Objective Truth

David Gordon has introduced a new weekly series at the Mises site , called Friday Philosophy .
Every week it is a real treat .
His recent post , entitled Murray Rothbard and Thomas Kuhn , contained interesting observations .
The post focusses on Rothbard ’ s look at Kuhn ’ s book , The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ( 1962 ) : Gordon would comment that while Rothbard rejects Kuhn ’ s philosophy , he accepts much of what Kuhn says about the history of science .
So , what does Kuhn say ?
Citing Rothbard : By “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea that “ science marches onward and upward , each year , decade or generation learning more and possessing ever more correct scientific theories.
” Kuhn has taken this notion to task .
Rothbard notes that Kuhn ’ s idea is perfectly applicable to the Whig theory of history , that things are supposedly always getting better .
The Structure of Scien ... Thomas S. Kuhn Best Price : $ 3.98 Buy New $ 7.00 At any point in time , we are closer to whatever is right , or true , than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The liberal west certainly embraced this notion with the Enlightenment , and the deplorables are regularly told to get on the right side of history any time we question one iota of the progressivist agenda .
While Kuhn is writing of scientific progress , Rothbard applied Kuhn ’ s concept to economic thought – noting the faulty belief held by many who assume this ever-advancing notion of progress toward the true : Kuhn would observe that once a paradigm has been accepted , it remains accepted until the unavoidable crisis forces its adherents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter the evidence against it in the meantime , nothing will sway this institutional acceptance .
We see this all around us .
It certainly exists in economics and central banking .
Despite the obvious flaws ( to put it mildly ) , the only answer that mainstream economics can allow is more of the same , at exponentially-increasing rates .
We see it in science , with climate change , the corona , and vaccinations .
We see it in the sweep of history , with every empire ’ s rise until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until a course-change was violently forced upon it ( with the one notable exception , perhaps , of the Soviet Union , which went down rather quietly ) .
Rothbard separates his appreciation of Kuhn ’ s comments regarding progress from Kuhn ’ s overall philosophical views : It is a tremendously meaningful point , and it is the point that prompted my thoughts here .
Just because we run into institutionally-defended “ truths ” regardless of the facts , does not mean that there is no such thing as “ truth.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard science , and applies it to what we now consider the softer sciences – to include economics .
Rothbard offers the example of Greek Fire , a seventh century technology – a type of a flamethrower – that remains baffling to modern scientists .
He also adds to this the varnish of a Stradivarius violin , “ which nobody can duplicate.
” David Gordon would neatly tie together what some might see as a conflict in Rothbard ’ s thought , making clear that Rothbard ’ s views were logically consistent .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Whig history of scientific thought does not require acceptance of Kuhn ’ s relativist philosophy : Which leads me to the comment I made at the Mises site : The one thing I will add : there are some objective truths which I believe man does not have the ability to grasp perfectly .
Like Plato ’ s forms , there are some that we can not even picture perfectly in our mind .
Yet , even for these , we can grasp what is closer and what is farther from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a question of looking back longingly to some favorite point in history : The Constitution , the Declaration of Independence , the Magna Carta , or the relationship of Church and king in the Middle Ages .
The Philosophical Orig ... Gordon , David Best Price : $ 7.54 Buy New $ 7.00 It isn ’ t a question of going back or going forward on a timeline .
We are not moving along a line ; we are moving around the center of a circle .
It is a question of moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We look back on medieval science , and mockingly call the Church to task for defending what we moderns see as several crazy notions .
One regularly noted example is that of Copernicus and Galileo , with the Church standing in the way of scientific advance .
This is often played as the trump card by the scientistic crowd .
Well , it turns out even this example isn ’ t as black and white as moderns would like to believe .
Religion has stood in the way of science , and since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freed to advance toward truth , unhindered by superstition .
This is the worldview we are taught to believe .
But how will the future look back on our time ?
We are in the grip of a scientism that has taken on many disciplines – from medicine , to climate , geopolitical considerations , social sciences , economic sciences , gender understanding , etc .
These notions are sillier than most ideas held institutionally during the Middle Ages .
Sillier , and infinitely more dangerous .
If there is a future for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will look back on our time as…dare I say it…barbaric .
If in the future we aren ’ t human beings ( insert your favorite reference to one of dozens of dystopian novels or movies ) ?
Well , then none of this really matters .
But the objective truth I hold to about the future tells me not to fear this .
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David Gordon has introduced a new weekly series at the Mises site, called Friday Philosophy. Every week it is a real treat. His recent post, entitled Murray Rothbard and Thomas Kuhn, contained interesting observations. The post focusses on Rothbard’s look at Kuhn’s book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962):
Though people differ about what Kuhn meant, many take him to deny that science gives access to the real world. Truth is relative to a “paradigm,” another much disputed word.
Gordon would comment that while Rothbard rejects Kuhn’s philosophy, he accepts much of what Kuhn says about the history of science. So, what does Kuhn say? Citing Rothbard:
The continual progress, onward-and-upward approach was demolished for me, and should have been for everyone, by Thomas Kuhn’s famed Structure of Scientific Revolutions. …Kuhn demolished what I like to call the “Whig theory of the history of science”.
By “Whig theory,” Rothbard means the idea that “science marches onward and upward, each year, decade or generation learning more and possessing ever more correct scientific theories.” Kuhn has taken this notion to task. Rothbard notes that Kuhn’s idea is perfectly applicable to the Whig theory of history, that things are supposedly always getting better. The Structure of Scien... Thomas S. Kuhn Best Price: $3.98 Buy New $7.00 (as of 03:40 UTC - Details)
At any point in time, we are closer to whatever is right, or true, than at any point in the past. The liberal west certainly embraced this notion with the Enlightenment, and the deplorables are regularly told to get on the right side of history any time we question one iota of the progressivist agenda.
While Kuhn is writing of scientific progress, Rothbard applied Kuhn’s concept to economic thought – noting the faulty belief held by many who assume this ever-advancing notion of progress toward the true:
There can, then, be no such thing as gross systemic error that deeply flawed, or even invalidated, an entire school of economic thought, much less sent the world of economics permanently astray.
Kuhn would observe that once a paradigm has been accepted, it remains accepted until the unavoidable crisis forces its adherents out of their worshipful stupor. No matter the evidence against it in the meantime, nothing will sway this institutional acceptance.
We see this all around us. It certainly exists in economics and central banking. Despite the obvious flaws (to put it mildly), the only answer that mainstream economics can allow is more of the same, at exponentially-increasing rates. We see it in science, with climate change, the corona, and vaccinations.
We see it in the sweep of history, with every empire’s rise until its inevitable fall – never changing course until a course-change was violently forced upon it (with the one notable exception, perhaps, of the Soviet Union, which went down rather quietly).
Rothbard separates his appreciation of Kuhn’s comments regarding progress from Kuhn’s overall philosophical views:
One need not adopt Kuhn’s nihilistic philosophic outlook, his implication that no one paradigm is or can be better than any other, to realize that his less than starry-eyed view of science rings true both as history and as sociology.
It is a tremendously meaningful point, and it is the point that prompted my thoughts here. Just because we run into institutionally-defended “truths” regardless of the facts, does not mean that there is no such thing as “truth.”
Rothbard takes Kuhn’s observations regarding hard science, and applies it to what we now consider the softer sciences – to include economics. Rothbard offers the example of Greek Fire, a seventh century technology – a type of a flamethrower – that remains baffling to modern scientists. He also adds to this the varnish of a Stradivarius violin, “which nobody can duplicate.”
We know less about certain areas of optics than they did in the 18th century. At any rate, when we get to the social sciences and philosophy, this is much more true.
David Gordon would neatly tie together what some might see as a conflict in Rothbard’s thought, making clear that Rothbard’s views were logically consistent. Acceptance of Kuhn’s take-down of the Whig history of scientific thought does not require acceptance of Kuhn’s relativist philosophy:
…doesn’t this make truth in science relative after all? But this doesn’t follow. Truth and universal agreement aren’t the same thing.
Which leads me to the comment I made at the Mises site:
There are objective truths, in hard sciences, social sciences, philosophy, theology, etc. These lie at the center of a circle. We discover them, we lose them, if we are lucky we discover them again. When we lose them, we pay a price, whether a collapsed bridge or a collapsed society. Throughout our history, we have moved closer or farther from these truths; sometimes advancing toward objective truth, at other times regressing from objective truth. But at the center lies objective truth.
