Masks
I’m not even going to dig into the science on this. Yes, they can in many cases reduce oxygen and increase CO2. No, they absolutely do not protect the person wearing them from anything. Look at the disclaimer on the box.
It is completely ridiculous that just now, for the first time in human history, a mask made out of a dish towel is regarded as an effective medical device. Masks have been studied and used for decades, what a coup it is to suddenly discover that they could’ve saved all that time and money and just put bandanas on their faces in the hospital.
If you’re actively coughing and sneezing then it’s probably a good idea to wear a mask. Nobody else needs to wear a mask under normal conditions because the virus is no longer a credible threat. Period, end of story.
I would caution people to remember that research requires funding, and scientists like to eat, and that it’s pretty easy to get a particular experimental or statistical result if you’re being incentivized to do so. Considering how incredibly political the entire Covid situation and all its associated bullshit have become, any brand new research into politically important topics that contradicts years or decades of prior research should be treated with a big old grain of salt. Just look at the fraudulent chloroquine studies published in two major journals (see below).
Treatments
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is being intentionally smeared. Look at this:
“A Guardian investigation can reveal the US-based company Surgisphere, whose handful of employees appear to include a science fiction writer and an adult-content model, has provided data for multiple studies on Covid-19 co-authored by its chief executive, but has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology.”
“A search of publicly available material suggests several of Surgisphere’s employees have little or no data or scientific background. An employee listed as a science editor appears to be a science fiction author and fantasy artist whose professional profile suggests writing is her fulltime job. Another employee listed as a marketing executive is an adult model and events hostess, who also acts in videos for organisations.”
So both the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine, highly prestigious medical journals, published studies showing chloroquine can cause heart problems in some people. Those studies used data from this company Surgisphere. But Surgisphere is a fake, fraudulent company and nobody knows how they got their data. The authors, journal editors, and peer reviewers all “missed” this fact. As did Fauci when he started parroting the results of the study.
The dangers of chloroquine were sung to high heaven by the media and in-progress clinical trials were actually halted by the NIH and WHO. The two studies showing HCQ as ineffective and dangerous were completely fraudulent and have been retracted by the journals that published them yet are still referenced in articles as evidence chloroquine has been disproven as a cure. Even worse, the fraud was only discovered by non-scientist citizens, not the journals themselves. They only retracted after public pressure was applied.
Furthermore, other studies into Chloroquine’s efficacy vs C19 that have found no benefits have studied it in isolation, rather than combined with azithromycin and/or zinc as the studies (and doctors) showing benefits have done. They’ve also used the wrong dosages. If you give 2400mg on day 1 to a patient when they only need 400mg to be effective, you’re going to get screwy results. That doesn’t make it an unsafe drug.
“…acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States. Acute liver failure can occur after one very large dose of acetaminophen, or after higher than recommended doses every day for several days.”
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/acute-liver-failure/symptoms-causes/syc-20352863
Should we also outlaw acetaminophen?
The double standard is just ridiculous. You don’t hear a word from the media about most drug recalls or drugs that cause horrific side effects. How long did the opioid crisis go on before it was discussed on TV? How long were cigarettes promoted as good for your health by doctors? But now every single liberal media outlet I’ve seen is falling over themselves to malign HCQ. Isn’t it strange how they all have such similar messaging?
Chloroquine was discovered in 1934 and is on the WHO’s list of essential medicines. It’s been studied for ages and has a known safety profile. It even has some data showing it’s safe during pregnancy. Any claims that HCQ is some sort of dangerous and unproven drug are complete garbage.
Our own NIH even found it effective as both a treatment AND a prophylactic vs SARS all the way back in 2005:
“Chloroquine is effective in preventing the spread of SARS CoV in cell culture. Favorable inhibition of virus spread was observed when the cells were either treated with chloroquine prior to or after SARS CoV infection.”
“But that’s SARS!” I hear you saying. Well, the official name of this coronavirus is SARS-CoV-2. Yes, it’s so similar they named it SARS #2. Seems like treatments known to be effective vs SARS-CoV-1 would be a good place to start treating SARS-CoV-2, rather than resorting to the lockdown -> vaccine strategy.
Turkey, which has 72 deaths per million (the US has 477 deaths per million, 6.6x the death rate of Turkey, see part 3), uses multiple treatments including HCQ in addition to their contact tracing and isolation measures:
“As soon as a patient has symptoms, they are treated with hydroxychloroquine tablets and/or favipiravir at home.
Follow-up calls quickly spot if the symptoms worsen and then they will be admitted to hospital.
Once at the hospital, Dr Yiyit says the treatment is increased and combined with high-flow oxygen treatment, anti-coagulants, steroids, vitamins and more high-dose favipiravir or hydroxychloroquine.
Most patients leave within days.”
Why don’t we copy some of their treatment options if they’re having such good results?
There’s even been a study done analyzing countries that use HCQ early on in an infection vs those that don’t. Countries that do use it are showing an average of 78% fewer deaths. For reference, that’s 107,345 American lives (at time of writing, see part 2) that could’ve potentially been saved by using HCQ:
If you can stand Laura Ingraham, she has a cardiologist on her show that explains the study in this clip, it’s worth a listen.
HCQ costs around 10 cents per dose and is long out of patent. Remdesivir costs $3,120 per patient. There’s a lot of money to be made there. There’s even more to be made on a vaccine. If you stood to sell a brand new expensive vaccine to 8 billion customers, how far would you go to make sure people didn’t adopt a dirt cheap cure you make no money on?
If HCQ is so bad, why aren’t there examples brought forward by the CDC or Fauci of doctors who tried it on their patients and got bad results? If it’s so bad, why do they need to brutally censor anyone and everyone who says it’s good? If it’s so bad, why doesn’t Fauci just publicly debate the doctors promoting it and crush them beneath his boot of science and logic? Then no one would listen to them and the discussion would end.
They aren’t doing that because they can’t. It’s an effective treatment.
So, when we are making decisions on what actions to take to combat the virus, why don’t we look to nations and states that have low death rates and copy what they’re doing? And try treatments that have been proven effective against the first SARS?
Instead our great “experts” are pointing to a chart of total positive tests and running around like chickens with their heads cut off while simultaneously censoring any and all voices (regardless of expertise) which disagree with their official narrative and deriding any treatment that looks efficacious. And telling everyone we have to lock down until we’re all vaccinated no matter what and then never return to normal.
From the very beginning, the messaging was “lockdown until vaccine.” I can’t find ANY data or logic that justifies that approach. It’s like they’re wrecking the entire nation on purpose.
See how in Part 9 – The Lockdowns (Part 1)