it’s a complete subversion of the ‘precautionary principle’ which states that you should do nothing unless you have reasonable evidence that benefits outweigh the harms.”  ~ Tom Jefferson, Cochrane epidemiologist

Finally, some common sense in a world gone mad.

Oops, I spoke too soon.

  • CDC now recommends people with heart disease get the gene therapy shot, which is notorious for causing heart disease.
  • Latest mRNA jab for RSV, a common childhood virus causing cold-like symptoms, wins expedited review, after MSM and ‘the powers that be’ perform identical line-dance moves over a supposed ‘tripledemic,’ that many blame on lockdowns that isolated people from common infections they normally develop antibodies to.

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