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1 Disclaimer

By reading this document you assume all risks with any treatments. If you do not want to assume any risk, close this document now. I assume no risk and nothing is guarenteed.

2 General links to get you started

Pro tip: to define a word, go to http://duckduckgo.com and type in the search box 'define MYWORD', like 'define lymphocytopenia'. You will then get links which define the word for you.

2.1 Basic facts

1. 80% of people who get COVID-19 do not have symptoms.
2. People may get, and spread, COVID-19 for 4-10 days before they even show symptoms.
3. Find studies on COVID-19 or SARS-COV-2 at http://pubmed.gov. It's free. You can even make an account and save bookmarks to studies in folders.
4. Critical care beds per 100,000 people by country. https://wordsalad.info/2020/03/critical-care-beds-per-100000-people-by-country/.
5. Many products being made in China, like masks, are defective. See here.
6. Chloroquine side effect rates are very low. https://wordsalad.info/2020/03/chloroquine-side-effect-rates/
7. Where to get raw COVID-19 data to analyze yourself. https://wordsalad.info/2020/04/heres-where-to-get-raw-covid-19-data/
8. No interest will accrue on US federal loans for at least 60 days. https://wordsalad.info/2020/03/0-on-federal-student-loans-for-at-least-60-days/
9. Survival rate is 99.98%.

2.2 General links

Coronavirus is called COVID-19 and also SARS-CoV-2. I did not get a reply from WHO on which designation we should use.

1. Daily new cases graph, updated daily. This is the only graph that was updated daily. Other sites have tables that update daily, but not graphs. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-cases-covid-19 You can also download the data on that page. You can also choose which countries to graph, or graph all cases for the world. Oct 2022: Graph is still being updated.
2. FEMA, the US disaster preparedness agency. https://ready.gov/cert. Citizen volunteer group in the US who will tell you the real story, do not count on the gov't to get the truth. Pandemic page: https://www.ready.gov/pandemic
3. WHO COVID-19 situation reports, daily. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
4. Reddit server for discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronaVirusInfo/. Corresponding Discord server for chat: https://discord.gg/2sEpSzX
5. You can use your home computer to process data to help find a treatment for COVID-19:
   • Using Folding at home: https://foldingathome.org/2020/02/27/foldinghome-takes-up-the-fight-against-covid-19-2019-ncov/ Choose "Any disease" which will let you process for COVID-19. For Nvidia cards install the Nvidia Studio drivers, not "Game" drivers. You also can earn points for work units (WUs) you finish and you can apply those points to a team, or to no one. Windows only.
   • Or Rosetta@Home from University of Washington: https://www.ipd.uw.edu/2020/02/rosettas-role-in-fighting-coronavirus/
   • It's free to sign up. No cost to you. The software itself is free.
   • You need a PC to process this data. Cell phones and tablets are not powerful enough.
6. Or join Bastyon (formerly Pocketnet) click here. It's decentralized, highly censorship resistant, with multiple servers run by users.
7. Xephula is also a good social media site and very mature. http://xephula.com

2.3 State of emergencies declared

1. US States: New York, Oregon
2. Countries: US

2.4 The biggest problem is panic

One of the biggest problem is overreactions and panic, where people buy out all the stores of many items like: toilet paper, cough medicine, shelf stable food, shelf stable milks, jerky, bottled water, N95 masks, alcohol, rubber gloves.

2.5 What is a pandemic?

Organizations cannot agree on what exactly defines a pandemic so you will find many definitions, and often many levels of pandemic from a certain org.

