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The ‘Remdesivir Papers’: NIH COVID Panel Learned Zilch & 12 Policies Must Be Changed For Health Freedom

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/remdesivir-papers-drug-military-members-941-deaths/?

‘Remdesivir Papers’ Allege Controversial Drug Used to Treat Service Members Led to 601 Deaths

A military whistleblower released a series of documents revealing that the military began “liberally” administering remdesivir to service members who were suspected of having COVID-19 — months before the FDA approved the drug.

remdesivir bottle and stack of files

A military whistleblower released a series of documents revealing 601 deaths of military service members and a high rate of serious adverse events in clinical trials involving remdesivir, an antiviral commonly administered to COVID-19 patients during the pandemic.

According to “The Remdesivir Papers,” some clinical trials were improperly run. In the case of at least one study, results were never made public. The whistleblower also alleged a widespread lack of informed consent for trial participants.

“Data derived from the Department of Defense [DOD] Joint Trauma System … by a military whistleblower offers a stark contrast to results of multiple clinical trials involving the liberal usage of remdesivir in military treatment facilities and other civilian facilities, as well as its potential contribution to, at minimum, hundreds of untimely deaths,” the documents state.

Yet according to the documents, the military began “liberally” administering remdesivir to service members who were suspected of having COVID-19 — months before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug.

The whistleblower, known by the pseudonym Daniel LeMay, shared the documents with investigative journalist J.M. Phelps, who published them last week in The Gateway Pundit.

In interviews with The Defender, LeMay and Phelps discussed the documents and their significance.  (See link for article)

Important excerpt:

Former victims of the COVID-19 hospital protocols, which included administration of remdesivir, and advocates for those victims welcomed the documents’ release.

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**Comment**

This needs to go public. Public officials need to be held to account for the fraudulent ‘trials’ of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine in order to preclude their use, making remdesivir the standard of care despite the obvious data showing that it kills people.  More whistleblowers need to come forward.

Gulick et al, published a “lessons learned” paper in Annals of Internal Medicine and missed the point entirely regarding ivermectin which exceeded all other drugs. Doctors and patients are finding success with ivermectin in combination with other nutraceuticals and drugs.  To make matters worse, the NIH guidelines advised against using ivermectin, which impeded doctors on the front line who found it effective and a part of community standard of care.

I highly recommend reading COVID ‘vaccine’ science catching up with ‘conspiracy theorists.’  Important excerpt:

Of course, while the science is starting to catch up, and the lawsuits are continuing apace (source), we’re still being told by our governments and mainstream media to roll up our sleeves, even those of us as young as 6 months. Source and source.

Okay then.

I’m with Dr. Vinay Prasad who once again candidly reiterates ‘mistakes were not made,’ and there should be no amnesty for COVID tyrants who are still lying.

Not only are they still lying, untold numbers of doctors have been persecuted by The Machine for simply doing their jobs and treating people.  Many lost their medical licenses and can no longer practice medicine.  This too has not been admitted or rectified by The Establishment.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/12-policies-need-change-true-health-freedom/?

These 12 Policies Need to Change If We Want True Health Freedom

In a free and moral society, health freedom is not simply a convenience — it’s an imperative.

This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.
statue of liberty and hand holding stethoscope

As a requirement for discussing and appreciating the imperative of health freedom in the U.S., we must first define what is meant by health freedom.

A simple definition is the right of every American to decide what medical interventions to put into or onto one’s body, the right to access and use the medical and healing modalities of one’s choice, the right to maintain one’s health according to one’s conscience and the right to live free of involuntary medication be it via the food supply, the water supply or something airborne.

In a free and moral society, health freedom is not simply a convenience; it’s an imperative.

In this vein, in the event of injury or illness, all Americans must possess the absolute right to choose what medical interventions and treatments to accept and what medical or healing modalities to utilize in order to address illness or injury; Americans must be free to choose how to maintain their health whether that be through nutrition, supplements, herbs, drugs or a myriad of healing modalities; Americans must have access to truthful information regarding how the seeds for plants and animal feed and the food in our food supply has been grown or developed, medicated, processed and packaged; and Americans have the right to exist in a society free of water and airborne medications, insect vectors and chemicals.

Health freedom can only exist in a free and moral society that values each and every member of that society. This prerequisite thus excludes medical mandates of any kind. It is immoral to force another individual to risk their life for the theoretical benefit of another.