The one thing I will add: there are some objective truths which I believe man does not have the ability to grasp perfectly. Like Plato’s forms, there are some that we cannot even picture perfectly in our mind. Yet, even for these, we can grasp what is closer and what is farther from the true form.
It isn’t a question of looking back longingly to some favorite point in history: The Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Magna Carta, or the relationship of Church and king in the Middle Ages. The Philosophical Orig... Gordon, David Best Price: $7.54 Buy New $7.00 (as of 04:12 UTC - Details)
It isn’t a question of going back or going forward on a timeline. We are not moving along a line; we are moving around the center of a circle. It is a question of moving toward the center of the circle.
Conclusion
We look back on medieval science, and mockingly call the Church to task for defending what we moderns see as several crazy notions. One regularly noted example is that of Copernicus and Galileo, with the Church standing in the way of scientific advance. This is often played as the trump card by the scientistic crowd. Well, it turns out even this example isn’t as black and white as moderns would like to believe.
Religion has stood in the way of science, and since the Enlightenment dumped religion science has been freed to advance toward truth, unhindered by superstition. This is the worldview we are taught to believe.
But how will the future look back on our time? We are in the grip of a scientism that has taken on many disciplines – from medicine, to climate, geopolitical considerations, social sciences, economic sciences, gender understanding, etc.
These notions are sillier than most ideas held institutionally during the Middle Ages. Sillier, and infinitely more dangerous. If there is a future for human beings as human beings, we will look back on our time as…dare I say it…barbaric.
If in the future we aren’t human beings (insert your favorite reference to one of dozens of dystopian novels or movies)? Well, then none of this really matters. But the objective truth I hold to about the future tells me not to fear this.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-07--The Government Invites a Black Market for Covid-Tainted Blood

How much would you pay to resume normal life ?
$ 100 ?
$ 1,000 ?
$ 10,000 ?
Maybe more ?
What if paying was the only way to avoid returning your life to normal without giving the surveillance state a sample of your blood ?
They assure you they would never store the sample , would never study , would never catalogue , would never use it against you , or engage in any other nefarious behavior with this sample .
Government has begun debating widespread blood testing to get society up and running again .
If your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you don ’ t get to live a normal life again .
If your blood was tainted by SARS-CoV-2 , you can have permission to go back to living life under the new normal .
I wonder how many barely-scraping-by phlebotomists would take a few bucks to taint your blood sample with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies .
How Innovation Works : ... Ridley , Matt Buy New $ 29.99 How many others in the health system would do the same ?
Fraud is believed by some to represent anywhere between 3 and 10 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States .
Certainly healthcare professionals are not beyond bending the laws to make a few dollars .
It is sad to see such incentives built into a system .
Such poorly designed incentives are common to see under socialized systems .
They pervert the natural and voluntary alignment of incentives that free markets so easily encourage .
In communist Czechoslovakia , you could find all manner of illegal goods that came into your possession outside of the official economy .
Police officers were often on the take .
Border officials .
Government officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a few extra bucks subverting the rules probably considered doing so .
Countless stories exist around how people would capture a little extra value for themselves : from a stock boy never putting out the most in-demand products and bartering them for other goods and services , to physicians and school principals scowling unhelpfully and responding curtly until a bottle of hard alcohol was presented to ease the tension .
In the era post-communism , in former Czechoslovakia , many people repeatedly shared a bit of folk morality on the topic of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ He who does not steal from the government , steals from his family.
” As a testament to this appreciation for the effectiveness of black markets to provide for human wants , is the vast drug problem in American prisons today , which should , in theory , be impossible to smuggle contraband into or out of .
Some in prison have pointed out that “ Drugs are easier to get than soap.
” Michael Jones curiously overdosed in 2016 on death row in a single-cell in California ’ s San Quentin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according the Los Angeles Times , being one of hundreds who spend “ most of their time locked down , isolated from the rest of the prison system under heavy guard with regular strip searches and checks every half-hour for signs of life.
” Another 1,000 overdosed in California prisons in 2018 .
Forever the enemy to logic and reality , governments are telling the American populace to get ready for mandatory blood testing .
No matter how mandatory , a percentage of the populace will comply , and a percentage will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in March 2020 , Covid tainted blood was a liability for a person .
Death was around the corner .
Stay on house arrest to avoid it .
By May 2020 , Covid tainted blood is suddenly an asset .
How much would you sell a few vials of your Covid tainted blood for ?
$ 100 ?
$ 1,000 ?
$ 10,000 ?
Cbrn : Surviving Chemic ... Millennium , Cris Best Price : $ 46.65 Buy New $ 35.00 Once a few of your friends hear about the success of your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consider themselves unfortunate for not having gone around hugging Covid sufferers throughout the spring of 2020 .
In repressive society after repressive society throughout history the sovereign individuals — the creatively disobedient , the individual who insists he ’ ll live free , the attentive dissident — they have found ways around oppression .
The marketplace has been their constant ally , as they devise the latest parry to deflect the attempts to push them into obedient submission .
That is the reality of human existence on this planet .
It makes no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so out of touch with reality .
Rather than try to outdo the illogical and ineffective tyranny of China or the USSR , America is best served by leaning into the American experiment of seeing how free an individual can live in a society .
This is the competitive advantage of the United States , and the only approach that will stop it from splintering apart as its disconnected leaders demonstrate that force is more valuable to them than reason .
What we learned in spring 2020 , yet again , is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of crisis .
Government must never be misled to think that they are effective in such moments .
Granting those powers in calm times , encourages that misleading thinking in crisis times .
Contrary to what is needed , abusing power and mismanaging crises is what government does .
They are so skilled at this , that crises are even manufactured as a preferable state for government to operate in .
I ’ ve lost count of how many “ wars ” the US is now in .
Individuals who shackle themselves by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have themselves to blame for their slavery .
The Best of Allan Stevo

How much would you pay to resume normal life? $100? $1,000? $10,000? Maybe more?
What if paying was the only way to avoid returning your life to normal without giving the surveillance state a sample of your blood? They assure you they would never store the sample, would never study, would never catalogue, would never use it against you, or engage in any other nefarious behavior with this sample.
Government has begun debating widespread blood testing to get society up and running again.
If your blood wasn’t tainted by SARS-CoV-2, you don’t get to live a normal life again. If your blood was tainted by SARS-CoV-2, you can have permission to go back to living life under the new normal.
I wonder how many barely-scraping-by phlebotomists would take a few bucks to taint your blood sample with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. How Innovation Works: ... Ridley, Matt Buy New $29.99 (as of 04:13 UTC - Details)
It’s a non-zero number.
How many others in the health system would do the same? Fraud is believed by some to represent anywhere between 3 and 10% of total healthcare expenditure in the United States. Certainly healthcare professionals are not beyond bending the laws to make a few dollars. It is sad to see such incentives built into a system. Such poorly designed incentives are common to see under socialized systems. They pervert the natural and voluntary alignment of incentives that free markets so easily encourage.
In communist Czechoslovakia, you could find all manner of illegal goods that came into your possession outside of the official economy.
Police officers were often on the take. Border officials. Government officials. Anyone who had a chance to make a few extra bucks subverting the rules probably considered doing so. Countless stories exist around how people would capture a little extra value for themselves: from a stock boy never putting out the most in-demand products and bartering them for other goods and services, to physicians and school principals scowling unhelpfully and responding curtly until a bottle of hard alcohol was presented to ease the tension.
In the era post-communism, in former Czechoslovakia, many people repeatedly shared a bit of folk morality on the topic of property rights under a totalitarian regime: “He who does not steal from the government, steals from his family.”
As a testament to this appreciation for the effectiveness of black markets to provide for human wants, is the vast drug problem in American prisons today, which should, in theory, be impossible to smuggle contraband into or out of. Some in prison have pointed out that “Drugs are easier to get than soap.” Michael Jones curiously overdosed in 2016 on death row in a single-cell in California’s San Quentin State Prison. He died, despite, according the Los Angeles Times, being one of hundreds who spend “most of their time locked down, isolated from the rest of the prison system under heavy guard with regular strip searches and checks every half-hour for signs of life.” Another 1,000 overdosed in California prisons in 2018.
Forever the enemy to logic and reality, governments are telling the American populace to get ready for mandatory blood testing.
No matter how mandatory, a percentage of the populace will comply, and a percentage will not.
In classic government over-reaction, in March 2020, Covid tainted blood was a liability for a person. Death was around the corner. Stay on house arrest to avoid it. By May 2020, Covid tainted blood is suddenly an asset.