1. CDC pandemic continuum. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/planning-preparedness/global-planning-508.html
   1. CDC pandemic intervals framework has 6 levels. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/national-strategy/intervals-framework.html
   2. Yet another CDC Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework (PSAF). https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/national-strategy/severity-assessment-framework.html
   3. Info about Coronavirus COVID-19 from CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2Fabout%2Findex.html Includes symptoms, what to do if you are sick, prevention and treatment, how it spreads, etc.
   4. CDC quarantine sites in the US. https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/quarantinestationcontactlistfull.html
2. WebMD, what is a pandemic? https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/what-is-pandemic#1
3. WHO 6 levels of pandemics (2009). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143061/
   1. WHO proposes new pandemic flu alert levels (2013). http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/06/who-proposes-new-pandemic-flu-alert-levels
4. US Pandemic Severity Index (PSI). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_severity_index Based on illness rates, so if 2.0% or higher of a population is ill, that is category 5. See also https://web.archive.org/web/20201031144603/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_severity_index.

3 Factors increasing the spread of any illness

1. People living in close crowded quarters, like many Asian families do. The same goes for college dorms, military barracks, stadiums, malls, sports events.
2. A longer incubation period before symptoms show. People will not know they are spreading the virus if they show no symptoms, so they will not know to self-quarantine.
3. Being out in public near many people.
4. Living in a polluted city. Living in polluted air puts a strain on the lungs.
5. Having a dirty house. This is also a type of local pollution. And modern houses do not allow for air flow very well from outside to inside the house. Fresh air is important.
6. People coughing and spreading the virus on water droplets.
7. Poor health, poor nutrition. People who don't eat a proper diet do not get the vitamins and minerals they need and their immune system suffers.
8. Being a heavy smoker or having other lung problems like COPD, asthma.
9. People undergoing chemo or radiation therapy.
10. People who are sick.
11. Older people. As people age their immune system gets weaker.
12. Dry air, it removes the mucus from your sinus making your sinus defenseless. Mucus in your sinus is the first line of defense against pathogens.

R0 is the "basic reproduction number".¹ The R0 value shows how much a virus spreads. A virus can spread more and have a higher R0 value depending on the conditions above and other conditions.

4 Treatment

It's a virus, so antibiotics don't work and antibiotics kill your gut bacteria anyway, making you even weaker.

I treat viruses with echinacea, 1 capsule twice a day for up to 6-7 days, then stop. Plus 50mg zinc, twice a day, for 3-4 days, then once a day. Plus vitamin D3, 4000-6000IU twice a day. Continue this until you have 3 days without symptoms. That is, you will be taking this for the last 3 days even if you have no symptoms. Get lots of rest and make sure to drink 64oz of water a day.

Zelenko Protocol. Dr Zelenko has been treating COVID-19 patients with a very high success rate with this protocol.

1. Low-risk patients: Elemental Zinc 50mg 1 time per day for 7 days. Quercetin 500mg 2 times per day for 7 days. Vitamin C 100mg 1 time a day for 7 days. Rest, oral fluids, close follow up with doctor.
2. High-risk patients: Elemental zinc 50mg 1 time per day 7 days, HCQ 200mg 2 times a day for 7 days, Azithromycin (antibiotic for secondary infections) 500mg 1 time a day for 5 days, Vit C 1000mg 1 time per day for 7 days, rest, oral fluids, close followup with doctor. https://pdlabsrx.com/blogs/news/dr-zelenko-protocol and https://archive.ph/6H5Bt
3. Collection of COVID-19 studies summarizing 7000+ treatments. The gov't tried to take this down. It summarizes which treatments are most effective, cheaper, and have fewer side effects. https://c19early.org/

Other:

