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

“Gaslighting” by some doctors can undermine the chronically ill

False Positive Tests

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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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.

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.

**UPDATE**

Adding insult to injury, Open the Books via a FOIA request exposed that for the past two years Dr. Fauci has received $15 MILLION in taxpayer-funded security detail despite having returned to private citizenship.  This contract could be extended, and it is unknown if it has already been extended.

https://off-guardian.org/2020/10/27/anthony-fauci-40-years-of-lies-from-azt-to-remdesivir/

Anthony Fauci: 40 Years of Lies From AZT to Remdesivir

October 27, 2020

As the planet’s “Virus Tsar” since 1984, he has spread misinformation and ignored critical questions. The consequences could hardly be more fatal.

By Torsten Engelbrecht & Konstantin Demeter

Last week, US president Donald Trump committed a kind of blasphemy by attacking Anthony Fauci, his pandemic consultant and practically the spokesperson for the White House regarding COVID-19, saying that:

People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots. He’s been here for 500 years.  Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths.“

A remarkable statement of historical dimension, since Trump is the first American head of state to cast doubt on Fauci, who has acted as the virus tsar for no less than six presidencies: Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama and Trump. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

You probably recognize the name of Torsten Engelbrecht as I’ve posted numerous times on how his “must read” book, “Virus Mania:  How the Medical Industry Continually Invents Epidemics,  Making Billion-Dollar Profits at Our Expense,” prepared me for what we are going through today.  Engelbrecht has been onto the virus scam for a long, long time.  Explanation of book here:  https://www.torstenengelbrecht.com/en/virus-mania/  Highly recommended reading.  

The article might seem unduly rough, but you must understand COVID-19 is not Anthony Fauci’s first rodeo.  The singular big cahoona at NIAID for 7 presidencies, Fauci is the gatekeeper to research funding and has more power than one man should ever be given.  

Recently, the public has been shown the antics of Dr. Fauci, aka, Dr. Evil:

  • Fauci’s funding of AIDS drug trials in orphans which included forced feedings through nasal and gastric tubes which caused organ failure, deformities, brain damage, and killed 200 children.  Fauci demanded adherence at all costs, even the children’s’ well being.  No testing was used to even confirm if the children had HIV.  When parents withdrew consent, the child was removed and placed in a foster home that would comply. 
  • Fauci’s funding of beagle puppy experimentation which severed their vocal cords so they couldn’t bark, covered their heads in mesh boxes, and allowed flies to eat their faces off.
  • Fauci’s funding of experiments implanting aborted fetal scalps onto lab rats and hamsters.
  • Fauci’s funding of $2 Million to force feed puppies with experimental allergy drugs.
  • Fauci’s funding of $205,000 to create transgender monkeys.
  • Fauci’s funding of $2.5 Million injecting puppies with cocaine.
  • Fauci and his wife were worth $11M at the end of 2022, up from $7.9M in 2019.  
  • $350 Million in secret payments were given to Fauci, Collins, and NIH scientists.
  • Besides 
  • Go here for Dr. Evil’s historical playbook.

Here’s a bullet point summary of the article, although I highly recommend reading the entire article:

