<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/tag/covid/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>drjonritz.com - Dr. Jon's Blog #covid</title><description>drjonritz.com - Dr. Jon's Blog #covid</description><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/tag/covid</link><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:10:11 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[HCQ Works?! ]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/hcq-works</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.com/images/virus-4918308__340.png"/>Link: Full article: by Kristi McDonald, writing for the LiberyBugle, 16Aug2020 U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has not only recovered from the Wuhan-China vir ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_hTgxb-xYTaalZ5RXYNlAKQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_JNkblXLTTEuquOMRpUZufA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_hTtQFk0ITJGNrvgVo7ymAA" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_Nlsjz2mHQ_qt039TME2sqQ" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_Nlsjz2mHQ_qt039TME2sqQ"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-align-center " data-editor="true"><span style="color:inherit;"><p><span><span style="font-size:36px;">Rep Louis Gohmert Has Recovered From Covid-19: “I got the hydroxychloroquine… it made a huge difference”</span></span></p></span></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm_7wF-glnbRJigEA1mFLbUTA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_7wF-glnbRJigEA1mFLbUTA"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="https://www.libertybugle.com/representative-louis-gohmert-has-recovered-from-covid-19-i-got-the-hydroxychloroquine-it-made-a-huge-difference/" title="Link: " target="_blank" rel=""><span style="font-size:18px;">Link: </span></a></span><br></p><p><br></p><p>Full article: <a href="https://www.libertybugle.com/representative-louis-gohmert-has-recovered-from-covid-19-i-got-the-hydroxychloroquine-it-made-a-huge-difference/" title="by Kristi McDonald, writing for the LiberyBugle, " target="_blank" rel="">by Kristi McDonald, writing for the LiberyBugle, </a>16Aug2020<br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"></span></p><p>U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has not only recovered from the Wuhan-China virus, he is also crediting hydroxychloroquine for helping him recover from the virus.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>He feels “really great.”</strong></em></p><p><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.libertybugle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gohmert.jpg?resize=600%2C316&ssl=1" alt="" width="600" height="316"></p><p>The Texas Republican, who tested positive for the coronavirus last month,&nbsp;told the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/louie-gohmert-is-covid-19-free-and-he-credits-hydroxychloroquine">Washington Examiner</a> he is now feeling better and hopes to&nbsp;donate plasma in an effort to help others who get infected. He tipped his hat to the vitamins and the&nbsp;drug touted by some medical professionals and President Trump for helping him get back to health.</p><p><br></p><p>He tested negative for the virus and positive for the coronavirus antibodies this week. Gohmert said that he will donate plasma “as often as I am allowed” to help others recover from the virus.</p><p><br></p><p>Gohmert, who turns 67 next week, told the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/louie-gohmert-is-covid-19-free-and-he-credits-hydroxychloroquine">Washington&nbsp;Examiner</a>&nbsp;he believes his recovery was aided by the use of vitamin supplements and hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by Trump and some medical doctors that is not endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration for use in treating the coronavirus.</p><p><br></p><p>“I had a couple of bad days, but I started taking hydroxychloroquine, [Zithromax], and zinc, along with vitamins D3 and C,” he said. “And I took a steroid nebulizer for a few days to help coat the alveoli in the lungs and protect them somewhat from the COVID virus attack.”</p><p><br></p><p>He added, <em><strong>“I feel sorry for patients whose doctors are not even allowed to consider the hydroxychloroquine regimen. That’s a real shame.</strong></em>”</p><p><br></p><p>Gohmert said he has been cleared by the Capitol’s attending physician to return to work and will vote in person if Congress reconvenes this summer to take up a now-stalled coronavirus aid package.</p><p><br></p><p>Gohmert said he plans to wear a mask but said questions remain about whether face coverings are truly effective at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.</p><p>Gohmert and other GOP lawmakers were criticized for not wearing masks in the Capitol, although Gohmert started wearing a mask about two weeks before he contracted the coronavirus.</p><p><br></p><p>“Anywhere that’s the rule, I’ll wear a mask,” Gohmert said.</p><blockquote><p>Trump Jr put in Twitter jail for sharing video touting COVID-19 treatment <a href="https://t.co/5NWHPu0JG7">https://t.co/5NWHPu0JG7</a></p><p>— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) <a href="https://twitter.com/BIZPACReview/status/1288146962764591104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2020</a></p><p><br></p></blockquote><p>“Why would the non-doctors, Google, Twitter, Facebook, try to stop people from getting something that really does help people?” he asked. “It certainly helped me.”</p><p><a href="https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/15/louie-gohmert-has-recovered-from-covid-19-credits-hydroxychloroquine-for-making-huge-difference-960659">Bizpac Review</a> notes,</p><p><br></p><blockquote><p>The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr. found his Twitter account suspended last month when he shared a video of a doctor talking about the drug as a “cure” for the virus. Twitter claimed the tweet was in violation of its policy on “spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19.”</p><p><br></p><p>The president himself has been slammed repeatedly by his critics for suggesting that the&nbsp;anti-malarial drug is a promising treatment against the contagious virus.