1. Talk to your doctor, mixing the wrong meds can have serious side effects.
2. If you're tired get rest. Use cough suppressant if you have a dry cough that inhibits sleep.
3. If you are not too tired, get some light exercise (walk for 10 minutes in the sun) or at least do daily stretching. Otherwise rest.
4. Do not share tools or safety equipment like masks, hammers, drills, staplers, computer mouse, or anything other people touch.
5. Stay away from Nutrasweet, Splenda, sucralose, aspartame, they kill your gut bacteria which is critical for the immune system and good health. See Pubmed for studies. Stevia is safe, as is honey, agave nectar, monk fruit and alcohol sugars like erythritol, xylitol. (If it ends with "-tol" it means it's an alcohol sugar.)
6. Stay away from all processed sugar as that kills gut bacteria also. Processed sugar has many names like: glucose, fructose, corn syrup, dextrose, corn syrup solids, cane sugar, sugar, etc.
7. Use 1 capsule of echinacea, twice a day, for 5 days in a row, then stop for 5 days.
8. Eat plenty of fresh vegetables, people don't get enough of those. Eat healty, stay healthy.
9. Keep warm.
10. Keep humidity up to at least 35%-40%. Low humidity dries out the sinuses and the sinus mucus is the primary barrier for air born pathogens. The low humidity of winter is why colds and flu viruses spread more.
11. Spray a saltwater mist into the sinus twice a day. You can make your own or buy it at the store. A study shows this reduces flu and cold illnesss by 80%.
12. Stock up on cough supressents like dextromethorphan. I like the combo 12-hour pill of guifenisen and dextromethorphan.
13. Stock up on any asthma meds before you need them. Pay cash if you need to as some pharmacies will may out of them.
14. Make a mix of honey and cinnamon. Take 1 tablespoon of this every 4 hours. Caution: cinnamon may give you energy and prevent sleep.
15. Wash sheets, pillow cases, pillow covers, all towels and wash clothes twice a week in bleach. This is the protocol for MRSA, which is highly infectious.
16. Use the corner of a credit card, or your house key, to punch the credit card machine keys. Or use a pen.

CAUTION: Just because some natural item helps a symptom does not mean it won't hurt your kidneys or liver or have side effects. Nearly everything has side effects. Be careful. Do your due diligence.

4.0.1 Related web sites

1. Herbal antivirals from Stephen Buhner. https://www.facebook.com/100001768894566/posts/2694345887301015/?d=nStephen+Buhner

4.0.2 Asthma treatments

These may help if a virus makes asthma symptoms worse.

1. Omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-6 are known to cause some inflammation.
2. Products to reduce systemic inflammation, like aspirin.
3. Reducing stress via biofeedback, yoga, breathing exercises.
4. From Dr Axe: brightly colored foods with carotenoids like sweet potatoes, carrots, leafy greens, berries. Food with folate (vitamin B9). Foods with vitamin E and C. Magnesium (there is a powder on Amazon called Calm which you can mix with any juice or just water). Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower. Garlic, onion, mustard seed.
5. To break up chest congestion I eat spicy Thai food. Other spicy foods will also work.
6. David Wolfe has studies to support his recommendations.

4.1 CAUTIONS and interactions

1. Many people who have had a serious cases of coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) have taken NSAIDS. This incudes aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen (Aleve), Celebrex. Taking an NSAIDS can weaken your immunity. See complete NSAID list at http://www.nsaidslist.com/. Possibly caused by this story: https://www.archyde.com/against-covid-19-the-minister-of-health-recommends-not-to-take-ibuprofen/. These should be ok: Tylenol, paracetamol (European name for Tylenol).

4.2 Prevention

1. Stay away from crowds. Do not go to stores. Order non-perishable supplies online instead. Expect delivery to take at least 3-4 weeks when things get bad. Amazon Prime can no longer deliver most things in 2 days now.
2. Wash things that are touched by the public frequently, with disinfectant like phones, door knobs and handles, coins, elevator buttons, gasoline pump handles, grocery cart handles, credit card machines, bottle return machine screens.
3. Wash and disinfect all these surfaces that people touch frequently: computer mice and keyboards, oven controls, doorknobs, light switches, refrigerator handles, remote controls, switches on the TV, all cabinet handles and drawer pulls, all telephones and cell phones, steering wheels, tablet screens, touch screens.
4. Work from home if you can. Avoid the public.
5. Wash hands after using the bathroom, touching doorknobs, elevator buttons, phones, public pens like at a doctor's office, credit card machine, etc.
6. Do not touch the magazines or pens at the doctor's office with bare hands.
7. Do not use your hands to touch your eyes, nose or face. Those are major entry points for a virus.
8. Spray sinus twice a day with a saline (salt water) solution. Get it at the store or make your own.

