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Author Susanna Clarke: “I’d Been Seeing Myself as an Invalid, and They Treated Me Like an Author.”

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/a-huge-moment-the-novel-susanna-clarke-thought-would-never-happen-

A huge moment’: the novel Susanna Clarke thought would never happen

By Jane Sullivan

On the face of it, Susanna Clarke’s debut novel was an unlikely hit. More than 1000 pages, a rambling alternative history yarn for adults about rival magicians and fairies, all written in an elegant pastiche of 19th-century prose with copious footnotes. Who would buy that?

More than 4 million readers, it turned out. Bloomsbury released Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrellwith a big publicity fanfare in 2004 and it quickly climbed up the New York Times bestseller list.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Key quotes:

We are talking via Zoom, and it’s early morning at Clarke’s home in rural Derbyshire, the best time of day for her. Later on she has to conserve her energy in case she gets exhausted. Lyme disease has left her with chronic fatigue.

But six months after the book was first published, she went to a dinner party and collapsed, and woke up the next morning “feeling weird”.

It was the start of her battle with the illness eventually diagnosed as Lyme disease. For a long time she was bed bound: “I had brain fog, I couldn’t think straight. This disease really does ravage every part of your life.”

She states that what gave her confidence to write again was visiting the set where they were filming her story of Strange and Norrell.  While she saw herself as an invalid, they say her as an author.

How to you see yourself?

 

 

 

 

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Psychological Aspects

‘I Have Alpha Gal Syndrome, The Meat Allergy That Can Develop After Getting A Tick Bite’

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a34062828/alpha-gal-syndrome-tick-bite-meat-allergy/

‘I Have Alpha Gal Syndrome, The Meat Allergy That Can Develop After Getting A Tick Bite’

“At first, I thought it was a strange coincidence that I kept getting sick after weddings.”
BY MEGHANN CHAPMAN, AS TOLD TO LAUREN KROUSE
 
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MEGHANN CHAPMAN

Early summer of 2017, I was a mother of five and wife living on a small family farm in southwest Virginia, where I worked as a wedding photographer. One evening after shooting a wedding, I had severe stomach pain and cramping, and then I started vomiting. I figured I had a bad case of food poisoning.

As a wedding vendor, I ate whatever the guests ate, which was typically some sort of barbecue, beef, or steak. That evening, I’d had a prime rib for dinner. But throughout the next several wedding weekends, I continued to experience waves of sickness. At first, I thought it was a strange coincidence that I kept getting sick after weddings. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Here’s the tells:

  • severe stomach pains again after eating meat 
  • hands and feet began itching
  • hands and feet began to swell
  • entire body was covered in huge two- to three-inch welts
  • felt faint
  • throat and tongue swelled up

Here’s the rub….the patient is the one who read about AGS and went equipped to the doctor mentioning the possibility of tick-borne illness, particularly Alpha gal, but true to form, the doctor knew ZILCH about it. Due to this patient’s preparedness, the doctor quickly researched it and inquired what tests to use.  Sure enough, the patient tested positive.

This patient was so sensitive she couldn’t even handle breathing the air in the kitchen if someone cooked meat.  Then, she was bitten by another Lone Star tick and developed an allergy to dairy, her pet goats, dogs and horses.

Evidently some become normal in a couple of years but others never get over the allergy.

The patient carefully reads ALL labels and has to be her own advocate as even doctors will prescribe her things in mammalian gelatin or gelatin caps.

She states she’s had to develop healthy alternatives like oat milk, plant-based butter, and cashew cream for cheese.

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After her diagnosis, Meghann initially thought she could continue eating pork, but she experienced severe skin reactions due to AGS.  COURTESY

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/08/17/alpha-gal-syndrome-how-to-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-the-tick-borne-red-meat-allergy/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/06/30/lone-star-tick-known-to-cause-red-meat-allergy-found-in-northern-wisconsin-report/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/01/12/tick-related-red-meat-allergy-found-in-minnesota-wisconsin/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/05/04/arkansas-woman-develops-deadly-meat-allergy-after-tick-bite/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/07/12/sudden-red-meat-allergy-made-eating-painful-for-mom-and-its-all-because-of-a-tick-bite/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/17/when-it-comes-to-ticks-lyme-disease-is-only-the-beginning/

 

 

 

Category:

Activism, Alpha Gal Meat Allergy, Ticks

Sweden’s Very Different Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Video

http://  Approx. 2:30 Min

As European states, including France, are grappling with a rise in coronavirus cases, we are taking a look at the picture in Sweden. The Scandinavian country’s approach to COVID-19 has been controversial. Sweden never imposed a lockdown, although Swedes did respect government advice to social distance. We’re at one of Stockholm’s main markets and the scene here doesn’t look radically different than before the coronavirus pandemic broke out. There are no face masks in sight. There are no personal space barriers or health warnings at any of the stands. Swedish authorities have chosen to try and keep life going as normal as far as possible.