</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>“Many doctors think it is extremely successful, the hydroxychloroquine coupled with the zinc and perhaps the azithromycin,”</strong></em> he told reporters at a press briefing last month. <em><strong>“Many doctors think it’s extremely good, and some people don’t.”</strong></em></p><p><em><strong><br></strong></em></p><p>H/T <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/louie-gohmert-is-covid-19-free-and-he-credits-hydroxychloroquine">Washington Examiner</a></p><p></p></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antibiotic and antiparacitic drug cocktail gives "astounding" results (Bangladesh)]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/antibiotic-and-antiparacitic-drug-cocktail-gives-astounding-results-bangladesh</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.com/images/wormwood-1338208_960_720.jpg"/>Ivermectin is one more antiparasitic to show great results. Previously mentioned were quinine derivatives and artemesinin (wormwood)]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_Q76fXNqORJmcM9Hj_muQnA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_rSYJjXuyS_qcjkyz7XyCvA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_GClSzKFwRR-T4kdMlgMkkw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_PhitUnbZTK6Iv4JxnIf4ng" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_PhitUnbZTK6Iv4JxnIf4ng"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-align-center " data-editor="true">&quot;<span style="color:inherit;"><span style="font-size:30px;">A Bangladeshi medical team combined Ivermectin -- generally used for de-worming and as a treatment against head lice and scabies -- with the antibiotic Doxycycline to treat infections.&quot;</span></span></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm_A-fN4f35cr9YM1IjoNYIMw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_A-fN4f35cr9YM1IjoNYIMw"].zpelem-text { background-color:rgba(52,73,94,0.1); background-image:unset; border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/coronavirus-ivermectin-doxycycline-1680706-2020-05-22" title="FROM INDIA TODAY:" target="_blank">FROM INDIA TODAY:</a> A combination of an anti-parasite drug with an antibiotic produced &quot;astounding&quot; results when used to treat the coronavirus, helping dozens of patients recover within four days without side effects, medical experts in Bangladesh say.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="color:inherit;"></span></span></p><p><br></p><p>A medical team lead by Dr Md Tarek Alam, head of the Bangladesh Medical College Hospital's medicine department, reported the findings, according to PTI.</p><p>The team combined Ivermectin -- <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/pharma/coronavirus-medicine-de-worming-drug-added-to-list-of-potential-cures-for-covid-19/story/404599.html" target="_blank">generally used for de-worming</a> and as a treatment against head lice and scabies -- with the antibiotic Doxycycline.</p><p><br></p><p>All 60 patients who received the treatment recovered, Dr Alam said.</p><p><br></p><p>In early April, a study reported that Ivermectin stopped the coronavirus from growing in cell culture within two days, according to the news agency.</p><p>No widely approved treatments exist yet for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.</p><p><br></p><p>But a U.S. trial showed that Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir cut hospital stays by 31 per cent compared with a placebo, although it didn't significantly improve survival. The U.S. granted the drug authorisation for emergency use on May 1.</p><p><br></p><span style="color:inherit;"><p>Japan, too, has granted emergency approval.</p></span><p><br></p></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_m2HUlaIKR42mFnE7PvLfFQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_m2HUlaIKR42mFnE7PvLfFQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lets list some of the top medicines we've found to combat Cov2:</span></p><div>Chloroquine</div><div>Artemesinin</div><div>Ivermectin</div><div><br></div><div><div>Common among these three are that they're &quot;anti-parasitic.&quot;&nbsp; The top two, Chloroquine and Artemesinin, have been used, naturally-sourced and extracted, since the dawn of medicine.&nbsp; In general, these medicines treat &quot;relapsing fevers.&quot;&nbsp; <span style="font-style:italic;">Chloroquine </span>is originally derived from the barks of trees and in other bitter herbs which contain a variety of forms of these bitter <span style="font-style:italic;">quinolones</span>.&nbsp; <span style="font-style:italic;">Artemesinin </span>is most commonly found in herbs of this family, which includes wormwood, which is most aptly named.&nbsp; Ivermectin was only more recently &quot;discovered&quot; as a derivative of a particular <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomyces_avermitilis" title="streptomyces " target="_blank">streptomyces </a></span>bacteria, the naturally occuring compound being named <span style="font-style:italic;">avermectin</span>.&nbsp; <br></div></div><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">And the <span style="font-style:italic;">combination </span>drugs most cited? </span><br></p><p>Azithromycin</p><p>Doxycycline</p><p><br></p><p>These are antibiotics also derived from natural sources and then synthesized.&nbsp; <br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">What can we take from this article?&nbsp; </span><br></p><p>COVID is a COMPLICATED ILLNESS THAT INVOLVES A &quot;PARASITIC INFECTION&quot; :&nbsp; One might suggest that COVID, which involves the SARS-0Cov2 virus, is complicated by parasitic illness.&nbsp; I would also suggest that this is a particular blind spot to many of us living in developed countries, and that many of our parasitic illnesses are going undiagnosed.&nbsp; I would also suggest that &quot;parasites&quot; can take many forms, and go beyond &quot;worms&quot; per-se.&nbsp; Take, for example, Lyme disease caused by the Borrelia spirochete.&nbsp; In many classifications this germ is a bacterium.&nbsp; However, the list of drugs above here would all be considered strongly in treating Lyme as well as Malaria, as well as &quot;worms.&quot; <br></p><p><br></p><p>REMDESIVIR IS A FAILURE BUT GETS EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE: Follow the money.&nbsp; The drugs we've listed are super-cheap.