The Media, CDC, WHO - Scare Tactics, Lies, and Misinformation

Every day I'm learning something new about Covid-19, the flu, and the lies in the news.  I'm sure most people are aware that according to the news reports each year flu deaths are somewhere between 40,000-70,000.  This year, through April 25, they are at 5,846 from the CDC website.  This makes me wonder how many flu deaths are being reported as Covid-19.  See below for why I am wondering this (about the CDC guidelines for reporting Covid-19).  Also, as of April 25, the total Covid-19 deaths (which is no doubt padded with those missing flu deaths along with other URI's) was 37,308 (54,256 was reported in the news on that date).  Don't believe it?  Here's a chart from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS):

I read today that the news gets their numbers from Worldometer Coronavirus US.  I wonder why that is.  Could it be for ratings and to scare people?

Also in the news, they were interviewing someone about Covid-19.  The interviewer asked what about people who don't want to get vaccinated.  At first, the answer sounded like it might be reasonable.  The person said they are mostly well-educated people but they go on the internet and find misinformation.  That seems like a contradiction.  I'm well educated, I know when I see misinformation.  How?  I've either investigated it already or I will.  Then I find the truth.  That is what well-educated people do.  I've researched vaccines for the past 5 years.  The CDC claims they are safe.  Here is what I found:
1.  U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) said they were "Unavoidably Unsafe."  Does SCOTUS give out misinformation?  It was for that reason all liability was removed from the makers of vaccines.
2.  Over $4.2 Billion has been paid out by VICP (Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) for vaccine injuries.  Only about 33% who file win their cases.  Most people never heard about the program.  Most doctors deny the adverse reaction so most people never know to file.
3.  If you go to VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) you'll find hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths from vaccines.  A study was done by Harvard Pilgrim over a three year period and the conclusion showed that only about 1% of injuries get reported to VAERS.
4.  There have never been any Gold Standard safety studies of vaccines.  Not one has ever used an inert placebo.  Even now, the Oxford study for the Covid-19 vaccine is using the Meningitis vaccine as their "placebo."  That vaccine has killed more people than meningitis does.  No doubt the Covid-19 vaccine will be found to be safe.  With that kind of "study", they may as well just say it's safe and save some money.  Would you want that injected into you?  I don't.  Remember, once it's injected, it can be un-injected.
5.  If vaccines are effective, why make them mandatory?  You get it, you are protected (of course, that is not true but that is what they want you to believe).  Well, what about the immune-compromised?  With some vaccines, you can still be an asymptomatic carrier of the disease and not know, so you become a stealth carrier and can give it to them.  If they are effective, how did outbreaks of mumps happen aboard a navy ship and a college campus where 100% were vaccinated?

Who is misinformed?  Maybe I should have said, WHO is misinformed, ha ha.  Well, back to the interview on the news.  The scare tactics.  The interviewee was talking about some possible new Covid-19 strain that is even worse than the current one going around (not sure if it was new or mutated - if mutated, then the vaccine wouldn't do much good anyway).  He then went on to say if you get it you might suffer "a horrible death."  People can suffer a horrible death from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, car accidents, other accidents, etc.  So should we outlaw everything and just stop living?  It almost seems like that is what they want.  Be afraid, be very afraid, so that way you'll do anything they tell you.  Unfortunately, that fear is killing people - Some people might need cancer treatment, have a heart attack or other heart problem, diabetes, and any number of things that they normally would go to the hospital for, but now they are too scared to leave their home and/or go to a hospital where they might catch Covid-19.  I heard on the news, too, that some hospitals have "Do Not Resuscitate" orders because of Covid-19.

Did you hear about the New York health department order, backed up by the governor, to house Covid-19 patients released from the hospital in nursing homes?  The last death toll I heard from that order was 3,500.  Updated May 11, 2020 - At least 28,100 residents and workers have died from the coronavirus at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for older adults in the United States, according to a New York Times database (See article here). The virus so far has infected more than 153,000 at some 7,700 facilities.  I wonder how many others were the result of health department mandates?  Today in the news a doctor said how unlikely it was to get infected while you are out in the fresh air, that any exposure to the virus would be so small that your immune system would fight it off.  The very next thing he said, when asked about masks, was that everyone should wear them when going out.  But according to many virologists, immunologists, and doctors, they can also harm the health of those wearing them and weaken the immune system which is the last thing you would want.  Confused?  You should be when health departments, the CDC, the WHO, doctors, scientists, etc., all disagree on what is best and make decisions that are killing people.  The only thing everyone seems to agree on is that you need a good healthy immune system to fight the virus.  None of the "official" sources of information will tell you how to achieve that.  In fact, they will censor and/or block any information that does tell you how.  They even attack and discredit those who attempt to tell you.  If you scroll down to my post on what I do to stay healthy, then research each item I mention, you just may save yourself from ill-health.

I have no doubt the daily statistics on the news are lies.  Why?  First, they said Covid-19 was killing 3-4% of those infected.  Now we know it's less than 1%.  That was because the number of cases was a lot higher than reported.  Next came the CDC Covid-19 Guidelines.  The last paragraph of the guidelines says, "COVID-19 should be reported on the death certificate for all decedents where the disease caused or is assumed to have caused or contributed to death."  I read that hospitals are being paid $13,000 for each Covid-19 patient they treat, plus $39,000 if they go on a ventilator.  I'm guessing a lot of hospitals are telling their doctors to assume that whatever URI (Upper Respiratory Infection, such as influenza, flu-like illness, pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, etc. ) someone died from, list it as Covid-19 - they would, after all, be following CDC guidelines.  In addition, the normal death rate when on a ventilator is 50%, but if someone has Covid-19, the death rate goes up to 80-90%.  I'll leave the logic and common sense to you.  I doubt we'll ever know the actual number of deaths from Covid-19.

