principiascientificinternational--2020-03-30--An Explanation of Why the COVID19 Numbers Appear High

An Explanation of Why the COVID19 Numbers Appear High In announcing the most far-reaching restrictions on personal freedom in the history of our nation , Boris Johnson resolutely followed the scientific advice that he had been given .
The advisers to the government seem calm and collected , with a solid consensus among them .
In the face of a new viral threat , with numbers of cases surging daily , I ’ m not sure that any prime minister would have acted very differently .
But I ’ d like to raise some perspectives that have hardly been aired @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point to an interpretation of the figures rather different from that which the government is acting on .
I ’ m a recently-retired Professor of Pathology and NHS consultant pathologist , and have spent most of my adult life in healthcare and science – fields which , all too often , are characterised by doubt rather than certainty .
There is room for different interpretations of the current data .
If some of these other interpretations are correct , or at least nearer to the truth , then conclusions about the actions required @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to judge whether we have an exceptionally lethal disease is to look at the death rates .
Are more people dying than we would expect to die anyway in a given week or month ?
Statistically , we would expect about 51,000 to die in Britain this month .
At the time of writing , 422 deaths are linked to Covid-19 — so 0.8 per cent of that expected total .
On a global basis , we ’ d expect 14 million to die over the first three months of the year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ represent 0.14 per cent of that total .
These figures might shoot up but they are , right now , lower than other infectious diseases that we live with ( such as flu ) .
Not figures that would , in and of themselves , cause drastic global reactions .
Initial reported figures from China and Italy suggested a death rate of 5 per cent to 15 per cent , similar to Spanish flu .
Given that cases were increasing exponentially , this raised the prospect of death rates that no healthcare system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cope with .
The need to avoid this scenario is the justification for measures being implemented : the Spanish flu is believed to have infected about one in four of the world ’ s population between 1918 and 1920 , or roughly 500 million people with 50 million deaths .
We developed pandemic emergency plans , ready to snap into action in case this happened again .
At the time of writing , the UK ’ s 422 deaths and 8,077 known cases give an apparent death rate of 5 per cent .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for concern , contrasted with the mortality rate of seasonal flu , which is estimated at about 0.1 per cent .
But we ought to look very carefully at the data .
Are these figures really comparable ?
Most of the UK testing has been in hospitals , where there is a high concentration of patients susceptible to the effects of any infection .
As anyone who has worked with sick people will know , any testing regime that is based only in hospitals will over-estimate the virulence of an infection .
Also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those Covid-19 cases that have made people sick enough or worried enough to get tested .
There will be many more unaware that they have the virus , with either no symptoms , or mild ones .
But there ’ s another , potentially even more serious problem : the way that deaths are recorded .
If someone dies of a respiratory infection in the UK , the specific cause of the infection is not usually recorded , unless the illness is a rare ‘ notifiable disease ’ .
So the vast majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorded as bronchopneumonia , pneumonia , old age or a similar designation .
We don ’ t really test for flu , or other seasonal infections .
If the patient has , say , cancer , motor neurone disease or another serious disease , this will be recorded as the cause of death , even if the final illness was a respiratory infection .
This means UK certifications normally under-record deaths due to respiratory infections .
Now look at what has happened since the emergence of Covid-19 .
The list of notifiable diseases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as containing smallpox ( which has been extinct for many years ) and conditions such as anthrax , brucellosis , plague and rabies ( which most UK doctors will never see in their entire careers ) — has now been amended to include Covid-19 .
But not flu .
That means every positive test for Covid-19 must be notified , in a way that it just would not be for flu or most other infections .
In the current climate , anyone with a positive test for Covid-19 will certainly be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : if any of these patients dies , staff will have to record the Covid-19 designation on the death certificate — contrary to usual practice for most infections of this kind .
There is a big difference between Covid-19 causing death , and Covid-19 being found in someone who died of other causes .
Making Covid-19 notifiable might give the appearance of it causing increasing numbers of deaths , whether this is true or not .
It might appear far more of a killer than flu , simply because of the way deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measures to reduce the incidence of Covid-19 , it follows that the deaths will also go down .
We risk being convinced that we have averted something that was never really going to be as severe as we feared .
This unusual way of reporting Covid-19 deaths explains the clear finding that most of its victims have underlying conditions — and would normally be susceptible to other seasonal viruses , which are virtually never recorded as a specific cause of death .
Let us also consider the Covid-19 graphs , showing an exponential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They can look alarming .
But if we tracked flu or other seasonal viruses in the same way , we would also see an exponential increase .
We would also see some countries behind others , and striking fatality rates .
The United States Centers for Disease Control , for example , publishes weekly estimates of flu cases .
The latest figures show that since September , flu has infected 38 million Americans , hospitalised 390,000 and killed 23,000 .
This does not cause public alarm because flu is familiar .
The data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
Look at the figures for Italy and Germany .
At the time of writing , Italy has 69,176 recorded cases and 6,820 deaths , a rate of 9.9 per cent .
Germany has 32,986 cases and 157 deaths , a rate of 0.5 per cent .
Do we think that the strain of virus is so different in these nearby countries as to virtually represent different diseases ?
Or that the populations are so different in their susceptibility to the virus that the death rate can vary more than twentyfold ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ systematic error , that the Covid-19 data we are seeing from different countries is not directly comparable .
Look at other rates : Spain 7.1 per cent , US 1.3 per cent , Switzerland 1.3 per cent , France 4.3 per cent , South Korea 1.3 per cent , Iran 7.8 per cent .
We may very well be comparing apples with oranges .
Recording cases where there was a positive test for the virus is a very different thing to recording the virus as the main cause of death .
Early evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very strong organisation for wide testing within the population , suggests that as many as 50 per cent of infections are almost completely asymptomatic .
Most of the rest are relatively minor .
In fact , Iceland ’ s figures , 648 cases and two attributed deaths , give a death rate of 0.3 per cent .
As population testing becomes more widespread elsewhere in the world , we will find a greater and greater proportion of cases where infections have already occurred and caused only mild effects .
In fact , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generally truer too , because most infections tend to decrease in virulence as an epidemic progresses .
One pretty clear indicator is death .
If a new infection is causing many extra people to die ( as opposed to an infection present in people who would have died anyway ) then it will cause an increase in the overall death rate .
But we have yet to see any statistical evidence for excess deaths , in any part of the world .
Covid-19 can clearly cause serious respiratory tract compromise in some patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and in smokers .
The elderly are probably more at risk , as they are for infections of any kind .
The average age of those dying in Italy is 78.5 years , with almost nine in ten fatalities among the over-70s .
The life expectancy in Italy — that is , the number of years you can expect to live to from birth , all things being equal — is 82.5 years .
But all things are not equal when a new seasonal virus goes around .
It certainly seems reasonable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distancing should be maintained for a while , especially for the elderly and the immune-suppressed .
But when drastic measures are introduced , they should be based on clear evidence .
In the case of Covid-19 , the evidence is not clear .
The UK ’ s lockdown has been informed by modelling of what might happen .
More needs to be known about these models .
Do they correct for age , pre-existing conditions , changing virulence , the effects of death certification and other factors ?
Tweak any of these assumptions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toll ) can change radically .
Much of the response to Covid-19 seems explained by the fact that we are watching this virus in a way that no virus has been watched before .
The scenes from the Italian hospitals have been shocking , and make for grim television .
But television is not science .
Clearly , the various lockdowns will slow the spread of Covid-19 so there will be fewer cases .
When we relax the measures , there will be more cases again .
But this need not be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread of cases is only something to fear if we are dealing with an unusually lethal virus .
That ’ s why the way we record data will be hugely important .
Unless we tighten criteria for recording death due only to the virus ( as opposed to it being present in those who died from other conditions ) , the official figures may show a lot more deaths apparently caused by the virus than is actually the case .
What then ?
How do we measure the health consequences of taking people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and purpose away from them to protect them from an anticipated threat ?