&nbsp; Chloroquine costs about $0.05 per dose.&nbsp; Remdesivir is many THOUSANDS times more costly.&nbsp; <br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Natural sources of these medicines might be more effective, and likely safer, and don't require a prescription.&nbsp; </span><br></p><p>Chloroquine: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinine#History" title="Cinchona " target="_blank">Cinchona </a>bark, Angostura bitters, Kratom.&nbsp; <br></p><p>Artemesinin: Wormwood and its relatives.&nbsp; Wormwood contains a broad spectrum of flavinoids and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_annua#/media/File%3ASchermata_11-2457342_alle_16.54.16.png" title="phenols " target="_blank">phenols </a>which are antioxidant and synergize with artemesinin metabolism, slowing it down, raising blood levels or the medicinal compound. <br></p><p>Antibiotics: <span style="color:inherit;">Maintain your microbiome with strict sugar control, </span>Fermented foods, Live raw foods, Avoiding harsh preservatives and soaps and processed foods. &nbsp; <br></p></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 16:16:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Doctors Go On Strike...]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/doctors_strike</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.comhttps://images.unsplash.com/photo-1575654417486-6289490869b7?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=80&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;w=1080&amp;fit=max&amp;ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjQ1Nzk3fQ"/>...mortality rates plummet]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_sRxt9pbYTH6hwdT1fyYE_g" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_x4AF5cWsTCWtDS7y8ORIYA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_5ZjXnUH8QwKj9bPl6a8csA" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_5ZjXnUH8QwKj9bPl6a8csA"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_IpPTaYV6RE-cptwPy76cQA" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_IpPTaYV6RE-cptwPy76cQA"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-align-center " data-editor="true"><span style="color:inherit;"><div> On the Whole, less intervention typically leads to better outcomes. </div></span></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm_v7ruLOpoSdWDYURMQqzQsA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_v7ruLOpoSdWDYURMQqzQsA"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);">You might be surprised to hear this: when doctors go on strike (and refuse to work), death rates fall by as much as 50%, even in a few short weeks.&nbsp; The results are immediate and obvious: </span><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/320/7249/1561.1.full" title="Funeral parlors empty out.  " target="_blank">Funeral parlors empty out.&nbsp; <br></a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Please, before you get angry at me if you think I'm bashing the very front-line people we are depending on for acute COV2 illness,</span> take this with a grain of salt.&nbsp; I'm a physician and am acutely aware of the risk I take when I intervene in someone's health.&nbsp; Even the natural therapeutics I use <span style="font-style:italic;">could </span>lead to harm.&nbsp; A mere misunderstanding between me and a patient <span style="font-style:italic;">could </span>do harm.&nbsp; This is why I chose to be a Naturopathic Physician, because I'm too risk averse in this way and believe that I have a better chance of helping with a lower chance of harm when I use homeopathic and herbal medicines and energy therapeutics, and take extra time with each person if needed.&nbsp; </span><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);">Now ten years old, <a href="https://healthwyze.org/reports/502-death-rates-drop-when-doctors-go-on-strike" title="this well-referenced blog post" target="_blank">this well-referenced blog post</a> does a better job than I can of illustrating this point: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Doctors <span style="font-style:italic;">were </span>the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html" title="Third Leading Cause Of Death" target="_blank">Third Leading Cause Of Death</a> in the Developed World, and avoiding them results in less deaths.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp; In other words: less intervention led to better outcomes.&nbsp; This amounts to about 250,000 deaths per year in the US alone.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">This is not because <span style="font-style:italic;">proper </span>medicine is irrelevant and harmful, it's because much of what we receive as medicine is over-medication and unnecessary surgeries.&nbsp;</span> The drop in fatalities during a medical strike is evidence to me that most of the medical interventions forgone were unnecessary, and should have been avoided anyway.&nbsp; This is usually where people point their fingers at a cynical profit motive.&nbsp; I'll say just this: it's complicated.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);">Doctors <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">were </span></span>the third leading cause.&nbsp; <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/01/breaking-news/covid-19-is-now-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-doctor-says/" title="Now COV2 is.  " target="_blank">Now COV2 is.&nbsp; </a></span><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);">COV2 is, right now, killing Americans at a rate of 250,000 people per year.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">As a collective, we are partnering with the first responders</span> to find the most appropriate medical interventions for those folks who are most stricken with this illness.&nbsp; We are all trying to understand the nature of this illness, and the most high-yield and safe ways to intervene.&nbsp; Nobody deserves to die, or to be maimed, and I truly believe that solutions exist.&nbsp; I would add that it is up to each individual, absent of medicine even, to do their best to prevent illness with common sense and positivity: maintain cleanliness, get fresh air and sunshine, get gentle exercise and restorative sleep, eat real food, smile and laugh a lot, dance, and play. &nbsp;&nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">How does this relate to the pandemic situation?