4.3 Rumors of things that work

1. Vitamin B6 prevents lungs from filling up with mucus. Dosage unknown but there are no known cases of any B vitamin overdose.
2. Chagas tea. (When in doubt of the dosage for teas I take them 3x per day evenly spaced. Except ginger tea, which gives me energy, which I only take before 11am.)
3. Shilajit powder for better immune system.²
4. Thyme tea acts as a cough suppressant.³
5. DO NOT self-medicate with fish medications. They can cause serious complications. One man has died from this.
6. DO NOT self-medicate with chloroquine. There are several forms, some of them will kill you.
7. Studies show that taking zinc with chloroquinine helps. The chloroquinine opens up the zinc pathways so the zinc will work against the SARS-COV-2 virus.
8. Strong green tea 3x per day also works with zinc. Strong green tea can help open the zinc pathways too, like chloroquinine. Steep 3 bags of green tea in 8 oz hot water. Drink that 8oz 3-5x per day.

4.4 Tips

1. Fun fact about many US hospital call buttons, YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS for emergencies: if you have a call button, and are in the hospital, and the nurse isn't answering, and you really need a nurse, pull the call button cord out of the wall and in some systems a loud alarm will sound. Do not abuse this.

4.5 Symptoms

1. If you have a constant cough you may have COVID-19, but some doctors are not testing people unless they are short of breath and have a measurable fever.
2. If you are short of breath you may have a problem, like if you are gasping for air. This is called hypoxia, and a person not getting enough O2 is called "hypoxic". Indications you may not be getting enough oxygen:
   1. Mental confusion, trouble talking.
   2. Fainting spells 2x a day or more.
   3. Getting high anxiety and acting out or acting irrationally.
   4. Psychosis, which is a break from reality, acting very much different from your normal personality, especially if the person is irritable. See https://wordsalad.info/2020/04/covid-19-patients-might-be-harmed-by-ventilators/ for study.
      
3. Try to breathe in all the way, if you cannot do that without coughing you have a problem.
4. Other symptoms which are not common but may indicate COVID-19 infection: Chills, muscle pain (as opposed to joint pain), sore throat, some loss of taste or smell, which is temporary.
5. The muscle pain, instead of joint pain, was one unusual symptom of COVID-19. This does not mean this symptom is a defining symptom which says you definitely have COVID-19. See this study, "Clinical Characteristics of Novel Coronavirus Cases in Tertiary Hospitals in Hubei Province" which says "None of the 137 patients (61 males, 76 females, aged 20-83 years, median age 57 years) had a definite history of exposure to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. Major initial symptoms included fever (112/137, 81.8%), coughing (66/137, 48.2%), and muscle pain or fatigue (44/137, 32.1%), with other, less typical initial symptoms observed at low frequency, including heart palpitations, diarrhea, and headache. Nearly 80% of the patients had normal or decreased white blood cell counts, and 72.3% (99/137) had lymphocytopenia."⁴ (Very good link.)