Which causes least harm ?
The moral debate is not lives vs money .
It is lives vs lives .
It will take months , perhaps years , if ever , before we can assess the wider implications of what we are doing .
The damage to children ’ s education , the excess suicides , the increase in mental health problems , the taking away of resources from other health problems that we were dealing with effectively .
Those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t seek it , or might not be offered it .
And what about the effects on food production and global commerce , that will have unquantifiable consequences for people of all ages , perhaps especially in developing economies ?
Governments everywhere say they are responding to the science .
The policies in the UK are not the government ’ s fault .
They are trying to act responsibly based on the scientific advice given .
But governments must remember that rushed science is almost always bad science .
We have decided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence of excess harm already occurring , and without proper scrutiny of the science used to justify them .
In the next few days and weeks , we must continue to look critically and dispassionately at the Covid-19 evidence as it comes in .
Above all else , we must keep an open mind — and look for what is , not for what we fear might be .

An Explanation of Why the COVID19 Numbers Appear High
Written by Dr John Lee
In announcing the most far-reaching restrictions on personal freedom in the history of our nation, Boris Johnson resolutely followed the scientific advice that he had been given.
The advisers to the government seem calm and collected, with a solid consensus among them. In the face of a new viral threat, with numbers of cases surging daily, I’m not sure that any prime minister would have acted very differently.
But I’d like to raise some perspectives that have hardly been aired in the past weeks, and which point to an interpretation of the figures rather different from that which the government is acting on.
I’m a recently-retired Professor of Pathology and NHS consultant pathologist, and have spent most of my adult life in healthcare and science – fields which, all too often, are characterised by doubt rather than certainty.
There is room for different interpretations of the current data. If some of these other interpretations are correct, or at least nearer to the truth, then conclusions about the actions required will change correspondingly.
The simplest way to judge whether we have an exceptionally lethal disease is to look at the death rates. Are more people dying than we would expect to die anyway in a given week or month? Statistically, we would expect about 51,000 to die in Britain this month.
At the time of writing, 422 deaths are linked to Covid-19 — so 0.8 per cent of that expected total. On a global basis, we’d expect 14 million to die over the first three months of the year. The world’s 18,944 coronavirus deaths represent 0.14 per cent of that total.
These figures might shoot up but they are, right now, lower than other infectious diseases that we live with (such as flu). Not figures that would, in and of themselves, cause drastic global reactions.
Initial reported figures from China and Italy suggested a death rate of 5 per cent to 15 per cent, similar to Spanish flu. Given that cases were increasing exponentially, this raised the prospect of death rates that no healthcare system in the world would be able to cope with.
The need to avoid this scenario is the justification for measures being implemented: the Spanish flu is believed to have infected about one in four of the world’s population between 1918 and 1920, or roughly 500 million people with 50 million deaths. We developed pandemic emergency plans, ready to snap into action in case this happened again.
At the time of writing, the UK’s 422 deaths and 8,077 known cases give an apparent death rate of 5 per cent. This is often cited as a cause for concern, contrasted with the mortality rate of seasonal flu, which is estimated at about 0.1 per cent. But we ought to look very carefully at the data. Are these figures really comparable?
Most of the UK testing has been in hospitals, where there is a high concentration of patients susceptible to the effects of any infection. As anyone who has worked with sick people will know, any testing regime that is based only in hospitals will over-estimate the virulence of an infection.
Also, we’re only dealing with those Covid-19 cases that have made people sick enough or worried enough to get tested. There will be many more unaware that they have the virus, with either no symptoms, or mild ones.
Any testing regime that is based only in hospitals will overestimate the virulence of an infection That’s why, when Britain had 590 diagnosed cases, Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, suggested that the real figure was probably between 5,000 and 10,000 cases, ten to 20 times higher. If he’s right, the headline death rate due to this virus is likely to be ten to 20 times lower, say 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. That puts the Covid-19 mortality rate in the range associated with infections like flu.
But there’s another, potentially even more serious problem: the way that deaths are recorded. If someone dies of a respiratory infection in the UK, the specific cause of the infection is not usually recorded, unless the illness is a rare ‘notifiable disease’. So the vast majority of respiratory deaths in the UK are recorded as bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, old age or a similar designation.
We don’t really test for flu, or other seasonal infections. If the patient has, say, cancer, motor neurone disease or another serious disease, this will be recorded as the cause of death, even if the final illness was a respiratory infection. This means UK certifications normally under-record deaths due to respiratory infections.
Now look at what has happened since the emergence of Covid-19. The list of notifiable diseases has been updated. This list — as well as containing smallpox (which has been extinct for many years) and conditions such as anthrax, brucellosis, plague and rabies (which most UK doctors will never see in their entire careers) — has now been amended to include Covid-19. But not flu.
That means every positive test for Covid-19 must be notified, in a way that it just would not be for flu or most other infections.
In the current climate, anyone with a positive test for Covid-19 will certainly be known to clinical staff looking after them: if any of these patients dies, staff will have to record the Covid-19 designation on the death certificate — contrary to usual practice for most infections of this kind.
There is a big difference between Covid-19 causing death, and Covid-19 being found in someone who died of other causes. Making Covid-19 notifiable might give the appearance of it causing increasing numbers of deaths, whether this is true or not. It might appear far more of a killer than flu, simply because of the way deaths are recorded.
If we take drastic measures to reduce the incidence of Covid-19, it follows that the deaths will also go down. We risk being convinced that we have averted something that was never really going to be as severe as we feared. This unusual way of reporting Covid-19 deaths explains the clear finding that most of its victims have underlying conditions — and would normally be susceptible to other seasonal viruses, which are virtually never recorded as a specific cause of death.
Let us also consider the Covid-19 graphs, showing an exponential rise in cases — and deaths. They can look alarming. But if we tracked flu or other seasonal viruses in the same way, we would also see an exponential increase. We would also see some countries behind others, and striking fatality rates.
The United States Centers for Disease Control, for example, publishes weekly estimates of flu cases. The latest figures show that since September, flu has infected 38 million Americans, hospitalised 390,000 and killed 23,000. This does not cause public alarm because flu is familiar.
The data on Covid-19 differs wildly from country to country. Look at the figures for Italy and Germany. At the time of writing, Italy has 69,176 recorded cases and 6,820 deaths, a rate of 9.9 per cent. Germany has 32,986 cases and 157 deaths, a rate of 0.5 per cent.
Do we think that the strain of virus is so different in these nearby countries as to virtually represent different diseases?
Or that the populations are so different in their susceptibility to the virus that the death rate can vary more than twentyfold?
If not, we ought to suspect systematic error, that the Covid-19 data we are seeing from different countries is not directly comparable.
Look at other rates: Spain 7.1 per cent, US 1.3 per cent, Switzerland 1.3 per cent, France 4.3 per cent, South Korea 1.3 per cent, Iran 7.8 per cent. We may very well be comparing apples with oranges. Recording cases where there was a positive test for the virus is a very different thing to recording the virus as the main cause of death.
Early evidence from Iceland, a country with a very strong organisation for wide testing within the population, suggests that as many as 50 per cent of infections are almost completely asymptomatic. Most of the rest are relatively minor.
In fact, Iceland’s figures, 648 cases and two attributed deaths, give a death rate of 0.3 per cent. As population testing becomes more widespread elsewhere in the world, we will find a greater and greater proportion of cases where infections have already occurred and caused only mild effects.
In fact, as time goes on, this will become generally truer too, because most infections tend to decrease in virulence as an epidemic progresses.
One pretty clear indicator is death. If a new infection is causing many extra people to die (as opposed to an infection present in people who would have died anyway) then it will cause an increase in the overall death rate. But we have yet to see any statistical evidence for excess deaths, in any part of the world.
Covid-19 can clearly cause serious respiratory tract compromise in some patients, especially those with chest issues, and in smokers. The elderly are probably more at risk, as they are for infections of any kind.