  1. Not wearing a face mask has not lead to a single, extra death:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/12/fauci-states-covid-test-has-a-fatal-flaw-back-in-july-just-like-he-said-face-masks-were-useless-back-in-may/
  2. The COVID-19 death rate shows the viral cause for excess mortality is virtually impossible.
  3. Fauci has been telling one lie after another for decades with a complicit mass media regurgitating his lies:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/29/every-breath-you-take-every-move-you-make-the-who-is-watching-you-the-media-is-bought-out-by-gates/
  4. Fauci has a long habit of silencing and ignoring critical questions.
  5. In order to understand the abundance of lies one has to understand that PCR tests are scientifically meaningless in detecting so-called SARS-CoV-2 infections, that according to orthodox researchers COVID-19 is not excessively dangerous, and those referred to as COVID-19 victims probably did not die of it, but of non-viral factors and serious underlying diseases.
  6. The viral narrative has become a fairy-tale:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/12/07/ten-fatal-errors-scientists-attack-paper-that-establish-global-pcr-driven-lockdown/
  7. The beginning of the fairy-tale; however, started with AIDS when “virus hunters” enjoyed god-like status accomplished by lies and deceit:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/16/does-the-coronavirus-exist/
  8. 50 million were persuaded to get vaccinated during the 1976 swine flu SCAM, which resulted in severe side-effects including paralysis and death in 20-40%:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/22/the-2009-swine-flu-scam-murderous-anthony-fauci-betrays-public-trust-again/
  9. Due to “unsettled political waters” at the end of the 70’s, the NIH and CDC, “increasingly needed a major epidemic to justify its existence,” according to Red Cross office Paul Cumming.  The HIV/AIDS theory was just the ticket.
  10. According to Kary Mullis, the inventor of the PCR, “All the old virus hunters from the National Cancer Institute put new signs on their doors and become AIDS researchers.”  All of a sudden everyone was fully employed, including Robert Gallo who just happened to need a new career at the time.
  11. AIDS research started with big lies, specifically Gallo’s announcement that “the probable cause of AIDS has been found.”
  12. After he filed a patent application for an antibody test, Gallo’s papers were printed, so nobody was able to review his work for a time, which is a severe breach of professional scientific etiquette.
  13. Review later showed Gallo’s studies did NOT prove the virus thesis.
  14. Kary Mullis is quoted as stating Montagnier, Gallo, nor anyone else has published papers describing experiments which leads to the conclusion that HIV probably causes AIDS.  Mullis personally asked Montagnier for a reference proving HIV causes AIDS but he couldn’t name one.
  15. When Engelbrecht asked Fauci and NIAID several times for such a study, he was told, “Dr. Fauci respectfully declines to respond to the questions that you emailed.”
  16. This failure to respond to scientific questions is typical of misconduct cases and “runs like a golden thread through Fauci’s 36-year history as director of the NIAID.”  Please see original article for specific examples – and there are many.
  17. The approval of AZT, the 1st authorized AIDS medication, is a perfect example, as many labeled the study it was all based upon a “fraud,” “a gigantic botch-up,” and “seriously flawed.”  Even a FDA toxicologist analyst stated there was insufficient data to support approval of AZT.  Please refer to the original article for the study’s many flaws.  Stopped after four months, the study was financed by AZT manufacturer Wellcome, which is now GlaxoSmith Kline. (All of this is quite reminiscent of what is currently happening with Remdesivir which recently obtained EUA approval for COVID-19 despite lack of results)
  18. Fauci only appears in the media when critical questions are not asked. On the rare occasion when he was asked why AZT was the only drug available he stated numerous lies: “that it was safe”, “that there have been scientifically controlled trials”, and that “it’s effective”.  AZT is a highly toxic drug, the FDA trials were not scientifically controlled, and about the only thing AZT is effective for is destroying bone marrow.  Even the creator of AZT “dumped it on the junk pile, didn’t keep the notebooks, and didn’t even think it was worth patenting.”
  19. Despite Fauci’s promise of an AIDS vaccine 35 years ago – which has been given over a trillion US dollars so far, and an annual budget of around 35 billion dollars, it hasn’t happened yet.  
  20. Fauci predicted the so called “bird flu” would cause 2-7 million deaths. WHO estimated by May 2006 it had killed only 100 people.  He stated serious adverse events for the fast-tracked swine flu vaccine was “very, very, very rare,” yet cases of narcolepsy came pouring in.
  21. Fauci has pushed for preexposure prophylaxis of ART for HIV prevention in those that are HIV negative, i.e. giving highly toxic drugs to completely healthy people.  Engelbrecht sent Fauci a list of important question about this but was told again, “Dr. Fauci respectfully declines to respond to the questions that you emailed.”
  22. Regarding the anti-viral Remdesivir which recently obtained EUA status for COVID-19, the Alliance for Human Research and Protection (AHRF) brings up the fact Fauci has a vested interest the drug as he sponsored the clinical trial – which has not even been peer-reviewed. To date, he still has not made public his financial relations with Gilead the manufacturer.  Instead of using science, he made the promotional announcement sitting on a couch in the White House, without allowing for review of the data. At the time he also failed to disclose to the public that the primary outcomes of the study were changed, which the AHRF considers “dubious and suspicious”, of which the mainstream media ignored, but should raise serious red flags.  He then shrugged off a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center peer-reviewed, published Chinese study that was stopped due to serious adverse events.  
  23. Remdesivir has caused serious kidney problems and the WHO “Solidarity” trial showed it did not produce any measurable benefit in mortality, the need for ventilators, or the length of hospital stay, but Fauci is silent on these findings.  In a bizarre twist, Gilead came out with a statement that conclusive findings can not be drawn from the trial because hadn’t been peer-reviewed or published yet, despite the WHO stating that the large, international study was designed to generate the robust data needed to show which treatment are most effective.  Gilead failed to mention that the study used to promote Remdesivir was not peer-reviewed or published before it was given EUA status.  When it was finally published it was in the New England Journal of Medicine, the same journal as the fraudulent pivotal trial of AZT. The study only stated that there was a shorter recovery time. Engelbrecht states this has no validity because of the flawed data and the fact participants did not receive a true placebo. FYI: we are talking about BIG money here.  According to this, the mediocre drug has already brought in $873 million:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/health/covid-remdesivir-gilead
  24. Fauci maligns anything that competes with his lucrative products. In the case of COVID, this includes HCQ which had numerous studies stacked against it from the beginning, from giving patients high killer doses to poorly done studies which were eventually retracted.  Engelbrecht states that the Virology Journal study lacks validity because the science behind SARS-CoV-1 & 2 is totally unfounded and was a cell culture study, not a patient trial.
  25. Fauci is all about Big Pharma – not life-style factors. Robert F. Kennedy points out that while HCQ costs a measly 30 cents, it completes with Moderna’s vaccine which Fauci’s agency owns half the patent and has invested $500 million in taxpayer money.  He is aligned with numerous powerful industries and sits on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Council, which in turn invests millions directly into Fauci’s NIAID. But Fauci maintains he is apolitical and neutral.
  26. Fauci, the highest paid employee in the U.S. Federal Government makes about $80K more than the president of the United States. In 2021, he released the book ‘Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward,’ and recently  sold his memoir for nearly $5M to Penguin Random. He is also to appear in a Disney-backed documentary keeping him prominently in the public eye even after retirement. His replacement, Hugh Auchincloss is also an animal experimenter who has lobbied to build more risky biolabs and has been Fauci’s right-hand man for the last 16 years.
  27. There is a petition circulating titled #Fire Fauci.