</span>&nbsp; A large portion of healthcare workers and doctors are furloughed, clinics closed, and medical interventions of all sorts are being cancelled / postponed / reconsidered.&nbsp; We should expect to see a decrease in &quot;iatrogenic (medically-caused) deaths,&quot; which will add-up to a whole lot!&nbsp;&nbsp; I propose we will also see a decrease in deaths we wouldn't have otherwise attributed to medicine, which would figure into &quot;all-cause mortality.&quot; &nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Emergency medicine IS necessary medicine, but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.</span>&nbsp; Start now, start early: this message is for the physicians <span style="font-style:italic;">and</span> the folks.&nbsp; If we are seeing reports of natural therapeutics (which require no prescription) working, we should begin to incorporate them at the start (unless they're indicated for late-stage only, or if they're potentially toxic).&nbsp; I would also like to picture a world where our hospitals begin to take more pragmatic and rational approaches to everything.&nbsp; Rational medicine looks to you and me like common sense and doing what's safe first and effective second: vitamins, minerals, fresh air (you'd be disgusted to know how many hospitals and nursing homes have zero air purification), natural therapeutics, and cutting edge natural therapies.&nbsp; If you've ever been to a hospital in Germany, to give a really good example, you'd be amazed how many natural therapies are used.&nbsp; Adopting these therapeutics would not require any new inventions, except it would require a new &quot;convention&quot; and redefinition of &quot;conventional medicine.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Solutions are out there already.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin-left:40px;"><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">I'll give you another example of how I see medicine in USA evolving</span>: the Italian made <a href="https://seqex.ca/" title="SEQEX " target="_blank">SEQEX </a>device that I use and endorse is not new in Europe, is classified as the highest tier medical device, what we call Class-1, and used in hospitals.&nbsp; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Right now there are hospitals in Europe using the <a href="https://seqex.ca/" title="Seqex " target="_blank">Seqex </a>in conjunction with other medical therapies to treat COV2</span>, although it isn't publicized and I don't have a link for you.&nbsp; (sorry. - if I do I'll come back and add it here.)&nbsp; Here's the kicker: the Italian manufacturer has not been eager to try and get it FDA approved here because of the enormous cost involved.&nbsp; Health Canada has approved it as a Class I device, and we can legally import it to the United States. &nbsp; You can rest assured that you'll have the same device as is used in the hospitals in Europe (and in a very small way in Canada now).&nbsp; If there's enough demand for it here in USA, perhaps Seqex Italy will bring it to us directly.&nbsp; When our hospital system begins to adopt these effective and safe, sometimes non-specific and adjunctive / supportive therapies, expect to see SEQEX in the mix -it's <span style="font-style:italic;">that </span>effective.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(1, 58, 81);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">There will be other environmental impacts that will reduce our medical burden: a reduction in diseases caused by pollution from burning petrochemicals.</span>&nbsp; This can't be discounted.&nbsp; Air pollution from incineration and combustion contributes not only to acute and <span style="font-weight:bold;">chronic respiratory illness </span>(including a risk to COV2), but it also contributes to nearly every other degenerative condition we've looked at, like top-two killers <span style="font-weight:bold;">heart disease and cancer,</span> also affected are diabetes, childhood diseases, and also reproductive difficulties.&nbsp; I would propose that less environmental activity will lead to less consumption in general, less &quot;negative externalities&quot; on the natural environment and life of all forms.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the very least, our landfills will pile up slower.&nbsp; <br></span></p></div>
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 class="zpheading zpheading-style-none zpheading-align-center " data-editor="true">SEQEX: ultralow strength, dual field ICR-PEMF, licensed Class-I device in Europe and Canada. <br></h2></div>
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_ZkdCJfGOkfBoXsQdgKkkDQ" data-element-type="imagetext" class="zpelement zpelem-imagetext "><style> [data-element-id="elm_ZkdCJfGOkfBoXsQdgKkkDQ"].zpelem-imagetext{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-size-tablet="" data-size-mobile="" data-align="left" data-tablet-image-separate="" data-mobile-image-separate="" class="zpimagetext-container zpimage-with-text-container zpimage-align-left zpimage-size-small zpimage-tablet-fallback-small zpimage-mobile-fallback-small "><figure role="none" class="zpimage-data-ref"><a class="zpimage-anchor" href="https://seqex.ca/products/" target="_blank" rel=""><picture><img class="zpimage zpimage-style-none zpimage-space-none " src="/Seqex_Smart_1SenzaCustodia.jpg" size="small" data-lightbox="false" style="width:1500px;padding:0px;margin:0px;"/></picture></a></figure><div class="zpimage-text zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:inherit;">SMART – SEQEX® SMART is an innovative electromedical device for magnetotherapy suited for more portable and domestic use. It has the memory capacity to hold 6-10 custom programs (depending on the model). The treatment can be applied using a corsage connected to the central console pad. This device is ideal for frequent travelers and those with busy schedules as it can be conveniently used on airplanes, during a walk in the park or in the office while working. It is a great option for children as it does not have to be plugged in. The battery can be charged at home and it will maintain power for two treatments before it requires recharging. This is a very mobile unit that can be easily taken anywhere with its’ convenient backpack styling. </span></p></div>
