principiascientificinternational--2020-04-02--I Got The Coronavirus – Enough With The Hysteria!

I Got The Coronavirus – Enough With The Hysteria !
What follows is a personal account .
It should not be read as a general description of symptoms that are true for all people .
Much of what happens during any infection depends on the condition of individual immune systems and pre-existing medical conditions – and there is also the fact the coronavirus , Covid19 , or the Wuhan virus has forty known mutations ( thus far ) .
So , it is difficult to say how each individual body will react when infected .
I contracted the coronavirus at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all places , where there was far too much coughing , sneezing and wheezing going on , without any regard for public hygiene , such as , covering the mouth at least .
I chose to write this article anonymously , because suddenly we live in precarious times , and I have no idea what the fallout of my account might be .
People have become so wild-eyed .
There is a lot of misinformation , panic and finger-pointing , where to go out in the public now is not only controlled , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of distrust .
People look at you with anger if you are not wearing a face-mask .
But it no longer really matters where I got the virus , and I should have worn a face-mask .
So , I just want to deal with the facts .
This is what happened next .
The Process Of The Infection On the first day , I grew very weak and feverish .
So , I thought I should go and get myself tested .
This was an entirely useless effort , especially given what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they shove a swab of sorts all the way up your nose – really far up the nose , so it really hurts .
And the man doing the procedure seemed especially inept ( another reason why I want to remain anonymous ) .
I say the test was useless because it is not as if getting tested will mean getting a treatment that will cure what you are being tested for .
I think these tests are simply an effort to get an idea of the number of infections .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feed the hysteria .
Given the procedure , I would suggest that you avoid the test and just stay home .
Once the test was done , it came back positive , and I was advised to lock myself away at home until I got better – and then to wait for another fourteen days , before trying to venture out into a public place .
In effect , I was placed under house-arrest ( just like everyone else ) .
The first three days of infection consisted of a very painful throat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sore-throat , as such , which we have all experienced , which makes the throat feel raw , as if it has been badly scratched .
Rather , what I experienced was extreme pain when swallowing .
If I did not swallow , I did not feel any pain .
It was as if a hand clamped down hard around my throat , whenever I tried to swallow .
I can imagine how this might prove very dangerous for some .
As well , trying to speak meant that my throat constricted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few words before lapsing into a bad coughing fit – again , dangerous for those with compromised lungs .
And when I coughed , I got nosebleeds ( which I have never gotten belief ) .
But I believe that these nosebleeds were the result of the injury I had received when I got the test done ; they were not an effect of the virus .
But I could be wrong .
This condition persisted for five days , during which I slept a lot .
Then , something very strange happened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( the whites ) of my eyes turned a dark red , and my eyes hurt .
I say strange , because it seemed that I was now showing the ophidian origins of the virus ( given the Chinese penchant for eating snake-meat in the winter months ( because said meat is supposed to be very “ warming ” ) .
But , of course , there are other theories about the origins of this virus .
My eyes also started to water a lot , and I could not look at strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eyes .
On the seventh day , the stranglehold on my throat suddenly grew weaker , and I felt that my body was finally beginning to fight back with some success !
My eyes grew less red .
The fever became low-grade .
The cough remained .
Over the next three days , my throat recovered to what I would call normal , where I could swallow with only a very slight pain , and my eyes cleared up completely , although they still watered .
The cough persisted , but the fever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I feel that I have regained normalcy ( homeostasis ) .
The cough is infrequent and my eyes water occasionally .
It is simply my body clearing things up , it seems .
And , such is my rather uneventful journey through coronavirus land .
In my experience , then , it was nothing more than a flu .
I should mention that I did not take any medication , nor did I take any supplements .
I just am not a pill-popper .
I did , however , take some home-made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the cough .
I simply let my body ’ s immune system take over .
So , what does all this mean ?
There are two takeaways .
First , there is the virus itself and its pathology .
Second , there is the coronavirus-panic .
In other words , there is the reality of the virus – and then there is the construction of what I call , “ the Coronavirus Narrative , ” which is all about whipping up fear and hysteria .
The one has little to do with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pathology , the coronavirus is nothing new , of course , as it has been known and documented and studied for quite some time .
The version that I got is simply another form of the flu .
Now that I have gone through the experience , I can honestly say that I have had far worse bouts of the flu in years past .
So , if you are a normal , healthy person , you will not die from the coronavirus .
This is not the Black Death revisited , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that fear out of your head .
If you are healthy , and your lungs are in good shape , and you catch the virus , you will be feverish .
Yes , it will hurt ( as my throat did ) ; and , yes , you will cough a lot .
But you will not die from it .
Your immune system will fight back and flush it out of your body .
As with any flu , the only people at risk will be those who have very weak immune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or who have other pre-existing medical conditions , which would be exacerbated by any kind of infection .
In other words , the same people who also die each and every year of the regular flu .
Thus , for example , last year in the United States , 80,000 people died of the flu .
Probably the same number will die this year as well .
The only difference being that this year the cause of death will be a flu by the name of Covid19 – and that number will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strange happened with this flu virus – suddenly it became the Grim Reaper .
This portrayal is held together by three types of stories that are continually being told in the media – those that delve into the origins of the virus ( its etiology ) ; those that dictate personal and communal behavior ; and those that seek to posit some sort of catharsis , through purification or expiation , by extolling a solitary existence .
Right from the beginning , the question of how this virus came to infect human beings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ origins were natural , having jumped species from bats , snakes , or ant-eaters to humans ( given the Chinese penchant to eat such creatures , especially in the winter months , for their “ warming ” qualities of such meat , according to Chinese alchemy , i.e.
, medicine ) .
But others said that it was a bio-weapon that had somehow “ escaped ” from a lab and into humans .
Many were the videos shown online of poor victims collapsed on to the streets , bleeding , and even shaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said to be victims of this virus .
Next came the massive governmental efforts by the Chinese to contain the virus by way of forced confinement of the people of Wuhan and other cities , and the videos of streets being sprayed with something or other ( presumably a disinfectant ) .
Then , came the accusations .
The Chinese said it was indeed a bio-weapon , let loose by the US military .
And there were already reports of nefarious Chinese agents stealing material from labs in the States and Canada – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientist for being on the payroll of the Chinese .
We are all familiar with these facts , and they hardly bear repeating .
Then came the reaction , which was an effort to win control over the spread of the virus .
This meant doing what China did and shutting down everything and promoting ( and even enforcing ) self-quarantine .
Stay home .
Come out only if you need to buy essentials .
Only through massive government effort that purification ( catharsis ) can be affected .
And then there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is still , having a field-day promoting the hysteria , with 24/7 coverage .
The ceaseless fearmongering works really well because it is always presented without context ( like the daily infection- and death-count ) , so that for most people , the world is indeed facing a massive die-out event , much like the Black Death and the Spanish Flu of 1918 .
None of this is true , of course , but that matters little , since well-constructed narratives have no need of truth .
People are scared .
No one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all kinds of things over the course of every year .
However , when death is wrapped up in the form a contagion that floats about in the air , ready to infect anyone – the fear becomes justifiable .
But there is also something very strange about the numbers being thrown about , which are used to promote the fear .
Those that began this fear now seem be having second thoughts .
Here is a good analysis .
But this hysteria is also bringing back the fact of reality .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that it is technocratic ( in that it only relies on the opinions of experts , which then became all-powerful narrative that then guide us as to how we live and what we do ) .
If experts agree , we have truth , and we must all kowtow to said truth ( also known as scientific “ consensus ” ) .
This has been the case with the promotion of environmentalism , genderism , politics , and now infectious disease .
In effect , the purpose of science now is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happily manufactured by another set of experts – professors ) .
But the problem with experts is that they can not be wrong , for they are purveyors of a new “ gospel.
” This means that all experts prefer to present extreme conclusions , rather than anything sensible .
This is especially true of any sort of statistics that have to do with disease , where they are often as extreme as possible , because no one will blame them for being “ cautious ” – that less people died than they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ figures and the disease produces a higher body count , then they will be pilloried .
So , these experts are always hedging their bets and safeguarding their reputations as well as their very lucrative careers .
And then there are the predictive models that they use to tell us how many will get infected and how many will die .
As we all know – there are always problems with hypothetical mathematical models .
Remember , the same sort of models that are giving us death-charts , have long been used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Narrative.
” But suddenly , the Coronavirus Narrative has sidelined , even derailed , all other narratives that had kept so many busy for so very long .
Does anyone still want to go and agitate for bathroom rights for transgenders ?
How about marching for feminism ?
Global warming anyone ?
What of the New Green Deal for a happier proletariat ?
And all those mealy-mouthed moralists , who were busy squawking about “ racism ” and “ xenophobia ” – now have to be xenophobic in order to stay alive – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people , because their own bodies will be invaded by an infection that actually does come from foreign parts and foreign people .
They even have to wear masks and gloves , lest “ foreign ” infections invade their own pure bodies .