How much would you sell a few vials of your Covid tainted blood for? $100? $1,000? $10,000? Cbrn: Surviving Chemic... Millennium, Cris Best Price: $46.65 Buy New $35.00 (as of 04:39 UTC - Details)
Once a few of your friends hear about the success of your cottage industry, I bet they will consider themselves unfortunate for not having gone around hugging Covid sufferers throughout the spring of 2020.
In repressive society after repressive society throughout history the sovereign individuals — the creatively disobedient, the individual who insists he’ll live free, the attentive dissident — they have found ways around oppression. The marketplace has been their constant ally, as they devise the latest parry to deflect the attempts to push them into obedient submission.
That is the reality of human existence on this planet. It makes no sense to construct yet another government edict so out of touch with reality.
Rather than try to outdo the illogical and ineffective tyranny of China or the USSR, America is best served by leaning into the American experiment of seeing how free an individual can live in a society. This is the competitive advantage of the United States, and the only approach that will stop it from splintering apart as its disconnected leaders demonstrate that force is more valuable to them than reason.
What we learned in spring 2020, yet again, is that government should never be trusted in times of crisis. Government must never be misled to think that they are effective in such moments. Granting those powers in calm times, encourages that misleading thinking in crisis times. Contrary to what is needed, abusing power and mismanaging crises is what government does.
They are so skilled at this, that crises are even manufactured as a preferable state for government to operate in. I’ve lost count of how many “wars” the US is now in. Individuals who shackle themselves by obediently listening to government at such moments have themselves to blame for their slavery.
Your disobedience opens those shackles.
The Best of Allan Stevo


lewrockwell--2020-05-07--Ventilators May Increase Risk of Death From COVID-19

In recent weeks , several doctors and published papers have noted that COVID-19 patients who are put on ventilators have an increased risk of death.1 April 9 , 2020 , Business Insider reported2 that 80 % of COVID-19 patients in New York City who are placed on ventilators die , causing some doctors to question their use .
According to The Associated Press,3 “ Similar reports have emerged from China and the United Kingdom .
One U.K. report put the figure at 66 % .
A very small study in Wuhan … said 86 % died.
” An April 22 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ describing the outcomes for 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area reported:4 These numbers were amended shortly thereafter , though .
April 26 , 2020 , CNN Health reported5 that an average of 24.5 % of patients placed on ventilators died , compared to about 20 % of those who were not ventilated .
Anti-Inflammatory Oxyg ... Mark Sircus Best Price : $ 9.81 Buy New $ 10.09 Karina Davidson , senior vice president of research at Northwell Health , told CNN her team had decided to “ clarify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that the figures are being updated to reflect “ how many [ patients ] we know have had an outcome and how many remain in the hospital.
” CNN explained:6 Oxygen Is Needed but Ventilation May Be Inadvisable Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell , whose video is featured at the top of this article , has noted their patients ’ symptoms have more in common with altitude sickness than pneumonia.8 Similarly , a recent paper9 by Drs .
Luciano Gattinone and John Marini describes two different types of COVID-19 presentations , which they refer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While one benefits from mechanical ventilation , the other does not .
Dr. Roger Seheult discusses this paper , as well as the comparison of COVID-19 to high altitude pulmonary edema or HAPE , in the MedCram video above .
In the final analysis , it may turn out that ventilators are inappropriate for a majority of patients , and doctors at UChicago Medicine report10 “ truly remarkable ” results using high-flow nasal cannulas in lieu of ventilators .
As noted in a press release:11 Another less available and more complicated treatment strategy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO .
The system involves a complex circuit of tubes , filters and pumps that oxygenate the patient ’ s blood and remove waste products outside the body before pumping it back into circulation .
Guidance12 for the use of ECMO in COVID-19 treatment was published March 30 , 2020 , in the ASAIO Journal .
As a general rule , ECMO is recommended for relatively young patients with few comorbidities who are failing to respond to ventilator treatment .
According to an April 24 , 2020 press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missing from the conventional conversation is the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy ( HBOT ) which I believe might be an excellent treatment method .
As noted by Dr. Andrew Saul , editor-in-chief of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service , in “ A Review of Helpful Antiviral Strategies ” : Mechanical ventilation can easily damage the lungs for the fact that it ’ s pushing air into the lungs with force .
During HBOT , on the other hand , you ’ re simply breathing air or oxygen in a pressurized chamber , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher percentage of oxygen .
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, Vi ... Best Price : $ 7.95 Buy New $ 13.59 There ’ s no airflow being forced directly into the lungs .
HBOT also improves mitochondrial function , helps with detoxification , inhibits and controls inflammation and optimizes your body ’ s innate healing capacity .
You can learn more about this in “ Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Adjunct Healing Modality.
” We may eventually hear more about this , however , as NYU Langone Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study using HBOT .
The study was posted April 2 , 2020 .
As detailed on ClinicalTrials.gov:14 Chinese doctors also report “ promising results ” after treating five COVID-19 patients with HBOT .
Two were in critical condition and five were severe .
As reported by the International Hyperbarics Association:15 In this video , taped April 17 , 2020 , Dr. John Ioannidis discusses results from three preliminary studies .
Importantly , he points out that nosocomial infections — infections that occur in hospital settings — appear to be part and parcel of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much higher in certain areas , such as Italy , Spain and the New York metropolitan area .
A common denominator between these areas is a massive number of hospital personnel who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and spread it to patients who are already in an immune-compromised state .
In essence , by having so many people unnecessarily going to the hospital out of fear , a hospital-chain of infectious transmission was allowed to develop .
Many could simply have been treated at home .
These findings highlight the need for very stringent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoid transmission from asymptomatic personnel to patients .
They also highlight the need to more carefully assess your need for medical care .
Ioannidis stresses that people experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19 should not rush to the hospital , as they simply increase the risk of infectious transmission to personnel and other more vulnerable patients .
He also cites data showing hospital personnel have an estimated 0.3 % chance of death from COVID-19 , which is significantly lower than the 3.5 % originally cited by the World Health Organization .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data point to COVID-19 having a fatality rate very close to that of seasonal influenza .
Healing in High Gear : ... Howell , Amy Donaho Best Price : $ 4.04 Buy New $ 17.00 This , he says , is good news for hospital personnel who have been working under very distressing conditions , many fearing for their lives .
As it turns out , such fears appear to be vastly exaggerated and uncalled for .
While treating mild to moderate symptoms at home may be advisable , it ’ s important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If COVID-19 symptoms worsen and signs of sepsis develop — described in “ Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Sepsis ” — immediate medical care is required .
Unless promptly diagnosed and treated , sepsis can rapidly progress to multiple-organ failure and death .
Sepsis is responsible for 20 % of deaths worldwide each year , and the cytokine storm response associated with sepsis also appears to be a primary way by which COVID-19 claims the lives of those who are immunocompromised and/or elderly .
According to a March 11 , 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the 191 Chinese COVID-19 patients in the study developed sepsis , and sepsis was present in 100 % of those who died .
It was the most commonly observed complication , followed by respiratory failure , ARDS and heart failure .
You can learn more about sepsis and its treatment in “ Melatonin for Sepsis , ” “ Vitamin C Lowers Mortality in Severe Sepsis ” and “ Vitamin C Works for Sepsis .
Will It Work for Coronavirus ?
” The Best of Joseph Mercola

In recent weeks, several doctors and published papers have noted that COVID-19 patients who are put on ventilators have an increased risk of death.1 April 9, 2020, Business Insider reported2 that 80% of COVID-19 patients in New York City who are placed on ventilators die, causing some doctors to question their use.
According to The Associated Press,3 “Similar reports have emerged from China and the United Kingdom. One U.K. report put the figure at 66%. A very small study in Wuhan … said 86% died.”
Updated New York City Statistics
An April 22, 2020, study published in JAMA describing the outcomes for 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area reported:4
“Mortality rates for those who received mechanical ventilation in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups were 76.4% and 97.2%, respectively. Mortality rates for those in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups who did not receive mechanical ventilation were 19.8% and 26.6%, respectively. There were no deaths in the younger-than-18 age group.”
These numbers were amended shortly thereafter, though. April 26, 2020, CNN Health reported5 that an average of 24.5% of patients placed on ventilators died, compared to about 20% of those who were not ventilated. Anti-Inflammatory Oxyg... Mark Sircus Best Price: $9.81 Buy New $10.09 (as of 10:37 UTC - Details)
Karina Davidson, senior vice president of research at Northwell Health, told CNN her team had decided to “clarify the wording of the report,” and that the figures are being updated to reflect “how many [patients] we know have had an outcome and how many remain in the hospital.” CNN explained:6
“The original report in JAMA stated that 12% of patients required ventilation and of them 88% died — but those numbers only represented a minority of patients whose outcome was known, not the entire body of patients. The updated numbers include all of the patients, including those who remained in the hospital at the time the data was gathered on April 4.”