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<p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:40:37 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview with Dr. Jon: marathon COV2 discussion]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/brisson-interview-1</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.com/ancient blind men elephant.jfif"/>John Brisson and Jon Ritz discuss Cov2, exosomes, viral replication, heme, non-native emf, and hazard a few suggestions.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_lntH7pI8TyS7phWK33HpPQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_SsYJ_b8NSLmjOrH-bIQTqA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_uhjrKwZiT_Cc0j-ICd9peA" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_LaCOiOuBQumg78s_XnOAAg" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_LaCOiOuBQumg78s_XnOAAg"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-align-center " data-editor="true">John Brisson <a href="https://youtu.be/LAOGblrRDg8" title="interviewed me on YouTube" target="_blank">interviewed me on YouTube</a><br></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm_tgknzE_JQ3GCFD79WzzbEQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_tgknzE_JQ3GCFD79WzzbEQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p>Author of &quot;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fix-Your-Gut-Definitive-Digestive-ebook/dp/B00JNL0SYK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=14Q3W8YDJBBER&dchild=1&keywords=fix%2Byour%2Bgut%2Bjohn%2Bbrisson&qid=1586692402&sprefix=fix%2Byour%2Bgut%2B%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-1" title="Fix Your Gut," target="_blank">Fix Your Gut</a>&quot; John Brisson and I had a lengthy discussion the evening of April 10 about Coronavirus, Non-native EMF, Exosomes, Heme, and even hazard a few suggestions.&nbsp; You don't really <span style="font-style:italic;">need </span>to see the video, and could just try listening to this like it's a podcast.&nbsp; <br></p></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:55:05 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid NSAIDs (ibuprofen, naproxen, steroids): they probably make Covid worse.  ]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/avoid-nsaids-ibuprofen-naproxen-steroids</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.comhttps://images.unsplash.com/photo-1550572017-4fcdbb59cc32?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=80&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;w=1080&amp;fit=max&amp;ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjQ1Nzk3fQ"/>avoid ibuprofen!]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_QJITJ-lKTlSAccCAFMYWbQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_cZB4456_TBixPIGfriJ69g" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_U37i-qoNTeyEy_MDZ3yC4A" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_fvf14eF9SdSVnkbRdh4oqA" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_fvf14eF9SdSVnkbRdh4oqA"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-align-center " data-editor="true">The WHO and everyone else is strongly advising against Ibuprofen<br></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm_Gg4P_WJLSDC2wak1_v8v0w" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_Gg4P_WJLSDC2wak1_v8v0w"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p>Ibuprofen increases ACE2 activity - which SARS-CoV2 uses to gain entry - and COX-2 - which the body uses to make antibodies.&nbsp; It also reduces fever, which we desperately NEED to kill the virus.&nbsp; ACE2 is the mechanism by which Coronavirus enters the cell, and so we want to reduce ACE2, and avoid things that increase ACE2, which includes NSAIDS.&nbsp; <br></p><p><br></p><p>NSAIDS also<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807489/" title=" blunt the immune response," target="_blank"> blunt the immune response<span style="color:rgb(108, 121, 139);"> by inhibiting COX2, </span></a>delaying the severe symptoms from emerging, but also allowing the virus to progress unabated and spread further.&nbsp; <span style="color:inherit;">COX-2 is the mechanism by which we make antibodies to bind the virus, and we don't want to stand in the way of it.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;">To make matters worse, the medical experts are suggesting Aspirin or Tylenol instead.</span>&nbsp; These drugs also inhibit the immune system.&nbsp; We need our white blood cells to be able to make antibodies to fight the infection. &nbsp; But <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19345936" target="_blank">&quot;</a><span style="color:inherit;"><span style="font-size:15.8333px;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19345936" target="_blank">ibuprofen, [Aspirin], naproxen and acetaminophen inhibited antibody production at pharmacological doses; with ibuprofen having the greatest effect.&quot;</a></span></span></p><p><br></p><p>Find alternatives like <a href="https://covid.zohocommerce.com/products/a9f619e276b/1553042000000081491" title="CBD Hemp extract" target="_blank">CBD Hemp extract</a> or <a href="https://www.emersonecologics.com/products/detail/inflammation-support/inflammatone/7410/INFL7" title="Frankincense resin, Enzymes, and Herbal and Nutritional Antiinflammatories" target="_blank">Frankincense resin, Enzymes, and Herbal and Nutritional Antiinflammatories</a>, and change the diet and avoid inflammatory foods.&nbsp; <br></p><p>Find the right homeopathic remedy and cure the illness.&nbsp; <br></p></div>