The average age of those dying in Italy is 78.5 years, with almost nine in ten fatalities among the over-70s. The life expectancy in Italy — that is, the number of years you can expect to live to from birth, all things being equal — is 82.5 years. But all things are not equal when a new seasonal virus goes around.
It certainly seems reasonable, now, that a degree of social distancing should be maintained for a while, especially for the elderly and the immune-suppressed. But when drastic measures are introduced, they should be based on clear evidence.
In the case of Covid-19, the evidence is not clear. The UK’s lockdown has been informed by modelling of what might happen. More needs to be known about these models. Do they correct for age, pre-existing conditions, changing virulence, the effects of death certification and other factors?
Tweak any of these assumptions and the outcome (and predicted death toll) can change radically.
Much of the response to Covid-19 seems explained by the fact that we are watching this virus in a way that no virus has been watched before. The scenes from the Italian hospitals have been shocking, and make for grim television. But television is not science.
Clearly, the various lockdowns will slow the spread of Covid-19 so there will be fewer cases. When we relax the measures, there will be more cases again. But this need not be a reason to keep the lockdown: the spread of cases is only something to fear if we are dealing with an unusually lethal virus.
That’s why the way we record data will be hugely important. Unless we tighten criteria for recording death due only to the virus (as opposed to it being present in those who died from other conditions), the official figures may show a lot more deaths apparently caused by the virus than is actually the case. What then?
How do we measure the health consequences of taking people’s lives, jobs, leisure and purpose away from them to protect them from an anticipated threat? Which causes least harm?
The moral debate is not lives vs money. It is lives vs lives. It will take months, perhaps years, if ever, before we can assess the wider implications of what we are doing. The damage to children’s education, the excess suicides, the increase in mental health problems, the taking away of resources from other health problems that we were dealing with effectively.
Those who need medical help now but won’t seek it, or might not be offered it. And what about the effects on food production and global commerce, that will have unquantifiable consequences for people of all ages, perhaps especially in developing economies?
Governments everywhere say they are responding to the science. The policies in the UK are not the government’s fault. They are trying to act responsibly based on the scientific advice given. But governments must remember that rushed science is almost always bad science.
We have decided on policies of extraordinary magnitude without concrete evidence of excess harm already occurring, and without proper scrutiny of the science used to justify them.
In the next few days and weeks, we must continue to look critically and dispassionately at the Covid-19 evidence as it comes in. Above all else, we must keep an open mind — and look for what is, not for what we fear might be.
John Lee is a recently retired professor of pathology and a former NHS consultant pathologist. Read more at www.spectator.co.uk **** PRINCIPIA SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL, legally registered in the UK as a company incorporated for charitable purposes. Head Office: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX . Please DONATE TODAY To Help Our Non-Profit Mission To Defend The Scientific Method.
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Coronavirus Self-Assistance – Part 2

I am really am surprised by the lack of advice of what to actually do should you catch Coronavirus from the Government .
I found more assistance on the Fox News website , than I did on UK.Gov , so I have decided to help fill the void .
It ’ s surprisingly easy to find treatments which are cheap , readily available and from the looks of the studies conducted on in China and elsewhere , might actually work .
In the last article , I looked at Sambucol , in this one , I am looking at GLYCYRRHIZIC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the name , it has another more well known name too , Liquorice .
Yes , that ’ s right , liquorice root contains an active compound , which gives it its anti-viral properties called Glycyrrhizic acid .
Treat Corona with Liquorice ?
Surely not .
Let ’ s take a brief look at some of its history in the medicinal world .
“ The food choices we make can have an important impact on health ” .
This was known since antiquity for Hippocrates is quoted as saying , “ Let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thy food.
” Something that seems to have been forgotten in modern times , with its relentless focus on profits , trademarks , copyrights and worldwide vaccination schemes .
In medieval times , fever was treated with Coriander , something which still seems to be a thing ( cant think why ? )
https : //bowlofherbs.com/recipe/treat-fever-coriander-seeds-diy/ .
Stomach aches were cured with balm , mint and wormwood concotions .
http : //www.lordsandladies.org/medicine-in-the-middle-ages.htm This too still seems to be a treatment some use .
https : //www.emedicinehealth.com/wormwood/vitamins-supplements.htm Lung problems such as coughs and pneumonia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comfrey and liquorice .
http : //www.lordsandladies.org/medicine-in-the-middle-ages.htm It is not only well known to help for lung problems in Europe , it has been well known in China also .
It is a well known herb in traditional Chinese medicine .
The Chinese call it “ gancao ” ( “ sweet grass ” ) and was even written about in ancient Chinese Medical book called the Shennong׳s Classic of Materia Medica thought to be written roughly around 2100 BC .
https : //www.jcm.co.uk/the-first-materia-medica-the-shen-nong-ben-cao-jing.html & it is even available in amazon .
https : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Could be .
This book claimed liquorice was life-enhancing & so for thousands of years liquorice has been present in most of Chinese traditional prescriptions .
The use of liquorice has unsurprisingly been widely studied , one such example here found that liquorice , was effective against asthma and recommended that further studies be conducted into it , for its potentially beneficial effects .
https : //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957157/ This study concluded , “ The results of this study suggest that the group receiving glycyrrhizin had amelioration of all established chronic histopathologic changes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Further studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of glycyrrhizin in the management of asthma.
” Now , asthma and Coronavirus are not the same thing , the knowledge about liquorice as a treatment for lung problems was not only common in medieval ages , its still common nowadays throughout the alternative health industry , to the point where doctors considered researching it for use against Sars .
Heres an article from the Lancet .
https : //www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS014067360313615X.pdf “ Glycyrrhizin , an active component of liquorice roots , and replication of SARS-associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the results they had using Glycyrrhizin .
They concluded “ Of all the compounds , glycyrrhizin was the most active in inhibiting replication of the SARS-associated virus .
Our findings suggest that glycyrrhizin should be assessed for treatment of SARS.
” Another research team came up with similar conclusions .
Antiviral Activity of Glycyrrhizic Acid Derivatives against SARS−Coronavirus https : //pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jm0493008 “ Glycyrrhizin ( GL ) was shown to inhibit SARS-coronavirus ( SARS-CoV ) replication in vitro.
” “ Amides of GL and conjugates of GL with two amino acid residues and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increased activity against SARS-CoV ” Has anyone used it against Corono-virus itself ?
It would seem that they have been treating most of their patient using traditional methods .
“ On 17 , February , National Health Commission ( NHC ) of the People ’ s Republic of China reported that 60,107 confirmed COVID-19 patients ( 85.20 % of total confirmed cases ) had been treated with TCM ” https : //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7098036/ They took inspiration from SARs and they had this to say about it .
“ The dramatic reduced fatality from late @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associated with the use of TCM as a supplement to the conventional therapy 44 .
Lau and colleagues reported that , during SARS outbreak , 1063 volunteers including 926 hospital workers and 37 laboratory technicians working in high-risk virus laboratories used a TCM herbal extract , namely Sang Ju Yin plus Yu Ping Feng San .
Compared with the 0.4 % of infection in the control group , none of TCM users infected.
” So they actively took the same approach with COVID-19 .
Now TCM covers a broad spectrum of treatments of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is something to be considered should you come down with coronavirus .
What are you going to do when the hospital beds are full , you just going to sit it out , cross your fingers and hope for the best or are you going to ask your doctor if it is safe to try the same treatments the Chinese have ?
It seems that liquorice also has some side effects when taken in large amounts , so please read up on it first , take it in advisement with a medical specialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which are listed below .
In any event , why is it down to me to tell the world about this ?
Surely the NHS and Government of the UK should be doing this .
I hope I have been of help to you all and I know for sure , next time I pop down to Holland and Barrett ( it ’ s still open ) I will be stocking up on the liquorice .
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Coronavirus Self-Assistance – Part 2
Written by Geraint Hughes
I am really am surprised by the lack of advice of what to actually do should you catch Coronavirus from the Government. I found more assistance on the Fox News website, than I did on UK.Gov, so I have decided to help fill the void.