Moreover, the government does not have the moral authority or power to dictate what medical products any American puts into or on his or her body. If anyone in government does possess that power, then no American is truly free, nor does he or she possess any meaningful right whatsoever — Americans are merely chattel.

In order to create a society based on true health freedom, the following policy shifts should be implemented, as a first step. There are many more changes that should be implemented as well, but these proposals would address some of the most glaring, pernicious anti-liberty and anti-health aspects of our system as it exists today:

1. Ban all medical mandates

The Declaration of Independence states, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Medical mandates are prima facie violations of our founding documents.

Health freedom demands prior voluntary informed consent before a medical treatment or intervention is administered. Medical mandates are thus, by definition, antithetical to voluntary consent and therefore must be prohibited in a free and moral society.

No single individual in government knows the medical history of any American, knows what is best for Americans, or has to live with the repercussions of any choices made by Americans, thus, medical mandates are never justified in any circumstance.

2. Repeal the Bayh-Dole Act

“The Bayh-Dole Act, formerly known as the Patent and Trademark Act Amendments, is a federal law enacted in 1980 that enables universities, nonprofit research institutions and small businesses to own, patent and commercialize inventions developed under federally funded research programs within their organizations.”

Under this program, government scientists may receive up to $150,000 per year on their patents.

In theory, Bayh-Dole incentivizes bright scientists to seek employment at federal health agencies rather than entering more lucrative private industry by allowing these taxpayer-funded scientists and other individuals and entities to retain the patent rights to intellectual property developed during their taxpayer-funded research and development activities.

In practice, this Act forever realigned the interests of taxpayer-funded scientists away from the American people and toward their own interests and profits and the profits of the private industries with which they collaborate.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and his team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases infamously owned half of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine patent which incentivized the misguided COVID-19-era policies leading to a colossal violation of the rights of Americans demonstrating the perverse incentives created by Bayh-Dole and the necessity of repealing the act.

3. Repeal the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1992

“The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) was created by Congress in 1992 and authorizes FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] to collect user fees from persons that submit certain human drug applications for review or that are named in approved applications as the sponsor of certain prescription drug products. Since the passage of PDUFA, user fees have played an important role in expediting the drug review and approval process.”

In 2022 alone, the pharmaceutical industry paid $2.9 billion in user fees amounting to 46% of the FDA’s entire budget including $1.4 billion or 66% for their drug approvers’ salaries and $197 million or 43% of the biologics (vaccines) program budget.

As a direct consequence of PDUFA, the FDA has a vested interest aligned with the profits and success of the pharmaceutical industry rather than the health and well-being of the American people.

4. Repeal the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) which authorizes the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to issue a PREP Act declaration.

“The declaration provides immunity from liability (except for willful misconduct) for claims:

    • of loss caused, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from administration or use of countermeasures to diseases, threats and conditions
    • determined by the Secretary to constitute a present, or credible risk of a future public health emergency
    • to entities and individuals involved in the development, manufacture, testing, distribution, administration, and use of such countermeasures

“A PREP Act declaration is specifically for the purpose of providing immunity from liability, and is different from, and not dependent on, other emergency declarations.”

The PREP Act desecrates the ethical principle of informed consent by protecting individuals from liability even when they expressly act contrary to patients’ wishes and instructions and must be repealed.

5. Repeal the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act anchors Americans to the pharmaceutical and drug-based medical paradigm even though a majority of Americans used at least one form of “alternative” medicine in 2021 and spent $30.6 billion in out-of-pocket expenses for those holistic medicine services in 2023 according to Statista.

Instead, implement a health savings program that permits Americans to access the health and medical modalities of their choice which in turn would foster more competition and reduce the exorbitant healthcare costs in the U.S. by breaking the extant monopolies held by the medical and insurance industries.

6. Repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA)

NCVIA shields vaccine makers from liability (except for willful misconduct), creating a perverse incentive to industry to develop a never-ending stream of vaccines which are then mandated by the states.

Further, the NCVIA protects industry and vaccine programs by creating a separate administrative federal court structure lacking due process and discovery, managed by “Special Masters” instead of judges, all in violation of the constitutionally protected right to due process.

While NCVIA contains other provisions designed to protect American families and ensure the safety of the national vaccine supply, Congress is not conducting proper oversight and the promises made in 1986 at the time of the Act’s passage have not been upheld.