4.6 General coronavirus studies

1. Agostini ML, Andres EL, Sims AC, et al. ''Coronavirus Susceptibility to the Antiviral Remdesivir (GS-5734) Is Mediated by the Viral Polymerase and the Proofreading Exoribonuclease.'' mBio. 2018;9(2):e00221-18. Published 2018 Mar 6. doi:10.1128/mBio.00221-18. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29511076-coronavirus-susceptibility-to-the-antiviral-remdesivir-gs-5734-is-mediated-by-the-viral-polymerase-and-the-proofreading-exoribonuclease/?from_term=coronavirus+treatment&from_page=2&from_pos=5
2. Chloroquin study, 100% cured when used with antibiotic azythromycin. https://drive.google.com/file/d/186Bel9RqfsmEx55FDum4xY_IlWSHnGbj/view My guess is the antibiotic azythromycin was used to combat secondary infections from a weakened immune system, or was used as insurance against a secondary bacterial infection.
   1. WHO prevents use of chloroquine, trying to stop a cure. https://twitter.com/Mareq16/status/1242618271939080193?s=20 (Tweet is censored.)
   2. Three international studies show chloroquine treats #coronavirus with 100% success rate. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/huge-development-now-3-international-studies-find-chloroquine-with-azithromycin-shows-100-success-rate-in-treating-coronavirus-in-6-days-video/
3. Doctor Zenloko treats 350 patients with chloroquine and azythromycin, all recover. https://twitter.com/Mareq16/status/1242773782437277696?s=20 (Tweet is censored.)
4. COVID-19 is said to free up the Iron atoms from hemoglobin which means the red blood cells cannot carry oxygen and people get out of breath. The malaria bug also does the same thing, and chloroquine prevents this from happening, and by adding zinc, the zinc will also kill the virus.
5. Ventilators may do more harm than good because pneumonia is not the main problem, loss of iron in hemoglobin may be the main problem. https://wordsalad.info/2020/04/covid-19-patients-might-be-harmed-by-ventilators/
6. Diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus pneumonia (Trial Version 3). Beijing: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. Available from: http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/zhengcwj/202001/f492c9153ea9437bb587ce2ffcbee1fa/files/39e7578d85964dbe81117736dd789d8f.pdf.

4.7 Testing for COVID-19

1. (A rapid test is not accurate.) Döhla M, Boesecke C, Schulte B, et al. Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity. Public Health. 2020;182:170-172. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.009 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32334183/
   1. The gold standard is a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based system taking several hours to confirm positivity. For effective public health containment measures, this time span is too long. We therefore evaluated a rapid test in a high-prevalence community setting.
   2. Of 49 individuals, 22 tested positive by repeated qPCR. In contrast, the rapid test detected only eight of those positive correctly (sensitivity: 36.4%). Of the 27 qPCR-negative individuals, 24 were detected correctly (specificity: 88.9%).
2. (Accuracy of CDC N1 and N2 assays is only about 34%, 50%, 92%? This article shows the sensitivity of the test vs various sample sites on the body.) Perchetti GA, Nalla AK, Huang ML, et al. Validation of SARS-CoV-2 detection across multiple specimen types. J Clin Virol. 2020;128:104438. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104438 Abstract: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32405257/ Full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmv.25919 "The reverse transcription‐quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) assay has become the primary and crucial diagnostic tool to identify the SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, but it has some limitations in clinical practice. The RNA‐based diagnostic tests show a positive result only when the virus is still present. The tests cannot identify the people who were previously infected, recovered, and have cleared the virus from their bodies. A total of 76 serum samples, collected from these patients during hospitalization, were tested for IgM and IgG antibodies against SARS‐CoV‐2. The total seropositive rate for IgM and IgG was 50.0% (19/38) and 92.1% (35/38), respectively."
3. (What is the accuracy of the SARS-COV-2 tests? They found many problems with the studies.) Deeks JJ, Dinnes J, Takwoingi Y, et al. Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;6:CD013652. Published 2020 Jun 25. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013652 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32584464/ "Pooled results for IgG, IgM, IgA, total antibodies and IgG/IgM all showed low sensitivity during the first week since onset of symptoms (all less than 30.1%), rising in the second week and reaching their highest values in the third week. The combination of IgG/IgM had a sensitivity of 30.1% (95% CI 21.4 to 40.7) for 1 to 7 days, 72.2% (95% CI 63.5 to 79.5) for 8 to 14 days, 91.4% (95% CI 87.0 to 94.4) for 15 to 21 days."
   1. The sensitivity of antibody tests is too low in the first week since symptom onset to have a primary role for the diagnosis of COVID-19, but they may still have a role complementing other testing in individuals presenting later, when RT-PCR tests are negative, or are not done. Antibody tests are likely to have a useful role for detecting previous SARS-CoV-2 infection if used 15 or more days after the onset of symptoms."
   2. Sensitivity has mainly been evaluated in hospitalised patients, so it is unclear whether the tests are able to detect lower antibody levels likely seen with milder and asymptomatic COVID-19 disease.
4. Sensitivity of COVID-19 tests in days 0-7 of symptoms is unreliable. https://wordsalad.info/2020/07/sensitivity-of-covid-19-tests-is-poor-for-days-0-7-of-symptoms-and-also-for-asymptomatic-people/

