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Study suggests 60% of people naturally RESISTANT to SARS-COV2


OffGuardian
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:24 UTC
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A new study has found that Sars-Cov-2, the virus linked to Covid19, maybe five times more widespread than previously thought, and therefore five times less deadly.

The research, conducted by a team of scientists at the University Hospital in Zurich, is titled: "Systemic and mucosal antibody secretion specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19", and found that Sars-Cov-2-specific antibodies only appear in the most severe cases, or about 1 out of 5.

The authors infer from this that antibodies are inexplicably absent from the majority of mild cases of covid19. But, given the known inaccuracy of the diagnostic tests and the well-documented tendencies to over-diagnose by clinical observation, another potential explanation would appear to be that the absent antibodies were due to the fact the subjects had never actually been infected with SARS-COV-2 in the first place, and their 'mild' cold-like symptoms were due to some other pathogen, like...the common cold.

However, if the authors are indeed correct in their estimation, this might mean SARS-COV-2's infection rate (IFR) would need to be revised downward yet again. If 80% of those infected really do not produce antibodies then there is a live possibility the virus is present in many more people than usually supposed. Which would in turn potentially reduce the IFR, possibly considerably.
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Brain-virus? Young Covid-19 victims suffer psychosis, fatigue and anxiety side-effects - or is it just all in the mind?

Peter Andrews
RT
Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:12 UTC
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New research claims that Covid affects the brain, including those of young people. But is it really a result of the disease, or might it be lockdown-induced mental fragility?

Experts now fear that young people, whose lungs are mostly spared by the virus, may be at risk from its neurological effects. These findings come from 153 case studies of British adults who have displayed some neurological symptoms after a bout of suspected Covid. Many of the victims are in their 20s and 30s and were previously fit, with no underlying conditions, but have been unable to shake off lasting effects of their Covid-19 infections.

Unsurprisingly, the most serious Covid side effects - like strokes, brain haemorrhages and a dementia-like syndrome - affect mostly the elderly. But the disorders of mood and altered mental states seem to hit the young the hardest. For them, anxiety, depression, confusion and chronic fatigue are the main worries. In extreme cases, it could get a whole lot worse.
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FDA approves first-ever 'prescription' video game for kids with ADHD

Sean Hollister
The Verge
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 23:53 UTC
EndeavorRX
© Akili Interactive
It might not look like much of a video game, but Akili Interactive's EndeavorRX, formerly Project EVO, may go down in history: it's the first video game that can legally be marketed and prescribed as medicine in the US.

That's the landmark decision from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is authorizing doctors to prescribe the iPhone and iPad game for kids between ages eight and 12 years old with ADHD, after it underwent seven years of clinical trials that studied over 600 children to figure out whether a game could actually make a difference.

According to the company's favorite of the five studies, the answer is yes: one-third of kids treated "no longer had a measurable attention deficit on at least one measure of objective attention" after playing the obstacle-dodging, target-collecting game for 25 minutes a day, five days a week for four weeks.
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SOTT Focus: Objective:Health: - ITN - Dietary Guidelines Whistleblowers; Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations


Sott.net
Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC
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Welcome to another addition of "In the News", where we look through some of the latest health headlines and give the Objective:Health take.

A whistleblower, or whistleblowers, have come forward from the committee for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans stating there are very problematic issues with the process of coming up with the guidelines every five years. Anyone paying attention will be thoroughly unsurprised by this news. We discuss the ramifications.

Also in the news, the New York State Bar Association has come up with some recommendations based on what has been learned from the COVID-19 fiasco. And what tops the list? Mandatory vaccinations, of course!

Join us for our discussion on these topics and more on this episode of Objective:Health.


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Researchers in Amsterdam discover 'potent' Covid-19 antibodies

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:50 UTC
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Researchers at Amsterdam University Medical Center discovered two proteins that are a promising possible treatment for the coronavirus, the university hospital announced. The antibodies were found in the blood of two Amsterdam patients who recovered from Covid-19 and are much more potent than antibodies found in patients who recovered from coronaviruses in the past, like SARS in 2013, according to research leader Dr. Marit van Gils.

"These new antibodies are a hundred times stronger than the antibodies that were already there," Van Gils said. The fact that they are so powerful means that less of them are needed, if they prove an effective treatment, and it will therefore be cheaper to make.

Using the blood of recovered patients as a medicine is practice that dates back to the Spanish flu over 100 years ago. The advantage is that the blood plasma is immediately available and does not have to be tested for years, like vaccines or medicines, Van Gils explained. "We tested all Covid antibodies from the blood in the lab and isolated the most powerful variants," she said.
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SOTT Focus: Masked Threats? Studies Reveal NO Benefits to Global COVID-19 Facemasks-for-all Policy

Cindy Gough
Sott.net
Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:13 UTC
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© Twenty20You are only harming yourselves and your children by following incorrect govt 'advice' regarding facemasks
I've been wearing masks for 25 years in my role as an operating-room nurse. So I have a firm grasp on masks' risks and benefits and how to use them correctly. I'm having a hard time watching the misuse of masks all around me after the folly of influential public-health officials promote universal-mask-wearing recommendations to control COVID-19.

For example, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Teresa Tam, shifted gears on May 20 and began recommending that the public wear them. This flies in the face of her original concern that the incorrect use of masks could spread infection.

Unfortunately, Dr. Tam and other officials are ignoring compelling evidence that universal mask-wearing of healthy people is bad policy.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended masks only for those showing symptoms or caring for someone with COVID-19. The global organization also noted masks carry uncertainties and critical risks including "self-contamination by touching and reusing a contaminated mask."

