Initial predictions called for 2.2 million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. alone. According to the latest models, an estimated 60,000 Americans may die from COVID-19 complications.
Some doctors are promoting the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Apparently, many are seeing good results, although not universally. Some Swedish hospitals have stopped using chloroquine due to severe side effects in some patients.
Northwell Health, New York's largest health care provider, is using vitamin C at its hospitals in
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is raising many questions, with implications that are compounded for those who are pregnant. Talk with your doctor about telemedicine options and prepare for office visits after 24 weeks’ gestation.
Strategies to prevent infection include frequent hand-washing for at least 20 seconds, practicing social distancing and wearing a mask in public. Your immune system is your primary defense against infections; seek to maintain optimal levels of vitamin D, eat foods high in vitamin C and eat nutrient-dense, whole foods.
Read moreWhile unproven, one current theory is that electromagnetic field radiation — and the addition of 5G in particular — could be having an impact on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poor immune function and ill health combined with environmental stressors such as heightened EMF exposure might create a perfect storm where the virus has an easy way to get into the body and can reproduce faster.
Read moreYour immune system is your primary defense against infectious disease, so one of the best things you can do is to educate yourself about how to do that. Vitamin C is one excellent option, as it stimulates and maximizes the potency of your immune system.
Magnesium is a natural calcium channel blocker, which makes it useful for a wide variety of scenarios involving oxidative stress. Some forms of magnesium are antimicrobial too. Magnesium chloride appears to have the most potent antimicrobial effects, suppressing infection, while magnesium sulfate appears to be less effective.
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Beyond the basic precautions of good hygiene and spatial distancing, what other steps can you take to help make your immune system less vulnerable to COVID-19 and other illnesses?
Here’s one idea: Make your own evergreen tea, using the needles from white pine, balsam fir, cedar or spruce trees. The power of evergreen tea to boost immunity,
Read moreTwo cleaning chemicals that don't produce dangerous fumes when mixed together are baking soda and vinegar; while this acid-base mixture foams well, it has no cleaning power.
Bleach should never be mixed with any other chemical, liquid or powder, but you can use water to dilute it; with ammonia it releases chloramine gas and with acidic products it releases chlorine gas.
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COVID-19, perhaps like no other crisis in recent history, has reminded us of the importance of good health.
This global pandemic has also revealed just how fragile our food and farming system, our healthcare system and our entire economy, really are.
Now, more than ever, we need
Read moreThiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency syndrome (beriberi) has many similarities to sepsis — a primary cause of COVID-19 mortality — and thiamine deficiency is relatively common in critically ill patients in general.
Thiamine deficiency is prevalent in pulmonary tuberculosis, and the more severe the case, the more severe the thiamine deficiency. Thiamine has been shown to limit Mycobacterium tuberculosis by regulating your innate immunity.
Read moreIn countries where mask wearing is “extremely normal,” such as South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, they have managed to flatten the curve of COVID-19 cases, keeping them from spiking.
In one study, a 75% reduction in influenza-like illness was noted among university students using hand hygiene and wearing masks in residence halls.
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The global spread of coronavirus/COVID-19 has sent researchers and scientists into overdrive to find both treatments and cures.
In the meantime, doctors and other practitioners are, to a large extent, improvising. They are employing best-care practices for the very sick in hospital
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