In an April 8, 2020, article, STAT News reported:7
“What’s driving this reassessment is a baffling observation about COVID-19: Many patients have blood oxygen levels so low they should be dead. But they’re not gasping for air, their hearts aren’t racing, and their brains show no signs of blinking off from lack of oxygen.
That is making critical care physicians suspect that blood levels of oxygen, which for decades have driven decisions about breathing support for patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress, might be misleading them about how to care for those with COVID-19.
In particular, more and more are concerned about the use of intubation and mechanical ventilators. They argue that more patients could receive simpler, noninvasive respiratory support, such as the breathing masks used in sleep apnea, at least to start with and maybe for the duration of the illness.”
Oxygen Is Needed but Ventilation May Be Inadvisable

Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell, whose video is featured at the top of this article, has noted their patients’ symptoms have more in common with altitude sickness than pneumonia.8 Similarly, a recent paper9 by Drs. Luciano Gattinone and John Marini describes two different types of COVID-19 presentations, which they refer to as Type L and Type H.
While one benefits from mechanical ventilation, the other does not. Dr. Roger Seheult discusses this paper, as well as the comparison of COVID-19 to high altitude pulmonary edema or HAPE, in the MedCram video above.
In the final analysis, it may turn out that ventilators are inappropriate for a majority of patients, and doctors at UChicago Medicine report10 “truly remarkable” results using high-flow nasal cannulas in lieu of ventilators. As noted in a press release:11
“High-flow nasal cannulas, or HFNCs, are non-invasive nasal prongs that sit below the nostrils and blow large volumes of warm, humidified oxygen into the nose and lungs.
A team from UChicago Medicine’s emergency room took 24 COVID-19 patients who were in respiratory distress and gave them HFNCs instead of putting them on ventilators. The patients all fared extremely well, and only one of them required intubation after 10 days …
The HFNCs are often combined with prone positioning, a technique where patients lay on their stomachs to aid breathing. Together, they’ve helped UChicago Medicine doctors avoid dozens of intubations and have decreased the chances of bad outcomes for COVID-19 patients, said Thomas Spiegel, MD, Medical Director of UChicago Medicine’s Emergency Department.
‘The proning and the high-flow nasal cannulas combined have brought patient oxygen levels from around 40% to 80% and 90%, so it’s been fascinating and wonderful to see,’ Spiegel said …
‘Avoiding intubation is key,’ Spiegel said. ‘Most of our colleagues around the city are not doing this, but I sure wish other ERs would take a look at this technique closely.’”
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Technique
Another less available and more complicated treatment strategy that’s showing promise is known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO. The system involves a complex circuit of tubes, filters and pumps that oxygenate the patient’s blood and remove waste products outside the body before pumping it back into circulation.
Guidance12 for the use of ECMO in COVID-19 treatment was published March 30, 2020, in the ASAIO Journal. As a general rule, ECMO is recommended for relatively young patients with few comorbidities who are failing to respond to ventilator treatment. According to an April 24, 2020 press release by the University of Michigan:13
“As of April 21 … more than 470 patients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been treated at the ECMO centers that are sharing their data. Most were men in their 40s and early 50s. Nearly half had obesity and one-fifth had diabetes.
Most of those placed on ECMO for COVID-19 are still on the treatment, which can take weeks to allow the body to recover enough for the patient to function on their own. Every moment of that time, patients must be under the care of teams of trained nurses, respiratory therapists, technicians and physicians …
Patients must get evaluated by an ECMO center and transferred before their condition worsens too much. They should not have been on a ventilator more than seven days before starting ECMO, which means that they should be considered for ECMO soon after the decision to intubate them is made.
‘Despite the substantial resources required to care for patients on ECMO, we believe this is an appropriate strategy for selected patients that are otherwise at imminent risk of death,’ says Jonathan Haft, M.D., medical director of U-M’s ECMO program.”
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Sadly missing from the conventional conversation is the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) which I believe might be an excellent treatment method. As noted by Dr. Andrew Saul, editor-in-chief of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, in “A Review of Helpful Antiviral Strategies”:
“Making the oxygen available in a way that’s appropriate to the severity of the patient is the answer. We have to remember that our body is singularly good at taking in oxygen or we wouldn’t be here. And our lungs have a huge amount of absorptive space. I mean, that’s what they do. It’s just an extraordinary system that we have.
Oxygen goes in by diffusion. You don’t push it in; the body sucks it in because if you have more oxygen outside than you do inside, it just goes through. All you do is give a lot of absorptive surface. And if you flattened out all the little alveoli in the lungs, you’d have an enormous area …
So, by providing the oxygen and then see if the body will take it up, you’ve made the first step. That can be done preventively by fresh air and exercise and going out and playing …
If somebody needs more oxygen, and you want to give them a little pressure, if that makes the patient better, then you do it. But the idea that you’ve got to ram this oxygen like a supercharger on a Mustang is, I think, a little bit, shall we say, industry friendly …
[The alveoli] are tiny, tiny little sacks. They have some of the thinnest little membranes you’ve ever seen. Look at them under a microscope. They’re very delicate. So, the last thing you want to do is add injury to insult.”
Mechanical ventilation can easily damage the lungs for the fact that it’s pushing air into the lungs with force. During HBOT, on the other hand, you’re simply breathing air or oxygen in a pressurized chamber, which allows your body to absorb a higher percentage of oxygen. The Oxygen Revolution,... Paul G. Harch M.D., Vi... Best Price: $7.95 Buy New $13.59 (as of 11:00 UTC - Details)
There’s no airflow being forced directly into the lungs. HBOT also improves mitochondrial function, helps with detoxification, inhibits and controls inflammation and optimizes your body’s innate healing capacity. You can learn more about this in “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Adjunct Healing Modality.”
HBOT Trials for COVID-19
We may eventually hear more about this, however, as NYU Langone Health is currently recruiting COVID-19 patients for a study using HBOT. The study was posted April 2, 2020. As detailed on ClinicalTrials.gov:14
“This is a single center prospective pilot cohort study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as an emergency investigational device for treating patients with a novel coronavirus, disease, COVID-19 …
The patient will receive 90 minutes of hyperbaric oxygen at 2.0 ATA with or without air breaks per the hyperbaric physician. Upon completion of the treatment the patient will then return to the medical unit and continue all standard of care …
After the intervention portion of this study, a chart review will be performed to compare the outcomes of intervention patients versus patients who received standard of care.”
Chinese doctors also report “promising results” after treating five COVID-19 patients with HBOT. Two were in critical condition and five were severe. As reported by the International Hyperbarics Association:15
“Hyperbaric oxygen was added to the current comprehensive treatments being performed at the hospital for COVID-19 affected patients, with a dose of 90-120 minutes at treatment pressures of 1.4 to 1 fi.ATA.
The results were very encouraging as these five patients received significant therapeutic benefits, including rapid relief of symptoms after the first session.
The rationale for adding this procedure is to help combat the progressive hypoxemia (low blood oxygen levels) that COVID-19 can cause. Hyperbaric oxygen has the ability to add a substantial supply of extra oxygen into the bloodstream …”
Hospitals Are Major Transmission Sites of SARS-CoV-2

In this video, taped April 17, 2020, Dr. John Ioannidis discusses results from three preliminary studies. Importantly, he points out that nosocomial infections — infections that occur in hospital settings — appear to be part and parcel of why the COVID-19 mortality rate is so much higher in certain areas, such as Italy, Spain and the New York metropolitan area.
A common denominator between these areas is a massive number of hospital personnel who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and spread it to patients who are already in an immune-compromised state.
“Hospitals are the worst place to fight the battle with COVID-19,” he says. “We should have done our best to keep people away from the hospitals if they had COVID-19 symptoms, unless they had really severe symptoms.”
In essence, by having so many people unnecessarily going to the hospital out of fear, a hospital-chain of infectious transmission was allowed to develop. Many could simply have been treated at home.
These findings highlight the need for very stringent infection control measures in hospitals, to avoid transmission from asymptomatic personnel to patients. They also highlight the need to more carefully assess your need for medical care.
Ioannidis stresses that people experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19 should not rush to the hospital, as they simply increase the risk of infectious transmission to personnel and other more vulnerable patients.
