COVID-19 Exposed

October 31, 2020

https://www.jasonshurka.com/covid-19-exposed

Jason Shurka speaks with Dr. Lawrence Palevsky, a NY pediatrician.

Watch video here:  https://wix-anyfile-clean.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/FQo7PczRQdK5OglR4pPV_Final%20Video%20%28SD%20version%29.mp4?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJIWJEFQP634WWA3Q&Expires=1604011056&Signature=gHMWekgPptlFqUA5b%2FlQ7pwrxqI%3D  Approx. 30 Min

The exposure to the organism is not sufficient to make us sick.  Dr. Palevsky

We have organisms on us, in us, and around us.  We constantly are breathing in and eating organisms.  Exposure alone does not make us ill.

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**Comment**

Dr. Palevsky brings out many important points in the short video reminding us that viruses are not the killers they’ve been made out to be.  A virus works as a trigger in an already compromised body. Rather than putting undue emphasis on the virus we should be learning all we can about what is weakening our bodies so we can purposely take action to make our bodies tough targets.

Recently I also posted this article by Roger W. Koops, Phd. which discusses not only his opposition to the current draconian practices in place for COVID, but also on the  irresponsible and misinformed journalism which is being used to affect the public.  He also warns against emotionalism, which unfortunately is fed by the poor journalism.  Fear is a real and present force steering people to make decisions based on emotions (fear) not scientific facts:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/15/a-primer-for-the-media-on-viruses-vaccines-and-covid-19/

For more on this topic:  https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/10/24/securing-obedience-through-fear

One of the issues that has fallen prey to emotionalism is herd immunity, 

“a situation in which a sufficient proportion of a population is immune to an infectious disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness) to make its spread from person to person unlikely.” In other words, where herd immunity exists—when lots of people in an area are vaccinated or have already been infected with a disease—fewer people get sick and fewer germs are able to spread from person to person.”  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Herd immunity has been and continues to be our best friend in the yearly seasonal flu, which is comprised of coronaviruses (10-15% of the flu season each year).  The flu vaccine is notoriously poor and has caused severe side-effects and deaths:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/03/study-confirms-swine-flu-vaccine-and-narcolepsy-link-in-ireland/
 
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/22/the-2009-swine-flu-scam-murderous-anthony-fauci-betrays-public-trust-again/  There are many similarities with the supposed ‘swine flu epidemic’ and what is occurring with COVID.  This is all explained in the book, “Virus Mania,” a must-read book that will educate you on how our public ‘authorities’ have been creating and then using viruses to their own ends.  Please see:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/30/anthony-fauci-40-years-of-lies-from-azt-to-remdesivir/
In short, we’ve been swindled again.  Our public ‘authorities’ and the media all of a sudden wants us to fear herd immunity.

A great example of this is during a hearing where Senator Rand Paul (who is a legitamate doctor) and Dr. Fauci quibbled over herd immunity.  Paul stated that herd immunity is responsible for the low infection rate currently held in NYC, whereas Fauci states it’s due to their adherence to masks and social distancing.

So, which is it?  Herd immunity or masks?

All I can say is we have a long history of evidence with herd immunity working every single year with the flu, measles, chicken pox, and many many other infectious diseases.  BTW: herd immunity doesn’t mean people will not get sick or even die. It means infectious rates are lowered due to many people already having it, thereby lowering everyone’s risk.  The idea we are going to control this virus is a joke and actually quite egotistical.  Remember, a virus runs its course, regardless of what we do or don’t do.

Masks and social distancing are not backed by evidence:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/20/coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-soar-in-hawaii-since-indoor-and-outdoor-mask-mandates/

In fact, 66% of new hospitalizations appear to have been among people “largely sheltering at home.”  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/05/15/social-distancing-is-snake-oil-not-science/

Best Quote:

“It turns out,” Julie Kelly writes at American Greatness, “as I wrote last month, “social distancing” is untested pseudoscience particularly as it relates to halting the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. On its website, the CDC provides no links to any peer-reviewed social distancing studies that bolster its official guidance.”

For more on the farce of the social-distancing experiment:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/13/seven-silver-linings-of-the-pandemic-the-grand-farce-of-social-distancing/

Sweden’s approach is vindicated:  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/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/01/best-lockdown-strategy-in-the-world/

Lastly, the question that requires an answer is why are our public ‘authorities’ and a complicit media pushing the notion of deadly viruses that we can somehow control with behavior, when viruses in and of themselves lack the machinery to cause illness and we’ve never been able to control the flu which kills people every single year? 