Oh , the irony is rich indeed .
And all those one-world types , who hated borders – now have to stay inside the strictest of borders , their own homes .
As for the diversity and equality crowd – well , they have to keep at least six feet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be deadly .
All these tired old narratives will now have to go the way of the dodo – because the Coronavirus Narrative has changed the world very quickly and very drastically ; and no one is even noticing .
In effect , there is now no “ normal ” to go back to .
It is very startling and frightening that we have all so easily agreed to abandon all our freedoms .
We want security at all cost .
Here is what has already been lost : • All communities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no matter how small , can assemble .
There can only be individualized allegiances to virtual groups , where only the pretence of a gathering can be provided online .
• The screen alone will mediate our transactions with the world outside our bodies .
• All supply chains are now fragile , if not broken .
If enough workers decide not to show up to work , for fear of being infected , there is no supply .
• The service sector of the business model is in shambles .
Places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etc .
are no longer “ truth-worthy.
” Suddenly , the very notion of the value of work is now gone • Anyone who does not work and earn in front of a screen at home is now unemployed .
• Governments have quickly consolidated power .
Suddenly , there are “ Quarantine Laws ” which are population containment directives .
And a fearful citizenry has happily agreed to forego freedom and be put under siege by their own politicians .
• The notion that we all laughed at – safe spaces – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been put inside safe spaces , from which we can not emerge without permission from the state and the technocrats .
• Work is made useless , by being declared “ inessential , ” so that ordinary people no longer know how to pay rent , buy food and look after their families .
We will have the rise of the “ precariat , ” people who will only barely find precarious work .
And can it be that this mass unemployment will turn larger corporations to robotic work , making the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The world we knew has been lost – because we have lost the most important component of the world – trust .
The Coronavirus Narrative is also an expression of our hyper-feminized culture , where manliness has lost all meaning and value .
It is certainly pertinent that the word , “ hysteria ” comes from the Greek term for “ womb , vagina.
” What we have now is not a manly response to hardship , where we all say that we will persevere , we will continue to work , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life is always tough and at times deadly ( for death is part of life ) .
Instead , we now encounter the world only in terms of nurturing .
The only way possible to deal with hardship is to seek safety , as offered by the warmth of the womb , because the world is much too fearful a place .
Where is the moral courage ?
Where is the determination ?
Where is the call for us to be strong , no matter what the adversity ?
Where are the calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ build immunity , though it may kill some ?
People who live in bubbles do so because they will die in the open air .
Are we really demanding zero deaths each and every year ?
No , no , let us just hunker down in our safe spaces , shut the world down ; best to accept mass house-arrest , until the maternal-state figures out how to save us from the Grim Reaper , ravaging the world beyond our windows , our screens .
We are safe inside .
Nesting is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a culture .
Where shall we go from here ?
There were other viruses before ( like SARS , H1N1 , avian ) – and there will continue to be flu viruses from China each and every year , which will continue to kill thousands .
( Perhaps the WHO , in its wisdom , might want to invest in a program to encourage the Chinese to change their eating habits and not kill so many of us each year ? )
.
Will we have annual lockdowns every flu season ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ version thereof , become the only narrative that truly matters each and every year ?
Will we now redesign the very purpose of daily life to meet the expectations of this all-encompassing , mega-narrative of perpetual protection offered to us by the state ?
Covid19 is not the return of the Black Death .
But it is the return of the Great Fear , through which we are allowing petty tyrants ( politicians ) to usher us into the Dystopia of lost freedoms , oppressive governing structures , and rejigged economies that will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brave new post-Covid19 world , indeed .
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I Got The Coronavirus – Enough With The Hysteria!
Written by Anonymous
What follows is a personal account. It should not be read as a general description of symptoms that are true for all people.
Much of what happens during any infection depends on the condition of individual immune systems and pre-existing medical conditions – and there is also the fact the coronavirus, Covid19, or the Wuhan virus has forty known mutations (thus far).
So, it is difficult to say how each individual body will react when infected.
I contracted the coronavirus at a doctor’s office, of all places, where there was far too much coughing, sneezing and wheezing going on, without any regard for public hygiene, such as, covering the mouth at least. I chose to write this article anonymously, because suddenly we live in precarious times, and I have no idea what the fallout of my account might be.
People have become so wild-eyed. There is a lot of misinformation, panic and finger-pointing, where to go out in the public now is not only controlled, if not forbidden, but an act of distrust. People look at you with anger if you are not wearing a face-mask. But it no longer really matters where I got the virus, and I should have worn a face-mask. So, I just want to deal with the facts. This is what happened next.
The Process Of The Infection
On the first day, I grew very weak and feverish. So, I thought I should go and get myself tested. This was an entirely useless effort, especially given what it involved. To get a test, they shove a swab of sorts all the way up your nose – really far up the nose, so it really hurts. And the man doing the procedure seemed especially inept (another reason why I want to remain anonymous). I say the test was useless because it is not as if getting tested will mean getting a treatment that will cure what you are being tested for.
I think these tests are simply an effort to get an idea of the number of infections. And I now think they only serve to feed the hysteria. Given the procedure, I would suggest that you avoid the test and just stay home. Once the test was done, it came back positive, and I was advised to lock myself away at home until I got better – and then to wait for another fourteen days, before trying to venture out into a public place. In effect, I was placed under house-arrest (just like everyone else).
The first three days of infection consisted of a very painful throat and fever. It was not really a sore-throat, as such, which we have all experienced, which makes the throat feel raw, as if it has been badly scratched. Rather, what I experienced was extreme pain when swallowing. If I did not swallow, I did not feel any pain. It was as if a hand clamped down hard around my throat, whenever I tried to swallow. I can imagine how this might prove very dangerous for some.
As well, trying to speak meant that my throat constricted and I could only get out a few words before lapsing into a bad coughing fit – again, dangerous for those with compromised lungs. And when I coughed, I got nosebleeds (which I have never gotten belief). But I believe that these nosebleeds were the result of the injury I had received when I got the test done; they were not an effect of the virus. But I could be wrong. This condition persisted for five days, during which I slept a lot.
Then, something very strange happened on the sixth day. The sclerae (the whites) of my eyes turned a dark red, and my eyes hurt. I say strange, because it seemed that I was now showing the ophidian origins of the virus (given the Chinese penchant for eating snake-meat in the winter months (because said meat is supposed to be very “warming”). But, of course, there are other theories about the origins of this virus. My eyes also started to water a lot, and I could not look at strong light without feeling a burning in my eyes.
On the seventh day, the stranglehold on my throat suddenly grew weaker, and I felt that my body was finally beginning to fight back with some success! My eyes grew less red. The fever became low-grade. The cough remained.
Over the next three days, my throat recovered to what I would call normal, where I could swallow with only a very slight pain, and my eyes cleared up completely, although they still watered. The cough persisted, but the fever disappeared.
As of writing this account, I feel that I have regained normalcy (homeostasis). The cough is infrequent and my eyes water occasionally. It is simply my body clearing things up, it seems. And, such is my rather uneventful journey through coronavirus land. In my experience, then, it was nothing more than a flu.
I should mention that I did not take any medication, nor did I take any supplements. I just am not a pill-popper. I did, however, take some home-made cough syrup, which helped a lot with the cough. I simply let my body’s immune system take over.
So, what does all this mean? There are two takeaways. First, there is the virus itself and its pathology. Second, there is the coronavirus-panic. In other words, there is the reality of the virus – and then there is the construction of what I call, “the Coronavirus Narrative,” which is all about whipping up fear and hysteria. The one has little to do with the other.
Regarding the question of pathology, the coronavirus is nothing new, of course, as it has been known and documented and studied for quite some time. The version that I got is simply another form of the flu.
Now that I have gone through the experience, I can honestly say that I have had far worse bouts of the flu in years past. So, if you are a normal, healthy person, you will not die from the coronavirus. This is not the Black Death revisited, as it is being currently advertised. Get that fear out of your head. If you are healthy, and your lungs are in good shape, and you catch the virus, you will be feverish. Yes, it will hurt (as my throat did); and, yes, you will cough a lot. But you will not die from it. Your immune system will fight back and flush it out of your body.
As with any flu, the only people at risk will be those who have very weak immune systems, or who have lung conditions, or who have other pre-existing medical conditions, which would be exacerbated by any kind of infection. In other words, the same people who also die each and every year of the regular flu. Thus, for example, last year in the United States, 80,000 people died of the flu. Probably the same number will die this year as well. The only difference being that this year the cause of death will be a flu by the name of Covid19 – and that number will only feed the panic.
The Grand Coronavirus Narrative
Something very strange happened with this flu virus – suddenly it became the Grim Reaper. This portrayal is held together by three types of stories that are continually being told in the media – those that delve into the origins of the virus (its etiology); those that dictate personal and communal behavior; and those that seek to posit some sort of catharsis, through purification or expiation, by extolling a solitary existence.