Perhaps the worst misinformation of all is that if it is not a drug or a vaccine, it's misinformation.  Anything natural that probably would save most lives lost to Covid-19 is either censored or labeled misinformation.  That they are doing that is sickening (literally and figuratively).  Someone the other day even attacked my post for sharing the following:  Augmenting Your Immunity.  After you read the page at this link, click his bio in the "About" menu at the top - it is impeccable (Harvard Medical School graduate and MIT graduate, and founder of the Xprize, plus much more).  Here's his photo for those interested (it's from his website, I didn't shoot it).

You probably also won't hear on the news that one of the groups at highest risk for poor outcomes with Covid-19 are those who are obese.  This virus should be a wake-up call for most people to start taking better care of themselves, which they should do anyway.  I realize there are some people who have health problems they have no control over, but most have a choice.  Choose wisely - it may save your life.  And start investigating what you hear in the news as much of it is fake.  Please check my prior posts for more information about vaccine, Covid-19, and how to have the best chance to stay healthy (I agree with Dr. Diamandis's Augmenting Your Immunity).

The following has been added on May 11, 2020:

From the NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/…/01/26/health/flu-rates-deaths.html)

"Jan. 26, 2018

This year’s flu season is now more intense than any since the 2009 swine flu pandemic and still getting worse, federal health officials said on Friday.

Nationally, the number of people falling ill with flu is increasing. More worrying, the hospitalization rate — a predictor of the death rate — has just jumped.

It is now on track to equal or surpass that of the 2014-2015 flu season. In that year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, 34 million Americans got the flu, 710,000 were hospitalized and about 56,000 died.

Here's a link to the 2017-2018 flu season: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden-averted/2017-2018.htm… - you can see the chart from that CDC link below.

And a chart from the Washington Post (from the CDC) showing flu deaths from 2013 to 2020. Where did those 56,000 deaths disappear to in 2014-2015 and the 61,099 deaths for the 2017- 2018 flu season? From the chart it looks like the real numbers of deaths were around 9000 and 17000 respectively.

One has to wonder, and I certainly do wonder, how much Covid-19 numbers are also inflated. It looks like the media inflated the flu by about a factor of 6. And there were no lock downs, no masks, no social distancing, and no destruction of the economy.

One more statistic - daily deaths in the U.S. in 2019 from all causes was 7,969. Shouldn't they force everyone to eat healthy, outlaw obesity, outlaw driving, swimming pools, and everything else that could result in death, and just make everyone stay home. Imagine all the lives that would be saved.everyone to eat healthily, outlaw obesity, outlaw driving, swimming pools, and everything else that could result in death, and just make everyone stay home. Imagine all the lives that would be saved.

Covid-19 - Great Information That Just Might Help You

The healthier you are and the stronger your immune system, the better the chances of avoiding Covid-19.  If you do get Covid-19, then you need to give your immune system the support it needs and optimize it.  I have heard nothing in the media or from the CDC/government about how you should do that.  Below are links to some excellent information about Covid-19 and things you may want to try.  I've been supporting and optimizing my immune system for over 25 years with excellent results avoiding colds, flu, and many other health problems and believe you can do the same.  You can see what I take and do at this LINK.  The rest of the page is based on information I've collected over the past few weeks.  Unlike what you hear in the media, it's not about the economy vs deaths from Covid-19.  It is about deaths caused by the destruction of the economy, job losses, and the effects of social isolation.

May 5, 2020 - More Links - Here is one about Intravenous Vitamin C (IVC).  Here's one (a YouTube Video) from Dr. John Iannidis.  Here's another video from Swedish Expert Prof. Johann Giesecke.  It talks about why Sweden doesn't have lockdowns.  And another good and informative article by Dr. Mercola about Covid-19 and Insulin Resistance.

April 29, 2020 - Today I read about the supposed success of the drug Remsdirivir lowering the duration of Covid-19 by 31%.  In the article, they said there were a few other drugs they were testing.  So once again all they will talk about in the media are drugs and waiting for a vaccine.  There is never a mention of nutrition nor supplements to support/optimize your immune system.  Thankfully, I have been educated in that, have studied it for 40 years, and practice it on myself, and it has worked for me.  The results of that education are at the link in the first paragraph.  Guess what - keeping your immune system healthy costs almost nothing and has no side effects.  Even better - you don't have to wait, a good healthy diet and supplements are available now.

April 28, 2020 - Click this link to learn about the dangers of wearing a mask.  Then whatever you decide of think is right, at least you can make an informed decision and not attack someone who isn't wearing one in public.

April 25, 2020 - I had heard this from Judy Mikovits (immunologist) and just got backed up from two doctors who have been treating Covid-19 patients and have also studied immunology for 20 years each - wearing a face mask can make you more susceptible to infections.  Staying at home will weaken your immune system.  As will a poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, obesity, etc.  The CDC, etc., won't share that information with you.  So these are the things that you need to know to stay healthy, which they continue to hide from you, or even worse, continue to censor and debunk.  From the time I started studying and researching vaccines 5 years ago, and now Covid-19, all I find from the media and CDC/government are lies and misinformation.  But with Covid-19, it's worse - they are destroying lives and the economy and the results of that may be much worse than the damage from the virus itself.  As always, you should (you really need to) watch The Highwire with Del Bigtree.  I'm sure most of you have heard the phrase, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."  This may have never been more true than now, literally.  From what I heard this week, we've already passed the tipping point with the lockdowns - they will now cause more death than the virus, perhaps many orders of magnitude higher, and the longer the lockdowns go on, the worse it will get.