It’s surprisingly easy to find treatments which are cheap, readily available and from the looks of the studies conducted on in China and elsewhere, might actually work. In the last article, I looked at Sambucol, in this one, I am looking at GLYCYRRHIZIC acid. Don’t be scared by the name, it has another more well known name too, Liquorice.
Yes, that’s right, liquorice root contains an active compound, which gives it its anti-viral properties called Glycyrrhizic acid. Treat Corona with Liquorice? Surely not.
Let’s take a brief look at some of its history in the medicinal world.
“The food choices we make can have an important impact on health”. This was known since antiquity for Hippocrates is quoted as saying, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Something that seems to have been forgotten in modern times, with its relentless focus on profits, trademarks, copyrights and worldwide vaccination schemes.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-science-space/medieval-medical-books-could-hold-recipe-new-antibiotics-007935
In medieval times, fever was treated with Coriander, something which still seems to be a thing (cant think why?) https://bowlofherbs.com/recipe/treat-fever-coriander-seeds-diy/ .
Stomach aches were cured with balm, mint and wormwood concotions. http://www.lordsandladies.org/medicine-in-the-middle-ages.htm This too still seems to be a treatment some use. https://www.emedicinehealth.com/wormwood/vitamins-supplements.htm
Lung problems such as coughs and pneumonia were commonly medicated with a combination of comfrey and liquorice. http://www.lordsandladies.org/medicine-in-the-middle-ages.htm
It is not only well known to help for lung problems in Europe, it has been well known in China also.
It is a well known herb in traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese call it “gancao” (“sweet grass”) and was even written about in ancient Chinese Medical book called the Shennong׳s Classic of Materia Medica thought to be written roughly around 2100 BC.
https://www.jcm.co.uk/the-first-materia-medica-the-shen-nong-ben-cao-jing.html & it is even available in amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Divine-Farmers-Classic-Materia-Medica/dp/099134295X Is this the oldest book available? Could be.
This book claimed liquorice was life-enhancing & so for thousands of years liquorice has been present in most of Chinese traditional prescriptions.
The use of liquorice has unsurprisingly been widely studied, one such example here found that liquorice, was effective against asthma and recommended that further studies be conducted into it, for its potentially beneficial effects.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957157/ This study concluded, “The results of this study suggest that the group receiving glycyrrhizin had amelioration of all established chronic histopathologic changes of lung in the mouse model of asthma. Further studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of glycyrrhizin in the management of asthma.”
Now, asthma and Coronavirus are not the same thing, the knowledge about liquorice as a treatment for lung problems was not only common in medieval ages, its still common nowadays throughout the alternative health industry, to the point where doctors considered researching it for use against Sars.
Heres an article from the Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS014067360313615X.pdf “Glycyrrhizin, an active component of liquorice roots, and replication of SARS-associated coronavirus” Below is a picture of the results they had using Glycyrrhizin.
They concluded “Of all the compounds, glycyrrhizin was the most active in inhibiting replication of the SARS-associated virus. Our findings suggest that glycyrrhizin should be assessed for treatment of SARS.”
Another research team came up with similar conclusions. Antiviral Activity of Glycyrrhizic Acid Derivatives against SARS−Coronavirus https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jm0493008 “ Glycyrrhizin (GL) was shown to inhibit SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) replication in vitro.” “Amides of GL and conjugates of GL with two amino acid residues and a free 30-COOH function presented up to 70-fold increased activity against SARS-CoV”
Has anyone used it against Corono-virus itself? It would seem that they have been treating most of their patient using traditional methods. “On 17, February, National Health Commission (NHC) of the People’s Republic of China reported that 60,107 confirmed COVID-19 patients (85.20{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of total confirmed cases) had been treated with TCM” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7098036/
They took inspiration from SARs and they had this to say about it. “The dramatic reduced fatality from late May in Beijing was believed to be associated with the use of TCM as a supplement to the conventional therapy 44.
Lau and colleagues reported that, during SARS outbreak, 1063 volunteers including 926 hospital workers and 37 laboratory technicians working in high-risk virus laboratories used a TCM herbal extract, namely Sang Ju Yin plus Yu Ping Feng San. Compared with the 0.4{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of infection in the control group, none of TCM users infected.” So they actively took the same approach with COVID-19.
Now TCM covers a broad spectrum of treatments of which liquorice is only one. It is something to be considered should you come down with coronavirus. What are you going to do when the hospital beds are full, you just going to sit it out, cross your fingers and hope for the best or are you going to ask your doctor if it is safe to try the same treatments the Chinese have?
It seems that liquorice also has some side effects when taken in large amounts, so please read up on it first, take it in advisement with a medical specialist and take account of these side effects which are listed below.
https://www.rxlist.com/consumer_licorice/drugs-condition.htm
In any event, why is it down to me to tell the world about this? Surely the NHS and Government of the UK should be doing this. I hope I have been of help to you all and I know for sure, next time I pop down to Holland and Barrett (it’s still open) I will be stocking up on the liquorice.
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UPDATE : Dr. Zelenko Has Now Treated 699 Coronavirus Patients with 100 % SUCCESS RATE — Using Hydroxychloroquine , Zinc and Z-Pak .
Last weekend Dr. Vladimir Zelenko from New York state announced he found a treatment against the coronavirus with a 100 % success rate on 350 patients .
Dr. Zelenko joined Sean Hannity earlier on his radio program to discuss the results from his test .
The New York doctor also posted a video explaining his success with hydroxychloroquine and Zinc .
His treatment resulted in the shortness of breath issue being resolved in 4 to 6 hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zero deaths , zero hospitalizations and zero intubations !
Last Monday evening Sean Hannity invited two more medical experts on to discuss Dr. Zelenko ’ s coronavirus results .
The two doctors were cautiously optimistic .
And now this… Dr. Zelenko has now treated 699 coronavirus patients with 100 % success .
Dr. Zelenko provides updates on the treatment after he successfully treated 699 COVID-19 patients in New York .
In an exclusive interview with former New York Mayor , Rudy Giuliani , Dr. Vladmir Zelenko shares the results of his latest study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 699 patients treated , zero patients died , zero patients intubated , and four hospitalizations .
Dr. Zelenko said the whole treatment costs only $ 20 over a period of 5 days with 100 % success .
He defines success as “ Not to die.
” Dr. Zelenko first posted his Facebook video message last week calling on President Trump to “ advise the country that they should be taking this medication .
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UPDATE: NY Doctor Treats 699 Coronavirus Patients with 100% SUCCESS RATE
Written by Jim Hoft
UPDATE: Dr. Zelenko Has Now Treated 699 Coronavirus Patients with 100% SUCCESS RATE — Using Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc and Z-Pak. Last weekend Dr. Vladimir Zelenko from New York state announced he found a treatment against the coronavirus with a 100% success rate on 350 patients.
Dr. Zelenko joined Sean Hannity earlier on his radio program to discuss the results from his test.
The New York doctor also posted a video explaining his success with hydroxychloroquine and Zinc. His treatment resulted in the shortness of breath issue being resolved in 4 to 6 hours. Dr. Zelenko in his study had zero deaths, zero hospitalizations and zero intubations!
Last Monday evening Sean Hannity invited two more medical experts on to discuss Dr. Zelenko’s coronavirus results. The two doctors were cautiously optimistic.
Via Hannity:
And now this…
Dr. Zelenko has now treated 699 coronavirus patients with 100% success.
Via Tech Start Ups.
Dr. Zelenko provides updates on the treatment after he successfully treated 699 COVID-19 patients in New York. In an exclusive interview with former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Vladmir Zelenko shares the results of his latest study, which showed that out of his 699 patients treated, zero patients died, zero patients intubated, and four hospitalizations. Dr. Zelenko said the whole treatment costs only $20 over a period of 5 days with 100% success. He defines success as “Not to die.” Dr. Zelenko first posted his Facebook video message last week calling on President Trump to “advise the country that they should be taking this medication.”