Right from the beginning, the question of how this virus came to infect human beings was misty. Some said that its origins were natural, having jumped species from bats, snakes, or ant-eaters to humans (given the Chinese penchant to eat such creatures, especially in the winter months, for their “warming” qualities of such meat, according to Chinese alchemy, i.e., medicine).
But others said that it was a bio-weapon that had somehow “escaped” from a lab and into humans. Many were the videos shown online of poor victims collapsed on to the streets, bleeding, and even shaking and flopping about. They were all said to be victims of this virus.
Next came the massive governmental efforts by the Chinese to contain the virus by way of forced confinement of the people of Wuhan and other cities, and the videos of streets being sprayed with something or other (presumably a disinfectant).
Then, came the accusations. The Chinese said it was indeed a bio-weapon, let loose by the US military. And there were already reports of nefarious Chinese agents stealing material from labs in the States and Canada – and even the arrest of a Harvard scientist for being on the payroll of the Chinese. We are all familiar with these facts, and they hardly bear repeating.
Then came the reaction, which was an effort to win control over the spread of the virus. This meant doing what China did and shutting down everything and promoting (and even enforcing) self-quarantine. Stay home. Come out only if you need to buy essentials. Only through massive government effort that purification (catharsis) can be affected.
And then there was the media, which was, and is still, having a field-day promoting the hysteria, with 24/7 coverage. The ceaseless fearmongering works really well because it is always presented without context (like the daily infection- and death-count), so that for most people, the world is indeed facing a massive die-out event, much like the Black Death and the Spanish Flu of 1918. None of this is true, of course, but that matters little, since well-constructed narratives have no need of truth.
People are scared. No one wants to die. But people die of all kinds of things over the course of every year. However, when death is wrapped up in the form a contagion that floats about in the air, ready to infect anyone – the fear becomes justifiable. But there is also something very strange about the numbers being thrown about, which are used to promote the fear. Those that began this fear now seem be having second thoughts. Here is a good analysis.
The Technocrats
But this hysteria is also bringing back the fact of reality. One of the fundamental problems of modernity is that it is technocratic (in that it only relies on the opinions of experts, which then became all-powerful narrative that then guide us as to how we live and what we do). If experts agree, we have truth, and we must all kowtow to said truth (also known as scientific “consensus”).
This has been the case with the promotion of environmentalism, genderism, politics, and now infectious disease. In effect, the purpose of science now is to continually affirm social narratives (which are happily manufactured by another set of experts – professors).
But the problem with experts is that they cannot be wrong, for they are purveyors of a new “gospel.” This means that all experts prefer to present extreme conclusions, rather than anything sensible. This is especially true of any sort of statistics that have to do with disease, where they are often as extreme as possible, because no one will blame them for being “cautious” – that less people died than they had predicted.
If they low-ball their figures and the disease produces a higher body count, then they will be pilloried. So, these experts are always hedging their bets and safeguarding their reputations as well as their very lucrative careers.
And then there are the predictive models that they use to tell us how many will get infected and how many will die. As we all know – there are always problems with hypothetical mathematical models. Remember, the same sort of models that are giving us death-charts, have long been used to prop up the entire “Global Warming Narrative.”
Some Side-Effects
But suddenly, the Coronavirus Narrative has sidelined, even derailed, all other narratives that had kept so many busy for so very long. Does anyone still want to go and agitate for bathroom rights for transgenders? How about marching for feminism? Global warming anyone? What of the New Green Deal for a happier proletariat?
And all those mealy-mouthed moralists, who were busy squawking about “racism” and “xenophobia” – now have to be xenophobic in order to stay alive – they have to stay away from all people, because their own bodies will be invaded by an infection that actually does come from foreign parts and foreign people. They even have to wear masks and gloves, lest “foreign” infections invade their own pure bodies. Oh, the irony is rich indeed.
And all those one-world types, who hated borders – now have to stay inside the strictest of borders, their own homes.
As for the diversity and equality crowd – well, they have to keep at least six feet from everybody, because mixing with strangers can be deadly.
All these tired old narratives will now have to go the way of the dodo – because the Coronavirus Narrative has changed the world very quickly and very drastically; and no one is even noticing. In effect, there is now no “normal” to go back to.
The World Ahead
It is very startling and frightening that we have all so easily agreed to abandon all our freedoms. We want security at all cost.
Here is what has already been lost:
All communities have broken down, since no crowd, no matter how small, can assemble. There can only be individualized allegiances to virtual groups, where only the pretence of a gathering can be provided online.
The screen alone will mediate our transactions with the world outside our bodies.
All supply chains are now fragile, if not broken. If enough workers decide not to show up to work, for fear of being infected, there is no supply.
The service sector of the business model is in shambles. Places like barber-shops, restaurants, gyms, etc. are no longer “truth-worthy.” Suddenly, the very notion of the value of work is now gone
Anyone who does not work and earn in front of a screen at home is now unemployed.
Governments have quickly consolidated power. Suddenly, there are “Quarantine Laws” which are population containment directives. And a fearful citizenry has happily agreed to forego freedom and be put under siege by their own politicians.
The notion that we all laughed at – safe spaces – is now law. We now all have been put inside safe spaces, from which we cannot emerge without permission from the state and the technocrats.
Work is made useless, by being declared “inessential,” so that ordinary people no longer know how to pay rent, buy food and look after their families. We will have the rise of the “precariat,” people who will only barely find precarious work. And can it be that this mass unemployment will turn larger corporations to robotic work, making the situation far worse for ordinary people?
The world we knew has been lost – because we have lost the most important component of the world – trust.
More Hysteria
The Coronavirus Narrative is also an expression of our hyper-feminized culture, where manliness has lost all meaning and value. It is certainly pertinent that the word, “hysteria” comes from the Greek term for “womb, vagina.” What we have now is not a manly response to hardship, where we all say that we will persevere, we will continue to work, we will continue with life, even though life is always tough and at times deadly (for death is part of life).
Instead, we now encounter the world only in terms of nurturing. The only way possible to deal with hardship is to seek safety, as offered by the warmth of the womb, because the world is much too fearful a place.
Where is the moral courage? Where is the determination? Where is the call for us to be strong, no matter what the adversity? Where are the calls that say exposure to the virus will build immunity, though it may kill some? People who live in bubbles do so because they will die in the open air. Are we really demanding zero deaths each and every year?
No, no, let us just hunker down in our safe spaces, shut the world down; best to accept mass house-arrest, until the maternal-state figures out how to save us from the Grim Reaper, ravaging the world beyond our windows, our screens. We are safe inside. Nesting is the only answer to adversity we have left as a culture.
Where shall we go from here? There were other viruses before (like SARS, H1N1, avian) – and there will continue to be flu viruses from China each and every year, which will continue to kill thousands. (Perhaps the WHO, in its wisdom, might want to invest in a program to encourage the Chinese to change their eating habits and not kill so many of us each year?).
Will we have annual lockdowns every flu season? Will the Coronavirus Narrative, or some version thereof, become the only narrative that truly matters each and every year? Will we now redesign the very purpose of daily life to meet the expectations of this all-encompassing, mega-narrative of perpetual protection offered to us by the state?
Covid19 is not the return of the Black Death. But it is the return of the Great Fear, through which we are allowing petty tyrants (politicians) to usher us into the Dystopia of lost freedoms, oppressive governing structures, and rejigged economies that will always favor the privileged classes. A brave new post-Covid19 world, indeed.
The image shows a plague doctor by Paul Fürst, 1656.
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Wind , solar and hydropower installations pose a growing threat to key conservation areas , say researchers .
Researchers found that over 2,200 green energy plants have been built within the boundaries of the Earth ’ s remaining wilderness .
They say that around 17 % of renewable facilities globally are located in protected regions .
A further 900 plants are now being developed in key areas of biodiversity .
The amount of renewable energy facilities in use around the world has essentially tripled over the last 20 years .
Green energy facilities are often much larger than fossil fuel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needing areas of land up to 10 times greater than coal or gas to produce the same amount of energy .
Now researchers say that often these solar , wind and hydro schemes have been built in areas of environmental significance and pose a threat to key natural habitats .
The team mapped the locations of around 12,500 of these installations .
They found that more than 2,200 were built in the wilderness , protected regions , and key biodiversity areas .
Some 169 were found in strictly managed protected areas where no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Energy facilities and the infrastructure around them , such as roads and increased human activity , can be incredibly damaging to the natural environment , ” said lead author Jose Rehbein , from the University of Queensland , Australia .
“ These developments are not compatible with biodiversity conservation efforts.
” The researchers say that energy projects like solar farms often necessitate new roads , and the people who come in and service these installations sometimes build settlements near them .
Western European countries are the worst offenders at the moment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservation areas .
Spain has similar numbers of installations , while China has 142 .
One big concern from the researchers is the likely expansion of the demand for renewables particularly in Africa and Asia .
The researchers say the number of active renewable energy facilities within important conservation lands could increase by 42 % over the next eight years .