April 18, 2020 - I was thinking about the information in my update from April 17 along with everything else that has been going on with the government response to Covid-19 and thinking about what I would write today.  And, lo and behold, in my email this morning was the latest newsletter from Dr. Mercola in which he interviewed Shiva Ayyadurai, Ph.D. from MIT discussing exactly this subject the same way that I was thinking about it.  Here is the link along with the video or downloadable transcript of the interview.  One of the things he talked about explains why I am putting the links here and not on Facebook - FB Censorship.  Anyway, the bottom line is that if you really want to know what is going on with the response to Covid-19, which may be no worse than the flu when everything is taken into account, you need to watch the interview.  And. as with vaccines, you need to use some logic, common sense, and do the research - I hope the links on this page help you get started.

April 17, 2020 - It seems like new information coming out every day.  Today it was announced that Santa Clara County, CA has been getting tested for antibodies and they found that there were 50-85 times more cases than the daily reports have been showing, which means that the death rate from Covid-19 is 1/50 - 1/85 of what has been getting reported.  Here is the link to that story.  That, coupled with the CDC reporting guidelines - that anything suspected or thought to be Covid-19 (even if it isn't) is to be listed as a death due to Covid-19 and it may turn out to be not even as bad as the flu.  After what they have been doing with the lockdowns, etc., I doubt they will ever admit this is the case.  Is it just me or has anyone else noticed there is no more flu, pneumonia, cancer, or other disease deaths reported?  Everyone who dies seems to have died from Covid-19.

NEW link added April 16 - Flu Misinformation and Coronavirus Fears - A letter from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to Sanjay Gupta with excellent information about the flu vaccine in relation to Covid-19.  A MUST read if you are thinking of getting a flu shot.

Added April 15, 2020 - Expert virologist Judy Mikovits on Covid-19 (and vaccines).  About a 2 hour video.

Added on April 14, 2020 - People keep saying it's Covid-19 deaths vs the economy. It's not that simple. From a study done years ago, they found that each 1% rise in unemployment was responsible for 36,000 deaths over the next five years (from suicides, depression, heart disease, stroke, drug use, etc.). They then adjusted that for the growth in population since then, and it is now projected to kill 58,000. Add to that the effects from social isolation and the numbers could end up, at some point in the near future, being much worse than from the virus. It's way more complex than economy vs virus. If you are doubting this, read this article from Scientific American blog:  The True Cost

NEW on 4/9/2020 - Hydrogen Peroxide Protocol - Watch the video at the top of his page.  Two nice things - nothing to lose if it doesn't work and everything to gain if it does.  And it's inexpensive.  Use food-grade H2O2 as the drug store brands have impurities in them.  Just follow the directions in the link.  It almost sounds too simple!  SECOND UPDATE to this blog - an episode of The Highwire that you have got to watch - it could save your life or that of someone you know relating to Covid-19.  Plus the interview with Knut Wittkowski is amazing.  And another supplement that may be helpful:  Glycyrrhiza
APRIL 11, 2020 - Interview with a state senator who is also an M.D. about Covid-19 reported deaths - a short video is included.

NOTE:  I read an article on March 14 about Covid-19 and some other viruses and suggestions about what may help you survive them - melatonin (new to me for this purpose but worth a try as it has other benefits), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), and nitric oxide (which your body can make).  Here's the link to the article.  You can read the whole article or go down about 40% of the page to the Melatonin subheading.  Again, no downside to trying these things.  I already take vitamin c and will be adding the melatonin (200-500mcg/day = 0.2 - 0.5mg/day).  And here's the latest article about Vitamin C as it relates to Covid-19 (3/18/2020).  UPDATE 3/22/2020:  Just read this article about Quercetin vs coronavirus.  I've been taking it for a while as a supplement and it's in the food I eat.  Here's more information from a medical doctor which is very similar to my information:  Dr. Peter Diamandis, MD.  UPDATE (3/29/2020) - Coronavirus Strategies.  Also, now that I've been taking the melatonin for several days, I can say I seem to be sleeping a little better and dreaming more.  Another new related article:  Nobel prize winner has good news on coronavirus…  4/1/2020 - I know it's April Fool's Day but this really happened - a doctor on the news talking about the possible benefits of Vitamin D related to Covid-19.  On 4/2 the same news station asked another doctor about Vitamin D - he had no comment - that's the usual response.

April 1, 2020 - NOTE:  I started this post on March 9, 2020.  As of today I am Covid-19 free (unless I had it back in January when I had that two-day scratchy throat).  If I'm sick at all, it's that I'm sick of hearing all the coronavirus news and the cries for help and cooperation with no mention of how to support your immune system.  Maybe if they told people how to do that there would be no pandemic.  Perhaps the hospitals wouldn't be overflowing and people wouldn't be scared for their lives.  Especially when it is still spreading exponentially with all the suggestions they've been giving.

April 3, 2020 - Below is a chart from the CDC listing the leading causes of death in the U.S.  They have left out one category - deaths caused from medical interventions, which are listed in the second chart below (or you can go to this link to see a more comprehensive explanation).

These two charts are each for a one year period during normal times.  I wonder if these totals will go up, down, or remain about the same for this year.

