What Do We Know About COVID So Far?

By Ted Noel, M.D.

With all the thousands of studies bombarding the medical community, it’s helpful to set our microscope aside and look at the bigger picture. It’s virtually certain that the virus was engineered in Wuhan with financial and technical assistance directed by that highly competent bureaucrat, Anthony Fauci. But that doesn’t tell us what we should expect as the virus moves through society. For that, we must look at the science. And I don’t mean “I am science” Fauci. I mean real scientific data, something with which Fauci has little acquaintance.

Perhaps we should start with that great scientist, Oprah Winfrey, who recently opined that ending the mask mandate on airliners was “premature.” As John Adams noted at the Boston Massacre Trial, “Facts are stubborn things.” They aren’t “my truth” or “your truth.” Facts don’t care who you are or what you think. When we state facts, we are presenting a verbal picture of reality. And the fact is that public mask-wearing has never been demonstrated to have any public health benefit. The only time that mask-wearing does any good is when health care workers in high exposure environments wear properly fitted, donned, and disposed of N-95 or better respirators. Anything else is virtue signaling that denies the fact that public masking (a) doesn’t work and (b) has serious downsides.

The next great scientist is Bill Gates, who recently opined that we are in for another COVID wave that is likely to be more transmissible (true) and more deadly (false). Every variant of COVID has followed Muller’s Ratchet, becoming more contagious and less deadly. Even Delta was a bit less virulent than Alpha, but Omicron showed that more mutations encourage virus survival by infecting more people without killing them. This is the natural course of viruses, but anyone with a vested interest in vaccine profits or lockdown power simply cannot allow this fact to be known. And that brings us to Saint Fauci.

The Supreme Lord of NIAID popped up recently announcing that we might need more lockdowns to prevent the spread of some new variant. The experience of the last two years should have proved to everyone that lockdowns are bad. They kill people with other medical problems due to foregone care. As then-Governor Cuomo of New York learned, sixty percent of NYC cases were directly caused by lockdowns. When people are stuck in recirculated air with infected victims, they get sick, as the Kirkland, Washington, nursing home tragedy proved. But tyrants can’t learn, and Cuomo multiplied New York’s headstone count by sending COVID patients to assisted-living facilities to kill others. All that could have been avoided if our public “health” authorities had taken a few minutes to read the epidemiology literature. We knew that lockdowns were bad long before COVID was invented.

The occupant of the White House and the Chief Cackler are our next scientists. They both live in a protective bubble and are multiply vaccinated and boosted. They periodically opine that we may all need another “booster.” But Kamala’s re-infections prove that the booster will not work. In fact, we now know that Canada, Israel, Gibraltar, and others have increased infection rates in vaccinated individuals. This appears to be true in the US as well, but the CDC is reluctant to release the data.

This vaccine failure is due in part to direct immune suppression by the shot. The military has made it clear to Senator Johnson’s committee that not only does it not prevent infection, but it also triples the rate of breast cancer, with even higher multiples for other cancers. Yet that great scientist, SecDef Lord Austin, mandated that all military personnel get the Fauci Ouchy. He is oblivious to the fact that many highly trained (translation: expensive) warfighters such as Special Forces and pilots have been rendered unable to serve due to the mental and physical effects of the spike protein presented by the shots.

Another reason for vaccine failure is that the virus has mutated to forms that have spike proteins markedly different from the alpha variant in the vaccine. In short, they’re different diseases, just like flu is actually a host of different diseases. The vaccine and boosters don’t have any meaningful benefit against the current ailment.

I could list a host of other “scientific” authorities who are making false claims, but all that would do is bore you. In particular, we should regard anything from the CDC or Big Pharma with great suspicion, since it is contradicted by most evidence. I’ll simply leave you with a set of bullet points, all supported by large volumes of scientific data.

• COVID-19 is a mild disease with almost zero mortality for people under age 55.
• Serious co-existing disease is the best predictor of mortality in all age groups.
• Public masking has zero effect on transmission of airborne diseases, including COVID.
• The “vaccines” do not protect you from getting COVID or transmitting COVID. They do not lessen the severity of COVID when you get it. That is a result of the newer variants being less severe to start with. The vaccines and boosters are directed at a disease that doesn’t exist anymore.
• The “vaccines” reduce your immunity, making you more likely to catch symptomatic disease. This also makes it much easier for numerous cancers to grow.
• Natural immunity from disease recovery is far better than any supposed benefit of shots. If you got the vaccine and then got sick, your immunity afterward is less than if you didn’t get the shot at all.
• Remdesivir (Fauci gets $$ when it’s used) does not improve survival and probably causes other problems.
• Molnuvirapir, the new oral agent, isn’t as effective as Ivermectin, which the CDC steadfastly refuses to support. If you do get sick, get immediate treatment with Ivermectin. If your illness is from a different virus, it will probably help against that as well.
• Locales that opened up early generally have disease and death rates better than others.
• The safest place is outdoors, where the sun destroys viruses and they are dispersed into infinity.