He also cites data showing hospital personnel have an estimated 0.3% chance of death from COVID-19, which is significantly lower than the 3.5% originally cited by the World Health Organization. He also points out that this and other data point to COVID-19 having a fatality rate very close to that of seasonal influenza. Healing in High Gear: ... Howell, Amy Donaho Best Price: $4.04 Buy New $17.00 (as of 04:14 UTC - Details)
This, he says, is good news for hospital personnel who have been working under very distressing conditions, many fearing for their lives. As it turns out, such fears appear to be vastly exaggerated and uncalled for.
Sepsis Is a Common Complication in COVID-19
While treating mild to moderate symptoms at home may be advisable, it’s important to stay vigilant to signs of sepsis.16 If COVID-19 symptoms worsen and signs of sepsis develop — described in “Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Sepsis” — immediate medical care is required.
Unless promptly diagnosed and treated, sepsis can rapidly progress to multiple-organ failure and death. Sepsis is responsible for 20% of deaths worldwide each year, and the cytokine storm response associated with sepsis also appears to be a primary way by which COVID-19 claims the lives of those who are immunocompromised and/or elderly.
According to a March 11, 2020, paper17 in The Lancet, 59% of the 191 Chinese COVID-19 patients in the study developed sepsis, and sepsis was present in 100% of those who died. It was the most commonly observed complication, followed by respiratory failure, ARDS and heart failure.
You can learn more about sepsis and its treatment in “Melatonin for Sepsis,” “Vitamin C Lowers Mortality in Severe Sepsis” and “Vitamin C Works for Sepsis. Will It Work for Coronavirus?”
Sources and References
The Best of Dr. Joseph Mercola


lewrockwell--2020-05-08--COVID-19 Coronavirus: Unanswered Questions

• Modern medicine fails to heed call for vitamin D supplementation ; deficiency harms dark-skinned individuals who have the lowest vitamin D levels .
• Where did the forgotten flu go this year ?
It ’ s actually 6.2 % of respiratory infections .
• Patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases should be considered high risk and given nutrients that normalize the immune response ( vitamins A , D , resveratrol and zinc ) .
• Is COVID-19 coronavirus man-made ?
The evidence points in that direction .
• In COVID-19 coronavirus infection the 480 million alveoli in the lung that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ circulation are blocked .
Therefore , poorly oxygenated blood is in circulation , resulting in heart , brain , kidney problems and micro-clotting in the blood itself .
So COVID-19 looks like many diseases but is actually one with consequent multi-organ failure .
Financially-strapped hospitals shift their insurance billings for pneumonia and influenza treatment to COVID-19 for which there is higher reimbursement .
• In comparison with 1967-68 Hong Kong flu , which killed 6 out of 10,000 Americans , COVID-19 coronavirus is reported to kill 2 out of 10,000 .
There was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the rescue not !
THE MIRACULOUS RESULTS ... Bowles , Jeff T Buy New $ 3.99 Both the WHO and CDC ignored a plea published in the British Medical Journal on February 28 , 2020 by researcher Robert Brown , for widespread vitamin D testing and vitamin supplementation to head off a growing pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus .
It is widely known that dark-skinned people produce far less vitamin D from solar UV radiation .
Brown noted Somalis in Stockholm , Sweden , only represent 0.84 % of the population but 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among Somalis .
Brown also noted that among hundreds of women age 60-80 years tested in Italy , vitamin D blood levels were lower than 5 nanograms/milliliter blood sample in 27 % and lower than 12 nanograms in as many as 76 % .
Twenty ( 20 ) nanograms is the lowest level of normal .
Italy is a hot-spot for COVID-19 deaths .
His call for urgent action has , so far , gone ignored .
Sunlight is such a strong preventive against infectious disease of any kind that one researcher calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report showing there are 34 countries where a single case of COVID-19 coronavirus infection has yet to be reported .
Most are island nations near the equator where solar UV intensity is high and therefore vitamin D blood levels are also elevated .
How many more studies have to be published before the obvious becomes health policy ?
Screen vulnerable populations ( dark skin , nursing home , hospitalized ) for vitamin D deficiency and correct with food supplements .
Louisiana State University researchers report 85 % of COVID-19 patients in the intensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 75 ) were vitamin D-deficient compared to 57 % of patients in normal hospital beds .
Sunlight therapy is reported to have reduced deaths among hospital patients from 40 per cent to about 13 per cent in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic .
But this is a forgotten lesson .
NOW Supplements , Vitam ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 9.92 ( $ 0.04 / Count ) Where did the flu go this year ?
A Stanford University study answers that question .
The Center For Infectious Disease Research Policy ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
, mouth swab study of patients that exhibited symptoms ( cough , ever , shortness of breath ) that revealed among 1217 specimens taken from 1206 patients , only 116 ( 9.5 % ) were confirmed to be COVID-19 and 318 ( 26.1 % ) for non-coronavirus pathogens ( rhinovirus , enterovirus , respiratory syncytial virus and non-SARS coronavirus ) .
What caused symptoms among the other 64.4 % of patients goes unexplained .
In other words , 90.5 % of patients with symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B represented 69 of 1101 symptomatic patients ( 6.2 % ) .
But one can imagine many of these patients feared they had COVID-19 .
These numbers reveal only a small percentage of sick patients have lab positive influenza ( 6.2 % ) but over 100 million Americans get flu shots .
COVID-19 is only slightly more prevalent than the flu ( 9.5 % vs. 6.2 % ) .
Researchers report autoimmune antibodies were prevalent in 91.9 % ( 10 of 11 cases ) of COVID-19 patients who required intensive care unit care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 of 11 ) patients with mild symptoms .
Autoimmunity is indicative of severity in COVID-19 cases .
Vitamin A , Vitamin D , zinc and resveratrol normalize the immune response , contrary to immune suppressant drugs that increase vulnerability to infection .
How Not To Die With Tr ... Henriques , Tiago Best Price : $ 18.23 Buy New $ 17.97 A frequent question received in my email box is whether the COVID-19 coronavirus is man-made or a natural mutation ( act of God ) ?
Members of the Bioterrorism Preparedness & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a terrorist attack .
Among the 17 clues are “ an unusual or unexplained illness ” that affects a “ disparate population ” with an “ unusual pattern of death , ” illness in “ non-contiguous areas , ” ( Iran , China , U.S. ) , with large numbers of death , deadly strains , failure of patients to respond to treatment .
The current pandemic meets all 17 criteria described .
There is record that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated : “ This matter is going forward… .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get this right , ” referring to a war-game like practice for a pandemic .
The CDC also advertised for “ quarantine managers ” in November of 2019 , months before there was a lockdown in the U.S. Oddly , by 2004 SARS ( Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ) coronavirus vanished completely , with no explanation as to why ?
The WHO takes credit for this .
Was it being distributed to infect populations and then withdrawn by a bioterrorist ?
Dr. Anthony Fauci , the government ’ s infectious disease specialist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t just disappear.
” He should know .
Another intriguing online report emanates from American author Nathan Rich , who asks why a mysterious lung syndrome linked with vaping , which has the same symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus symptoms , suddenly boomed the moment COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. Rich wonders if COVID-19 leaked out of a military lab in Maryland , a lab that was closed down by the CDC .
Two nursing homes located nearby the military laboratory reported lung disease deaths in the summer of 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is criticism of the World Health Organization of its early handling of the coronavirus outbreak .
No travel bans and no human-to-human transmission ( Jan. 14 ) .
But the US allowed Chinese-born U.S. citizens to fly back home to the U.S. and careful monitoring showed the virus didn ’ t spread beyond immediate family members .
There was confirmation of human-to-human transmission by Beijing on January 20 .
The FDA withheld imported testing kits in port and CDC-issued testing kits were contaminated ( intentional ) , so the early stages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Intentional ?
NOW Supplements , Vitam ... Buy New $ 9.70 According to the Centers for Disease Control guidance , “ Where a definite diagnosis of COVID-19 can not be made , it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate as ‘ probable ’ or ‘ presumed.
’ … .
“ It is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate without this confirmation ( testing ) if the circumstances are compelling with a reasonable degree of certainty.
” Because , in severe cases of COVID-19 coronavirus lung congestion a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in excess , the forced pressure of oxygen from the ventilator further presses hyaluronan into the alveolar space where oxygen is transferred to the blood circulation .
There are ~480-million of these alveoli .