In countries like India and Nepal , for example , hydropower is seeing a real boom .
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BBC Admits: Green Energy Plants Threaten Wildlife Habitats
Written by Matt McGrath
Wind, solar and hydropower installations pose a growing threat to key conservation areas, say researchers.
Researchers found that over 2,200 green energy plants have been built within the boundaries of the Earth’s remaining wilderness.
They say that around 17% of renewable facilities globally are located in protected regions. A further 900 plants are now being developed in key areas of biodiversity.
The amount of renewable energy facilities in use around the world has essentially tripled over the last 20 years.
Green energy facilities are often much larger than fossil fuel power plants, with wind and solar needing areas of land up to 10 times greater than coal or gas to produce the same amount of energy.
Now researchers say that often these solar, wind and hydro schemes have been built in areas of environmental significance and pose a threat to key natural habitats.
The team mapped the locations of around 12,500 of these installations. They found that more than 2,200 were built in the wilderness, protected regions, and key biodiversity areas.
Some 169 were found in strictly managed protected areas where no development activity at all should occur.
“Energy facilities and the infrastructure around them, such as roads and increased human activity, can be incredibly damaging to the natural environment,” said lead author Jose Rehbein, from the University of Queensland, Australia.
“These developments are not compatible with biodiversity conservation efforts.”
The researchers say that energy projects like solar farms often necessitate new roads, and the people who come in and service these installations sometimes build settlements near them.
Western European countries are the worst offenders at the moment, with Germany having 258 facilities in key conservation areas.
Spain has similar numbers of installations, while China has 142.
One big concern from the researchers is the likely expansion of the demand for renewables particularly in Africa and Asia.
The researchers say the number of active renewable energy facilities within important conservation lands could increase by 42% over the next eight years.
In countries like India and Nepal, for example, hydropower is seeing a real boom. Nepal has over 100 facilities within protected areas, while India has 74 under development in important conservation zones.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-02--COVID-19 & The Eco-Dystopia That Greens Keep Pushing

COVID-19 & The Eco-Dystopia That Greens Keep Pushing Greens just can ’ t help themselves .
As the rest of us do what we can to tackle or withstand the COVID-19 crisis , they treat it as a sign , a warning from nature , a telling-off to hubristic , destructive mankind .
The speed with which they have folded this pandemic into their misanthropic narrative about humanity being a pox on the planet has been shocking , but not surprising .
Right from the top of the UN , they have been promoting their backward belief that this virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Andersen , executive director of the UN Environment Programme , says ‘ nature is sending us a message ’ with this pandemic and other recent disasters , including bushfires in Australia and locust invasions in Kenya .
Of course , nature is doing no such thing because nature is not a sentient being , however much the new religion of environmentalism might fantasize that it is .
The Guardian reports that Andersen thinks humanity ’ s ‘ destruction of the natural world for farming , housing , and mining ’ is making pandemics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth , modern society itself , is now getting its comeuppance .
We think we can farm and mine and , erm , build houses as we see fit , but here comes nature with her punishment : a terrible disease .
This is positively Biblical .
Gaia is God in this scenario , coming to punish us for our sins .
A group of scientists agrees with Andersen .
They describe COVID-19 as a ‘ clear warning shot ’ from nature , telling human civilization that it is ‘ playing with fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a horrible disease to the end of winding back human industry : what a low trick .
Britain ’ s chief bourgeois misanthrope , George Monbiot , was hot on the heels of the UN ’ s eco-medievalists .
He says COVID-19 has shattered humanity ’ s self-serving myth that it has achieved ‘ insulation from natural hazards ’ .
There is a grotesque glee in the way Monbiot describes what COVID-19 has unleashed – ‘ the membrane has ruptured ’ , he says , and ‘ we find ourselves naked and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeared to have banished storms through our lives ’ .
Monbiot also views this pandemic as a lesson from nature .
The headline to his piece says : ‘ COVID-19 is nature ’ s wake-up call to our complacent civilization.
’ And what is the content of nature ’ s violent lesson to disgusting mankind ?
It is to remind us that , for all our arrogance , we are actually ‘ governed by biology and physics.
’ There is something profoundly ugly in this .
Monbiot and other greens seem to view @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an upside : it might roll back the Enlightenment-era belief that humankind can exercise dominion over nature and remind us that actually we are at nature ’ s mercy .
They hope this disaster will restore nature ’ s power over the humanized world .
This is also why so many greens online have been sharing images of dolphins swimming near Venice or the absence of airplane trails over California .
Because to them , these are signs of a benefit from COVID-19 : the humbling of humankind , the reining in of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reassertion of nature ’ s awesome power .
If you see a disease as a political statement , as an opportunity to pursue your pre-existing misanthropic agendas , there is something very wrong with you .
Even though all of this is morally perverse , it is not surprising .
For a long time , greens have viewed human beings as a pox , a virus in our own right , doing untold damage to the planet .
Green god David Attenborough has said humans are ‘ a plague on the planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t use such explicitly hateful language , they constantly promote a view of human production and development as toxic and destructive .
And they latch on to everything from bushfires to floods , from plagues of locusts to melting ice-caps , as signs from nature , lessons from a furious Gaia .
When religious crackpots blame floods on gay marriage , claiming God is punishing us for losing the moral plot , we rightly mock them .
Yet greens offer merely a secular version of such backward , apocalyptic claptrap .
The truth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown us anything , it is how awful it would be to live in the kind of world greens dream about .
Right now , courtesy of a horrible new virus , our societies look not dissimilar to the kind of societies Greta Thunberg , Extinction Rebellion , green parties , and others have long been agitating for .
Fewer flights , industry halted , huge infrastructure projects put on hold .
Less driving , less traveling , less human interaction .
Over the past few weeks , as a result of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ footprint ’ will undoubtedly have shrunk .
And what an awful world it has become : smaller , quieter , more atomized .
We are all happy to make some sacrifices during this crisis .
We are staying home , observing social distancing , and of course , most of us are not working or traveling .
But we can not wait to go back to a world in which factories crank back to life , airplanes scrawl their lines in the sky , and people can go anywhere and work , socialize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s content .
Greens really should be careful when they talk about COVID-19 , because it won ’ t be long before more and more people realize that this unpleasant emergency we are living through is just like the warped dystopia greens want to build .
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COVID-19 & The Eco-Dystopia That Greens Keep Pushing
Written by Brendan O'Neill
Greens just can’t help themselves. As the rest of us do what we can to tackle or withstand the COVID-19 crisis, they treat it as a sign, a warning from nature, a telling-off to hubristic, destructive mankind.
The speed with which they have folded this pandemic into their misanthropic narrative about humanity being a pox on the planet has been shocking, but not surprising.
Right from the top of the UN, they have been promoting their backward belief that this virus is a reprimand from nature.
Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, says ‘nature is sending us a message’ with this pandemic and other recent disasters, including bushfires in Australia and locust invasions in Kenya.
Of course, nature is doing no such thing because nature is not a sentient being, however much the new religion of environmentalism might fantasize that it is.
The Guardian reports that Andersen thinks humanity’s ‘destruction of the natural world for farming, housing, and mining’ is making pandemics more likely.
In short, human growth, modern society itself, is now getting its comeuppance. We think we can farm and mine and, erm, build houses as we see fit, but here comes nature with her punishment: a terrible disease.
This is positively Biblical. Gaia is God in this scenario, coming to punish us for our sins.
A group of scientists agrees with Andersen. They describe COVID-19 as a ‘clear warning shot’ from nature, telling human civilization that it is ‘playing with fire’.
This is the political exploitation of a horrible disease to the end of winding back human industry: what a low trick.
Britain’s chief bourgeois misanthrope, George Monbiot, was hot on the heels of the UN’s eco-medievalists. He says COVID-19 has shattered humanity’s self-serving myth that it has achieved ‘insulation from natural hazards’.
There is a grotesque glee in the way Monbiot describes what COVID-19 has unleashed – ‘the membrane has ruptured’, he says, and ‘we find ourselves naked and outraged, as the biology, we appeared to have banished storms through our lives’.
Monbiot also views this pandemic as a lesson from nature. The headline to his piece says:
‘COVID-19 is nature’s wake-up call to our complacent civilization.’
And what is the content of nature’s violent lesson to disgusting mankind? It is to remind us that, for all our arrogance, we are actually ‘governed by biology and physics.’
There is something profoundly ugly in this. Monbiot and other greens seem to view COVID-19 as a disaster that will have an upside: it might roll back the Enlightenment-era belief that humankind can exercise dominion over nature and remind us that actually we are at nature’s mercy.
They hope this disaster will restore nature’s power over the humanized world.
This is also why so many greens online have been sharing images of dolphins swimming near Venice or the absence of airplane trails over California.
Because to them, these are signs of a benefit from COVID-19: the humbling of humankind, the reining in of our industrial and technological activity, and the reassertion of nature’s awesome power.