As such, Americans who have been injured or killed by vaccines are left with astronomical medical bills and to fend for themselves.

7. Prohibit private donations to government entities

Prohibit private individuals, foundations, corporations, contractors and any other person or entity from donating or otherwise giving money to any agency or entity of the federal government.

The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) accept money from private actors such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Pfizer, thus skewing the interests of the agency in favor of these private actors and away from the American public.

Gates has collaborated with the FDA and the CDC Foundation takes money from the pharmaceutical industry whose products the CDC is responsible for monitoring for safety.

8. Cooling-off period for senior federal employees

Enact a five-year cooling-off period before which agency leadership, deputies and other key officials may depart federal agencies in order to enter the companies they regulate in the private sector.

9. Prevent conflicts of interest

Eliminate conflict-of-interest waivers so that no person serving on a health agency committee, board or other regulatory entity may have a conflict of interest. Disclosure of conflicts of interest is insufficient to ensure the agencies pursue the interests of the American people. Individuals with financial or ideological conflicts of interest should not serve as decision-makers in any capacity.

10. Prohibit government grants to nonprofits

Prohibit the government from allocating taxpayer dollars to nonprofits. Nonprofits exists to serve the public interests and should be funded directly by American citizens. If a nonprofit has a worthwhile mission, the public will gladly support it.

Government exists to protect our rights and should not be in the business of picking winners and losers nor should it be using third parties to pursue policies outside the reach and review of the public.

11. Ban water fluoridation

While water fluoridation programs are widespread, they are not only dangerous from a health standpoint, they are forced medication in violation of the ethical principle of informed consent.

Research comparing the health outcomes and IQs of communities that do and do not fluoridate their water supply reveals that children in the fluoridated water communities have reduced IQs and therefore inferior prospects in life. Other research has documented the health hazards of fluoride, an industrial waste product.

In addition, as fluoride is added to municipal water supplies, residents of those communities have no way to opt out and therefore are subjected to involuntary forced medication. No one should be forced to consume drugged water in order to maintain a biological necessity.

12. Ban the release of genetically modified insects

Two tenets of good health are abundant exposure to sunshine and fresh air; however, in some states, the state governments have collaborated with private businesses to release genetically modified mosquitoes into communities.

While these mosquitoes are often designed to breed with one another and eliminate the dangerous species going forward, the health impacts of humans being bitten by these insects are not well understood. Nor should a person have to risk being bitten by one of these creatures in order to venture outside. This amounts to a form of forced medication absent any form of consent and must be ended.

These recommendations should be understood as necessary first steps to begin correcting the disastrous health policy environment that exists in the U.S. today and to restore true health freedom in the U.S., which would allow all Americans to decide what medical interventions to allow into or onto one’s body, which health and medical modalities to utilize in maintaining their health and the ability to live free of involuntary medication be it via the food supply, the water supply or the air we breathe.

Originally published by Brownstone Institute.

Leslie Manookian is the president and founder of the Health Freedom Defense Fund. She is a former successful Wall Street business executive. Her career in finance took her from New York to London with Goldman Sachs. She later became director of Alliance Capital in London running their European growth portfolio management and research businesses.

Borrelia burgdorferi: Methods and Protocols

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-3561-2#about-this-book

Borrelia burgdorferi: Methods and Protocols

2024

  • Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols
  • Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
  • Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts

About this book

This volume covers the latest advancements and techniques used to understand the fastidious bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, and its significance in infectious disorders by combining both conventional and cutting-edge approaches. This book covers diverse topics, including direct detection, diagnostic methods, immune response analysis, alternative model systems, advanced proteomics, social media analysis, and clinical research. It also discusses unconventional wet lab research such as content analysis, the use of ChatGPT, clinical algorithms for chronic Lyme, establishment of a pregnancy Lyme disease biobank, and investigates Lyme in pregnant women. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Borrelia burgdorferi: Methods and Protocols encompasses a wide range of techniques and caters to scientists from various disciplines and career stages, such as cell and molecular biologists, statisticians, and clinical researchers.

The Weather Wars: FEMA & Equitable Mass Murder

Despite the non-stop clanging and fear-mongering about the climate, this website has posted frequently on the subjects of ‘climate change’ and geoengineering – or modification of the weather by government using toxic chemicals including heavy metals like aluminum and aerosols leading to unknown catastrophic environmental and health consequences. The CIA Director admits plans utilizing geoengineering (aka chemtrails) and Alexa calmly states Hurricane Helene was artificially created with ‘cloud seeding’ using silver iodide.