4.8 Studies: Treating covid-19

1. Sheahan TP, Sims AC, Zhou S, et al. An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice. Sci Transl Med. 2020;12(541):eabb5883. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abb5883 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32253226/

4.9 Diagnosing severity of COVID-19

1. From JAMA, click graph icon near top of browser. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762692. Ong SWX, Tan YK, Chia PY, et al. Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient. JAMA. Published online March 04, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3227

4.10 Studies: Thyme tea acts as cough suppresant

1. Kitajima J, Ishikawa T, Urabe A, Satoh M. Monoterpenoids and their glycosides from the leaf of thyme. Phytochemistry. 2004 Dec;65(24):3279-87. PubMed PMID: 15561194. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15561194
2. Muller-Limmroth W, Frohlich HH. [Effect of various phytotherapeutic expectorants on mucociliary transport]. Fortschr Med. 1980 Jan 24;98(3):95-101. German. PubMed PMID: 7364365. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7364365 (Cough tea works.) The following ingredients increased the transport rate with falling rank order: Folia farfarae (coltsfoot), fructus foeniculi (fennel), and fructus anisi (anise). Ineffective: Herba plantaginis (plantain), flores verbasci (torch weed), and radix liquiritiae (liquorice). Inhibits mucus transport: semen foenigraeci (foenugrec, fennugreek), radix althaeae (marsh mallow), and herba thymi (mother of thyme) had an inhibiting effect in raising rank order."

4.11 Studies: Shilajit powder studies vs immune system

Shilajit is also called: mumie, moomiyo. Shilajit contains fulvic acid which is supposed to have healing properties.

1. Search on Pubmed
2. Musthafa MS, Asgari SM, Elumalai P, Hoseinifar SH, Doan HV. Protective efficacy of Shilajit enriched diet on growth performance and immune resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila in Oreochromis mossambicus. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2018 Nov;82:147-152. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2018.08.022. Epub 2018 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 30102974. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30102974
3. Musthafa MS, Jawahar Ali AR, Hyder Ali AR, Mohamed MJ, War M, Naveed MS, Al-Sadoon MK, Paray BA, Rani KU, Arockiaraj J, Balasundaram C, Harikrishnan R. Effect of Shilajit enriched diet on immunity, antioxidants, and disease resistance in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) against Aeromonas hydrophila. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2016 Oct;57:293-300. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.08.033. Epub 2016 Aug 19. PubMed PMID: 27546551. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27546551 (Does shilajit help long-arm shrimp fight off bacteria?)
4. Cagno V, Donalisio M, Civra A, Cagliero C, Rubiolo P, Lembo D. In vitro evaluation of the antiviral properties of Shilajit and investigation of its mechanisms of action. J Ethnopharmacol. 2015 May 26;166:129-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.019. Epub 2015 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 25792012. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792012 The present study was undertaken to investigate the antiviral activity of Shilajit against a panel of viruses including herpes simplex type 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human rotavirus (HRV), and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). Shilajit worked against certain viruses. "The results of the present study demonstrate that Shilajit is endowed with broad, yet specific, antiviral activity in vitro and constitutes a natural source of antiviral substances. Further work remains to be done to assess its efficacy in vivo."
5. Agarwal SP, Khanna R, Karmarkar R, Anwer MK, Khar RK. Shilajit: a review. Phytother Res. 2007 May;21(5):401-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 17295385. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17295385
6. Stohs SJ. Safety and efficacy of shilajit (mumie, moomiyo). Phytother Res. 2014 Apr;28(4):475-9. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5018. Epub 2013 Jun 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 23733436. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23733436
7. Is shilajit safe for iron levels? Yes. Velmurugan C, Vivek B, Wilson E, Bharathi T, Sundaram T. Evaluation of safety profile of black shilajit after 91 days repeated administration in rats. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2012 Mar;2(3):210-4. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60043-4. PubMed PMID: 23569899; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3609271. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569899 "The result suggests that black shilajit, an Ayurvedic formulation, is safe for long term use as a dietary supplement for a number of disorders like iron deficiency anaemia."