Answer this “virus mania” question and the house of cards comes tumbling down:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/16/does-the-coronavirus-exist/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/09/foi-asking-uk-officials-for-proof-of-isolation-of-sars-cov-2-virus-they-cant-give-it/  Excerpt:

Without isolation/purification from all else, accurate tests and/or vaccines can never occur.  Products are only as sensitive/effective as the material from which they are derived from. This article reveals how arbitrary thresholds are used in testing (to either inflate or deflate case numbers):  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/30/coronavirus-cases-plummet-when-pcr-tests-are-adjusted/  

In the case of COVID, these arbitrary thresholds inflate case numbers, as shown by this article that the test can’t distinguish between virus and viral fragments (which may not even be infectious):  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/14/tests-for-sars-cov-2-in-south-korea-cant-distinguish-virus-from-viral-fragments/

The media, which is predominantly bought and paid for, and our public ‘authorities’ which have long ago sold their souls to Big Pharma, want you to believe that herd immunity is a“grotesque” plan and unethical yet is used each and every single year with the flu, which includes coronaviruses.  Why aren’t these same people opposed to yearly flu herd immunity?  Why is it different with COVID?  If you state COVID is worse, I will state – not according to the top epidemiologists of the world which continue to state mortality for COVID-19 is just about the same as the yearly flu:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/06/18/all-cause-mortality-during-covid-19-no-plague-a-likely-signature-of-mass-homicide-by-government-response/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/27/covid-is-not-very-deadly-has-covid-killed-off-the-flu/

Why the sudden fear of herd immunity?

I’ll tell you why.  There is a plan behind COVID. They want to stop the world in its tracks, and cause massive fear until their lucrative, experimental vaccine which will track and monitor you is available:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/05/covid-19-vaccine-explained/

The COVID-19 vaccine so far is notoriously causing severe side-effects:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/20/experts-issue-serious-warnings-about-a-covid-vaccine/

Our public ‘authorities’ have already made $873 million on their mediocre drug Remdesivir:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/health/covid-remdesivir-gilead, which doesn’t work:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/26/remdesivir-gets-fda-approval-but-who-says-drug-ineffective-for-covid/

 
For more:  

Regarding masks:  

Refuse to be a sheeple and do your own reading, reminding yourself that the media is bought out.  Keep in mind that our public authorities have lied to us many, many times and are also not to be trusted.  They own  patents on pathogens, tests, and vaccines and stand to make a lot of money off of COVID-19.

In the end; however, you must make a choice: do you trust your own body’s ability to fight off disease if given the right supportive elements where you are in control, OR do you trust man-made interventions controlled by very powerful people with vested interests?  If you choose the latter, I’m sure Big Pharma is more than willing to comply as they have everything to gain.

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“Gaslighting” By Some Doctors Can Undermine the Chronically Ill

https://www.lymedisease.org/gaslighting-undermine-patients/

“Gaslighting” by some doctors can undermine the chronically ill

Carolyn Dedgnan, LymeDisease.org

By Carolyn Degnan

One of the biggest problems that chronically ill patients face is “gaslighting” from their physicians/practitioners. I’ve been familiar with that term when talking about a personal relationship.

However, I had never heard it applied to a doctor/patient relationship until I heard it used during the LymeMind 2020 conference. I was struck by how appropriate the term is to describe an abusive practitioner relationship.

What is gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse that causes someone to question their memory, perception, and sanity. (The expression originated from a play–then movie–called “Gaslight.” The word is now commonly used in the field of clinical psychology.)

Gaslighting in a personal relationship is usually when the abuser is a narcissist. The abuser denies, lies, minimizes, and undermines whatever it takes to plant seeds of doubt and confusion in the victim of his abuse.

When a physician practices gaslighting, the physician makes the patient feel like he/she is imagining their symptoms and then they tell the patient that he/she is depressed and needs anti-depression drugs.

Gaslighting happens to many patients, but it is most likely to happen to females with such conditions as chronic pain, sickle cell anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic Lyme disease.

The reality is that the patient is NOT crazy and not all physicians gaslight–but the physician who does gaslight either:

1) doesn’t know how to treat the patient’s symptoms/disease or
2) has been taught by a national medical society to discourage and not treat this “type” of patient.

The only way for a patient to “win” is to walk away from that physician—but that also leaves the patient once again without any treatment and sometimes any hope of getting better. It may be hard for the patient to find another practitioner to work with them, because now the patient has been labelled as “difficult.”

Prevention

How do we help prevent gaslighting for the patient population?

  • Physician education about the disease is key
  • By empowering patients to know their rights to walk away from toxic physician relationships
  • Encourage support groups for every disease
  • Most importantly, promote physicians who are caring and do not gaslight their patients.