There are a couple of reasons I have included these during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The total CDC listed deaths from diseases are 1,864,422 in a year.  Add to that the deaths by medicine (excluding surgery and unnecessary procedures) of 714,800 and we have a total of 2,579,222 deaths per year or 7,066 every day in the U.S. from diseases.  As of today, there have been a total of _________ (fill in the blank) deaths from Covid-19 - not per day, but since the start.  And yet the media doesn't mention a word about all the leading causes of death every hour of every day as they are doing for Covid-19.  I'm not saying it shouldn't be covered, only that they shouldn't be scaring the hell out of everyone with what sounds like the end of the world.  You are a lot more likely to die from all the other possible causes above (and perhaps a lot of Covid-19 deaths are those other causes).  The other reason I list the above is from what I learned listening to The Highwire the past two weeks - that if anyone dies and they detect Covid-19 in their system, the cause of death is listed as Covid-19 regardless of whether that was the actual cause of death.  In other words, many Covid-19 deaths are from other causes that would have happened regardless of Covid-19.  I verified this in the CDC guidelines.  You will also learn if you watch The Highwire that the vast majority of deaths are happening in those with from 1-3 underlying health conditions - which you can see from the charts above.  I would bet that even if they don't have a known underlying health condition that those who are dying have a poor diet or vitamin/mineral deficiency of some kind.  Go back to April 14 above to get an idea of how many more will die over the next 5 years from the shutdown (hint:  over 500,000 based on unemployment of 15%, which could be higher and doesn't include the effect of social isolation, so who knows, maybe it'll end up being over a million).

The End of the World? Or The Year the World Stood Still?

If you quarantine yourself and stay at home (which you should if you have health problems), why would you care if I do.  After all, I'm not going break down your door and expose you.  There is the same kind of reasoning about vaccines.  If they are safe and effective as they claim, then all you would need to do is vaccinate yourself and you are then safe from anyone who doesn't, right?  So why would you care what anyone else does about a vaccine?  Again, you are safe and immune.  If it is not safe and effective, why would you bother getting it?  Why would anyone want any medical procedure to be made mandatory, including vaccines?   Would it be the end of the world  for you if others don't do these things?  Not if they work as they claim they do.

To many it may feel that way.  Thanks to the media's 24/7 coverage of Covid-19 many are living in fear.  And thanks to the government's response, that fear is becoming a reality.   I have seen totally sane people getting upset that the stay at home orders are getting close to being discontinued.  They should be a lot more afraid of what will happen if they continue.   People keep saying it's Covid-19 deaths vs the economy.  It's not.  That is what they want you to think.  From a study done years ago, they found each 1% rise in unemployment was responsible for 36,000 deaths over the next five years (from suicides, depression, heart disease, stroke, drug use, etc.). They then adjusted that for the growth in population since that study, and it is now projected to kill 58,000 over the next 5 years for each 1% rise.  Unemployment has now increased by 12-16% - so the math would say we are looking at 696,000 - 928,000 deaths just from unemployment.  Add to that the effects from social isolation plus the destruction of the economy, and the numbers could go much higher and end up being much worse than from the virus. It's way more complex than economy vs virus.  Do you really want to live in a world like that?  See The True Cost of the Pandemic.  Also Epidemiologist Warns Of Unintended Consequences From Lockdowns.  

If you think the true numbers of Covid-19 are being reported truthfully, you need to think again.  First, in Santa Clara County they tested around 3300 people for antibodies and found there were 50 - 85 times more people who had had it than previously reported.  Next, the CDC guidelines tell doctors that if they suspect Covid-19 as the cause of death to list it as the official cause of death, even though it may not be (and maybe they didn't eve have it).  How many deaths are being listed as Covid-19 that aren't the cause.  The flu looks like Covid-19 (where have all the flu deaths suddenly gone?).  Did you know when the CDC reports annual flu deaths and media gives you that number that it also includes deaths from pneumonia from any cause?  A lot more die from pneumonia than from the flu.  If you don't believe it, go to this CDC website Link to check the leading causes of death.  They don't combine any other causes, only flu and pneumonia.  Why?  No doubt to promote and sell the flu vaccine.  NOTE:  They just got back results on antibody tests conducted in Los Angeles County and found about 55 times more people have had Covid-19 than originally suspected (or about 420,000 people).  What this would mean is that instead of a 3% death rate it would be a 0.054% death rate or less than the flu.  And then, if you take care of your immune system through diet, exercise, supplements, good sleep, proper weight, low stress, etc., your odds of having a problem decrease dramatically.  It doesn't mean it can't happen, maybe you have a genetic defect or something, just that it probably won't.  On the other hand, if you take drugs (as most who are over 65 do), are overweight, etc., your odds of having problems increase dramatically.

THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WITH THE NEW WARNING FROM THE HEAD OF THE CDC!!!!  What is the one thing that can protect you from getting and/or dying from Covid-19 (or the flu and other URI's) ?  Your immune system.  What is the one thing that the media or government will never tell you?  How to optimize (augment, balance) your immune system!!!  In fact, they won't allow anyone else to tell you, either.  They call all natural remedies misinformation, not proven, a hoax, etc.  Things that studies and anecdotal evidence have shown to be effective in augmenting your immunity.  They want nothing to interfere with their drugs and vaccines even if those alternatives could and do save lives and keep your immune system (thus you, too) healthy.  In a previous blog post I have listed what I do and what I avoid on a recent blog post.  It is why I am not worried about Covid-19 and why I haven't had the flu for over 15 years.  I just read today that the head of the CDC (Center for Disease Corruption?) said next Winter things will be worse than they have been now - and he may be right if you listen to the CDC and do nothing to support your immune system.  I know what I'm going to be doing - exactly what I've done for the past 15 years (the point where my fine-tuning paid off).  I can't tell you that what I do will work for you (no, really, I'm not allowed to), but you can check out what I do and research what I take (using DuckDuckGo search engine or buying lots of books).  You absolutely MUST have a good immune system.  More Covid-19 information here with lots of links to scientists, doctors, investigative journalists, etc., to save you time in your research.  You may have lots of extra time right now so it's the perfect time to learn about your health.