The reasons for posting this are numerous:

This 17 minute video aligns the CDC’s “50 years of ‘vaccine’ progress” timeline with known military spraying experiments and disease outbreaks.

Dr. Garth Nicolson’s work with a bioweaponized Mycoplasma (fermentans) used on prison inmates is discussed in the book “Project Daylily.”  Myco is also connected with Gulf War Syndrome as well as rheumatic and other chronic illnesses.

 He states 80% of Lyme patients also have Mycoplasma.

https://gregreese.substack.com/p/weather-wars-fema-and-equitable-mass?  Video Here (Approx. 5 Min)

Weather Wars – FEMA – and Equitable Mass Murder

The government is no longer trying to hide, they are now killing us out in the open.
(See link for ‘must see’ video)
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Mainstream media is using Hurricane Helene to Fuel the Climate Agenda

Never one to miss an opportunity, Mainstream media is once again using a tragedy to push the climate change agenda in the wake of Hurricane Helene in an attempt to ratchet up the public fear. Hear why mountains of data show otherwise and the strong claims made by experts that are now debunked.  10 Min Video here:   https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/media-use-hurricane-helene-to-fuel-climate-agenda/

AIRDATE: October 3, 2024

“It has become in vogue over the last 48-72 hours to caustically castigate people for spreading ‘misinformation,’ about hurricane Helene and the aftermath. The main point of contention is whether anybody has proof that citizens of NC were threatened with arrest as they attempted to help people get to safety. I think this argument is pedantic, and divisive.

Just listen to people, straight, the story is in all their voices.

Here Chris Martenson allows a man named Cody, 32, to speak almost uninterrupted, about his surreal morning, last Friday, moment by moment. This story is being told by the survivors and there is no complication believing or not believed different versions. Everybody’s story is similar, only varying in the horror of the details:

It came upon them within in minutes.

No warning. No nothing.” ~ Celia Farber, independent journalist

I just learned that the largest vital IV fluid manufacturer in North Carolina, a McDowell County plant, operated by Baxter Healthcare Corp is closed and cut off from outside repair crews due to a bridge outage. The facility produces over 60% of the US supply of IV fluid daily—1.5 million bags of fluid per day. They also produce Dextrose and dialysis solutions. Hospitals are already reporting shortages, and the lives of dialysis patients are now at risk. Repairs to this vital facility will take weeks at the very least and possibly much longer.  Source:  https://gingerbreggin.substack.com/p/american-red-states-are-under-globalist

While the media is using this tragedy to cash in, it appears our leaders are clueless.

On Oct. 2, 2024, President Biden was asked, “What do the states in the storm zone need – after what you saw today?” 

He responded, “Oh, storm zone? I didn’t know which storm you’re talking about.”  “They’re getting everything they need, and they’re very happy across the board.”

Yet, that’s not what boots on the ground are saying as well as disaster response specialists.  There has been zero government response and FEMA is AWOL. In fact, civilians are leading the relief effort despite serious efforts to undermine this help.  It’s all very reminiscent of the shenanigans of the Maui ‘fires:’   https://gingerbreggin.substack.com/p/mauis-inferno-organized-human-evil

Seems the ‘pandemic’ card is now getting old so the ‘natural disaster’ card must be pulled from the global deck.

Watch this interview with a documentary filmmaker who lives and works in Asheville, NC and learn about:

  • the government’s neglect at home while sending hundreds of billions abroad
  • the eerie parallels between the official response to Helene and the Maui fires
  • FEMA’s obstruction of supply deliveries
  • the government’s bungling and obstructionism raises suspicions that it’s designed to be used as a pretense for federal crackdowns on dissidents
  • and much more

Now, it appears Florida is in the crosshairs with Hurricane Milton which is predicted to be one of the worst storms to hit Tampa Bay in 100 years, causing some to speculate that hurricanes appear to only be battering red states right before an election.  Who’s going to be concerned about voting when you need water?  Then, if that wasn’t bad enough, there’s a potential hurricane ‘Nadine’ right after Milton to destroy anything still left standing.

Coincidently, it appears Bill Gates is funding 40 water front acres in Tampa, FL as a ’15 Minute City.”  
 