I’m sure I left something out, but I’ll leave you with a couple of key items. First, don’t get the shot. It has no benefits and a host of bad effects I don’t have space to talk about. Second, take vitamin D3 and zinc. They have been shown to reduce viral infections a lot. Third, get a stock of Ivermectin. If you do get sick, start it immediately on your way to your urgent care. And don’t stop taking it even if they say to. They can lose their licenses if they agree with you taking it.

Government-based authorities are lying to us. I know that’s strong, but it’s the truth. The version of COVID that’s around now is a minor illness that is largely preventable and easily treated. That is a far better choice than getting a potentially deadly shot that a bunch of power brokers love. There will be many more variants, but the final variant is communism.

 

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THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND COVID-19

Information collated by Dr Stephen Brooke

 

WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM COVID-19?

Minimise exposure so we have fewer of the germs to deal with.

Replace fear with optimism and faith.

Don’t listen to too much bad news.

Boost our immune system.

 

HOW IMPORTANT IS OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM?

It is a complex system of cells and antibody proteins, our vital defence against many threats especially infections.

COVD-19 patients are overcome when their immune system is overwhelmed or is wrongly attacking their own organs especially the blood vessel linings and lung tissues.

 

HOW MUCH ARE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TELLING US ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM?

Very little, yet there is good evidence that immune system support is important in both resisting becoming infected and in fighting infections, published

There is very good evidence for the role of vitamin C in both these aspects of infection.

www.orthomolecular.org  is an invaluable source of up to date information on these matters.

British Society of Ecological (Environmental) Medicine has worked in collaboration with Orthomolecular Medicine to produce guidelines for action.

 

HOW EFFECTIVE IS VITAMIN C AS A TREATMENT?

Professor Harri Hemilä of the Department of Public Health at the University of Helsinki has been researching the vitamin for over 40 years. He said that high doses could cut off 8% of the average time spent in an ICU and has published research showing it could cut time on a ventilator by 25%.

IS VITAMIN C BEING USED ANYWHERE TO TREAT COVID-19?

IN CHINA March 31st

Dr. Richard Cheng, MD, PhD, a US board-certified specialist, stated that so far, they’ve seen a great deal of success treating coronavirus patients with intravenous vitamin C. According to Cheng, 50 moderate to severe cases of COVID-19 infection were treated with high-dose IVC. Dosing of IVC ranged from 10,000 – 20,000 mg a day for 7-10 days, with 10,000 mg for moderate cases and 20,000 for more severe cases. The first bit of good news was that all patients who received IVC improved and there has been no mortality. Secondly, as compared to the average of a 30-day hospital stay for all COVID-19 patients, those patients who received high dose IVC had a hospital stay about 3-5 days shorter than the other patients.

IN NEW YORK March 31st

According to a recent article by the New York Post, Seriously sick coronavirus patients in New York state’s largest hospital system are being given massive doses of vitamin C — based on promising reports that it’s helped people in hard-hit China, The Post has learned. Dr. Andrew G. Weber, a pulmonologist and critical-care specialist affiliated with two Northwell Health facilities on Long Island, said his intensive-care patients with the coronavirus immediately receive 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C. Identical amounts of the powerful antioxidant are then readministered three or four times a day, he said. Each dose is more than 16 times the National Institutes of Health’s daily recommended dietary allowance of vitamin C, which is just 90 milligrams for adult men and 75 milligrams for adult women. The regimen is based on experimental treatments administered to people with the coronavirus in Shanghai, China, Weber said.

Dr. Weber told the post that vitamin C is helping a “tremendous amount.” The post also claims that multiple hospitals on Manhattan’s Upper East side are using Vitamin C as a coronavirus treatment throughout the system, but the protocols differ from patients to patient. Apparently, vitamin C is being used to treat hundreds of patients.

The post also mentions the Vitamin C clinical trial listed above: Weber said vitamin C levels in coronavirus patients drop dramatically when they suffer sepsis, an inflammatory response that occurs when their bodies overreact to the infection.

IN SOUTH KOREA

Dr Andrew Saul, editor-in-chief of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service mentions in an interview on March 17^th 2020 being in contact with a South Korean medical doctor who is giving patients and medical staff an injection of 100,000 IUs of vitamin D along with as much as 24,000 mg (24 grams) of IV vitamin C. "He's reporting that these people are getting well in a matter of days," Saul says.

HOW DOES VITAMIN C WORK?

Professor Harri Hemilä (Helsinki) explains, that vitamin C can increase the production of infection-fighting natural killer cells, the vitamin increases production of the immune-boosting compound interferon alpha/beta (an anti-viral cytokine) as well as damping down the damaging inflammation that comes with infection, and it boosts oxygen levels.