Once blocked the blood is being pumped without sufficient oxygen which induces small blood clots ( disseminated intravascular coagulation ) that can then induce strokes , heart and kidney damage .
This phenomenon appears to be puzzling to physicians .
This is not heart , kidney , lung disease per se – it is COVID-19 resulting in an over-healing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of oxygen into the circulatory system resulting in damage to these organs .
What appears to be happening is that hospitals are in a world of hurt financially as the public is avoiding hospitalization for fear becoming infected and because elective surgery is not being scheduled .
To make up for this financial crisis , everything is being up-coded to ICD U07.1 ( International Statistical Classification of Diseases ) , a code for insurance billing purposes .
It is cited that hospitals are reimbursed $ 13,000 for pneumonia and ~ $ 40,000 for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the death certificate .
In fine print , the CDC offers this caveat regarding classification of lung disease : BRI Resveratrol - 1200 ... Buy New $ 16.99 I would hope this doesn ’ t give license for the CDC to play fast and loose with these mortality numbers .
It appears it does .
If this is proven to be true in post-epidemic audits , America is experiencing a great travesty as hospitals plunder insurance pools via diagnostic miscoding in an attempt to survive financially .
The public is then misled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dying of this COVID-19 monster virus and remain frightened and in self-quarantine for no good reason .
More or less deaths ?
Researchers at Yale School of Public Health report increases in death rates from diagnosed pneumonia and influenza are indicative of unreported COVID-19 deaths .
These researchers claim increases in all-cause death are indicative of ~1.5 times higher death rate for COVID-19 than presently reported .
Yes , there is lag time as death certificates are filed late and aren ’ t immediately compiled by CDC .
Some people may die at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immediately forwarded electronically as they are by hospitals .
There just may be a lag in reporting , not in actual deaths .
So much for Yale stoking the coals of fear .
Organic Zinc Sulfate L ... Buy New $ 18.95 ( $ 4.74 / Fl Oz ) Coronavirus is widely spread but results in only a 3/10ths of one-percent mortality rate ( Los Angeles county April 21 , 2020 ) , around the mortality rate of the flu .
Let this almost harmless virus have its way , the healthy infected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine , and we go on living our lives .
Focus on high-risk groups to save lives ( blacks , hospital workers , nursing home patients ) .
For the healthy , infection breeds antibodies and possible life-long protection .
Locking down the entire populace in a futile attempt to spare the lives of high-risk individuals while leaving the masses totally dependent upon an imagined future vaccine to avoid infection is complete folly .
The more lockdown , the greater the chance of COVID-19 returning in November .
The virologists know this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine .
Don ’ t be their victim as they experiment with the entire US population .
The Hong Kong flu killed an estimated 100,000 Americans out of a population of 175 million ( almost 6 out of 10,000 ) compared to ~60,000 US deaths* for COVID-19 ( almost 2 out of 10,000 ) so far among a population of 327 million .
*Many of these deaths are questioned as to whether they died with or of COVID-19 ) .
There were no lockdowns , no quarantines .

KEY POINTS
Modern medicine fails to heed call for vitamin D supplementation; deficiency harms dark-skinned individuals who have the lowest vitamin D levels.
Where did the forgotten flu go this year? It’s actually 6.2% of respiratory infections.
Patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases should be considered high risk and given nutrients that normalize the immune response (vitamins A, D, resveratrol and zinc).
Is COVID-19 coronavirus man-made? The evidence points in that direction.
In COVID-19 coronavirus infection the 480 million alveoli in the lung that facilitate transfer of oxygen to the blood circulation are blocked. Therefore, poorly oxygenated blood is in circulation, resulting in heart, brain, kidney problems and micro-clotting in the blood itself. So COVID-19 looks like many diseases but is actually one with consequent multi-organ failure. Financially-strapped hospitals shift their insurance billings for pneumonia and influenza treatment to COVID-19 for which there is higher reimbursement.
In comparison with 1967-68 Hong Kong flu, which killed 6 out of 10,000 Americans, COVID-19 coronavirus is reported to kill 2 out of 10,000. There was no lockdown in 1967-68.
Vitamin D to the rescue not!
THE MIRACULOUS RESULTS... Bowles, Jeff T Buy New $3.99 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details) Both the WHO and CDC ignored a plea published in the British Medical Journal on February 28, 2020 by researcher Robert Brown, for widespread vitamin D testing and vitamin supplementation to head off a growing pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus. It is widely known that dark-skinned people produce far less vitamin D from solar UV radiation.
Brown noted Somalis in Stockholm, Sweden, only represent 0.84% of the population but 40% of the COVID-19 deaths there were among Somalis.
Brown also noted that among hundreds of women age 60-80 years tested in Italy, vitamin D blood levels were lower than 5 nanograms/milliliter blood sample in 27% and lower than 12 nanograms in as many as 76%. Twenty (20) nanograms is the lowest level of normal. Italy is a hot-spot for COVID-19 deaths.
His call for urgent action has, so far, gone ignored. Sunlight is such a strong preventive against infectious disease of any kind that one researcher calls it “heliovaccination.”
ZeroHedge.com published a report showing there are 34 countries where a single case of COVID-19 coronavirus infection has yet to be reported. Most are island nations near the equator where solar UV intensity is high and therefore vitamin D blood levels are also elevated.
How many more studies have to be published before the obvious becomes health policy? Screen vulnerable populations (dark skin, nursing home, hospitalized) for vitamin D deficiency and correct with food supplements.
Louisiana State University researchers report 85% of COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (100% under age 75) were vitamin D-deficient compared to 57% of patients in normal hospital beds.
Sunlight therapy is reported to have reduced deaths among hospital patients from 40 per cent to about 13 per cent in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. But this is a forgotten lesson. NOW Supplements, Vitam... Buy New $9.92 ($0.04 / Count) (as of 04:43 UTC - Details)
Where did the flu go this year?
A Stanford University study answers that question. The Center For Infectious Disease Research Policy (CIDRAP) cites a Stanford University, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., mouth swab study of patients that exhibited symptoms (cough, ever, shortness of breath) that revealed among 1217 specimens taken from 1206 patients, only 116 (9.5%) were confirmed to be COVID-19 and 318 (26.1%) for non-coronavirus pathogens (rhinovirus, enterovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and non-SARS coronavirus). What caused symptoms among the other 64.4% of patients goes unexplained.
In other words, 90.5% of patients with symptoms were NOT COVID-19. Influenza A&B represented 69 of 1101 symptomatic patients (6.2%). But one can imagine many of these patients feared they had COVID-19. These numbers reveal only a small percentage of sick patients have lab positive influenza (6.2%) but over 100 million Americans get flu shots. COVID-19 is only slightly more prevalent than the flu (9.5% vs. 6.2%).
Autoimmune individuals = high-risk for COVID-19 death
Researchers report autoimmune antibodies were prevalent in 91.9% (10 of 11 cases) of COVID-19 patients who required intensive care unit care, but in only 36.4% (4 of 11) patients with mild symptoms. Autoimmunity is indicative of severity in COVID-19 cases. Vitamin A, Vitamin D, zinc and resveratrol normalize the immune response, contrary to immune suppressant drugs that increase vulnerability to infection.
Is COVID-19 man-made?
How Not To Die With Tr... Henriques, Tiago Best Price: $18.23 Buy New $17.97 (as of 08:00 UTC - Details) A frequent question received in my email box is whether the COVID-19 coronavirus is man-made or a natural mutation (act of God)? Members of the Bioterrorism Preparedness & Response Program list clues that an epidemic is a terrorist attack. Among the 17 clues are “an unusual or unexplained illness” that affects a “disparate population” with an “unusual pattern of death,” illness in “non-contiguous areas,” (Iran, China, U.S.), with large numbers of death, deadly strains, failure of patients to respond to treatment. The current pandemic meets all 17 criteria described.
There is record that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated: “This matter is going forward…. We are in a live exercise here to get this right,” referring to a war-game like practice for a pandemic. The CDC also advertised for “quarantine managers” in November of 2019, months before there was a lockdown in the U.S. Oddly, by 2004 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus vanished completely, with no explanation as to why? The WHO takes credit for this. Was it being distributed to infect populations and then withdrawn by a bioterrorist? Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s infectious disease specialist, says this coronavirus (COVID-19) “doesn’t just disappear.” He should know.
Another intriguing online report emanates from American author Nathan Rich, who asks why a mysterious lung syndrome linked with vaping, which has the same symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus symptoms, suddenly boomed the moment COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S.