Ned Nikolov, Ph.D. @NikolovScience Some GREAT NEWS on the COVID-19 Epidemic prospects!https://techstartups.com/2020/03/28/dr-vladimir-zelenko-now-treated-699-coronavirus-patients-100-success-using-hydroxychloroquine-sulfate-zinc-z-pak-update/?fbclid=IwAR3jCRBjZqT9e5yN1_5pX8-cjfeE9P7vG51qstVhF_c1JrnzkEzpt1LRtJc … We need to stop panicking, restart the Economy, and keep applying effective treatments to sick people without destroying the prosperity of this country. 148 Twitter Ads info and privacy 91 people are talking about this Read more at www.thegatewaypundit.com *** PRINCIPIA SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL, legally registered in the UK as a company incorporated for charitable purposes. Head Office: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX . Please DONATE TODAY To Help Our Non-Profit Mission To Defend The Scientific Method.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-03-29--Virus Mania: A Stark Warning from a Top Pioneer in Virus Research

Before his death in 2019 esteemed pathologist , Etienne de Harven ( above ) a celebrated pioneer in virus research , gave a warning that Big Pharma was going to dupe us with an “ epidemic of fear ” from an overblown virus – all to boost profits .
“ We are not witnessing viral epidemics ; we are witnessing epidemics of fear .
And both the media and the pharmaceutical industry carry most of the responsibility for amplifying fears , fears that happen , incidentally , to always ignite fantastically profitable business .
Research hypotheses covering these areas of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with appropriate controls .
Instead , they are established by “ consensus.
” This is then rapidly reshaped into a dogma , efficiently perpetuated in a quasi-religious manner by the media , including ensuring that research funding is restricted to projects supporting the dogma , excluding research into alternative hypotheses .
An important tool to keep dissenting voices out of the debate is censorship at various levels ranging from the popular media to scientific publications.
” Excerpt from foreword to Virus Mania , Etienne de Harven MD Professor Emeritus of Pathology at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research , New York ( 1956 – 1981 ) – see below : “ The central aim of this book is to steer the discussion back to a real scientific debate and put medicine back on the path of an impartial analysis of the facts .
It will put medical experiments , clinical trials , statistics and government policies under the microscope , revealing that the people charged with protecting our health and safety have deviated from this path .
To substantiate these statements , the authors cite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approximately 1,100 pertinent scientific references .
The topic of this book is of pivotal significance .
The pharmaceutical companies and top scientists rake in enormous sums of money by attacking germs and the media boosts its audience ratings and circulations with sensationalized reporting ( the coverage of the New York Times and Der Spiegel are specifically analyzed ) .
“ The primary purpose of commercially-funded clinical research is to maximize financial return on investment , not health , ” says John Abramson of Harvard Medical School .
Virus Mania will inform you on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to empower yourself for a healthy life.
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Virus Mania: A Stark Warning from a Top Pioneer in Virus Research
Written by John O'Sullivan
Before his death in 2019 esteemed pathologist, Etienne de Harven (above) a celebrated pioneer in virus research, gave a warning that Big Pharma was going to dupe us with an “epidemic of fear” from an overblown virus – all to boost profits.
“We are not witnessing viral epidemics; we are witnessing epidemics of fear. And both the media and the pharmaceutical industry carry most of the responsibility for amplifying fears, fears that happen, incidentally, to always ignite fantastically profitable business. Research hypotheses covering these areas of virus research are practically never scientifically verified with appropriate controls. Instead, they are established by “consensus.” This is then rapidly reshaped into a dogma, efficiently perpetuated in a quasi-religious manner by the media, including ensuring that research funding is restricted to projects supporting the dogma, excluding research into alternative hypotheses. An important tool to keep dissenting voices out of the debate is censorship at various levels ranging from the popular media to scientific publications.”
Excerpt from foreword to Virus Mania, Etienne de Harven MD Professor Emeritus of Pathology at the University of Toronto and Member of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York (1956 – 1981) – see below:
“The central aim of this book is to steer the discussion back to a real scientific debate and put medicine back on the path of an impartial analysis of the facts. It will put medical experiments, clinical trials, statistics and government policies under the microscope, revealing that the people charged with protecting our health and safety have deviated from this path. To substantiate these statements, the authors cite dozens of highly renowned scientists and present approximately 1,100 pertinent scientific references. The topic of this book is of pivotal significance. The pharmaceutical companies and top scientists rake in enormous sums of money by attacking germs and the media boosts its audience ratings and circulations with sensationalized reporting (the coverage of the New York Times and Der Spiegel are specifically analyzed). “The primary purpose of commercially-funded clinical research is to maximize financial return on investment, not health,” says John Abramson of Harvard Medical School. Virus Mania will inform you on how such an environment took root-and how to empower yourself for a healthy life.”
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principiascientificinternational--2020-03-29--UK & US Healthcare Workers Says COVID-19 Testing Kits Do Not Work

UK & US Healthcare Workers Says COVID-19 Testing Kits Do Not Work The following cogent passages are from a medical forum , on which the writer prefers to stay anonymous because presenting any narrative different than the official one can cause you a lot of stress in the toxic environment created by the scam which surrounds the alleged COVID-19 pandemic .
I work in the healthcare field .
Here ’ s the problem , we are testing people for any strain of a Coronavirus .
Not specifically for COVID-19 .
There are no reliable tests for a specific COVID-19 virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media outlets for reporting numbers of actual COVID-19 virus cases .
This needs to be addressed first and foremost .
Every action and reaction to COVID-19 is based on totally flawed data and we simply can not make accurate assessments .
Coronavirus Is Nothing More Than Cold & Flu-Like Symptoms This is why you ’ re hearing that most people with COVID-19 are showing nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms .
That ’ s because most Coronavirus strains are nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms .
The few actual novel Coronavirus cases do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still have a very promising recovery rate , especially for those without prior issues .
The ‘ gold standard ’ in testing for COVID-19 is laboratory isolated/purified coronavirus particles free from any contaminants and particles that look like viruses but are not , that have been proven to be the cause of the syndrome known as COVID-19 and obtained by using proper viral isolation methods and controls not the Polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) that is currently being used or Serology /antibody tests which do not detect virus as such ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ cells and amplifies any DNA to look for ‘ viral sequences ’ , i.e .
bits of non-human DNA that seem to match parts of a known viral genome .
Test Known Not To Work The problem is the test is known not to work .
It uses ‘ amplification ’ which means taking a very very tiny amount of DNA and growing it exponentially until it can be analyzed .
Obviously any minute contaminations in the sample will also be amplified leading to potentially gross errors of discovery .
Additionally , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sequences , not whole genomes , so identifying a single pathogen is next to impossible even if you ignore the other issues .
The Mickey Mouse test kits being sent out to hospitals , at best , tell analysts you have some viral DNA in your cells .
Which most of us do , most of the time .
It may tell you the viral sequence is related to a specific type of virus – say the huge family of coronavirus .
But that ’ s all .
The idea these kits can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nonsense .
And that ’ s not even getting into the other issue – viral load .
If you remember the PCR works by amplifying minute amounts of DNA .
It therefore is useless at telling you how much virus you may have .
And that ’ s the only question that really matters when it comes to diagnosing illness .
Everyone will have a few virus kicking round in their system at any time , and most will not cause illness because their quantities are too small .
For a virus to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , a massive amount of it .
But PCR does not test viral load and therefore can ’ t determine if a osteogenesis is present in sufficient quantities to sicken you .
If you feel sick and get a PCR test any random virus DNA might be identified even if they aren ’ t at all involved in your sickness which leads to false diagnosis .
And coronavirus are incredibly common .
A large percentage of the world human population will have covi DNA in them in small quantities even if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other pathogen .
DNA Traces of Coronavirus in Everybody Do you see where this is going yet ?
If you want to create a totally false panic about a totally false pandemic – pick a coronavirus .