4.12 Studies: antibacterial (for secondary infections)

1. Study: Manuka honey kills more bacteria than all available antibiotics https://www.naturalnews.com/2016-12-20-study-manuka-honey-kills-more-bacteria-than-all-antibiotics-available.html, study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19513768 NOTE: COVID-19 is a virus, not a bacterium! But antibiotics can be used to treat secondary infections with COVID-19.

5 Table: Coronavirus compared to other illnesses

(1): These are only people who tested positive for Coronavirus/SARS-COV-2. There must be at least 10x that number who never went to the doctor or had a negative test. So if there are 1,000,000 people infected, actual death rate would be about 0.36%. And most of those deaths are from people who had serious other health complications.

Sources:

1. 1918 flu. Infected 27% of world, or 700-1400 million, Deaths were 40-50 million, some say 100 million. mortality rate: 50 million / 1800 million = 2.8%. Wikipedia.
2. Coronavirus Sick: 188430, dead 7499, mortality pct 4.0%. Keep in mind that most cases go unreported as the person just stays home and never goes to a doctor. This makes the mortality rate artificially higher. Also keep in mind the COVID-19 tests are inaccurate and often give a false negative, when in reality the person is a carrier of the virus at a low viral load. John Hopkins map: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6. Worldometers table: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
3. Ebola 2014-2016, sick: 28616, dead: 11310 , mortality pct 40%
4. H1N1 2009, sick: 700-1400 million, deaths: 284,000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
5. Influenza in US 2018-2019: sick: 35 million, deaths: 34,000, mortality 0.09% (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fflu%2Fabout%2Fdisease%2Fburden.htm)
6. Influenza in US alone 2017-2018: sick: 45 million, deaths: 61,000, mortality 0.13%. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fflu%2Fabout%2Fdisease%2Fburden.htm
7. MERS 2012-present, sick: 2494, dead: 858, mortality: 34%
8. SARS 2002-2003, sick: 8098, dead: 774, mortality: 9.6%
9. 2019-2020 CDC Flu season burden. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm

6 About masks

Panic buying will likely see most stores and Amazon run out of masks already.

Tips:

1. You need that metal clip on the nose to make a tight fit, especially if you wear glasses, otherwise your exhalations will fog up your glasses.
2. If it's getting hard to breathe while wearing the mask, the filters might need cleaning or replacing. Or fold up a piece of tissue and put it under the metal clip to make a seal.

6.1 Places to get masks

1. Hardware stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards, Ace Hardware.
2. Pharmacies/chemist.
3. Paint stores.
4. Construction supply stores (who generally sell to contractors).

6.2 Alternate masks

Masks do not stop microscopic particles that viruses travel in. Masks are for stopping bacteria which are much larger than viruses.

6.3 Face mask studies

Earlier studies first.