Why  did I title this, "The End of the World?"  Because one day they will make untested vaccines mandatory and inject everyone on the planet only to find out it is fatal after some period of time.

And that, as they say, is that.  That is what I am afraid of, as well as shutting down everything and destroying the economy and our way of life, not Covid-19.

Increasing the Odds in Your Favor - the Road to Health (Updated 4/9/2020)

This is what I have done (and continue to do) to go from being sick all the time to being well all the time.  It may seem like a lot (it isn't really when you consider the benefits) but has worked exceedingly well for me (and others who have done it) for a very long time.  It includes diet, exercise, supplements, sleep, avoiding stress, lifestyle, etc.  How do you learn these things?  You do it by reading, research, and education and then applying what you've learned.  There will be some trial and error to fine-tune things until you find what works best for you.

There are no guarantees in life but doing what I have done has worked well for me for the past 25 years for avoiding colds, flu, Covid-19 so far, and many other health problems, so I hope it will do the same for this virus and for you.  Perhaps the best part is that there is no downside (unless you feel going to the doctor less often is a downside).

NOTE:  For Covid-19 information, please click this LINK.  I had included it on this page but there was too much new information so I felt it need a page of its own.

A lot of internet sites are censoring information related to natural therapies similar to what I'm talking about.  They are even calling it fake news and/or misinformation!  They (drug companies, CDC, the media, and all those who profit from drugs) must not want you to know about natural products that augment your immune system, which in turn may help you survive and stay healthy but from which they make no profit.  You would think that with a pandemic they would share anything that might help you.  You would be wrong.  Anything that doesn't make money for them they call misinformation, fake, worthless, or dangerous - pick your word.  All these things that "don't work" have done wonders for me.  It's like what I'm sure some people told the Wright Brothers - it's heavier than air, it can't possibly fly...as the brothers flew away.

This road is in Santa Monica, CA and is lined with fig trees

This one is a back road on the way to Solvang, CA

These bottom two roads were in the hills above Malibu

The top two photos should be where your road to health leads you.  The bottom two might be where you are now.  If it is, now is the time to go to health, and fast.

HERE'S MY STORY, MY ROAD TO HEALTH and HOW I NOW STAY HEALTHY.  Until about the age of 30, if a cold, flu or other upper respiratory infection was going around, I caught it - at least four times a year.  I had had an ulcer, was diagnosed with IBS (aka "nervous stomach") at age 30, had headaches, allergies, bronchitis, dandruff, etc.  When I asked the doctors who diagnosed me with nervous stomach what I could do, they said to stay out of stressful situations.  That was all they suggested.  I knew someone from a beach in Santa Barbara who looked like Mr. Health.  I asked him how he stayed so healthy.  He told me to get the book "Health Secrets of the Hunza" and follow their diet (an all-natural organic whole food diet).  I did, and over a period of 6 months, the nervous stomach faded away (and has never come back) and I reduced my colds/flues to only once a year.  Then over a period of years, I kept fine-tuning things.  And eliminated more variables.  The first change was adding vitamin C.  Then taking it several times a day.  Next, I added more immune-supporting supplements.  As a result, I've had one scratchy throat that lasted a couple of days in the past 12+ years, and no flu for at least the past 15 years.

Natural things don't always work as fast as drugs.  But they have no side effects, either - no one has died from vitamins or healthy organic food (unless it was contaminated) in the past several years.  If anyone had died, it would have been from massive overdoses.  Even drinking too much water can kill you.

There is no way to know if what I have been doing will give you the same results but I have no doubt it will at least improve your health.  It is also meant to support your immune system.  NOTE (VERY IMPORTANT):  If you are on any medications then you need to check with your health care provider to make sure that if you want to try some or all of the supplements I mention below that they will not interfere with any medications you might be taking.

As well as what to take, there are things to avoid:  sugar, fructose (aka HFCS), all chemicals (which is why you should eat only whole organic foods), artificial colors, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, processed foods, trans-fats, cut way back on Omega-6 oils, etc.  Once you eliminate these things, everything else starts tasting better - at least it has for me.

What foods do I eat - almost all organic whole foods and no processed foods.  For breakfast, I make a smoothie (I use a VitaMix to totally disintegrate the seeds I put in it) and take most of my supplements.  My smoothie consists of the following:  blueberries, grass-fed whey protein, superfood mix (I make my own - see below), mushroom blend, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, apple, banana, strawberries, organic raw egg, and fish oil.

My superfood mix is all organic and has acai, noni, goji, wheatgrass, spirulina, chlorella, maca, camu camu, lucuma, moringa, cacao, turmeric, and ashwagandha.  I add this seven days on and then take one day off - herbs should be cycled, never taken every day.  NOTE:  You can buy superfood mixes in most health food stores and online.  It's much less expensive to make/mix yourself.

My supplements consist of N-A-C, R-Lipoic Acid, and probiotics on an empty stomach in the morning, then with my smoothie, a good multivitamin, Vitamin C with quercetin (may help zinc get into cells more efficiently), coenzyme Q 10, MSM, vitamin E, Vitamin K2 MK7 with K1, Vitamin D3 5,000 i.u., ginger, and astaxanthin (Link).  Also calcium and magnesium in the evening.  And other supplements as needed (oil of oregano, Cyclone Cider, etc.).

I've just added some extra zinc, vitamin A, and resveratrol due to the pandemic.  Along with liposomal vitamin C if needed.  I'm hoping the above works as well for coronavirus as it has for colds, URI's, and flu.  So far, it has.