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<div data-element-id="elm_H4kJLD2OrkeUXId9FnSl3Q" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_H4kJLD2OrkeUXId9FnSl3Q"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:inherit;"></span></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24997726" target="_blank">We report as severe pneumococcal pneumonia in young and healthy patients exposed to NSAIDs as in older, more comorbid, and nonexposed ones. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use may mask initial symptoms and delay antimicrobial therapy, thus predisposing to worse outcomes.</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724739" target="_blank">Our findings suggest that NSAID exposure at the early stage of CAP is associated with a more complicated course but a blunted systemic response, which may be associated with a delayed diagnosis and a protracted course.</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27339249" target="_blank">NSAIDs use during acute viral infection is associated with an increased risk of empyema in children, and antibiotics are associated with a decreased risk. The presence of antibiotic-NSAIDs interaction with this risk is suggested. These findings suggest that NSAIDs should not be recommended as a first-line antipyretic treatment during acute viral infections in children.</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28005149" target="_blank">Our findings suggest that NSAIDs, often taken by young and healthy patients, may worsen the course of CAP with delayed therapy and a higher rate of pleuropulmonary complications.</a></p></li></ul><p></p></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:21:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare for millions of cases...in the course of 2 months.]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/prepare-for-millions-of-cases...in-the-course-of-2-months.</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.com/covid.jpg"/>&quot;One slide in a leaked presentation for US hospitals reveals that they're preparing for millions of hospitalizations as the outbreak unfolds ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_RKQ2LcKNTC2mrlTlft7jIQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_Er8uSQqEScaOVnj36SYz6w" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_apElZ8ncQze-bzdsATnGLw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_S-6w7CMtRKa5p7J4zcFc2g" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_S-6w7CMtRKa5p7J4zcFc2g"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-align-center zpheading-align-mobile-center zpheading-align-tablet-center " data-editor="true">Leaked presentation to the American Hospital Association<br/></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm_PEUZO6O0QEyl9cRHFmOl-w" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_PEUZO6O0QEyl9cRHFmOl-w"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center zptext-align-mobile-center zptext-align-tablet-center " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:inherit;"><span style="font-size:36px;">&quot;One slide in a leaked presentation for US hospitals reveals that they're preparing for millions of hospitalizations as the outbreak unfolds&quot; (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/presentation-us-hospitals-preparing-for-millions-of-hospitalizations-2020-3" title="business insider" target="_blank">business insider</a>)<br/></span></span></p></div>
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</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_N5dgihvXKpMl944_lUoxwQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_N5dgihvXKpMl944_lUoxwQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left zptext-align-mobile-left zptext-align-tablet-left " data-editor="true"><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;"><span>COMPARE THIS TO FLU IN 2019</span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><span>vs flu in 2019: <br/></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><span>35,500,000 infections <br/></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><span>490,600 hospitalizations <br/></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><span>49,000 ICU admissions <br/></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:18px;"><span>34,200 deaths</span></span></p></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:16:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus Preparedness Update]]></title><link>https://www.drjonritz.com/blogs/post/ncov-update</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.drjonritz.com/Coronaviruses electron microscope.jpg"/>Novel Coronavirus, aka SARS-nCoV2, is upon us.&nbsp; There is no mistake about it, the time to be prepared is now.&nbsp; I have been following this st ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_qKPwMqmxTEmSt7t19rtf6g" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_nFU6dZreSy-LNyWto1UbfQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_cKdl1NZBQpaqHUTOWu8jfA" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_cKdl1NZBQpaqHUTOWu8jfA"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_F7ynWkROuDIlksXpuK81Iw" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_F7ynWkROuDIlksXpuK81Iw"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_2WiOEUslmpijTx-l0PbL2w" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_2WiOEUslmpijTx-l0PbL2w"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:inherit;"><span></span></span></p><div><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>Novel Coronavirus, aka SARS-nCoV2, is upon us.&nbsp; </b>There is no mistake about it, the time to be prepared is now.&nbsp; I have been following this story since the first few accounts came out of China in late December.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">Until now I have been careful about disclosing this, but by now you deserve to know: my wife Luda and I have been self quarantined for over two weeks.&nbsp; Luda first, and then myself, developed symptoms and progression that would be highly suspicious of nCoV2.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">Furthermore, I have treated patients already, over the course of the past 6 weeks, in office and via telemedicine, that I am also very highly suspicious of.&nbsp; One family with three patients submitted for a swab - where they were met with extreme caution and a fully gowned nurse in isolation - which was submitted for the Respiratory Pathogens Screen.&nbsp; The RPS does not test for nCoV2, but it does test for over a dozen common and known respiratory viruses, including Flu A, FluB, and typical Coronavirus.&nbsp; Their test was negative for all pathogens on the test.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">We believe that Luda &quot;picked it up&quot; while out three weeks ago getting her new driver's license.&nbsp; That day she sat in a waiting room full of people next to a woman who was coughing.&nbsp; Soon thereafter she began to develop symptoms which she brushed off - to herself and to me - as &quot;just a cold.