Go here for a powerful video exposing Fauci.

A deadly new virus is discovered…there’s no treatment or cure…it’s highly contagious…everyone is a potential victim…the world is at risk from asymptomatic super spreaders…new clusters of cases reported daily…Everyone must get tested even though the tests are unreliable…positive antibody tests are called “infections” and “cases” even when the patient has no symptoms…every politician gets involved…media hysteria in high gear…activists demand salvation from government and Big Pharma…Billions of dollars are authorized for fast track drug and vaccine research…simple, effective remedies are rejected while expensive, dangerous ones are pushed……presumptive diagnoses…exaggerated death statistics…falsified death certificates…

Sound familiar?

It’s been done many times by Tony Fauci.
This is the first and only film to put Fauci where he belongs: squarely in the middle of the AIDS fraud story.

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JP Interviews Fauci

Comedian JP does a better job covering the news than the media.  I hope you enjoy this tongue-in-cheek interview as much as I did.

Fauci’s Pandemic: How He Caused It & Uses It

http://  Approx. 8 Min.

Oct. 22, 2020

By Dr. Breggin

Based on the in-depth scientific and historical report, “Fauci’s COVID-19 Treachery with Chilling Ties to the Chinese Military” on Breggin.com in the Coronavirus Resource Center. https://breggin.com/coronavirus-resou… The video and the scientific report that will change how you think about COVID-19.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

Found here:  https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/10/30/dr-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-chinese-communist-party.aspx?

  • A report by Dr. Peter Breggin reveals Dr. Anthony Fauci’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and globalists who have profited from the pandemic measures promoted by him as the leader of the U.S. Coronavirus Task Force
  • Fauci has been the major force behind research activities that enabled the Chinese Communist Party to manufacture lethal SARS coronaviruses, which in turn led to the release — whether accidental or not — of SARS-CoV-2 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology
  • In collaboration with the CCP and the World Health Organization, Fauci initially suppressed the truth about the origins and dangers of the pandemic, thereby enabling the spread of the virus from China to the rest of the world
  • Fauci has supported and praised Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a member of a Marxist-Leninist Ethiopian political party with a corrupt past and terrorist ties who has also been accused of covering up cholera outbreaks in Ethiopia
  • Fauci recently published a paper in which he dismisses the possibility that SARS-CoV-2 was created in and released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, arguing instead for natural mutation. He also uses the pandemic to justify the “green new deal” and the globalist movement known as “the Great Reset”  

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