NOTE:  The above is for general health and immune support.  This is in addition to handwashing.  The news and medical establishment won't cover this - if they don't make money from it, you won't hear about it.

A little about my background as related to health:  First was the talk with my friend on the beach.  Then in 1988 I started working in vitamin/health food stores, talked with lots of people about what they were taking, and in 1991 opened my own vitamin store with a couple of partners.  In order to learn more about supplements and nutrition, I got my master's degree in holistic nutrition plus took all the courses for a PhD, but the school closed (the recession) before I was able to write my doctoral thesis.  I learned everything I set out to learn - the rest has been from feedback from customers (I estimated that over the 20 years in retail vitamin sales I talked with well over 30,000 people) on what worked for them and what didn't.  All the while I studied more and tried many different supplements until I found the perfect combination for me, as listed above.  With the internet, I continually learn new health ideas.

In my opinion, based on research from doctors, immunologists, epidemiologists, virologists, microbiologists, anecdotal evidence, etc., as well as my own experiences, supporting your immune system is the single most important thing you can do for your health.  And to lessen the effects of all viruses and bacterial infections should you get one.  

Safe and Effective and Other Lies

The BIG question is why would you believe someone who consistently lies to you?  I mean, if you've caught someone telling a few lies, why would you start suddenly thinking they are telling the truth and that they have your best interests in their heart?  I'm sure by now most people have heard "Safe and Effective" when the CDC (is that the Center for Disease Creation?), drug companies, media, and government are talking about vaccines.  So let's see what the truth is.

Did you know the CDC has patents on 23 vaccines - no wonder they say "safe and effective."

Are vaccines safe?  Well, over $4.2 Billion (Billion with a B) have been paid out for vaccine injuries and deaths by VICP (Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) which most people don't know exists.  And of those who do know, and apply, only about 1 out of 3 people are able to collect.  Most people are also not aware that an injury caused by a vaccine was actually due to a vaccine, especially when several days may pass between the injury and the vaccine.  Many doctors have told them the cause of death was unknown or SIDS.  And if their child became autistic after vaccination, they are told vaccines don't cause autism and are turned down.  The government's leading expert witness on vaccines and autism (Dr. Zimmerman) told the government that in a certain subset of children, vaccines can cause autism - Dr. Andrew Zimmerman was fired shortly after.  And then there is Stanley Plotkin, the leading authority of vaccination.  He wrote the medical textbook on vaccinations.  Under oath, he said he didn't know if vaccines might cause autism, that there were no conclusive studies one way or the other, so they would assume they don't cause autism, otherwise, people might not get vaccinated.  In other words, it was for the greater good to say they don't.  And then there is VAERS where you will find hundreds of thousands of adverse events after vaccination and where less than 1% of injuries ever gets reported according to the Harvard Pilgrim Study.  They estimated that 1 out of 40 are injured.  Does the above sound like vaccines are safe?  The above is all verifiable, you just have to do the research.  So they are lying about that - vaccines are anything but safe.  You would be safer standing in an open field during a lightning storm.

How about effective?  If you do the research you'll find that 38% of the Disneyland measles cases happened in those who had been vaccinated for measles.  In Texas, they just closed a school due to an outbreak of Pertussis (whooping cough).  Their vaccination rate was 100%.  Every year they claim the flu vaccine is somewhere between 17% - 50% effective.  In Canada one year they claimed zero percent effective.  Mumps outbreaks have happened on college campuses that require 100% vaccination rates.  Guess what, they've lied to you about this, too.  Some studies have shown that even if the flu vaccine works for you, it makes you more susceptible (about 4X more) to other upper respiratory infections which may be worse than the flu...such as CORONAVIRUS.

Every day, in states across the country, they are lying in order to pass legislation to force vaccinations on all your children knowing a certain percentage of these children will be killed or injured by the vaccination which may not even protect your child.  And they want to do the same for adults.

Still wondering about vaccinations?  As the number of vaccines has increased, check the numbers for autism (from 1 in 10,000 to now 1 in 40) and the numbers for chronic health conditions (from around 15% of children to now around 54%).  This is in a country that spends more on healthcare (sickcare, really) than any other nation by far.  And in developed nations has the highest rates of infant mortality, worst health, and one of the shortest lifespans (which started going down a few years ago).

Are we no smarter than lemmings following each other off the vaccination cliff?  We have, with the internet, access to vast amounts of information, and yet most people listen to the lies of the media, the CDC, big pharma, etc., all while the truth is easily available.  What happened to common sense?  Can you not see that adults after the age of 28, when most or all vaccines have worn off, are not suddenly dying from all those terrible diseases.  From the way they talk, everyone should know someone who knows someone who has died from measles, mumps, chickenpox, whooping cough, etc.  Where are they hiding all those bodies (more people get killed by lightning!).  But you probably know someone who knows someone who has autism, one or several chronic health conditions, ADHD, allergies, diabetes, childhood cancer and on and on.  They call this normal - it's not.  As vaccines have increased, all those health problems have followed.  There may be other contributing factors but it doesn't take rocket science to figure out that injecting mercury, aluminum, monkey kidney cells, contaminants, etc., might just have a negative impact on you.  We have a brain - we should be using it before it is destroyed by these vaccines.  After all, we are not lemmings...yet.

