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**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.’
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
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.
Del Bigtree’s question to Dr. Fauci is:
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.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/
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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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/janet-woodcock-wrong-person-lead-fda/
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.
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.
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https://globallymealliance.org/the-great-imitator
Jan. 29, 2021
by Slater Lawrence
Seemingly overnight, I had lost my balance and motor skills. Sensory processing became increasingly pronounced, where I could not recognize familiar faces, follow television narratives, or even identify known scents. I would suddenly become violently sick from eating any sugar. I could not focus. I became sensitive to light and sound, and my inability to retrieve words and form basic sentences was increasingly pronounced and disconcerting. After being misdiagnosed for years – from Multiple Sclerosis to Lou Gehrig’s Disease – a spinal tap revealed I had Lyme-induced encephalitis, or neuroborreliosis.
Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing vector-borne infectious disease in the U.S., with an estimated 476,000 new cases each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is found in all 50 states, being most prevalent in the northeast – where it was first discovered – and has been spreading to the Great Lakes region with the warming climate. It has also been identified in 80 countries.
Lyme disease infects hosts with a spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted by the blacklegged, or deer tick. Ticks travel on several hosts including deer, mice birds, and other small mammals. Contrary to popular belief, Lyme disease is not a seasonal concern, for ticks can live through the winter and have a three-year life span.
Following my Lyme diagnosis, I yearned for an answer to the long-coveted question: when was I infected? I fanatically combed through my medical records to no avail. I ultimately deemed my illness’ timeline corresponded with my time living on Nantucket, when I had the archetypal bulls-eye rash. Even though I did not develop more symptoms for months, one can present with no symptoms where, for example, 9-11% of New England’s population is asymptomatic.
As with syphilis in the 19th century, Lyme disease has been nicknamed the “great imitator” due to its vast ranging symptomatology, where its expressions in each individual can be vastly dissimilar and seemingly unassociated. While Lyme disease is commonly recognized for its physical symptoms, it can also cause mental and cognitive symptoms.
In addition to the foregoing neurologic symptoms, I had alarming “brain fog,” unparalleled confusion and memory loss that emulated dementia. Due to the inflammation predominantly in the left side of my brain, I had considerably reduced mobility on the right side of my body. Most vexing, however, was my arduous struggle to articulate and convey my thoughts.
Some quintessential physical symptoms others can experience include extreme fatigue, migrating joint pain and flu-like symptoms, while neurocognitive symptoms can range from concentration issues, slurred speech to facial paralysis. One emblematic characteristic, though, is the waxing and waning of symptoms.
What I didn’t know when I contracted Lyme disease years earlier was that diagnosing tick-borne illnesses are regrettably confounded by several variables.
I soon learned persistent, third-stage Lyme disease is a highly politicized disease that invokes an unflattering stigma. This is fundamentally due to the CDC and Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), the latter of whom writes the guidelines on treating Lyme, stipulating that Lyme disease is simply an autoimmune disease if symptoms persist following 28 days of oral antibiotics. Ties to insurance companies are rampant, while hopes for a vaccine hamper research for treatments and impedes federal funding.
Further frustrating matters, the textbook bulls-eye rash is only present with 50% of patients. Secondly, there are various species of Borrelia that can hinder accurate diagnoses, as commercial tests seldom detect more than two strains. In addition, Lyme is a “tissue tropic” disease; after the acute stages, it disseminates throughout the body, including organs, tissues and the brain, making it far more challenging to detect and eradicate. Lastly, biofilms – aggregated microorganisms with their slimy extracellular matrix – make it especially challenging for antibiotics to penetrate.
I found doctors ill-equipped to diagnose and treat severe cases of Lyme disease for not only the aforementioned reasons, but also due to the lack of training in medical school. In addition, many fear losing their medical licenses if they prescribe aggressive treatment due to politization that “chronic” Lyme disease is a construct. Moreover, treatment is often prescribed after a “CDC positive” two-tiered test, when the patient has a certain number of IgM and IgG antibodies. However, my weakened immune system could not generate an immune response, rendering standard Lyme tests futile.
This all notably retarded earnest discussions with my doctors, ultimately thwarting an accurate diagnosis for two years. I saw doctors from every specialty, where I was, quite deplorably, repeatedly dismissed as being depressed or that it was “all in my head.” This echoed in my psyche, where I became bewildered, at best, and overwhelmingly demoralized in my darkest days. In retrospect, I truly could not fathom the extraordinary disconnect between perceptions and the realities of Lyme disease.
While I know firsthand how difficult it is to grasp the profound effects of a small tick with Lyme disease, I cannot stress how essential it is to recognize the symptoms and how to prevent the disease from advancing.
Lyme disease stole my confidence due to consequential neurological deficits. It also took the one thing I cannot take back: time. Most importantly, however, Lyme has given me an invaluable attribute I will never lose and will always cherish: perspective. While the mental, cognitive, and professional ramifications can be devastating, tenacity, conviction and steadfastness can help to overcome Lyme disease.
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Opinions expressed by contributors are their own.
Slater Lawrence is an investor in New York, New York. Contact: Slater.h.lawrence@gmail.com
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**Comment**
Great article and quite familiar in that I’ve heard the same story hundreds of times. The thing that really resounded with me was his statement about how doctors dismissing him echoed in his psyche and that he became bewildered and demoralized. This is so common, but must end. It is unacceptable that patients have had this same experience for over 40 years. Time for change.
My only quibble is the statement that less than 50% see the rash. It can be far less than that, is highly variable, and should never be solely used to diagnose or for entrance criteria in research studies. The use of the rash has ignored thousands of the sickest patients who are kicked to the curb.
By Dr. Montgomery McFate, Joint Force Quarterly
Feb. 16, 2021
I love everything in the world. Except for ticks. —Dalai Lama
No one is immune to, and there is no cure for, tickborne diseases. Just one tick bite can destroy a person’s career. At age 43, Air Force Colonel Nicole Malachowski was found unfit for duty due to neurological damage resulting from a tickborne disease. Colonel Malachowski was the first woman to fly with the Thunderbirds and then commanded the 333rd Fighter Squadron. She also served as the deputy director for U.S. Air Force Readiness and Training in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and as the executive director of the White House “Joining Forces” Initiative (2015–2016).1 While she was commanding an F-15 fighter squadron, Colonel Malachowski began experiencing a rapid onset of multiple symptoms. She wrote that she suffered from intractable pain, insurmountable fatigue, cognitive dysfunction and major problems with my speech and short-term memory. I endured disorientation, confusion, anxiety and even moments of temporary paralysis. I was unsafe to be left alone. I could not play with my children, care for myself, or interact with my husband. . . . There were times I would have welcomed death. I thought I was tough as a combat-proven fighter pilot but tickborne illness destroyed me. It brought me to my knees and ruthlessly broke me.2
Servicemembers are particularly at risk for Lyme disease; they live, work, and play on bases where Lyme is rampant. Some 75 percent of all U.S. military installations are located in states where 99 percent of the approximately 500,000 tickborne disease cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2004 to 2016 occurred.3 Moreover, training drills often take place in woods and fields that harbor a variety of tick species. In their leisure time, many Servicemembers and veterans, and their families, also enjoy hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking in the great outdoors, which increases their risk of encountering ticks.4 Lyme disease is most prevalent in rural counties with relatively high socioeconomic status, abundant forestation, wet conditions, and mid-range temperatures. These American counties tend to be exactly the sort of places where veterans like to retire, and indeed, “Lyme disease incidence rates were higher in counties with greater military veteran population compositions.”5 (See link for article)
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Our military is in harm’s way and it isn’t from bullets.
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