Yet 13 weeks into this pandemic they presented dizzying contradictions. Not only do they now recommend universal use of cloth masks -- but just days after making this announcement admitted that asymptomatic viral shed is "very rare."

Comment: See also:

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#FluorideTrial: Scientist says he was threatened because of fluoride study - Week 1 in review

Derrick Broze
The Last Vagabond
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC
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#FluorideTrial: Experts Admit Fluoride is a Pesticide

The first week of the historic water fluoridation trial wrapped up on Friday afternoon after four days of occasionally tense testimony from expert witnesses with the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One expert witness claimed he had been coerced into signing a statement downplaying his study which claimed fluoride is a neurotoxicant. Another witness confirmed that at least one type of fluoride is a pesticide being added to the water supply.

Attorneys with FAN argue that water fluoridation violates the 1970 Toxic Substances Control Act provisions which prohibit the "particular use" of a chemical which has been found to present an unreasonable risk to the general public. Under section 21 of the TSCA citizens are allowed to petition the EPA to regulate or ban individual chemicals.

The EPA is represented by lawyers from the Department of Justice who are presenting experts from the corporate firm Exponent Inc. The government is defending water fluoridation and seeking a dismissal of the petition by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs in the case include: FAN, Moms Against Fluoridation, Food & Water Watch, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and the Organic Consumers Association.

FAN attorney Michael Connett called 3 witnesses throughout the week, including Howard Hu MD, Bruce Lanphear MD, Philippe Grandjean MD, and Kathleen Thiessen PhD. Connett told the court that the EPA has previously relied on the research of all of these experts in the past on other toxicants like lead and mercury. Two of these experts have been authors of key fluoride studies funded by US government agencies. Connett noted that the EPA chose to use experts from Exponent rather than their own agencies experts.

Comment: See the crackerjack interview below with Dr. Paul Connett (father of attorney Michael Connett mentioned above) of the Fluoride Action Network. (Links to additional information here.)


See also: Historical court case: The fluoride cover up will soon be exposed

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Parasite infection closely linked to gastrointestinal microbiome

Katherine Unger Baillie
Medical Xpress
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:00 UTC
Scientists
© Tishkoff laboratoryScientists Meagan Rubel and Eric Mbunwe process fecal samples in a hunter-gatherer village at dusk.
Parasite infections are a constant presence for many people who live in tropical regions, particularly in less industrialized areas. These often chronic conditions are at best unpleasant; more seriously, children with parasite diseases that cause diarrhea can die of malnutrition or dehydration.

In Genome Biology, a study led by University of Pennsylvania scientists investigated the links between parasite infection and the gut microbiome. Using genetic methods to characterize the gastrointestinal microbiome of 575 ethnically diverse Cameroonian people representing populations from nine villages with meaningful differences in lifestyle, the researchers discovered that the presence of parasites was strongly associated with the overall composition of the microbiome.

Comment: See also: First map of tumour microbiomes finds bacteria live in many cancers

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Recovered 'coronavirus patients' report health issues months later

Janene Pieters
NLtimes.NL
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:00 UTC
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© stockdevil_666/Deposit photosChest x-ray of a patient presenting with pneumonia. The x-ray shows alveolar infiltrate in the middle lobe of the right lung
Many recovered coronavirus patients who did not need to be hospitalized are still facing serious health problems months later, according to a study commissioned by the Longfonds. While 94 percent say they do not feel as healthy as they did before the viral infection, some 60 percent of this group said they still have breathing symptoms which make it difficult to take a walk, and nearly half are unable to exercise, Longfonds director Michael Rutgers said in a statement. "We find this really shocking."

The Longfonds, treatment center CIRO, and Maastricht University surveyed 1,600 people who reported they had symptoms after recovering from the coronavirus. Rutgers said it was the first time that these patients have really come into the picture, as most were never treated in medical centers. Longfonds and CIRO said 91 percent of respondents were not hospitalized, and 43 percent were never formally tested for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by this SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Comment: While there may be something to this study it's worth noting that the majority of patients didn't require hospitalisation; that the majority of those surveyed were older; that just under half weren't even tested to see if it was coronavirus they contracted; and that those in question self reported they were in 'good health' - an unreliable data point - which conflicts with the overwhelming evidence that the majority who were at risk were the elderly and those with comorbidities. In addition, according to Wikipedia, contracting pneumonia - not necessarily coronavirus - can lead to a worsening of underlying health problems later.

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The American Teaching Hospital: School That Teaches Psychopathic Values To Future Doctors

David Penner
Dissident Voice
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC
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Medicine has changed. We used to be a calling that catered to the public welfare, and our prime consideration was the patient. Now we are a business, and some of us practice as impersonal corporations, with the bottom line the profits, not the well-being of the patient."

— From The Doctor, by Dr. Edward E. Rosenbaum, 1991
The most shocking thing about the neoliberal health care model is not that it bankrupts and murders hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, but that vast numbers of physicians continue to support it. The insatiable depravity of the anti-single-payer virus has metastasized throughout every organ of the American teaching hospital, an institution which has betrayed its sacrosanct purpose, and which increasingly inculcates residents with the pernicious idea that good health care is a privilege and not a right.

The teaching hospital has become a dangerous place, not only for patients, but also for trainees, who are being forged into physicians without having been inculcated with a respect for basic principles of medical ethics. In this way have American physicians largely been reduced to an army of automatons trained to make money for the medical industrial complex. Indeed, it should come as no surprise that many residents lose themselves in a pitiless sea of soulless careerism, as they are immersed for years in an environment where they are beholden to, and at the mercy of, rapacious interests that place profit-making over all other considerations.
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