They are incredibly common and there ’ s tons of them .
A very high percentage of people who have become sick by other means ( flu , bacterial pneumonia , anything ) will have a positive PCR test for covi even if you ’ re doing them properly and ruling out contamination , simply because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundreds of thousands of flu and pneumonia victims in hospitals throughout the world at any one time .
All you need to do is select the sickest of these in a single location – say Wuhan – administer PCR tests to them and claim anyone showing viral sequences similar to a coronavirus ( which will inevitably be quite a few ) is suffering from a ‘ new ’ disease .
Since you already selected the sickest flu cases a fairly high proportion of your sample will go on to die .
You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a CFR higher than the flu and use this to infuse more concern and do more tests which will of course produce more ‘ cases ’ , which expands the testing , which produces yet more ‘ cases ’ and so on and so on .
Before long you have your ‘ pandemic ’ and all you have done is use a simple test kit trick to convert the worst flu and pneumonia cases into something new that doesn ’ t actually exist .
Now just run the same scam in other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear message running high so that people will feel panicky and less able to think critically .
Your only problem is going to be that , due to the fact there is no actual new deadly pathogen but just regular sick people , you are mislabeling your case numbers and especially your deaths , which are going to be way too low for a real new deadly virus pandemic .
But you can stop people pointing this out in several ways : 1 .
You can claim this is just the beginning and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as an excuse to quarantine everyone and then claim the quarantine prevented the expected millions of dead .
2 .
You can tell people that ‘ minimizing ’ the dangers is irresponsible and bully them into not talking about numbers .
3 .
You can talk crap about made up numbers hoping to blind people with pseudoscience .
4 .
You can start testing well people ( who , of course , will also likely have shreds of coronavirus DNA in them ) and thus inflate your ‘ case figures ’ with ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course have to spin that to sound deadly even though any virologist knows the more symptom-less cases you have the less deadly is your pathogen .
Take these 4 simple steps and you can have your own entirely manufactured pandemic up and running in weeks .
However , they can not “ confirm ” something for which there is no accurate test .
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UK & US Healthcare Workers Says COVID-19 Testing Kits Do Not Work
Written by thebernician.net
The following cogent passages are from a medical forum, on which the writer prefers to stay anonymous because presenting any narrative different than the official one can cause you a lot of stress in the toxic environment created by the scam which surrounds the alleged COVID-19 pandemic.
I work in the healthcare field. Here’s the problem, we are testing people for any strain of a Coronavirus. Not specifically for COVID-19. There are no reliable tests for a specific COVID-19 virus. There are no reliable agencies or media outlets for reporting numbers of actual COVID-19 virus cases. This needs to be addressed first and foremost.
Every action and reaction to COVID-19 is based on totally flawed data and we simply can not make accurate assessments.
Coronavirus Is Nothing More Than Cold & Flu-Like Symptoms
This is why you’re hearing that most people with COVID-19 are showing nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms. That’s because most Coronavirus strains are nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms.
The few actual novel Coronavirus cases do have some worse respiratory responses, but still have a very promising recovery rate, especially for those without prior issues.
The ‘gold standard’ in testing for COVID-19 is laboratory isolated/purified coronavirus particles free from any contaminants and particles that look like viruses but are not, that have been proven to be the cause of the syndrome known as COVID-19 and obtained by using proper viral isolation methods and controls not the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that is currently being used or Serology /antibody tests which do not detect virus as such).
(image: A strip of eight PCR tubes, each containing a 100 μL reaction mixture)
PCR basically takes a sample of your cells and amplifies any DNA to look for ‘viral sequences’, i.e. bits of non-human DNA that seem to match parts of a known viral genome.
Test Known Not To Work
The problem is the test is known not to work.
It uses ‘amplification’ which means taking a very very tiny amount of DNA and growing it exponentially until it can be analyzed. Obviously any minute contaminations in the sample will also be amplified leading to potentially gross errors of discovery.
Additionally, it’s only looking for partial viral sequences, not whole genomes, so identifying a single pathogen is next to impossible even if you ignore the other issues.
The Mickey Mouse test kits being sent out to hospitals, at best, tell analysts you have some viral DNA in your cells. Which most of us do, most of the time. It may tell you the viral sequence is related to a specific type of virus – say the huge family of coronavirus. But that’s all. The idea these kits can isolate a specific virus like COVID-19 is nonsense.
And that’s not even getting into the other issue – viral load.
No Accurate Data Without Viral Load Measure
If you remember the PCR works by amplifying minute amounts of DNA. It therefore is useless at telling you how much virus you may have. And that’s the only question that really matters when it comes to diagnosing illness. Everyone will have a few virus kicking round in their system at any time, and most will not cause illness because their quantities are too small.
For a virus to sicken you you need a lot of it, a massive amount of it. But PCR does not test viral load and therefore can’t determine if a osteogenesis is present in sufficient quantities to sicken you.
If you feel sick and get a PCR test any random virus DNA might be identified even if they aren’t at all involved in your sickness which leads to false diagnosis.
And coronavirus are incredibly common. A large percentage of the world human population will have covi DNA in them in small quantities even if they are perfectly well or sick with some other pathogen.
DNA Traces of Coronavirus in Everybody
Do you see where this is going yet? If you want to create a totally false panic about a totally false pandemic – pick a coronavirus.
They are incredibly common and there’s tons of them. A very high percentage of people who have become sick by other means (flu, bacterial pneumonia, anything) will have a positive PCR test for covi even if you’re doing them properly and ruling out contamination, simply because covis are so common.
There are hundreds of thousands of flu and pneumonia victims in hospitals throughout the world at any one time.
All you need to do is select the sickest of these in a single location – say Wuhan – administer PCR tests to them and claim anyone showing viral sequences similar to a coronavirus (which will inevitably be quite a few) is suffering from a ‘new’ disease.
Since you already selected the sickest flu cases a fairly high proportion of your sample will go on to die.
You can then say this ‘new’ virus has a CFR higher than the flu and use this to infuse more concern and do more tests which will of course produce more ‘cases’, which expands the testing, which produces yet more ‘cases’ and so on and so on.
False-Flag Pandemic
Before long you have your ‘pandemic’ and all you have done is use a simple test kit trick to convert the worst flu and pneumonia cases into something new that doesn’t actually exist.
Now just run the same scam in other countries. Making sure to keep the fear message running high so that people will feel panicky and less able to think critically.
Your only problem is going to be that, due to the fact there is no actual new deadly pathogen but just regular sick people, you are mislabeling your case numbers and especially your deaths, which are going to be way too low for a real new deadly virus pandemic.
Control the Narrative
But you can stop people pointing this out in several ways:
1. You can claim this is just the beginning and more deaths are imminent. Use this as an excuse to quarantine everyone and then claim the quarantine prevented the expected millions of dead.
2. You can tell people that ‘minimizing’ the dangers is irresponsible and bully them into not talking about numbers.
3. You can talk crap about made up numbers hoping to blind people with pseudoscience.
4. You can start testing well people (who, of course, will also likely have shreds of coronavirus DNA in them) and thus inflate your ‘case figures’ with ‘asymptomatic carriers’ (you will of course have to spin that to sound deadly even though any virologist knows the more symptom-less cases you have the less deadly is your pathogen.
Take these 4 simple steps and you can have your own entirely manufactured pandemic up and running in weeks.
However, they cannot “confirm” something for which there is no accurate test.
Read more at www.thebernician.net
In addition to the above, watch the following video which refers to a US medical doctor who reports:
“I work in the health care field. Here is the problem: we are testing people for ANY strain of coronavirus – not specifically COVID19. There is no specific, reliable test for COVID19. There are no reliable agencies or media outlets out there for reporting actual COVID19 cases. This needs to be addressed first and foremost. Every action and reaction to COVID19 is based on totally FLAWED data and we simply cannot make accurate assessments.”