Stop Unconstitutional REAL ID & Attack on Free Speech

https://mailchi.mp/aapsonline/stop-realid?

By Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom 

Please take action:  https://www.cchfreedom.org/

When the Obama administration issued the “You Can’t Fly” LIE about REAL ID (other ID options), it intended to compel Americans to submit to the REAL ID, an unconstitutional national ID system. It usurps 10th Amendment states’ rights and 4th Amendment privacy rights.In recent testimony to Congress, state DMVs are pushing for the federal REAL ID to be put on our phones, creating a mobile driver’s license (mDL) and mobile ID (mID). This would enable Americans to become vulnerable to a China-like “social credit system” of tracking and control.They want Americans to suffer until they submit. On September 12, 2024, the TSA and Homeland Security together announced a proposed REAL ID rule, refusing to further extend the May 7, 2025 REAL ID deadline and giving the public only 30 days during the height of this very heated election to comment on the government’s plan to impose the federal REAL ID through a new 2-year period of progressively more painful enforcement:“During the phased enforcement period individuals will experience varying levels of consequences including warning notices and progressive enforcement (as part of a phased enforcement plan), or full enforcement (where agencies transition to full enforcement on the deadline).”

DEADLINE TO COMMENT: Tuesday, October 15 (11:59 PM EASTERN).
NOTE: Regulations.gov is shutting down for 2 days (Oct 12-13).

The public’s comments should point out that REAL ID is unconstitutional and unenforceable. 

Here is a short sentence/comment you can copy and paste into the comment options provided below (feel free to customize and/or add your own concerns if you have time): 

I oppose the TSA/DHS plan to impose the unconstitutional REAL ID.

LINKS TO COMMENT:

Option 1 – Regulations.gov:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/TSA-2023-0003-0001

Option 2 – FederalRegister.gov:
may work when Regulations.gov shuts down Oct 12 – 13
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/12/2024-20616/minimum-standards-for-drivers-licenses-and-identification-cards-acceptable-by-federal-agencies-for#open-comment

In the event neither of the above options work, keep tabs on developments and options for speaking out at the CCHF action page for REAL ID:
https://www.cchfreedom.org/action-alert-stop-real-id/

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What’s at Stake

If you are just tuning into the global takeover, please read how globalists and their proponents are using digitization to centralize and monopolize everything including your private information, currency and banking data, not to mention health/medical care.  If you think it’s hard to get Lyme/MSIDS treatment now, just wait to see how bad it can get if further medical monopolization is allowed to happen.

The Real ID Act of 2005 requires states to standardize driver’s licenses across the nation into a single national identity card and database. While it is ostensibly aimed at improving driver’s license security, its actual effect is to turn those same licenses into national ID cards by stipulating that state driver’s licenses and state ID cards will not be accepted for “federal purposes”—including boarding an aircraft or entering a federal facility—unless they meet all of the law’s numerous conditions.

If fully implemented, the law would facilitate the tracking of data on individuals and bring government into the very center of every citizen’s life. By definitively turning driver’s licenses into a form of national identity documents, Real ID would have a tremendously destructive impact on privacy. It would also impose significant administrative burdens and expenses on state governments, and it would mean higher fees, longer lines, repeat visits to the DMV, and bureaucratic nightmares for individuals.

Because of these problems, many states oppose the use of Real ID, and it has not gone into full effect. The ACLU has joined with these states to support the repeal of the law.  Source:   https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/national-id/real-id

Free Speech Under Siege

This week, former Secretary of State, John Kerry, declared his disdain for the first amendment when it comes to social media and ‘disinformation’ at a World Economic Forum meeting. He’s just one of the prominent politicians, journalists and world leaders who are trying to stifle free speech including The Atlantic, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary Clinton, under the guise of protecting the people from misinformation.  AIRDATE: October 3, 2024

Source:  https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/free-speech-under-siege/

Following the globalist WEF and UN agenda, Bill Gates wants AI to correct free speech, and criminalize ‘vaccine’ hesitancy.

If we don’t protest this tyranny now it will be too late.

Remember this?

All of these so called leaders have used their positions of power to gaslight anyone who has the audacity to disagree with them.  Further, they continue to be the worst purveyors of mis and disinformation.

Revolutionizing Lyme Disease Care for Patients

https://www.globallymealliance.org/blog/ravel-health?