&quot;&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">&quot;Jon,&quot; she assured me, &quot;I know what a cold feels like, and that's all this is, don't worry.&quot;&nbsp; I wasn't worrying, but I was already highly suspicious.<br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">There are anecdotal stories like ours popping-up on chat boards. <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">Expect the numbers to skyrocket.&nbsp; It'll come fast, and we're close to impact.<br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">I would like to share with you more about my experience: what I've learned, what we went through, what's working, and what isn't.&nbsp; Before I go into details, and so you can start working from something right now, I'll just list what I'd suggest to combat it.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>Here's what works: </b><br></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Homeopathy: (arsenicum, china / cinchona, camphora, mercurius, cheledonium, kali-carb, ferrum-phos, mag-phos, gelsemium, bryonia)&nbsp; I honestly wouldn't know how, or would want to imagine how brutal it would be, to go without homeopathy.&nbsp; I'm putting together a remedy kit in small batches for people and will have them available for sale on my store.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Vitamin C: 2g per day preventive, 10-30g per day acute.&nbsp; Maintains oxygenation, helps immune system destroy virus, aids in cellular <span>metabolism. &nbsp; I had bulk powdered buffered-C with Zn, K, Mg, Mn called C-Buff.</span><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;"><span>Selenium: 200mcg/day preventive; 1600mcg / day acute (ONLY IF IT'S Selenomethionine, I can't speak for the Selenium salts)&nbsp; I use organic selenium yeast as selenomethionine.&nbsp; I get it from&nbsp; <a href="http://nutriteck.com/bulk/selenium.html" title="Nutriteck bulk" target="_blank">Nutriteck bulk</a>.&nbsp; One bag is thousands of doses, as you only really need a pinch per dose.&nbsp; Selenium increases glutathione levels and is antiviral. (I could do a whole post on each ingredient in this list) </span><br><span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Glutathione: this virus depletes our glutathione.&nbsp; Nebulized/inhaled, or delivered otherwise, it helps a lot with asthma/oxygenation, metal and solvent detox. <span> I have a big bag of bulk reduced glutathione.&nbsp; </span><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Magnesium/Potassium EDTA: chelates and removes heavy metals which become a burden, regulated pH of the blood and CO2 levels, protects kidneys and corrects creatinine levels.&nbsp; I had a creative way of using these tablets. <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Enzymes: help the immune system fight the virus, keep blood from clotting, control inflammation.&nbsp; Ateriozyme and Vascuzyme are great and I totally suggest them highly, but for my case I used Bitter's Extra by Vitanica.&nbsp; It was already open on my counter, and the herbs really helped an upset GI tract.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Zinc: 30mg/day preventive; 75-150mg/day acute.&nbsp; Get an amino acid chelated zinc, or a food form source.&nbsp; Zinc locks viral entry into the cell and viral replication.&nbsp; Imperative you get zinc before during and after this.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Homeopathic CHINA / Cinchona Bark / &quot;Tonic Water&quot;: I'm putting this right below Zinc because the quinolones in Cinchona Bark increase Zinc concentrations in the cell, where it can inhibit viral replication.&nbsp; Zinc combined with CHINA (Cinchona bark/Quinine/Chloroquine) is absorbed into the cell as if you took a 10x dose.&nbsp; Quinine from tonic water will have a similar effect, we presume.&nbsp; If you want a supply of your own like me, I went to <a href="http://www.cinchona-bark.com" title="Cinchona-Bark.com" target="_blank">Cinchona-Bark.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; The drug Chloroquine is a synthetic analog of one quinolone from this bark.&nbsp; It is shown to be effective at reducing viral loads of nCov.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would personally prefer the natural extract.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Omega 7 Oils: I used Black Cumin Seed Oil.&nbsp; Really helps with bronchitis/asthmatic inflammation.&nbsp; A spoonful under the tongue and on top of my soups.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">BetaCarotenes and Vitamin A: 75,000IU preventive, 250,000-750,000UI acute</span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Chlorella/Spirulina: I eat about 6 tablets per day, and more when I'm feeling like I need it.&nbsp; My dogs also love to chew them.&nbsp; They have 10mg potassium per serving, and the green color you see are carotenoids and mineral-rich chlorophyll.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Bioflavonoids from citrus fruits and their peels especially.&nbsp; Hesperetin in citrus peels (and other foods) is a bitter bioflavinoid that blocks Coronavirus from entering the cell.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Herbs: Ginger, Licorice, Skullcap, Clove, Olive Leaf, Ginger, Peppermint, Green Tea.&nbsp; I'd say I'm grateful for a bulk green and black chai tea we have.&nbsp; I probably have been drinking 5-10 mugs of decaf and caffeinated green-tea chai for the past two weeks and swear it helps.&nbsp; Luda too, except she prefers black.&nbsp; Both are helpful.&nbsp; Green tea better for calming though.&nbsp; Every ingredient in chai is specifically anti-CoV, and does make me feel better overall.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Colloidal Silver - when taken / sprayed very frequently is antibiotic/antiviral.&nbsp; I don't overdo it with this, but I also use it to disinfect things, my face, hands, in a spray bottle.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Broths: bones and all, lots of herbs, no noodles, some grains, some pulses, very well-cooked, and re-cooked.&nbsp; Our diet has gotten very simple but rich and nutritious.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">CBD: especially for when I started feeling neuro-symptoms a few days into it.&nbsp; We stock Path of Purity CBD tablets, which I am grateful for because they work almost instantly and last over 12 hours.