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principiascientificinternational--2020-03-29--The Coronavirus Scare – We Now Know What It Was All About

The Coronavirus Scare – We Now Know What It Was All About Regular readers will know that right from the start I have reported on www.vernoncoleman.com that I do not believe that the coronavirus is more threatening than a nasty type of flu .
It was just a point of view , based on many decades of investigating and writing about medical matters .
And I gave my reasoning , based on solid , factual evidence available to everyone .
I also expressed some views on why I thought that the coronavirus problem was being exaggerated .
These views attracted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I decided ( again ) that I wanted to step back from writing about the coronavirus .
But things happened that really made that impossible .
As I pointed out yesterday , on March 19th , the public health bodies in the UK and the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens all decided that the coronavirus should no longer be classified as a ` high consequence infectious disease ’ .
And the Government stated that ` Cases of COVID-19 are no longer managed by HICD treatment centres only ’ .
The Government rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Go onto gov.uk and look for High consequence infectious diseases ( HCID ) ’ for the evidence .
The statement is under the heading Status of Covid-19 ’ .
You have to hunt around , but it ’ s there .
Now , the decision to downgrade the coronavirus was made on 19th March but it doesn ’ t seem to have been published until 21st March .
Why the delay , I wonder ?
Were there discussions with the committees about their decisions ?
Your guess is as good as mine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus had been downgraded ) the country was put into lockdown .
The key word there is ` after ’ .
The coronavirus has been rightly downgraded to an infectious disease – like the flu .
( Though remember that the flu can , in a bad year , kill 600,000 people .
It needs to be taken seriously .
That was my point all along .
And , despite the figures being wrong in Italy for example , the coronavirus has never looked like killing 600,000 people ) But the Government had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the police to make sure we obeyed .
This morning I rather expected that the world would be cheering .
I thought the lockdown would be lifted , share prices would soar and people would going back to their lives .
I thought maybe the Government would like to explain how they got it so wrong , what the hidden agenda was and why they put the country into lockdown days after they knew that the coronavirus was not the big killer they had been claiming it to be .
But no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news .
And then I found out what was going on .
Today , the Government published an ` Emergency bill to strengthen coronavirus ( covid19 ) response plans ’ .
The new Bill , gives the Government tremendous powers including ` easing legislative and regulatory requirements ’ .
The bill is 358 pages long and , for a start , lasts two years .
( They didn ’ t write a 358 page Bill in a week , did they ?
How long have they been working on this ? )
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers .
There ’ s a ton of stuff in it .
You can read it on gov.uk There is a ` temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation ’ .
Confirmatory certificates are no longer required for cremation .
Hospitals get all sorts of powers .
Public meetings and demonstrations are banned , of course .
( No wonder they were so quick to cancel the May elections .
They knew this was coming .
They could have held purely postal vote elections but they chose not to .
Will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) There are powers relating to ` restrictions on use and disclosure of information ’ .
And , lo and behold , there is a note about ` arrangements for the vaccination or immunisation of persons against any disease ’ .
That probably won ’ t come as much of a surprise to readers of this website .
( That prediction was the main source of the criticism poured down upon my ancient head . )
And , remember , this new Bill came in AFTER the Government knew that the coronavirus had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be an HICD .
I ’ d love to have been in the room when the experts told Boris that they were downgrading the coronavirus .
Now , I am signing off again .
Oh , and by the way , Parliament is now closed a week early because of the coronavirus – even though it is no longer considered to be a ` high consequence infectious disease ’ .
And so Boris is in charge of the country .
Stalin would be green with envy .
I suspect we might have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be claimed that we all have to work together with other countries and that there isn ’ t time to fix a Brexit deal .
The ecstatic banks will all be bailed out ( again ) and the coronavirus will be blamed .
The EU ’ s long-term plan to get rid of small businesses will be successful at last .
When will cash be banned so that they can keep an eye on all our spending and whereabouts ?
Travel will be controlled and limited .
I ’ m not going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going on .
You can do that for yourselves .
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The Coronavirus Scare – We Now Know What It Was All About
Written by Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA
Regular readers will know that right from the start I have reported on www.vernoncoleman.com that I do not believe that the coronavirus is more threatening than a nasty type of flu.
It was just a point of view, based on many decades of investigating and writing about medical matters. And I gave my reasoning, based on solid, factual evidence available to everyone.
I also expressed some views on why I thought that the coronavirus problem was being exaggerated.
These views attracted a good deal of criticism. Yesterday, I decided (again) that I wanted to step back from writing about the coronavirus.
But things happened that really made that impossible.
As I pointed out yesterday, on March 19th, the public health bodies in the UK and the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens all decided that the coronavirus should no longer be classified as a `high consequence infectious disease’.
And the Government stated that `Cases of COVID-19 are no longer managed by HICD treatment centres only’.
(A high consequence infectious disease is defined as an acute infectious disease which typically has a high case-fatality rate and which requires an enhanced individual, population and system response to ensure it is managed effectively, efficiently and safely. There are a few other requirements but those will do for here. Coronavirus was one of those. Now it is not.)
The Government rather buried this information on their website. Go onto gov.uk and look for High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)’ for the evidence. The statement is under the heading Status of Covid-19’.
You have to hunt around, but it’s there.
[see: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid ]
Now, the decision to downgrade the coronavirus was made on 19th March but it doesn’t seem to have been published until 21st March.
Why the delay, I wonder? Were there discussions with the committees about their decisions? Your guess is as good as mine.
A few days later (after the coronavirus had been downgraded) the country was put into lockdown. The key word there is `after’.
The coronavirus has been rightly downgraded to an infectious disease – like the flu. (Though remember that the flu can, in a bad year, kill 600,000 people. It needs to be taken seriously. That was my point all along. And, despite the figures being wrong in Italy for example, the coronavirus has never looked like killing 600,000 people)
But the Government had put us all in lockdown. And told the police to make sure we obeyed.
This morning I rather expected that the world would be cheering. I thought the lockdown would be lifted, share prices would soar and people would going back to their lives.
I thought maybe the Government would like to explain how they got it so wrong, what the hidden agenda was and why they put the country into lockdown days after they knew that the coronavirus was not the big killer they had been claiming it to be.
But no one else seems to have reported this news.
And then I found out what was going on.
Today, the Government published an `Emergency bill to strengthen coronavirus (covid19) response plans’.
The new Bill, gives the Government tremendous powers including `easing legislative and regulatory requirements’.
The bill is 358 pages long and, for a start, lasts two years. (They didn’t write a 358 page Bill in a week, did they? How long have they been working on this?)
The police and immigration officers will have new powers.
There’s a ton of stuff in it. You can read it on gov.uk
There is a `temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation’.
That’s a corker.
Confirmatory certificates are no longer required for cremation.
Hospitals get all sorts of powers.
Public meetings and demonstrations are banned, of course. (No wonder they were so quick to cancel the May elections. They knew this was coming. They could have held purely postal vote elections but they chose not to. Will there be any elections next year?)
There are powers relating to `restrictions on use and disclosure of information’.
And, lo and behold, there is a note about `arrangements for the vaccination or immunisation of persons against any disease’.
That probably won’t come as much of a surprise to readers of this website. (That prediction was the main source of the criticism poured down upon my ancient head.)
And, remember, this new Bill came in AFTER the Government knew that the coronavirus had been downgraded and was no longer considered to be an HICD. I’d love to have been in the room when the experts told Boris that they were downgrading the coronavirus.
Now, I am signing off again.
Oh, and by the way, Parliament is now closed a week early because of the coronavirus – even though it is no longer considered to be a `high consequence infectious disease’.
And so Boris is in charge of the country. Stalin would be green with envy.
I suspect we might have to kiss goodbye to Brexit. It will be claimed that we all have to work together with other countries and that there isn’t time to fix a Brexit deal. The ecstatic banks will all be bailed out (again) and the coronavirus will be blamed. The EU’s long-term plan to get rid of small businesses will be successful at last. When will cash be banned so that they can keep an eye on all our spending and whereabouts? Travel will be controlled and limited.