If you see a disease as a political statement, as an opportunity to pursue your pre-existing misanthropic agendas, there is something very wrong with you.
Even though all of this is morally perverse, it is not surprising. For a long time, greens have viewed human beings as a pox, a virus in our own right, doing untold damage to the planet.
Green god David Attenborough has said humans are ‘a plague on the planet’. Even when greens don’t use such explicitly hateful language, they constantly promote a view of human production and development as toxic and destructive.
And they latch on to everything from bushfires to floods, from plagues of locusts to melting ice-caps, as signs from nature, lessons from a furious Gaia.
When religious crackpots blame floods on gay marriage, claiming God is punishing us for losing the moral plot, we rightly mock them. Yet greens offer merely a secular version of such backward, apocalyptic claptrap.
The truth is that if the COVID-19 crisis has shown us anything, it is how awful it would be to live in the kind of world greens dream about.
Right now, courtesy of a horrible new virus, our societies look not dissimilar to the kind of societies Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion, green parties, and others have long been agitating for.
Fewer flights, industry halted, huge infrastructure projects put on hold. Less driving, less traveling, less human interaction.
Over the past few weeks, as a result of our response to COVID-19, the ‘human footprint’ will undoubtedly have shrunk. And what an awful world it has become: smaller, quieter, more atomized.
We are all happy to make some sacrifices during this crisis. We are staying home, observing social distancing, and of course, most of us are not working or traveling.
But we cannot wait to go back to a world in which factories crank back to life, airplanes scrawl their lines in the sky, and people can go anywhere and work, socialize, buy and eat to their heart’s content.
Greens really should be careful when they talk about COVID-19, because it won’t be long before more and more people realize that this unpleasant emergency we are living through is just like the warped dystopia greens want to build.
Read more at Spiked Online
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-02--Coronavirus forces postponement of COP26 Climate meeting in Glasgow

A key climate summit in Glasgow will be delayed until next year due to disruption caused by the coronavirus .
The announcement was made in a joint statement from the UK and UN after a “ virtual ” meeting of officials .
Dozens of world leaders were due to attend the COP26 gathering that was set to run in Glasgow from November 9 this year .
It is expected that the conference will now take place by the middle of next year .
As the virus has spread around the world , there has been a growing expectation in recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ delayed .
Around 30,000 delegates , journalists and environmental campaigners were due in Scotland for the meeting .
However the changing priorities that coronavirus has forced on governments can be clearly seen in Glasgow ’ s Scottish Events Campus ( SEC ) which was due to host the talks .
It is now set to become a temporary hospital to house patients affected by Covid-19 .
The decision to move COP26 was taken by UN officials , including UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa and UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma , who is president-designate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is currently facing an unprecedented global challenge and countries are rightly focusing their efforts on saving lives and fighting Covid-19 , ” Mr Sharma said in a statement .
“ That is why we have decided to reschedule COP26.
” “ We will continue working tirelessly with our partners to deliver the ambition needed to tackle the climate crisis and I look forward to agreeing a new date for the conference.
” Five years on from the landmark Paris agreement , all nations were due to put new improved climate action plans on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Environmental groups said the decision was understandable .
“ Postponing COP26 is the right thing to do – public health and safety must come first now , ” said Laurence Tubiana , one of the architects of the Paris agreement and CEO of European Climate Foundation .
“ This crisis has shown that international cooperation and solidarity are essential to protect global well-being and peace .
COP26 next year should become a centre piece of revitalized global cooperation.
” The summit has had its fair share of controversy with rows between the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ O ’ Neill , the minister originally appointed to run the talks , sacked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson .
While the delay was almost inevitable in the light of coronavirus , some officials believe there may be a silver lining .
Governments are set to spend huge amounts to boost their economies once the pandemic is over .
There ’ s a view that when the summit is eventually held , it could be an important forum for ensuring that money is spent on sustainable and renewable projects .
“ The pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priorities for COP26 , as alongside the UN climate process countries will be devising stimulus packages for economies hard-hit by the crisis , ” said Adair Turner , Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking .
“ With low-carbon stimulus as a new priority for COP26 , it should be seen as an opportunity to rebuild economies hit by coronavirus in ways that are healthier , more resilient to future shocks and fairer to a wider range of people.
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Coronavirus forces postponement of COP26 Climate meeting in Glasgow
Written by Matt McGrath
Image copyright SEC Image caption The Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, which is due to host COP26, includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro buildings
A key climate summit in Glasgow will be delayed until next year due to disruption caused by the coronavirus.
The announcement was made in a joint statement from the UK and UN after a “virtual” meeting of officials.
Dozens of world leaders were due to attend the COP26 gathering that was set to run in Glasgow from November 9 this year.
It is expected that the conference will now take place by the middle of next year. As the virus has spread around the world, there has been a growing expectation in recent weeks that the COP26 talks would be delayed.
Around 30,000 delegates, journalists and environmental campaigners were due in Scotland for the meeting.
However the changing priorities that coronavirus has forced on governments can be clearly seen in Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus (SEC) which was due to host the talks.
It is now set to become a temporary hospital to house patients affected by Covid-19.
The decision to move COP26 was taken by UN officials, including UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa and UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma, who is president-designate of the meeting.
“The world is currently facing an unprecedented global challenge and countries are rightly focusing their efforts on saving lives and fighting Covid-19,” Mr Sharma said in a statement.
“That is why we have decided to reschedule COP26.”
“We will continue working tirelessly with our partners to deliver the ambition needed to tackle the climate crisis and I look forward to agreeing a new date for the conference.”
Image copyright GETTY IMAGES Image caption Alok Sharma is president-designate of the meeting
Five years on from the landmark Paris agreement, all nations were due to put new improved climate action plans on the table at the Glasgow meeting.
Environmental groups said the decision was understandable.
“Postponing COP26 is the right thing to do – public health and safety must come first now,” said Laurence Tubiana, one of the architects of the Paris agreement and CEO of European Climate Foundation.
“This crisis has shown that international cooperation and solidarity are essential to protect global well-being and peace. COP26 next year should become a centre piece of revitalized global cooperation.”
The summit has had its fair share of controversy with rows between the UK and Scottish governments, and with Claire O’Neill, the minister originally appointed to run the talks, sacked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
While the delay was almost inevitable in the light of coronavirus, some officials believe there may be a silver lining.
Governments are set to spend huge amounts to boost their economies once the pandemic is over. There’s a view that when the summit is eventually held, it could be an important forum for ensuring that money is spent on sustainable and renewable projects.
“The pandemic will also reorder to an extent the priorities for COP26, as alongside the UN climate process countries will be devising stimulus packages for economies hard-hit by the crisis,” said Adair Turner, Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
“With low-carbon stimulus as a new priority for COP26, it should be seen as an opportunity to rebuild economies hit by coronavirus in ways that are healthier, more resilient to future shocks and fairer to a wider range of people.”
Read more at www.bbc.co.uk
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-03--Dr. Oz urges Gov. Cuomo to lift his ban on malaria drugs to treat coronavirus

Dr. Oz urges Gov .
Cuomo to lift his ban on malaria drugs to treat coronavirus Dr. Mehmet Oz urged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reverse his executive order that bans doctors from prescribing the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to fight the Wuhan coronavirus .
Under Gov .
Cuomo ’ s order , prescriptions of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are limited to a 14-day supply with no refills , and doctors can not prescribe the drugs outside of FDA-approved uses or clinical trials .
Dr. Oz — a cardiothoracic surgeon — said Cuomo probably did that in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ casually prescribe the drugs so they can hoard it .
“ I suspect there were concerns for the folks with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus who are dependent on chloroquine and couldn ’ t get it , ” Oz told Fox News host Sean Hannity .
“ I think Cuomo passed that law to prevent people from taking it and putting it in their cupboards just in case.
” Dr. Oz said he believes that Americans will not try to hoard chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine if they don ’ t need it and urged Cuomo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have more confidence in Americans than that , ” Oz said .
“ It ’ s an old malaria drug .
We ’ ll have enough of it .
We ought to lift the ban.
” The media has fomented panic about the malaria drugs after a Democrat supporter of Hillary Clinton drank chloroquine phosphate — a toxic chemical fish-tank cleaner — in a bid to prevent the coronavirus .
Naturally , the leftist blamed President Trump because she ingested a poison without reading the label that specifically warned that fish-tank cleaner is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the FDA approved an emergency authorization to allow coronavirus patients to be treated with the anti-malaria drugs , which were shown to be effective in a small French study and in several anecdotal cases .
“ Many doctors are prescribing it , ” Dr. Oz said .
“ Until we get randomized clinical data — which I ’ m hoping we ’ ll have over the next months — we are not going to know for sure .
But there are centers all over the world in France and China who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in America.
” In fact , some physicians say they take small doses of the drugs to prevent themselves from getting COVID-19 amid their constant exposure to coronavirus patients .