Vitamin C is concentrated in leucocytes, lymphocytes, and macrophages reaching high concentrations in these cells. Vitamin C improves chemotaxis, enhances neutrophil phagocytic capacity and oxidative killing and supports lymphocyte proliferation and function. When your body is stressed by, for example, a serious infection, vitamin C levels drop rapidly because the body is using it up to compensate for the complex effects of the stress.  Such patients are actually in a state of acute vitamin deficiency, so delivering high levels is perfectly logical.

WHAT ARE THE PRIORITY INGREDIENTS TO SUPPORT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM?

Dr Damien Downing President of the British Society of Ecological Medicine recommends:

• Vitamin C: 3,000 milligrams (mg) (3 grams) (or more) daily, in divided doses. You might find it useful to add 5,000 milligrams (5 grams) of pure ascorbic acid powder to 1 to 1.5 litres of water and drink it throughout the day
• Vitamin D3: 2,000 International Units (IU) (50 micrograms) daily. Start with 5,000 IU (125 micrograms)/day for two weeks, then you can reduce to 2,000 IU/d)
• Magnesium: 400 mg daily (in citrate, malate, amino acid chelate, or chloride form)
• Zinc: 20 milligrams (mg) daily (e.g. in citrate, amino acid chelate, gluconate forms), away from cereals and other grains to avoid being bound (and so less absorbed) by phytate
• Selenium: 100 micrograms (mcg) (e.g. in methionine or yeast forms) daily

 

WHAT FOODS ARE RICHEST IN VITAMIN C?

Kakadu plums, acerola cherries, rose hips (20mg each), chili peppers especially green, guavas, sweet yellow peppers, blackcurrants, thyme, parsley, mustard spinach, kale, kiwis, broccoli, brussels sprouts, lemons, lychees, American Persimmons, papayas, strawberries, oranges.

WHAT SHOULD OUR AUTHORITIES TO BE DOING ABOUT ALL THIS?

Governments and health authorities should:

• publicise emerging data from trials involving nutrients like vitamin C,
• provide public health advice on nutrient intakes for immune support,
• and switch on additional manufacturing capacity

WHAT GUIDANCE IS THERE ON VITAMIN D?

Clinical experience and research by leading vitamin D researchers Professor Michael Holick and Dr Reinhold Vieth have consistently shown levels of 100 mcg (4,000 IU) or more of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) need to be taken orally to deliver optimal circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). Optimum levels of 100-150 nmol/L (40-60 ng/ml) have been determined by a group of leading vitamin D researchers that have come together under the banner of Grassroots Health.

It is wise to take Vitamin K2 at the same time as Vitamin D3 in order to enhance its effect and increase its safety.

Clinical experience has shown, short-term, that levels around 10-fold greater than this can be used where bacterial or viral infections have taken hold. These very high intakes should be managed under health professional supervision and should not be maintained for more than a week, before returning to levels of 250 mcg (10,000 IU) or less. High dose vitamin D should be accompanied with regular measurement of circulating 25(OH)D as there can be big differences in amounts required by individuals to optimise circulating levels.

 

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ZINC IN COVID-19? (Analysis by Dr Joseph Mercola)

Zinc is one nutrient that plays a very important role in your immune system’s ability to ward off viral infections, and may play a vastly underrated role in the COVID-19 pandemic

Zinc is vital for healthy immune function and a combination of zinc with a zinc ionophore (zinc transport molecule) was in 2010 shown to block viral replication of SARS coronavirus in a cell culture within minutes

Zinc alone is incapable of fully stopping viral replication as it cannot easily enter through the           fatty wall of a cell. Getting all the way into the cell is crucial, as this is where the viral replication occurs

The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine appears to work against COVID-19 by improving zinc uptake into cells. Natural zinc ionophores that improve zinc absorption include quercetin and epigallocatechin-gallate (EGCG)

HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF NHS WORKERS?

Two innovative projects have been set up to support the health of frontline healthcare workers tackling the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. Frontline Immune Support for NHS Staff is raising money to provide packs of immune supportive supplements to help maintain strong and resilient immune systems in frontline staff to reduce their risk of becoming seriously ill given their exposure to high viral loads. The campaign has already had many NHS staff signup to receive the packs. You can still donate to support the campaign and provide more packs. The Jade Screen project is offering free consultations with an experienced Chinese herbal practitioner along with tailored Chinese herbal formula’s to NHS staff. The aim of the project is to support immune system resilience and recovery from covid infection. If either project resonates with you and you would like to lend your support or you know anyone who would benefit from either project please click on the links above for more information.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON COVID-19 AND IMMUNE SUPPORT

www.orthomolecular.org

http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/ind