I’m not going to speculate any more on what is going on.
You can do that for yourselves.
It’s not difficult.
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About the author: Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA is a medical doctor but has not practised for many years. Instead, he has been writing professionally for over 30 years and written well over 100 books and is a Sunday Times bestselling author. In 1983 he launched the world’s first medical software for home computers. He has written columns for many major newspapers (including The Sun and The People) and written thousands of articles for many more. He has made numerous TV and radio series (often based on his books.) Dr Coleman has lectured to doctors and nurses. See his website at www.vernoncoleman.co.uk
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principiascientificinternational--2020-03-29--British Health Service to Use Plasma Transfusions to Treat Coronavirus

British Health Service to Use Plasma Transfusions to Treat Coronavirus The National Health Service ( NHS ) in the United Kingdom will begin treating coronavirus patients with plasma transfusions from those who have recently recovered from the Chinese virus .
Britain ’ s medicines watchdog has approved the use of blood recovered from Covid-19 patients as a treatment for the Chinese virus .
The plasma of recovered patients is thought to contain antibodies that could be used to strengthen the immune systems of patients .
“ We have been working with the National Blood Service in anticipation of this issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreed to this procedure , ” the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA ) said in comments reported by The Telegraph .
“ This will mean that patients who are recovering from Covid-19 can receive plasma from another patient who has recovered.
” The method of treatment was used by doctors in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic to treat patients .
Plasma transfusions were also used experimentally in 2003 during the outbreak of SARS , another form of coronavirus .
Since a vaccine for the Chinese virus is unlikely to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , doctors have sought to find other means of treating it .
Last week , the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) in the United States approved the use of “ convalescent plasma ” to treat coronavirus patients .
“ It is possible that convalescent plasma that contains antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 ( the virus that causes Covid-19 ) might be effective against the infection… Although promising , convalescent plasma has not been shown to be effective in every disease studied , ” the FDA said in a statement .
So far there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in coronavirus patients .
However , a small study conducted in Shenzhen , China , is said to have shown that the method could be a potential treatment .
In the study , five critically ill coronavirus patients were given plasma transfusions from recovered patients .
All five patients were said to have dramatically improved following the procedure .
New York State will also begin conducting a trial of the plasma transfusion method .
The Manhattan-based New York Blood Center has started collecting blood from recently recovered patients , however , the testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their blood .
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis , Missouri , are also set to begin human trials of the method after it was approved by the FDA .
“ Giving serum from newly recovered patients is a Stone Age approach , but historically it has worked , ” said Dr Jeffrey Henderson , Associate Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology at Washington University .
“ This is how we used to prevent and treat viral infections like measles , mumps , polio , and influenza , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understandably fell out of favour and many people forgot about it , ” Henderson added .
“ Until we have specific drugs and vaccines for Covid-19 , this approach could save lives , ” he explained .

British Health Service to Use Plasma Transfusions to Treat Coronavirus
Written by Kurt Zindulka
The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom will begin treating coronavirus patients with plasma transfusions from those who have recently recovered from the Chinese virus.
Britain’s medicines watchdog has approved the use of blood recovered from Covid-19 patients as a treatment for the Chinese virus.
The plasma of recovered patients is thought to contain antibodies that could be used to strengthen the immune systems of patients.
“We have been working with the National Blood Service in anticipation of this issue, and in early March, we agreed to this procedure,” the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said in comments reported by The Telegraph.
“This will mean that patients who are recovering from Covid-19 can receive plasma from another patient who has recovered.”
The method of treatment was used by doctors in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic to treat patients. Plasma transfusions were also used experimentally in 2003 during the outbreak of SARS, another form of coronavirus.
Since a vaccine for the Chinese virus is unlikely to be ready before the end of the year, doctors have sought to find other means of treating it.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States approved the use of “convalescent plasma” to treat coronavirus patients.
“It is possible that convalescent plasma that contains antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) might be effective against the infection… Although promising, convalescent plasma has not been shown to be effective in every disease studied,” the FDA said in a statement.
So far there has been very limited usage of plasma in coronavirus patients. However, a small study conducted in Shenzhen, China, is said to have shown that the method could be a potential treatment.
In the study, five critically ill coronavirus patients were given plasma transfusions from recovered patients. All five patients were said to have dramatically improved following the procedure.
New York State will also begin conducting a trial of the plasma transfusion method. The Manhattan-based New York Blood Center has started collecting blood from recently recovered patients, however, the testing will be limited until more people donate their blood.
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, are also set to begin human trials of the method after it was approved by the FDA.
“Giving serum from newly recovered patients is a Stone Age approach, but historically it has worked,” said Dr Jeffrey Henderson, Associate Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology at Washington University.
“This is how we used to prevent and treat viral infections like measles, mumps, polio, and influenza, but once vaccines were developed, the technique understandably fell out of favour and many people forgot about it,” Henderson added.
“Until we have specific drugs and vaccines for Covid-19, this approach could save lives,” he explained.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-03-28--2nd French Study: Hydroxychloroquine & Z-Pack Helps 79 of 80 Patients

On Friday night Laura Ingraham reported on the latest study by the French research team led by the renowned epidemiologist Dr. Didier Raoult was able to repeat his findings from a previous study .
This time Dr. Raoult administered hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to 80 patients and observed improvement in EVERY CASE except for a very sick 86-year-old with an advanced form of coronavirus infection .
This is very promising news once again from Dr. Didier Raoult .
This is wonderful news .
Unfortunately , this doctor ’ s work helps the the global community and Trump so the MSM has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research .
What awful people .
Dr. Raoult tweeted his results .
Translated : Our two articles published tonight help to demonstrate : 1 .
The effectiveness of our protocol , on 80 patients .
2 .
The relevance of the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin , thanks to research carried out in our P3 containment laboratory .
Better yet Dr. Raoult is a climate skeptic .
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2nd French Study: Hydroxychloroquine & Z-Pack Helps 79 of 80 Patients
Written by Jim Hoft
On Friday night Laura Ingraham reported on the latest study by the French research team led by the renowned epidemiologist Dr. Didier Raoult was able to repeat his findings from a previous study.
This time Dr. Raoult administered hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to 80 patients and observed improvement in EVERY CASE except for a very sick 86-year-old with an advanced form of coronavirus infection.
This is very promising news once again from Dr. Didier Raoult.
This is wonderful news. Unfortunately, this doctor’s work helps the the global community and Trump so the MSM has either ignored, attacked or mocked his research.
What awful people.
Dr. Raoult tweeted his results.
Translated: Our two articles published tonight help to demonstrate:
1. The effectiveness of our protocol, on 80 patients.
2. The relevance of the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, thanks to research carried out in our P3 containment laboratory.
Didier Raoult ✔@raoult_didier Nos deux articles publiés ce soir permettent de contiuer à démontrer :
1. L’efficacité de notre protocole, sur 80 patients.
2. La pertinence de l’association de l’hydroxychloroquine et de l’azithromycine, grâce à des recherches réalisées dans notre laboratoire de confinement P3. https://twitter.com/raoult_didier/status/1243619270581465089 … Didier Raoult ✔@raoult_didier Nouveaux résultats de l’IHU Méditerranée Infection : 80 patients traités par une association hydroxychloroquine/azithromycine.https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-IHU-2-1.pdf … 12.7K Twitter Ads info and privacy 7,643 people are talking about this
Didier Raoult ✔@raoult_didier Nouvel article publié on-line par mes équipes : démonstration in vitro de la synergie hydroxychloroquine/azithromycine pour contrer la réplication du SARS-COV2 In vitro testing of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin on SARS-CoV-2 shows synergistic effecthttps://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/La-Scola-et-al-V1.pdf … 6,193 Twitter Ads info and privacy 3,159 people are talking about this
Better yet Dr. Raoult is a climate skeptic.
Via The Ingraham Angle:
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