LymeDisease.org strives to provide names of qualified Lyme-literate practitioners through our Physician Directory. Many of them are members of ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Disease Society). Others are listed at the recommendation of a patient based on their experience with the practitioner or are listed at the behest of the practitioner.

Information garnered from MyLymeData, our patient-driven research study, shows that most Lyme patients who have improved substantially have been treated by a Lyme-literate practitioner.

Having a Lyme-literate doctor doesn’t guarantee that the patient won’t be gaslighted. But you have a much better chance of having a positive experience if the practitioner is educated on the disease.

Carolyn Degnan is Chief Operating Officer of LymeDisease.org. She recently blogged about “What I Learned From Having COVID-19.” She can be reached at cdegnan@lymedisease.org.

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For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/01/11/sick-shaming-of-lymemsids-patients/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/02/16/lyme-is-all-in-your-head-a-wake-up-call-to-mental-health-professionals/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/04/ld-diagnosis-took-forever-because-of-mental-health-stigma/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/11/29/its-all-in-your-head-medicines-silent-epidemic/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/06/30/child-with-lymemsidspans-told-by-doctors-she-made-it-all-up/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/11/22/differentiating-psychosomatic-somatopsychic-multisystem-illnesses-and-medical-uncertainty/

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False Positive Tests

October 30, 2020

https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2020/09/28/false-positive-tests/

False Positive Tests

By Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Sept. 28, 2020

There has been a lot of noise about false positive COVID19 tests in the news. So, I thought I would try to explain what it all means. Or do my best anyway.

There are two measures in most medical screening tests which are usually defined as the ‘sensitivity’ and the ‘specificity’ of a test. In my opinion, these two words are far too close together in sound, so they are very easy to mix up in your brain.

I find it easier to think of the accuracy of test results in this way.

  • False negatives
  • False positives

A false negative is a result which informs someone that they do not have a disease, when in fact they do.

A false positive is a result which informs someone they do have a disease, when they don’t. (See article for a great explanation of testing)

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**Comment**

The full article gets into the nitty-gritty of testing.  Great educational resource – highly recommend.

Important points:

  • one of the primers in the COVID-19 PCR assay – an 18-base primer for a region of the RdRP gene – has exact sequence homology with a region on human chromosome 8.  This is likely to cause a lot of false positives.
  • politicians and Health Officials are basing their numbers of cases entirely on the results of these tests, which are not fit for this purpose.
  • they are then using these figures to terrorise the population, and to justify decisions to impose local lockdowns, and increase nonsensical general restrictions which are having a massive impact on people’s lives and their health, and also on the economy, particularly hitting small businesses hard.

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/01/us-scientist-manufactured-pandemic-testing-people-for-any-strain-of-coronavirus-not-specifically-covid-19/  Problems with both PCR and antibody testing discussed

BTW: the Lyme/MSIDS patients have the opposite problem that’s happening with COVID-19.

For decades Lyme/MSIDS patients have been given false negatives when they are infected.

They are sent home with a false sense of security due to a negative result, but find their life spirals downward until they can not deny it any longer and are forced to seek help outside mainstream medicine which has its head completely buried in the sand regarding tick-borne illness.

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The End of Compounded Hormones? Please Contact Your Representatives & Senators

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Have you benefited from Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (cBHRT)? If so, you won’t be happy with what the FDA is planning.

The FDA has never been a fan of pharmacy compounding, but now it is making a move that could keep millions of people like you from using this critical therapy.

Here’s the deal:
Last year, the agency commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to conduct a study of cBHRT. The study ignored vast amounts of clinical evidence of its current effective use. But not surprising, NASEM recommended that cBHRT be severely restricted—which is exactly what the FDA paid it to say. The NASEM committee was composed of medical professionals with sterling credentials. However, none of the committee members has any clinical expertise or experience treating  women or men with compounded hormones, and no experts on compounding were on the committee!

Never mind that tens of thousands of providers prescribe, and millions of Americans use cBHRT every day and rely on it. Never mind that the study didn’t find any significant negative effects cBHRT. Oh, and never mind that the NASEM study didn’t even ask the basic question: Does cBHRT work for patients? (It does. Very well.)

And now:
The FDA is using that study—yes, the one it paid for—as an excuse to consider limiting compounded hormone therapy by adding the entire class of medication to its so-called “too-difficult-to-compound list. Under federal law, the FDA does have the authority to place individual medications but not entire classes of drugs to this list. And there must be clear evidence of safety issues.

You read that right: If you use cBHRT, these medications may no longer be available to you. 
A bi-partisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jaime Herrera-Beutler (R-WA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and Phil Roe (R-TN) have written a letter to the FDA commissioner, asking that the agency not limit cBHRT. 