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**Comment**

The statement from the woman in the video working with mental health patients has played out in reality: we go crazy with heavy-handed government mandates that take away our freedom to make our own choices, make a living, and interact with others.

Suicides due to COVID are a big problem:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/22/a-years-worth-of-suicide-attempts-in-four-weeks-the-unintended-consequences-of-covid-19-lockdowns/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/03/cdc-director-threat-of-suicide-drugs-flu-to-youth-far-greater-than-covid/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/01/quarantine-killed-more-seniors-than-covid-is-harming-childrens-mental-health-who-finds-no-covid-in-breastmilk-yet-pregnant-women-targeted-for-covid-vaccine/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/04/lockdown-deaths-not-covid-deaths/

Sweden should serve as a role-model:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/15/its-like-using-a-hammer-to-kill-a-fly-architect-of-swedens-covid-19-anti-lockdown-strategy-finally-vindicated/

 

Category:

Activism, Viruses

Letter to the Editor: Scott Atlas and Lockdowns

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/09/16/letter-to-the-editor-scott-atlas-and-lockdowns/

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Letter to the editor: Scott Atlas and lockdowns

By

Dear Editor,

In an open letter, 98 Stanford faculty members accuse their Stanford colleague and White House COVID-19 advisor Scott Atlas of “falsehoods and misrepresentations,” claiming that “many of his opinions and statements run counter to established science.” Surprisingly, the alleged falsehoods are not mentioned, making scientific discourse difficult.

Among other things, the letter advocates handwashing, which Atlas obviously agrees with. So, what are the disagreements?

While anyone can get infected, there is a thousand-fold difference in mortality risk between the old and young, and the risk to children is less than from annual influenza. Using an age-targeted strategy, Atlas wants to better protect high-risk individuals, while letting children and young adults live more normal lives. This contrasts with general age-wide lockdowns that protect low-risk students and young professionals working from home, while older higher-risk working-class people generate the inevitable herd immunity.

The open letter ignores collateral damage caused by lockdowns. Being a public health policy expert, it is natural and reassuring that Atlas also consider plummeting childhood vaccinations, postponed cancer screenings, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, deteriorating mental health and more house evictions, just to name a few.

Among experts on infectious disease outbreaks, many of us have long advocated for an age-targeted strategy, and I would be delighted to debate this with any of the 98 signatories. Supporters include professor Sunetra Gupta at Oxford University, the world’s preeminent infectious disease epidemiologist. Assuming no bias against women scientists of color, I urge Stanford faculty and students to read her thoughts.

Martin Kulldorff, professor, Harvard Medical School

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**Comment**

I for one rejoiced the day Dr. Atlas stepped onboard the COVID train.  I thought, “Finally, a voice of reason in the madness.”  I knew retaliation against him would be swift and relentless, and I was right.  The minute there is ANY factual, logical good news about COVID, the opposition quickly and righteously finds a nit to counter with, even if it’s an imagined nit to keep the fear-mongering alive.  In this case, these supposed ‘experts’ finding fault with Atlas refrain from mentioning specifics but continue with the typical emotional diatribe based on beliefs and a narrative.

To hear Atlas dispute the fear-mongering:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/25/dr-scott-atlas-disputes-covid-fear-mongering-tactics-from-our-health-officials/

Thankfully a few sane individuals remain on planet earth. A PA judge has ruled COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional:  https://www-foxnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-coronavirus-restrictions-deemed-unconstitutional-federal-judge-rules.

Category:

Activism, Viruses

A DARPA-Funded Implantable COVID-19 Detecting Biochip to Use 5G

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/darpa-funded-implantable-biochip-detect-covid-19-could-hit-markets-2021

A DARPA-Funded Implantable Biochip To Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021

Authored by Raul Diego via MintPressNews.com,

The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS’ BARDA.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Important quote:

This contact lens-like material requires a special injector to be introduced under the skin where it can transmit light-based digital signals through a wireless network like 5G.

The private company created to market this technology, that allows for biological processes to be controlled remotely and opens the door to the potential manipulation of our biological responses and, ultimately, our entire existence, is called Profusa Inc and its operations are funded with millions from NIH and DARPA. In March, the company was quietly inserted into the crowded COVID-19 bazaar in March 2020, when it announced an injectable biochip for the detection of viral respiratory diseases, including COVID-19.

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Category:

Activism, vaccines, Viruses