1. 2009. Cowling BJ, Chan K, Fang VJ, et al. Facemasks and Hand Hygiene to Prevent Influenza Transmission in Households: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:437-446. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-7-200910060-00142 and https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/744899/facemasks-hand-hygiene-prevent-influenza-transmission-households-cluster-randomized-trial
2. 2012. Tracht SM, Del Valle SY, Edwards BK. Economic analysis of the use of facemasks during pandemic (H1N1) 2009. J Theor Biol. 2012;300:161-172. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.01.032. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307882/ "We then quantify the impact facemasks could have had on the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and examine their cost effectiveness. Our analyses show that an unmitigated pandemic could result in losses of nearly $832 billion in the United States during the length of the pandemic. Based on present value of future earnings, hospital costs, and lost income estimates due to illness, this study estimates that the use of facemasks by 10%, 25%, and 50% of the population could reduce economic losses by $478 billion, $570 billion, and $573 billion, respectively."
3. 2012. Aiello AE, Perez V, Coulborn RM, Davis BM, Uddin M, et al. (2012) Facemasks, Hand Hygiene, and Influenza among Young Adults: A Randomized Intervention Trial. PLoS ONE 7(1): e29744. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029744. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0029744 Free PDF of full study available.
4. 2015. Does Wearing a Mask Prevent the Flu? https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/mask#1 Contains links to studies.
5. Sep 2019. Surgical masks as good as respirators (masks) for flu and respiratory virus protection. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190903134732.htm

6.4 Studies and pages, face masks make things worse

Earlier studies first.

1. 2013. Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23482904/ (Face masks reduce immune system and make things worse.)
2. 2015. Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26179900/ (Face masks reduce immunity and increase spread of disease.)
3. 2017. Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28278498/
4. July 2020. Blaylock lists studies that show facemasks make things worse. https://www.technocracy.news/blaylock-face-masks-pose-serious-risks-to-the-healthy/
5. July 2020. Studies show that masks are not effective. Even CNN, NBC, WHO says masks are not needed. Contains screenshots of articles. https://wordsalad.info/2020/07/studies-show-masks-are-not-that-effective/

6.5 Face mask improvisation

1. Make a concentrated salt water solution. Add food coloring, and spray the outside of the mask with it. The food coloring will tell you which masks were sprayed. The salt kills the coronavirus on contact. For more info see the study here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170105160228.htm
2. Use a stretchy material to make your own face mask as it will fit more tightly around your face.
3. A commercial face mask efficiency goes from 37% to 99% if a static-charged layer is included as the middle layer. However, sterlization with alcohol will permeate the outer layer of the mask and decharge the middle layer rending it much less effective.⁵ Therefore, to sterilze masks the study notes that the mask should be suspended in 70C (158F) degree air (without the mask portion touching any metal parts) for 30 minutes. Treating masks with gamma or UV radiation may result in the mask material itself degrading.

7 Places to find studies

1. Pubmed.gov. http://pubmed.gov. Free to anyone, no account needed unless you want to bookmark the studies on the site itself.
2. Lots of sources of free studies here: https://pastebin.com/2vGVq05X

8 Flu cases 2019-2020

1. 2019-2020 flu season: 32,000,000+ flu cases, estimated 18,000-46,000+ (avg 32,000) flu deaths, 310,000 flu hospitalizations and no panic about it. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm

9 Coronavirus 2020 graphics

10 How schools are dealing with it

10.1 Michigan

Michigan schools are closed for the rest of the school year of 2020. This means they have to make up any missed days at the end of June. EDIT: Michigan public schools are closed for the rest of the school year.

When school closures first started, public schools had bought a lot of food to serve students but now there will be no people at the schools to eat it, so schools in Shelby, MI are preparing the food and will distribute the food they have using the school busses, at every bus stop.

1. Shelby schools transportation dept. https://www.shelbypublicschools.net/transportation
2. Shelby K12 schools transportation dept. http://www.scsk12.org/transportation/
3. Shelby schools rating. https://www.greatschools.org/michigan/shelby/shelby-public-schools/

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