You can help cBHRT by asking your member of Congress to sign this letter!

We’ve made it easy for you.

https://www.savemycompounds.com/take-action/?  Go here to take action.

We’ll match you with your House Representative and Senators and provide pre-written messages that you can customize. (If your Representative is a sponsor of the letter, you’ll be thanking him or her for doing so!) Please act right now.

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My Lyme Disease is in Remission. How Do I Keep It That Way?

https://globallymealliance.org/my-lyme-disease-is-in-remission-how-do-i-keep-it-that-way/

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by Jennifer Crystal

The first time my doctor said the word “remission” for my late disseminated Lyme disease, I cheered.  I’d been in treatment for Lyme and two of its co-infections, babesiosis and ehrlichiosis, for over a year. I’d been on a PICC line, I had experienced many Herxheimer reactions, and I had finally regained some energy. I was having more good days than bad, could exercise at physical therapy, and my brain fog had dissipated enough for me to be able to write a book. I was doing so well that my doctor decided to take me off of antibiotics entirely.

Less than three months later, I relapsed.

Not fully understanding what it meant to have a chronic illness—one that wasn’t entirely going away, even when it was in remission—I’d acted as if I was completely over Lyme. After living with family during my convalescence, I was ready to get back out on my own, so I moved to a different state and started a new job. This turned out to be too large of a leap. The stress of taking care of my own needs, working part-time and worrying about finances, and the lack of defense in my body created a perfect situation for dormant Lyme bacteria to start replicating and spreading once more.

It took another couple of years for me to get back to remission.  Once there, I had to accept that late-stage Lyme is a relapsing illness. For some patients who are treated immediately, Lyme can be cured. But for many of us who were undiagnosed for years and battle persistent physical and neurological symptoms, we always run the risk of relapse. While we can’t necessarily control what spirochetes will do, we can control external factors in our lives that can help us stay healthy for long periods of time. With the exception of minor flare-ups, I have maintained remission for over a decade now. Here are some ways I’ve been able to do so:

  • Medication: For me, it has helped to stay on low-dose antibiotics and a low-dose anti-inflammatory medication. I also do a maintenance anti-malarial medication every few months to keep babesiosis at bay. I have my blood checked every two months to make sure these medications are not adversely affecting me. This is the system that has worked best for me, but it’s not for everyone, because there is no set protocol for treating tick-borne illness; every case is different. Some people find it helpful to pulse medications. Others have luck going off them entirely, and some switch to a completely naturopathic route. Talk to your Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) about what’s best for you.
  • Naturopathic/homeopathic remedies: For me, the best way to treat tick-borne illness and maintain my health has been with a blend of Western and Eastern modalities. In addition to medications, I also take some immune-boosting naturopathic and homeopathic supplements.
  • Nutritional Supplements: Lyme disease, and some of the medications that treat it, can deplete your body of important nutrients. It’s important that you have regular blood work to check your levels for vitamins, iron, etc., and for your doctor to prescribe supplements to counter any deficiencies.
  • Diet: I don’t eat gluten and only eat natural sugars, and I don’t consume alcohol or caffeine. For some Lyme patients, eliminating dairy also helps reduce inflammation. I’m conscious of everything I put into my body, trying to nourish it and give it the best fuel possible. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein, and I drink plenty of water. I also remember that it’s important to sometimes treat myself, too.
  • Adjunct therapies: When I was acutely ill, I did talk therapy, integrative manual therapy, and neurofeedback sessions several times a week. I also did physical therapy once I was able to. Now I do talk therapy as needed, integrative manual therapy twice a month, and neurofeedback once a month. I also exercise on my own: skiing in the winter; paddle boarding, kayaking and swimming in the summer; and walking and yoga year-round.
  • Good sleep hygiene: One of the worst symptoms I dealt with was insomnia, and even when I could sleep, I had hallucinogenic nightmares. It took neurofeedback, sleep medication, and cognitive behavioral therapy to get my sleep relatively back on track. Now I’m careful to go to sleep and wake up at the same time each day; to power down electronics and quiet my brain before bed; and to keep my room completely dark and quiet. I also nap every afternoon. Your body needs adequate rest to stay healthy.
  • Recognize and accept your needs: If you’ve achieved remission, you’ve come a long way, and you don’t want to lose the gains you’ve made. Still, it can be hard not to focus on the losses you’ve endured, as well. I had to learn to accept and respect my physical and neurological limits, seeing them as needs rather than restrictions.

Accepting that tick-borne illnesses can relapse is not easy, but shifting my perspective and practicing good maintenance routines has helped me to stay healthy—and happy, too.

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Opinions expressed by contributors are their own.

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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