Dr. Oz continued : “ We probably have 100 reasonable candidates of solutions that could impact whether you can block the virus before it gets into your nose or block it from getting in the cells in your nose and your lungs or blocks it from replicating what ’ s in your cells or just stop the bad side effects that it causes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attack it … and we will win .
I ’ m confident about that.
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Dr. Oz urges Gov. Cuomo to lift his ban on malaria drugs to treat coronavirus
Written by Samantha Chang
Dr. Mehmet Oz urged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reverse his executive order that bans doctors from prescribing the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to fight the Wuhan coronavirus.
Under Gov. Cuomo’s order, prescriptions of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are limited to a 14-day supply with no refills, and doctors cannot prescribe the drugs outside of FDA-approved uses or clinical trials.
Dr. Oz — a cardiothoracic surgeon — said Cuomo probably did that in order to prevent people from asking their doctors to casually prescribe the drugs so they can hoard it.
“I suspect there were concerns for the folks with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus who are dependent on chloroquine and couldn’t get it,” Oz told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I think Cuomo passed that law to prevent people from taking it and putting it in their cupboards just in case.”
Dr. Oz said he believes that Americans will not try to hoard chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine if they don’t need it and urged Cuomo to reverse his ban.
“I have more confidence in Americans than that,” Oz said. “It’s an old malaria drug. We’ll have enough of it. We ought to lift the ban.”
(Source: Hannity)
The media has fomented panic about the malaria drugs after a Democrat supporter of Hillary Clinton drank chloroquine phosphate — a toxic chemical fish-tank cleaner — in a bid to prevent the coronavirus.
Naturally, the leftist blamed President Trump because she ingested a poison without reading the label that specifically warned that fish-tank cleaner is not for human consumption.
Woman who blamed Trump for drinking fish tank cleaner is a ‘prolific’ Dem donor who backed Hillary https://t.co/vnSyo8LCBp — Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) March 31, 2020
Last weekend, the FDA approved an emergency authorization to allow coronavirus patients to be treated with the anti-malaria drugs, which were shown to be effective in a small French study and in several anecdotal cases.
“Many doctors are prescribing it,” Dr. Oz said. “Until we get randomized clinical data — which I’m hoping we’ll have over the next months — we are not going to know for sure. But there are centers all over the world in France and China who are researching this actively, as we are in America.”
In fact, some physicians say they take small doses of the drugs to prevent themselves from getting COVID-19 amid their constant exposure to coronavirus patients.
Hospitals hoard hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that cured coronavirus in French study https://t.co/sE4WKQTJ32 pic.twitter.com/vuizFVFRKK — Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) March 22, 2020
Dr. Oz continued: “We probably have 100 reasonable candidates of solutions that could impact whether you can block the virus before it gets into your nose or block it from getting in the cells in your nose and your lungs or blocks it from replicating what’s in your cells or just stop the bad side effects that it causes. Any of those places we can attack it … and we will win. I’m confident about that.”
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-03--The absorption of thermal emitted infrared radiation by CO2

The absorption of thermal emitted infrared radiation by CO2 Abstract : The present study describes the absorption of thermal emission from the earth surface by CO in the atmosphere .
It is done on a fundamental physics base .
For this purpose , the vibrational-rotational structure of the CO molecule is described .
At atmospheric temperatures a few low-lying vibrational bands of CO are relevant .
It is found that independently from the vibrational state of the molecule the frequency separation between the rotational lines for both P- and R-transitions is constant and about 50 GHz .
Furthermore , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the frequency space between the rotational lines of the absorbing vibrational bands around 15- , 5- and 4.3-micron wavelength contributes relatively little to the thermal absorption .
Roughly , only 10 % of its spectrum is active and the thermal radiation that falls within these regions is fully absorbed .
This is not only the case for 400 ppm of CO in the atmosphere but also for much smaller concentration values .
The CO molecule has strong infrared absorption bands that belong to the symmetric stretching vibration v , the degenerated bending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ v .
The population densities of the vibrational modes are conveniently described by the vibrational temperatures .
They are 1800 K , 950 K and 3370 K for respectively the v , v and v vibrations .
Since these temperatures are much higher than the atmospheric temperatures only absorption from the ground and low-lying excited states are relevant to our purpose .
The most intense ones involve excitations from the ground state to the lowest states of the bending and the asymmetric vibrations ( absorption from the symmetric stretching vibration is not possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment ) .
Especially the absorbed radiation power by the ground state bending mode at about 15 microns is dominant .
The absorbed radiation by the asymmetric vibration at about 4.3 micron is much less intense because the emitted radiation from the earth surface has its maximum at a wavelength of about 16-micron and drops fast for shorter wavelength .
In the following table7 the low-lying infrared absorption bands of CO are collected .
The fraction of the molecules for j = 16 is as indicated 0.078 .
This number decreases according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and decreasing j-values .
For j = 40 this fraction is 0.012 .
This means that emitted infrared radiation that falls within the absorption region of the line j = 40 is saturated over a distance that is about 6 times the absorption length for j = 16 i.e .
about 300 m. The fraction for j =2 is 0.02 so that also these molecules saturate the thermal emission flux within about 200 m. Thus , between j = 2 and j = 40 about 98 % of all CO molecules in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radiation that falls within their spectra within a distance of about 300 m and in the case of 200 ppm it is 600 m. The same result will be obtained by considering the R- branch .
all radiation that falls within their spectra .
However , at 2-micron wavelength there is practically no emission at the considered temperature of 300 K. The ( 0110 – 0200 ) and ( 0110 – 1000 ) bands are Fermi coupled at wavelength of about 15 microns .
The wavelengths are close to those of the ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transitions of these three bands are always observed together in the absorption spectrum .
However , the considered bands belong to the population density N ( of the first excited state of the bending mode .
The absorption of thermal emission from the earth by CO occurs at wavelengths around 15 , 5 and 4.3 microns .
The absorption is limited to narrow frequency regions near the centers of the rotational lines .
The frequency width of these absorbing regions is about 4 GHz whereas the frequency distance between the rotational lines for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absorbing bands is constant and about 50 GHz .
Roughly less than 10 % of the infrared flux that falls within the absorption bands of CO will be absorbed .
The analysis is performed assuming 400 ppm CO in the atmosphere for which we found saturation of absorption .
This saturation occurs also for much smaller values of the CO content , including 200 ppm .
• L.Abrams : Broadening coefficients for the P ( 20 ) CO laser transition : Appl.Phys.Lett , , 609 ( 1974 ) • E.Martin and E.F.Barker : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Phy.Rev .
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The absorption of thermal emitted infrared radiation by CO2
Written by W.J.Witteman, Emeritus professor University of Twente (NL)
Abstract: The present study describes the absorption of thermal emission from the earth surface by CO 2 in the atmosphere. It is done on a fundamental physics base. For this purpose, the vibrational-rotational structure of the CO 2 molecule is described. At atmospheric temperatures a few low-lying vibrational bands of CO 2 are relevant.
It is found that independently from the vibrational state of the molecule the frequency separation between the rotational lines for both P- and R-transitions is constant and about 50 GHz. Furthermore, it is found that practically about 90{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the frequency space between the rotational lines of the absorbing vibrational bands around 15-, 5- and 4.3-micron wavelength contributes relatively little to the thermal absorption.
Roughly, only 10{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of its spectrum is active and the thermal radiation that falls within these regions is fully absorbed. This is not only the case for 400 ppm of CO 2 in the atmosphere but also for much smaller concentration values.
Vibrational- rotational structure of CO 2
The CO 2 molecule has strong infrared absorption bands that belong to the symmetric stretching vibration v 1 , the degenerated bending vibration v 2 and the asymmetric stretching vibration v 3 .
Low-lying infrared absorption bands of CO 2
The population densities of the vibrational modes are conveniently described by the vibrational temperatures. They are 1800 K, 950 K and 3370 K for respectively the v 1 , v 2 and v 3 vibrations. Since these temperatures are much higher than the atmospheric temperatures only absorption from the ground and low-lying excited states are relevant to our purpose.
The most intense ones involve excitations from the ground state to the lowest states of the bending and the asymmetric vibrations (absorption from the symmetric stretching vibration is not possible because of the absence of a dipole moment). Especially the absorbed radiation power by the ground state bending mode at about 15 microns is dominant.
The absorbed radiation by the asymmetric vibration at about 4.3 micron is much less intense because the emitted radiation from the earth surface has its maximum at a wavelength of about 16-micron and drops fast for shorter wavelength. In the following table7 the low-lying infrared absorption bands of CO 2 are collected.
The fraction of the molecules for j = 16 is as indicated 0.078. This number decreases according to eq. (2) with increasing and decreasing j-values. For j = 40 this fraction is 0.012. This means that emitted infrared radiation that falls within the absorption region of the line j = 40 is saturated over a distance that is about 6 times the absorption length for j = 16 i.e. about 300 m.