Some catchwords/phrases/vocabulary pro-vax people use:
1.  Debunked - anytime they don't want you to believe cause and effect, as in vaccines cause or contribute to autism.  Sorry, been debunked.  Sorry, but it hasn't been debunked.
2.  Safe and Effective - see the beginning of this article.
3.  Coincidence - another favorite.  Whatever health problems you suffer after vaccination is just a coincidence, it was about to happen anyway.
4.  SIDS, SUIDS, or Cause Unknown - Used after the vaccination ends your life.
5.  Discredited - First they'll discredit those who tell the truth, then they will say they've been discredited - like they did to Dr. Andy Wakefield.
6.  Show us the proof/study - even when it's easy to find.  Probably just to waste your time.
7.  Anti-vaxx - even though very few people are actually anti-vaxx.  They are pro-choice, pro-freedom, pro-informed consent, pro-safe vaccine, pro-Nuremberg Code, etc.  Pro-vaxx people want everyone vaccinated, so it makes sense that if someone was anti-vaxx they would want no one vaccinated - I don't know anyone who cares if you get vaccinated.

There is so much more information than I can list here - so to be continued for my next post.

Photography and Art - Photos Transformed into Oil Paintings & More

While testing various editing (aka post-processing) programs, I found several that offer ways to make photos look like oil paintings or similar artworks.  I wondered if there were programs made specifically for this and found two that worked really well.  One is extremely fast and gives very good, although slightly limited results compared to the other one which is very slow but mimics famous painters/artists of the past.  The fast one allows for batch processing (doing many images at once) after which you can give individual tweaks to a photo.  I was able to convert hundreds in a very short time.  In this one, you can vary the brush size, stroke size, stroke curvature, and several other variables.  You can also make line art which you'll see in the lower images.

The other program only allows you to do one photo at a time - each one can take from about 3 minutes up to 20 minutes or more.  Each one in this program has presets (around 170 of them) which look like a particular famous painter or artist (such as Van Gogh, Monet, LeRoy Neiman, Cezanne, etc.) although you can change settings to make the work have your own style or a mixed style of your own and the well-known artist.  The output size is also much larger.

It should be noted that after I photograph an image, the first thing I do is post-process in Lightroom to adjust lighting, contrast, and color as I shoot in RAW format.  Next, I either go to Photoshop if needed, or Portrait Pro to make sure everything is perfect.  Then I would go to one of these programs for the painterly look.  For example, the photos after Cathy Moriarty were shot in bright sun at around 2 p.m. as it was unplanned.

Because I can't post full-size images here (they would be, perhaps, 30x40 or 40x50) what I can do is post the full image in reduced size along with a tiny cropped part of the image to give you an idea of what the full size would look like.  Some of the styles work better for landscapes and sunsets, others for portraits, some for either.  Below are some examples of images from the programs.

Cathy Moriarty, Actress

 All of the above photos are from the slower program that mimics the master artists with minimal input.  All the photos below are from the fast program that uses sliders to vary the brush strokes.

Randy Newman filming "I Love LA" video at Venice Beach

Questions to Ask Your Doctor, School, and Friends (and some facts)

I'm sure there are more questions, but this is a good start (feel free to substitute other places for "school" or other people like doctor, nurse, friend, family member, or school if they try to bully you into vaccinating.  Ask them these questions or tell them about some of the other items, as appropriate (if you can think of others, please let me know).  If you like this and find it useful, please feel free to copy any or all of it, share it with friends and family, etc.

"So you are giving multiple vaccines for about 14 different diseases and if someone refuses, they can't attend school (or whatever).  Guess what - there are about 175+ other diseases for which there is no vaccine, some of which are worse than the so-called vaccine-preventable diseases, so how can they let anyone attend school when they can spread those diseases?  Knowing this, how can any parent allow any immune-compromised child to go to school?

How can anyone receiving a live virus vaccine be allowed to attend school within 30-45 days of receiving it as they can shed the disease during that time?

Is the 10% of the population who are non-responders to vaccination allowed to attend schools, daycares. etc., and if so, why?

Is the significant percent of the population whose antibody levels have waned allowed to attend school, daycare, etc. - why?

Is any titre testing being conducted to determine who has adequate antibody levels and therefore safe to attend school, daycare, etc.?

If vaccines are effective why would anyone care if you or your child was by choice unvaccinated if others had chosen to vaccinate - aren't they protected?

If everyone in your office was vaccinated, why would you care if any of your patients/employees weren't vaccinated?

Why has over $4.2 Billion been paid out for vaccine injuries by VICP if they are safe?

Why has the U.S. Supreme Court called vaccines unavoidably unsafe?  Is the U.S. Supreme Court not trustworthy?

Ask your doctor:  What are all of the ingredients in the vaccine and in what quantities?  What are the possible side-effects and what are the signs of a side-effect?     What contaminants have been found in vaccines?

Are you familiar with VAERS and have you reported vaccine adverse reactions to them?

Are you familiar with VICP (National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) and have you told parents and those receiving vaccines about it?

Why have there been almost no comparison studies in the U.S. between vaccinated and unvaccinated people (there were a couple in Europe showing vaccinated children less healthy than unvaccinated)?

Did you know that Dr. Stanley Plotkin, the leading expert on vaccines and the one who wrote the vaccine textbook for doctors, said under oath that he didn't know if vaccines cause autism?  Link to Stanley Plotkin testimony - Go to Part 6, to about the 28 minute mark on that video.  And that Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, an expert witness for vaccines, in a sworn affidavit said that vaccines can cause autism in a certain subset of children?  Sworn Affidavit of Dr. Zimmerman.

Why do drug companies not use an inert placebo to test vaccines for safety?  After all, all drugs are tested that way.  The only reason that makes sense is that they know studies with inert placebos would show they are not safe.

Why do vaccine companies have no liability?  They cannot be sued for vaccine damage.

Why has autism gone from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 40 at the same time vaccines increased from around 6 to 69?  And at the same time why have chronic illnesses increased from about 1 in 6 to 1 in 2 children today? (This is from around 1980 to present time.)