&nbsp; When neuro symptoms emerge...it's nice to have them go away just as fast.&nbsp; Immune balancer, helps fight/prevent chronic infections, stabilizes metabolism, protects brain, prevents fibrosis in lungs and kidneys.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Licorice:&nbsp; This herb has helped me tremendously.&nbsp; I'm drinking it in my teas as a powder.&nbsp; Balances cortisol and inflammatory response, antiviral, stops ACE2 entry.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Ozone: Luda and I have each taken a few ozone steam baths, which is oxygenating and detoxifying and sterilizing.&nbsp; I use ozone to disinfect, too. <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">RIFE: My TrueRife machine has been running since they updated the program last week.&nbsp; I can tell you more specifics about my experience with this too.&nbsp; Frequency specific medicine works, and there are a number of ways to go about it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">SEQEX: I was advised to use the Microcirculation program repeatedly.&nbsp; SEQEX is from Italy, and the Italians are suggesting this.&nbsp; The effect is that &quot;EZ Water&quot; can move in and out of the cell, ion channels are opened, nutrients in-toxins out.&nbsp; The virus preys on toxic systems with hypertension, poor circulation, and poor hydration. &nbsp; The SEQEX microcirculation program is designed to correct this electromagnetically by delivering energy to the system in a resonant way.&nbsp; It's like getting the static cling off your sweater...like wireless inductive charging. &nbsp;&nbsp; I should also do a whole blog on this too.&nbsp; <br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">Vitamin D: we all should know by now how healthy it is for us to get exposed to the Sun's rays and make our own Vitamin D.&nbsp; Another way to get vitamin D is from foods like mushrooms. <br></span></li><li><span><span style="font-size:16px;"><u><a href="/Wet%20Sock%202018-1-.docx" download="">Warming Socks Therapy:</a></u> Last but not least, I swear by this technique with icey-cold damp cotton socks and dry wool socks on top, bundle up and go to bed.&nbsp; I warm up first in the shower or bath.&nbsp; It's a decongestant, and warms yo up so you can destroy the virus while you sleep.&nbsp; <br></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">ADDENDUM ON 3/18/2020: Homeopathic Camphor.&nbsp; Rajan Sankaran is suggesting that, at least in Iran, homeopathic Camphor for prevention and treatment of Covid19.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;">ADDENDUM ON 4/13/2020: Molecular Hydrogen.&nbsp; See my blog on Ventilators and scroll down to Dr. Trainor's letter.&nbsp; I've been personally using both Vital Reaction and H2Elite H2 tablets as needed.&nbsp; I am going to consider adding some H2 tablets to my Coronavirus First Aid Kit, too.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li></ul><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>What to Expect: <br></b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">It's taking people a solid month if they have the full course of illness.&nbsp; From initial infection, there is about a 4-10 day asymptomatic period, then a relapsing fever for a few days to a week, and then a good two weeks or more of convalescence. <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>In the next few months</b>, our lives are probably going to be profoundly changed, even if only temporarily.&nbsp; I am going to be in very high demand, and everyone else's limits will also likely be stretched. &nbsp; I want to be able to help everyone who wants and needs it, in a good and fair way.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">I do not have sufficient vitamins and minerals, herbs and teas, to supply everyone.&nbsp; We all need to get stocked up at home, for ourselves and everyone under the roof.&nbsp; I have been compiling a few lists to this regard: the basics, and the best. <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>You'll want enough to get you through</b> preventive time starting now, and have on reserve enough for heavy dosing for 7 or more days of illness, and another 14 days of convalescence.&nbsp; Don't expect to get just-in-time delivery when you need it.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>I can take orders<a href="https://covid.zohocommerce.com/" title=" starting right now for CBD" target="_blank"> starting right now for CBD</a> and some small batch supplements on my web store </b>that I've seen be really helpful. <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">I've compiled a Coronavirus Protocol on the <b><a href="http://wellevate.meapricot/" title="online dispensary Wellevate" target="_blank">online dispensary Wellevate</a>.</b>&nbsp; I've opened it up to anyone, and so feel free to let your friends in on the deal too.&nbsp; Wellevate is a professional grade dispensary, and rather than taking a huge cut of the price, I share it with you.&nbsp; That amounts to 25% off retail price. &nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Get a homeopathic remedy kit,</span> and I can help you through this.&nbsp; If you don't have one, it won't be as easy when the time comes.&nbsp; <br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">I'm making 20-remedy kits<a href="https://covid.zohocommerce.com/" target="_blank"> here: </a><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;">OR, Get the 50-pack First Aid Kit from <a href="https://a2zhomeopathy.com/Homeopathy_Kits/First_Aid_Emergency__Kit/index.html" target="_blank">A2Zhomeopathy.com here.</a><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>It's time now </b>to begin your preparation list if you haven't already.&nbsp; Get those things you know you'll want or need regardless of them being on the store shelf, or your ability to even go there.&nbsp; Quarantines will happen.&nbsp; Certain items will run out of stock. &nbsp; Please, while you're prioritizing, don't be caught without an <span><a href="https://a2zhomeopathy.com/Homeopathy_Kits/First_Aid_Emergency__Kit/index.html" target="_blank">emergency homeopathic remedy kit</a></span> and a pound of vitamin C. </span></p></div><span style="font-size:16px;"><p><br></p></span></div>
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