The fraction for j =2 is 0.02 so that also these molecules saturate the thermal emission flux within about 200 m. Thus, between j = 2 and j = 40 about 98{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of all CO 2 molecules in the considered band absorb all the emitted infrared radiation that falls within their spectra within a distance of about 300 m and in the case of 200 ppm it is 600 m. The same result will be obtained by considering the R- branch.
all radiation that falls within their spectra. However, at 2-micron wavelength there is practically no emission at the considered temperature of 300 K.
The (0110 – 0200) and (0110 – 1000) bands are Fermi coupled at wavelength of about 15 microns. The wavelengths are close to those of the (000 – 0110) band and the transitions of these three bands are always observed together in the absorption spectrum. However, the considered bands belong to the population density N 1 (of the first excited state of the bending mode.
Conclusions
The absorption of thermal emission from the earth by CO 2 occurs at wavelengths around 15, 5 and 4.3 microns. The absorption is limited to narrow frequency regions near the centers of the rotational lines. The frequency width of these absorbing regions is about 4 GHz whereas the frequency distance between the rotational lines for both P- and R- transitions for all absorbing bands is constant and about 50 GHz.
Roughly less than 10{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the infrared flux that falls within the absorption bands of CO 2 will be absorbed. The analysis is performed assuming 400 ppm CO 2 in the atmosphere for which we found saturation of absorption. This saturation occurs also for much smaller values of the CO 2 content, including 200 ppm.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-03--Late Holocene ~350–450AD solar-driven rapid global warming & sea levels

Dr Higgs provides his presentation on Late Holocene ~350–450AD solar-driven rapid global warming & sea levels and ~3-metre sea-level rise : geological , archaeological and astrophysical synthesis .
Geological and archaeological sea-level ( SL ) indicators from stable areas worldwide collectively indicate , between 100BC and 700AD ( imprecise C14 dating ) , two SL falls of ~2m , separated by a ~3m SL rise that reached ~1.5m above modern SL , allowing for compaction , subsidence-uplift and probable tide-range changes .
Superbly dated ( coins , pottery , dendro ) archaeology in southern Britain ( GIA subsidence ~1mm/yr , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ e.g .
at Roman Londinium fort , successive quays span 50–250AD and step down 2m into the Thames estuary .
Similarly the 3m transgression and ensuing fall are constrained to ~350–450AD and ~500–650AD , e.g .
: ( 1 ) coastal saltworks spanning ~200–350AD , covered by foraminifer-bearing mud ( i.e .
SL rise ) , re-habitable by the late 7th Century ( royal land charters ) ; ( 2 ) in Portchester sea-fort , a ~300AD water-well dug to 7m ( over-deep relative to today ’ s water table ) contains 2m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 5th C ( age of two jewellery items in the fill ) , suggesting deliberate backfilling due to salt-wedge intrusion by SL rise .
The well was re-dug in the 6th C ( timber lining dendro ) , i.e .
SL fall .
Further supporting the age and severity of the rise is the 410–450AD main exodus of Anglo-Saxons to Britain , probably forced to abandon their NW European coastal-plain homelands , pinched between rising SL and hostile barbarian tribes driven west , domino-style , by Asian drought ( climate change ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mention the SL rise ( except perhaps the ~450AD ‘ Groans of the Britons ’ ; google ) , possibly due to barbarians burning libraries ; or maybe literate peoples constantly facing death ( war , plague , drought , etc . )
were unimpressed by SL rising a few centimetres a year , scarcely noticeable and certainly not life-threatening .
The ~350–450AD transgression has many local names around the world , e.g .
Rottnest ( Australia ) , Romano-British ( UK ) , Lytham IX ( UK ) , V ( UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , St Firmin ( France ) , PTM-9 ( Sweden ) , Gilbert V ( Pacific ) , Wulfert ( USA ) .
A similarly rapid SL rise , 2 to 3m in < 50yr , is known from the previous interglacial ( MIS5e ) .
The Holocene global SL ‘ Fairbridge curve ’ shows the EDA- and other large ( 2–5m ) rapid SL oscillations , separated by 500–1,500yr intervals of smaller rises and falls .
The newest curve ( Fairbridge & Hillaire-Marcel , 1977 ) shows the EDA highstand at ~350AD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Only glacio-eustasy explains the rapidity of ‘ Fairbridge-type ’ large SL oscillations ; glacio-isostatic models are incompatible with the rapidity and predict only one-way rise or fall , depending on latitude ( Clark , Farrell & Peltier 1978 model and its derivatives ) .
Within C14-dating error , Fairbridge ’ s Holocene highstands correlate with ( 1 ) global-warmth peaks ( from proxies , e.g .
tree-ring widths , ice-core oxygen isotopes ) and ( 2 ) solar Grand Maxima ( cosmogenic isotopes in tree rings and ice cores ) .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , possibly the warmest of the last 2,000yr ( PAGES2k 2013 , 2017 ) , quite likely warmer than now ( like earlier Holocene peaks ; Marcott et al .
2013 ) ; and occurred < 100yr after a solar Grand Maximum spanning 275–345AD .
These correlations support Svensmark ’ s theory of increasing solar-magnetic output reducing cloudiness ( cosmic-ray link ) , causing increased solar warming of the ocean ( in turn warming the atmosphere ) .
The ~100yr time-lag is currently ~80yr , based on my visual cross-correlation of post-1700AD measured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magnetic output , while SL ( from tide gauges ) is seen to lag 20yr behind temperature .
I attribute the 80yr lag to oceanic thermal inertia ( slow mixing ) , and the 20yr lag to ocean ‘ conveyor belt ’ circulation ( AMOC ) .
In this model , Fairbridge-type rapid SL-rise events ( 2–5m within 200yr ) are each due to a solar Grand Maximum ‘ over-warming ’ the Atlantic surface water , which then downwells in the North Atlantic and eventually upwells at Antarctica , provoking glacier-snout collapse , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and MICI ) .
Another solar Grand Maximum ( 1937–2004 ) has just ended , the strongest in > 2,000yr , stronger than the 275–345 one , so another metre-scale SL rise is predictable by 2100 .
Each Fairbridge-type rise was followed by an equally rapid 2–5m SL fall , evidently intrinsic , e.g .
more snowfall , hence ice buildup , due to higher humidity caused by transgressive flooding of high-latitude coastal plains ?
( cf .
Neumann & Hearty , 1996 ) .
Contradicting everything above , IPCC ’ s 2013–14 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1800AD ( tide gauges ) must be due to global warming by man-made CO2 , because all SL oscillations in the preceding 1,800yr were smaller , they say , citing the 2010 smoothed SL curve of co-lead-author Lambeck , who treats outliers as errors .
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Late Holocene ~350–450AD solar-driven rapid global warming & sea levels
Written by Roger Higgs DPhil Oxford
Dr Higgs provides his presentation on Late Holocene ~350–450AD solar-driven rapid global warming & sea levels and ~3-metre sea-level rise: geological, archaeological and astrophysical synthesis.
Geological and archaeological sea-level (SL) indicators from stable areas worldwide collectively indicate, between 100BC and 700AD (imprecise C14 dating), two SL falls of ~2m, separated by a ~3m SL rise that reached ~1.5m above modern SL, allowing for compaction, subsidence-uplift and probable tide-range changes.
Superbly dated (coins, pottery, dendro) archaeology in southern Britain (GIA subsidence ~1mm/yr, GPS) constrains the first fall, e.g. at Roman Londinium fort, successive quays span 50–250AD and step down 2m into the Thames estuary.
Similarly the 3m transgression and ensuing fall are constrained to ~350–450AD and ~500–650AD, e.g.: (1) coastal saltworks spanning ~200–350AD, covered by foraminifer-bearing mud (i.e. SL rise), re-habitable by the late 7th Century (royal land charters); (2) in Portchester sea-fort, a ~300AD water-well dug to 7m (over-deep relative to today’s water table) contains 2m of rubble and silt layers introduced in the 5th C (age of two jewellery items in the fill), suggesting deliberate backfilling due to salt-wedge intrusion by SL rise.
The well was re-dug in the 6th C (timber lining dendro), i.e. SL fall. Further supporting the age and severity of the rise is the 410–450AD main exodus of Anglo-Saxons to Britain, probably forced to abandon their NW European coastal-plain homelands, pinched between rising SL and hostile barbarian tribes driven west, domino-style, by Asian drought (climate change; see below).
No known documents mention the SL rise (except perhaps the ~450AD ‘Groans of the Britons’; google), possibly due to barbarians burning libraries; or maybe literate peoples constantly facing death (war, plague, drought, etc.) were unimpressed by SL rising a few centimetres a year, scarcely noticeable and certainly not life-threatening.
The ~350–450AD transgression has many local names around the world, e.g. Rottnest (Australia), Romano-British (UK), Lytham IX (UK), V (UK), Dunkirk II (Belgium), St Firmin (France), PTM-9 (Sweden), Gilbert V (Pacific), Wulfert (USA).
I propose the global name ‘Early Dark Age (EDA) Transgression’.