Rich wonders if COVID-19 leaked out of a military lab in Maryland, a lab that was closed down by the CDC. Two nursing homes located nearby the military laboratory reported lung disease deaths in the summer of 2019. It is a very compelling report.
There is criticism of the World Health Organization of its early handling of the coronavirus outbreak. No travel bans and no human-to-human transmission (Jan. 14). But the US allowed Chinese-born U.S. citizens to fly back home to the U.S. and careful monitoring showed the virus didn’t spread beyond immediate family members. There was confirmation of human-to-human transmission by Beijing on January 20. The FDA withheld imported testing kits in port and CDC-issued testing kits were contaminated (intentional), so the early stages of COVID-19 spread could not be ascertained. Intentional? NOW Supplements, Vitam... Buy New $9.70 (as of 10:49 UTC - Details)
Everything is COVID-19
According to the Centers for Disease Control guidance, “Where a definite diagnosis of COVID-19 cannot be made, it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate as ‘probable’ or ‘presumed.’ …. “It is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate without this confirmation (testing) if the circumstances are compelling with a reasonable degree of certainty.”
Because, in severe cases of COVID-19 coronavirus lung congestion a gooey substance called hyaluronan is being produced in excess, the forced pressure of oxygen from the ventilator further presses hyaluronan into the alveolar space where oxygen is transferred to the blood circulation. There are ~480-million of these alveoli.
Once blocked the blood is being pumped without sufficient oxygen which induces small blood clots (disseminated intravascular coagulation) that can then induce strokes, heart and kidney damage. This phenomenon appears to be puzzling to physicians. This is not heart, kidney, lung disease per se – it is COVID-19 resulting in an over-healing response in the lungs that blocks entry of oxygen into the circulatory system resulting in damage to these organs.
What appears to be happening is that hospitals are in a world of hurt financially as the public is avoiding hospitalization for fear becoming infected and because elective surgery is not being scheduled. To make up for this financial crisis, everything is being up-coded to ICD U07.1 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases), a code for insurance billing purposes. It is cited that hospitals are reimbursed $13,000 for pneumonia and ~$40,000 for COVID-19 when the U07.1 code is documented on the death certificate.
In fine print, the CDC offers this caveat regarding classification of lung disease: BRI Resveratrol - 1200... Buy New $16.99 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details)
Deaths due to COVID-19 may be misclassified as pneumonia or influenza deaths in the absence of positive test results, and pneumonia or influenza may appear on death certificates as a comorbid condition. Additionally, COVID-19 symptoms can be similar to influenza-like illness, thus deaths may be misclassified as influenza. Thus, increases in pneumonia and influenza deaths may be an indicator of excess COVID-19-related mortality.
I would hope this doesn’t give license for the CDC to play fast and loose with these mortality numbers. It appears it does.
If this is proven to be true in post-epidemic audits, America is experiencing a great travesty as hospitals plunder insurance pools via diagnostic miscoding in an attempt to survive financially. The public is then misled into believing a great many people are dying of this COVID-19 monster virus and remain frightened and in self-quarantine for no good reason.
More or less deaths?
Researchers at Yale School of Public Health report increases in death rates from diagnosed pneumonia and influenza are indicative of unreported COVID-19 deaths. These researchers claim increases in all-cause death are indicative of ~1.5 times higher death rate for COVID-19 than presently reported.
Yes, there is lag time as death certificates are filed late and aren’t immediately compiled by CDC. Some people may die at home and their death certificate is not immediately forwarded electronically as they are by hospitals. There just may be a lag in reporting, not in actual deaths. So much for Yale stoking the coals of fear. Organic Zinc Sulfate L... Buy New $18.95 ($4.74 / Fl Oz) (as of 02:28 UTC - Details)
Coronavirus is widely spread but results in only a 3/10ths of one-percent mortality rate (Los Angeles county April 21, 2020), around the mortality rate of the flu.
Let this almost harmless virus have its way, the healthy infected develop natural antibodies without the need for a vaccine, and we go on living our lives.
Focus on high-risk groups to save lives (blacks, hospital workers, nursing home patients). For the healthy, infection breeds antibodies and possible life-long protection. Locking down the entire populace in a futile attempt to spare the lives of high-risk individuals while leaving the masses totally dependent upon an imagined future vaccine to avoid infection is complete folly. The more lockdown, the greater the chance of COVID-19 returning in November. The virologists know this. They are priming the demand for a vaccine. Don’t be their victim as they experiment with the entire US population.
Hong Kong flu 1967-68
The Hong Kong flu killed an estimated 100,000 Americans out of a population of 175 million (almost 6 out of 10,000) compared to ~60,000 US deaths* for COVID-19 (almost 2 out of 10,000) so far among a population of 327 million. *Many of these deaths are questioned as to whether they died with or of COVID-19). There were no lockdowns, no quarantines.


lewrockwell--2020-05-08--When Repeated Petitions Are Answered Only by Repeated Injuries

Gabrielle Ellison owns a bar in Odessa , Texas .
She mourns as do so many entrepreneurs that “ her business is sinking and her employees are struggling ” since Our Rulers forced her “ to close up shop .
Ellison said she ’ s been paying her employees with no help from the paycheck protection program.
” She doubts her ability to endure Leviathan ’ s economic embargo : “ We can ’ t take it no more , we ’ re not going to make it… ” So she re-opened Big Daddy Zane ’ s this past Monday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Abbott ’ s diktat .
Ms. Ellison invited a group called “ Open Texas ” to her celebration .
These patriots not only insist that “ All Businesses Are Essential ” but have banded together “ to oppose the government orders telling businesses to stay closed and residents to remain at home… .
” One member explained their goal in an appeal to his fellow consumers : “ When we help businesses open up , support them .
We get them some revenue and we get them back on their feet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ country by empowering people and helping them stand up and getting them back off their knees.
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” She also announced her protest on Facebook , dubbing it “ Bars and bartenders standing united.
” It featured “ a photo of armed men in body armor posing in an undisclosed location .
‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to help protect our rights as a small business owner to open and be able to feed our families , ” she wrote , adding that she ’ s “ doing this for ALL BARTENDERS , BAR OWNERS , CUSTOMERS , FAMILY AND FRIENDS… ” She even asked the sheriff ’ s office for permission to host Open Texas “ and was told everything would be fine as long as the armed individuals were not on the bar ’ s property.
” Not a problem as Ms. Ellison owns acreage adjacent to her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they must congregate there to protect them from Texas ’ unconstitutional laws banning guns from Big Daddy ’ s premises .
( So sensible a prohibition would prevail even in the absence of illegitimate regulations because barkeeps who appreciate live customers , from whom their repeat business comes , would undoubtedly refuse to serve armed patrons . )
Our heroes must have been thirsty when they arrived : they ’ d already supported other struggling businesses that day , including “ Anytime Fitness.
” Its owner , “ Clint Gillispie , says he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business open .
‘ If they cite me it ’ s one thing , because I ’ m the owner , ’ explained Gillispie .
“ I am responsible for the business , but to assume that they are going to come in and start issuing citations for anybody that ’ s here , to me , that ’ s a separate violation of their first amendment rights .
I feel like they ’ re just doing that to intimidate and harass.
” Amen , Mr. Gillespie .
“ He says Monday ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but a response to what he believes is unconstitutional .
‘ Best case scenario is we ’ re allowed to open , we ’ re allowed to survive.
’ ” Not if Leviathan has its way .
The beast responded to these pillars of the community whom tyrants have turned into desperadoes with SWAT teams .
At Big Daddy Zane ’ s , Ms. Ellison deplored this belligerence .
“ I am aware of what ’ s going on down the road .
I am shocked .
I had customers come through saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ built up , they have SWAT built up.
’ Why would you bring in SWAT on a peaceful situation ?
” Because , Ms. Ellison , Our Rulers—even those in the grand land of Texas—differ not at all from Soviet Russia ’ s , Communist China ’ s , or any other dictatorship ’ s .
Only circumstances and their subjects ’ varying toleration for injustice determine how much power they will grab .
They decree and we serfs immediately , unquestioningly obey , or they arrest , imprison , and even slaughter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... Stephen Kinzer Best Price : $ 17.03 Buy New $ 17.07 Arrest is what happened here .
“ Members of the protest coming from a rally at Anytime Fitness in Odessa showed up to Big Daddy Zane ’ s Bar at around 5 p.m. Monday with loaded ‘ AR-15 type weapons ’ which they said they did not intend to use , but only had because it represented their Second Amendment rights .