Ravel Health is revolutionizing Lyme disease care with affordable, virtual, and personalized treatment options for chronic illness patients.

Perhaps you’ve been diagnosed with Lyme or other tick-borne illness. Maybe you’ve been suffering with chronic symptoms for years but have yet to receive a diagnosis. In either case, you want to see a Lyme literate medical provider (often referred to as LLMD), but you find yourself up against several barriers: wait-lists are months to years long. Providers don’t take insurance, and their rates are prohibitively expensive. You can’t find a provider in your area, and don’t have the energy or the means to travel. Sound familiar?

Chronic Lyme patients Kevin Williams and Jaime Intile know first-hand the frustrations that patients face in gaining access to treatment, so they’ve created a better way. Global Lyme Alliance is proud to partner with Williams and Intile’s company, Ravel Health, which specializes in matching patients with affordable, virtual care for Lyme, mold, and complex illness.

Available in ten states with the hope to be nationwide by 2025, Ravel Health offers subscription-based services that quickly match patients to vetted care teams who provide personalized telehealth including testing, treatment plans, prescriptions, and supplements.

“Ravel Health aims to simplify the Lyme journey from start to finish…”

“It can take a long time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis, and then getting a diagnosis is only half the battle,” Williams says. “We wanted to build something that we would have loved to have.” Unlike traditional medical practices, Ravel Health aims to simplify the Lyme journey from start to finish:

  • No medical gaslighting or saying “it’s all in your head”
  • No waitlists to see a vetted Lyme-literate provider
  • Personalized provider/patient matching
  • Conventional, Functional, and Integrative treatment options
  • Affordable 30, 60, or 90-minute monthly appointments with ability to upgrade or downgrade on a monthly basis
  • Significant discounts on labs and supplements
  • Everything done from the comfort of home

How does it work?

Ravel Health providers, including MDs, NDs, and NPs, go through a strict screening process. Each has at least six years of experience treating Lyme and chronic illness and is vetted through Williams and Intile themselves, and then through Ravel’s Chief Medical Officer.

After filling out a short questionnaire, patients are matched with up to three Lyme-literate providers in their state. Williams and Intile review initial questionnaires with the Chief Medical Officer to figure out the best possible fits based on individual patient preferences. Patients then choose from up to three providers. “We want patients to select providers based on fit, such as a provider’s specialties or treatment philosophy,” says Williams.

Patients also choose between affordable monthly subscription plans that offer different appointment lengths and intervals based on individual need. No matter the subscription, patients will always have ready access to providers, with guaranteed monthly appointments and guaranteed portal responses within three business days. “We believe deeply in continuity of care,” says Williams. “When a patient is having a flare, they need to be able to contact their provider or get an appointment booked. We want to make sure patients aren’t left hanging.”

Providers use evidence-supported labs and treatment protocols, personalizing them for each patient. Recommended test kits, lab orders, medications and supplements are sent directly to patient’s homes, with the option of mobile blood draws in certain areas. And Ravel Health’s simple model doesn’t just benefit patients. “We provide wraparound services so providers can focus on treatment,” Williams notes. Providers have a built-in community with whom they can share complex cases and ask questions.

What are patients saying?

Ravel Health ran a pilot from October to March with seven providers and thirty patients. The results were incredibly positive. Knowing that providers are vetted and curated, and knowing that they wouldn’t be medically gaslighted, put patients at ease. Patients know that Williams and Intile understand what they’re going through and have been through it themselves, so they trust they’re in good hands. “That piece is key for patients,” says Williams. He adds that having everything streamlined was refreshing for patients, as well as having options to choose from. Since Lyme and chronic illness strips patients of so much agency, Williams says, “We want to give patients as much choice as possible.”

Why Ravel?

Besides offering affordable, streamlined, and timely care from knowledgeable providers, Ravel focuses on the patient journey to health, as evidenced by the company’s name. With Lyme disease, life often unravels as patients fight for diagnosis, treatment, validation, and their health. Ravel Health helps patients ravel their health back together. “We are changing the way Lyme patients are treated,” says Williams.

To learn more about Williams and Intile, watch their episode on The Tick Chicks.

To learn more about Ravel Health, visit ravel.health

Ravel is available in CO, CT, IA, MN, MT, NE, PA, TX, WA & WI. To become a patient, go to https://ravel.health/get_started.

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