A similarly rapid SL rise, 2 to 3m in <50yr, is known from the previous interglacial (MIS5e). The Holocene global SL ‘Fairbridge curve’ shows the EDA- and other large (2–5m) rapid SL oscillations, separated by 500–1,500yr intervals of smaller rises and falls.
The newest curve (Fairbridge & Hillaire-Marcel, 1977) shows the EDA highstand at ~350AD, the highest of the last 2,400yr. Only glacio-eustasy explains the rapidity of ‘Fairbridge-type’ large SL oscillations; glacio-isostatic models are incompatible with the rapidity and predict only one-way rise or fall, depending on latitude (Clark, Farrell & Peltier 1978 model and its derivatives).
Within C14-dating error, Fairbridge’s Holocene highstands correlate with (1) global-warmth peaks (from proxies, e.g. tree-ring widths, ice-core oxygen isotopes) and (2) solar Grand Maxima (cosmogenic isotopes in tree rings and ice cores).
The EDA Transgression coincided with strong warming ~350–450AD, possibly the warmest of the last 2,000yr (PAGES2k 2013, 2017), quite likely warmer than now (like earlier Holocene peaks; Marcott et al. 2013); and occurred <100yr after a solar Grand Maximum spanning 275–345AD.
These correlations support Svensmark’s theory of increasing solar-magnetic output reducing cloudiness (cosmic-ray link), causing increased solar warming of the ocean (in turn warming the atmosphere). The ~100yr time-lag is currently ~80yr, based on my visual cross-correlation of post-1700AD measured global temperature (HadCRUT) and solar magnetic output, while SL (from tide gauges) is seen to lag 20yr behind temperature.
I attribute the 80yr lag to oceanic thermal inertia (slow mixing), and the 20yr lag to ocean ‘conveyor belt’ circulation (AMOC). In this model, Fairbridge-type rapid SL-rise events (2–5m within 200yr) are each due to a solar Grand Maximum ‘over-warming’ the Atlantic surface water, which then downwells in the North Atlantic and eventually upwells at Antarctica, provoking glacier-snout collapse, hence sudden SL rise (google MISI and MICI).
Another solar Grand Maximum (1937–2004) has just ended, the strongest in >2,000yr, stronger than the 275–345 one, so another metre-scale SL rise is predictable by 2100. Each Fairbridge-type rise was followed by an equally rapid 2–5m SL fall, evidently intrinsic, e.g. more snowfall, hence ice buildup, due to higher humidity caused by transgressive flooding of high-latitude coastal plains? (cf. Neumann & Hearty, 1996).
Contradicting everything above, IPCC’s 2013–14 report says the 30cm SL rise since 1800AD (tide gauges) must be due to global warming by man-made CO2, because all SL oscillations in the preceding 1,800yr were smaller, they say, citing the 2010 smoothed SL curve of co-lead-author Lambeck, who treats outliers as errors.
Author: Dr Roger Higgs, Geoclastica Ltd, UK, rogerhiggs@geoclastica.com
Invited keynote lecture, Poland Geological Institute, Climate Conference, 25th March 2020
Conference cancelled 12-3-20 due to coronavirus
Read more at www.researchgate.net
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-03--US Navy Hospital Ship in NY Harbor Receives Only Handful of Patients

US Navy Hospital Ship in NY Harbor Receives Only Handful of Patients The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docked in in New York City on Monday , March 30 , 2020 .
The ship was expected to bolster a besieged New York City health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19 .
But after three days in the harbor only three patients have been transferred to the hospital ship .
The ship has 1,000 beds .
Another Navy hospital ship , the U.S .
Naval Ship Mercy , docked in Los Angeles , has had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
You can thank the CDC officials and doctors for pushing fake models on the American public and Trump administration !
The CDC used the IMHE model to base their numbers on .
The model was way off in its predictions .
The IMHE study predicted over 121,000 Americans would be hospitalized by Wednesday over the Coronavirus .
The actual number was 31,142 .
In New York , the IMHE model predicted that as of yesterday , 50,962 people would have been hospitalized due to the Coronavirus .
The actual number was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mercy staff is working with 15 patients .
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US Navy Hospital Ship in NY Harbor Receives Only Handful of Patients
Written by Jim Hoft
The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docked in in New York City on Monday, March 30, 2020. The ship was expected to bolster a besieged New York City health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19.
But after three days in the harbor only three patients have been transferred to the hospital ship. The ship has 1,000 beds.
Another Navy hospital ship, the U.S. Naval Ship Mercy, docked in Los Angeles, has had a total of 15 patients, officials said. You can thank the CDC officials and doctors for pushing fake models on the American public and Trump administration!
The CDC used the IMHE model to base their numbers on. The model was way off in its predictions.
The IMHE study predicted over 121,000 Americans would be hospitalized by Wednesday over the Coronavirus. The actual number was 31,142. In New York, the IMHE model predicted that as of yesterday, 50,962 people would have been hospitalized due to the Coronavirus. The actual number was 18,368.
And in LA the US Mercy staff is working with 15 patients.
This is a catastrophe!
Read more at www.thegatewaypundit.com
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-03--Global survey of doctors: Hydroxychloroquine rated ‘most effective’ for coronavirus

An international poll of more than 6,000 doctors released Thursday found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was the most highly rated treatment for the novel coronavirus .
The survey conducted by Sermo , a global health care polling company , of 6,227 physicians in 30 countries found that 37 % of those treating COVID-19 patients rated hydroxychloroquine as the “ most effective therapy ” from a list of 15 options .
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave chloroquine and its next-generation derivative , hydroxychloroquine , emergency-use authorization Monday for treating the novel coronavirus , although the drug was already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospitals for COVID-19 patients .
The survey also found that the most commonly prescribed treatments are analgesics ( 56 % ) , azithromycin ( 41 % ) and hydroxychloroquine ( 33 % ) .
Azithromycin , known by the brand name Zithromax or Z-Pak , was rated the second-most effective therapy at 32 % , followed by “ nothing , ” analgesics ( including acetaminophen ) , anti-HIV drugs and cough medicine .
“ Outside the U.S. , hydroxychloroquine was equally used for diagnosed patients with mild to severe symptoms whereas in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high risk diagnosed patients , ” the survey found .
The 30 nations surveyed included those in Europe , Asia , North America and South America , as well as Australia .
No incentives were provided to participate in the poll , conducted March 25-27 , according to Sermo .
Hydroxychloroquine usage was most widespread in Spain , where 72 % of physicians surveyed said they had prescribed it , followed by Italy at 49 % , and least popular in Japan , where 7 % had used it to treat COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical professionals had prescribed the drug , which has been FDA-approved for malaria , lupus and rheumatoid arthritis .
Debate about hydroxychloroquine has raged in the United States since President Trump touted it two weeks ago as a potential “ game-changer ” in the fight against the deadly pandemic , prompting critics to accuse him of peddling unproven remedies , or “ snake oil , ” as USA Today put it .
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Global survey of doctors: Hydroxychloroquine rated ‘most effective’ for coronavirus
Written by Valerie Richardson
An international poll of more than 6,000 doctors released Thursday found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was the most highly rated treatment for the novel coronavirus.
The survey conducted by Sermo, a global health care polling company, of 6,227 physicians in 30 countries found that 37% of those treating COVID-19 patients rated hydroxychloroquine as the “most effective therapy” from a list of 15 options.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave chloroquine and its next-generation derivative, hydroxychloroquine, emergency-use authorization Monday for treating the novel coronavirus, although the drug was already being used off-label by some doctors and hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
The survey also found that the most commonly prescribed treatments are analgesics (56%), azithromycin (41%) and hydroxychloroquine (33%).
Azithromycin, known by the brand name Zithromax or Z-Pak, was rated the second-most effective therapy at 32%, followed by “nothing,” analgesics (including acetaminophen), anti-HIV drugs and cough medicine.
Hydroxychloroquine, which is sold under the brand name Plaquenil, was prescribed mainly in the United States for the most severe cases, but not so in other countries.
“Outside the U.S., hydroxychloroquine was equally used for diagnosed patients with mild to severe symptoms whereas in the U.S. it was most commonly used for high risk diagnosed patients,” the survey found.
The 30 nations surveyed included those in Europe, Asia, North America and South America, as well as Australia. No incentives were provided to participate in the poll, conducted March 25-27, according to Sermo.
Hydroxychloroquine usage was most widespread in Spain, where 72% of physicians surveyed said they had prescribed it, followed by Italy at 49%, and least popular in Japan, where 7% had used it to treat COVID-19.
The poll found 23% of U.S. medical professionals had prescribed the drug, which has been FDA-approved for malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Debate about hydroxychloroquine has raged in the United States since President Trump touted it two weeks ago as a potential “game-changer” in the fight against the deadly pandemic, prompting critics to accuse him of peddling unproven remedies, or “snake oil,” as USA Today put it.
Read more at www.washingtontimes.com
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