They said they carried in defense of the bar ’ s First Amendment rights.
” I guess these folks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turned the Bill of Rights into toilet paper to alleviate the shortage .
Such considerate autocrats !
“ Multiple ECSO Deputies and Texas Troopers drove their vehicles including an Armored Personnel Carrier behind the bar and pointed guns at the armed protesters telling them to put their hand ’ s [ sic ] up .
Those who were carrying guns were handcuffed and transported to the Ector County Detention Center .
ECSO Sheriff Mike Griffis said in a phone interview that six people were arrested for felony unlawfully carrying a weapon on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violation of the Governor ’ s order and one bystander was arrested for interfering with duties of a peace officer .
Eight people were arrested in total.
” The sheriff industriously spins his assault on these dissidents : “ This was not a protest of their second amendment rights.
” No , Moron , it was a protest for those precious rights : they are all that protect us from thugs like you .
“ It was a show of force to ensure this lady could violate the governor ’ s order… ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even an imbecile can be right sometimes .
Griffis also claimed to “ understand their side of it … Defying the Governor ’ s orders is one thing , but when you bring a bunch of armed vigilantes in from other parts of the state for a show of force , I just got a problem with that , ” he said .
And since he ’ s a sheriff , he can persecute those with whom he has a problem .
Prior to her arrest , Ms. Ellison had opined , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from us which one of them was like a right to survive .
We have to survive and I think those rights were stripped from us.
” Plague of Corruption : ... Mikovits , Judy Buy New $ 16.51 Indeed they were .
And that despite her placating the State in its forbidding of guns from bars—just as businesses that re-open in defiance of tyrants hope to please them by adhering to the lunacy of anti-social-distancing , masks , et alia .
I have never re-opened a business , let alone one that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ therefore unworthy to advise these brave souls who have .
But despots are bullies , and appeasing bullies never works .
Abiding by any arbitrary regulation legitimizes all of them : if you cede government the right to dictate how far apart your tables sit and whether you and your patrons must wear masks , you are tacitly agreeing that it may order you to close your doors as well .
Meanwhile , we are rolling with frightening speed down the checklist that the Founders provided for authorizing a revolution : “ But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usurpations , pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism , … a history of repeated injuries and usurpations , all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States .
… In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms : Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury… ” And so it has become our right , indeed our duty , to throw off such government .
May Almighty God bless and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best of Becky Akers

Gabrielle Ellison owns a bar in Odessa, Texas. She mourns as do so many entrepreneurs that “her business is sinking and her employees are struggling” since Our Rulers forced her “to close up shop. Ellison said she’s been paying her employees with no help from the paycheck protection program.” She doubts her ability to endure Leviathan’s economic embargo: “We can’t take it no more, we’re not going to make it…”
So she re-opened Big Daddy Zane’s this past Monday, defying Gov. Greg “Stalin” Abbott’s diktat.
Ms. Ellison invited a group called “Open Texas” to her celebration. These patriots not only insist that “All Businesses Are Essential” but have banded together “to oppose the government orders telling businesses to stay closed and residents to remain at home… .” One member explained their goal in an appeal to his fellow consumers: “When we help businesses open up, support them. We get them some revenue and we get them back on their feet. We are only going to reopen the country by empowering people and helping them stand up and getting them back off their knees.”
Regenerate: Unlocking ... Ji, Sayer Best Price: $31.66 Buy New $20.82 (as of 03:35 UTC - Details) Open Texas proved that they love fun as much as they do philosophy when they accepted Ms. Ellison’s invitation “almost immediately.”
She also announced her protest on Facebook, dubbing it “Bars and bartenders standing united.” It featured “a photo of armed men in body armor posing in an undisclosed location. ‘[Open Texas] will be here to help protect our rights as a small business owner to open and be able to feed our families,” she wrote, adding that she’s “doing this for ALL BARTENDERS, BAR OWNERS, CUSTOMERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS…”
She even asked the sheriff’s office for permission to host Open Texas “and was told everything would be fine as long as the armed individuals were not on the bar’s property.” Not a problem as Ms. Ellison owns acreage adjacent to her saloon; she warned her guests that they must congregate there to protect them from Texas’ unconstitutional laws banning guns from Big Daddy’s premises. (So sensible a prohibition would prevail even in the absence of illegitimate regulations because barkeeps who appreciate live customers, from whom their repeat business comes, would undoubtedly refuse to serve armed patrons.)
Our heroes must have been thirsty when they arrived: they’d already supported other struggling businesses that day, including “Anytime Fitness.” Its owner, “Clint Gillispie, says he was issued a citation for keeping his business open. ‘If they cite me it’s one thing, because I’m the owner,’ explained Gillispie. “I am responsible for the business, but to assume that they are going to come in and start issuing citations for anybody that’s here, to me, that’s a separate violation of their first amendment rights. I feel like they’re just doing that to intimidate and harass.” Amen, Mr. Gillespie. “He says Monday’s gathering is not a revolution, but a response to what he believes is unconstitutional. ‘Best case scenario is we’re allowed to open, we’re allowed to survive.’”
Not if Leviathan has its way. The beast responded to these pillars of the community whom tyrants have turned into desperadoes with SWAT teams.
At Big Daddy Zane’s, Ms. Ellison deplored this belligerence. “I am aware of what’s going on down the road. I am shocked. I had customers come through saying, ‘You know they have SWAT built up, they have SWAT built up.’ Why would you bring in SWAT on a peaceful situation?”
Because, Ms. Ellison, Our Rulers—even those in the grand land of Texas—differ not at all from Soviet Russia’s, Communist China’s, or any other dictatorship’s. Only circumstances and their subjects’ varying toleration for injustice determine how much power they will grab. They decree and we serfs immediately, unquestioningly obey, or they arrest, imprison, and even slaughter us. Poisoner in Chief: Sid... Stephen Kinzer Best Price: $17.03 Buy New $17.07 (as of 10:56 UTC - Details)
Arrest is what happened here. “Members of the protest coming from a rally at Anytime Fitness in Odessa showed up to Big Daddy Zane’s Bar at around 5 p.m. Monday with loaded ‘AR-15 type weapons’ which they said they did not intend to use, but only had because it represented their Second Amendment rights. They said they carried in defense of the bar’s First Amendment rights.”
I guess these folks haven’t heard that Our Rulers turned the Bill of Rights into toilet paper to alleviate the shortage. Such considerate autocrats!
“Multiple ECSO Deputies and Texas Troopers drove their vehicles including an Armored Personnel Carrier behind the bar and pointed guns at the armed protesters telling them to put their hand’s [sic] up. Those who were carrying guns were handcuffed and transported to the Ector County Detention Center. ECSO Sheriff Mike Griffis said in a phone interview that six people were arrested for felony unlawfully carrying a weapon on a licensed premise, Ellison was arrested for violation of the Governor’s order and one bystander was arrested for interfering with duties of a peace officer. Eight people were arrested in total.”
The sheriff industriously spins his assault on these dissidents: “This was not a protest of their second amendment rights.” No, Moron, it was a protest for those precious rights: they are all that protect us from thugs like you. “It was a show of force to ensure this lady could violate the governor’s order…” It certainly was, which proves that even an imbecile can be right sometimes.
Griffis also claimed to “understand their side of it … Defying the Governor’s orders is one thing, but when you bring a bunch of armed vigilantes in from other parts of the state for a show of force, I just got a problem with that,” he said. And since he’s a sheriff, he can persecute those with whom he has a problem.
Prior to her arrest, Ms. Ellison had opined, “I think some rights were taken away from us which one of them was like a right to survive. We have to survive and I think those rights were stripped from us.”
Plague of Corruption: ... Mikovits, Judy Buy New $16.51 (as of 02:59 UTC - Details) Indeed they were. And that despite her placating the State in its forbidding of guns from bars—just as businesses that re-open in defiance of tyrants hope to please them by adhering to the lunacy of anti-social-distancing, masks, et alia.
I have never re-opened a business, let alone one that politicians have shuttered. I’m therefore unworthy to advise these brave souls who have. But despots are bullies, and appeasing bullies never works. Abiding by any arbitrary regulation legitimizes all of them: if you cede government the right to dictate how far apart your tables sit and whether you and your patrons must wear masks, you are tacitly agreeing that it may order you to close your doors as well.
Meanwhile, we are rolling with frightening speed down the checklist that the Founders provided for authorizing a revolution: “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, … a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. … In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury…”
And so it has become our right, indeed our duty, to throw off such government. May Almighty God bless and preserve us when we do.
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