Now for some  LOGIC. COMMON SENSE, and STATISTICS:

Those who want mandatory vaccines say that if people stop vaccinating, all those diseases will come back worse than ever.  By age 28, all the childhood vaccines have worn off, and less than half of adults are vaccinated, so where are all the epidemics (pandemics?) and why aren't all the adults dropping dead like flies from all those diseases?

If vaccines are effective, why are most outbreaks happening in vaccinated populations (especially China where 99.5% of the population is vaccinated, and they are having outbreaks, or college campuses where close to 100% are vaccinated)?

Vaccinated individuals may show no symptoms of the disease, but can still spread it without you knowing it, so vaccinated people would be more dangerous than unvaccinated.

If vaccines are safe, why have there been over 600,000 deaths (perhaps more) in VAERS, E.R. visits - over 20 million, Hospitalized - over 6,000,000, Life-Threatening - over 1,100,000, and Disabled - over 820,000.  These numbers are totals for the years 2000 - 2015!  Here's a breakdown of those numbers that I found on VAERS with an explanation of the numbers.

(Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler observed in 1993 that less than 1 percent of doctors report adverse events..... [See DA Kessler, 'Introducing MEDWatch,' [JAMA, June 2, 1993: 2765-2768]")

Here's a chart from the CDC for 2014 Pertussis cases:  This chart remains pretty much the same every year. - notice in the lower right chart that over 5x as many cases reported in those who got the 3+ recommended vaccines compared to those who did not get the vaccine.

The above does not take into account the possible long-term side effects which are unknown as there are no studies available for this.  Did you know that to save one person from getting meningitis, the meningococcal vaccine will have killed three people and injured much more?  More people die and are injured by vaccines than from the diseases they are supposed to prevent (according to statistics from VAERS and CDC). If you look at graphs of diseases from the 1800s to the present, and what year the vaccines were introduced, you'll see that most deaths from diseases were almost gone when the vaccines arrived (deaths were at or near zero).  Check the graph for scarlet fever - there was no vaccine for that, so you can't give vaccines credit for that.  Why aren't people still getting it?  Why do many, if not most, doctors not vaccinate?

For those who say the adjuvants in vaccines are too little to do harm:  In 2016, the EPA published a voluntary health advisory for PFOA and PFOS, warning that exposure to the chemicals at levels above 70 parts per trillion, total, could be dangerous. One part per TRILLION is roughly the equivalent of a single grain of sand in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.  The updated HHS assessment was poised to find that exposure to the chemicals at less than one-sixth of that level could be dangerous for sensitive populations like infants and breastfeeding mothers.  So when you hear the argument that some of the adjuvants in vaccines are too little to do harm, and are usually in parts per BILLION, think again.  Or this: One-quarter of an ounce of urushiol (the oil from poison oak, ivy, sumac) is all that is needed to cause a rash in every person on earth.  Or 1 billionth of a gram per person.

Through clean water, sanitation, hygiene practices, quarantine, nutrition, plumbing, education, vector control, health departments, antibiotics, etc. we have eradicated diseases that used to kill millions. Vaccines had NOTHING to do with it. Just do a little research rather than spew drug company and media rhetoric. MMRW reports, census reports, etc. show that cholera, typhoid, Scarlett fever, plague, Spanish flu, etc., just to name a few, all declined at the same time as the others- magically with no vaccine intervention.

A word about Google (and other search engines) AKA "Google University."  Google directs you to scientists, doctors, whistleblowers, immunologists, virologists, researchers, etc., who are from Harvard, MIT, and on and on. Since most doctors don't even know what's in vaccines, let alone all the side effects possible, haven't gone to VAERS, etc., and probably have had very little if any education about vaccines, other than how to try to force them on people, those of us who do the research do know more about vaccines than most doctors. From what I've heard, most doctors don't even bother to read the insert that comes with the vaccine and don't bother to share that insert with their patients.   They don't know the ingredients or the possible side effects.  You need to find those inserts online and read them before ever getting a vaccine.  How many doctors will tell you what to do in case of an adverse reaction to a vaccine?  Like what medical help to seek,  how to file a report with VAERS and go to VICP within the allotted time period.

The thalidomide disaster is one of the darkest episodes in pharmaceutical research history. The drug was marketed as a mild sleeping pill safe even for pregnant women. However, it caused thousands of babies worldwide to be born with malformed limbs. The damage was revealed in 1962.  Rofecoxib (Vioxx) was introduced by Merck in 1999 as an effective, safer alternative to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis. It was subsequently found to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and withdrawn from the worldwide market. Merck now faces legal claims from nearly 30,000 people who had cardiovascular events while taking the drug.  And now NSAIDs are in the news daily and kill 47,000 a year.  There have been many others - in fact, properly prescribed prescription medications kill 106,000 every year.  Doctors used to say cigarettes were good for you and did not cause cancer.  Hundreds of thousands died as a result (my father was one of those).  Drugs undergo years of testing against inert placebos.  Vaccines have never been tested against an inert placebo, are not tested over a period of years, only days, by the same drug companies that produced Vioxx and NSAIDs, and all of a sudden everyone forgets the past and trusts them.  They call those of us who are actually informed anti-vaxx, pseudoscientists, conspiracy theorists, etc.   People are not anti-vaxx, they just don't want to be injected with known toxins and poisons.  But now it's getting worse - now they are denying people their freedom through mandatory vaccination.  Who remembers what this country was founded on?  To those of you who think Trump is bad, he doesn't come close to how bad mandatory vaccines (i.e. - forced medicine) are.  Toxins and poisons forcibly injected into healthy people against their will - that sounds like Nazi Germany.  And it's all happening because people believe some of the the biggest liars in the world - the drug companies and the media.