State Dep't Cables Warned Of Potential 'SARS-Like Pandemic' in 2018
after visit to Wuhan Lab Experimenting With Bat Coronavirus
Newsletter published on April 15, 2020
(1) State Dep't Cables Warned Of Potential 'SARS-Like Pandemic' in 2018
after visit to Wuhan Lab Experimenting With Bat Coronavirus
(2) WaPo is now saying what we 'conspiracy theorists' said 3 months ago
(3) Anonymous source says Intel warned of coronavirus crisis in Nov;
Pentagon denies it
(4) Head of National Center for Medical Intelligence (based in Fort
Detrick, Maryland) denies Anonymous Reports About Virus Intelligence
(5) Dr Brownstein testimonial - Brandon, who is a paramedic
(6) HCQ + high dose Zinc blocks Covid-19
(7) Crimson Contagion simulation in 2019 found US dependent on equipment
made overseas
(1) State Dep't Cables Warned Of Potential 'SARS-Like Pandemic' in 2018
after visit to Wuhan Lab Experimenting With Bat Coronavirus
US State Department Cables Warned Of Potential 'SARS-Like Pandemic'
After visiting Wuhan Lab Experimenting With Bat Coronavirus
State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying
bat coronaviruses
By Josh Rogin
April 14, 2020 at 6:00 AM EDT
Two years before the novel coronavirus pandemic upended the world, U.S.
Embassy officials visited a Chinese research facility in the city of
Wuhan several times and sent two official warnings back to Washington
about inadequate safety at the lab, which was conducting risky studies
on coronaviruses from bats. The cables have fueled discussions inside
the U.S. government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the
source of the virus — even though conclusive proof has yet to emerge.
In January 2018, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing took the unusual step of
repeatedly sending U.S. science diplomats to the Wuhan Institute of
Virology (WIV), which had in 2015 become China’s first laboratory to
achieve the highest level of international bioresearch safety (known as
BSL-4). WIV issued a news release in English about the last of these
visits, which occurred on March 27, 2018. The U.S. delegation was led by
Jamison Fouss, the consul general in Wuhan, and Rick Switzer, the
embassy’s counselor of environment, science, technology and health. Last
week, WIV erased that statement from its website, though it remains
archived on the Internet.
What the U.S. officials learned during their visits concerned them so
much that they dispatched two diplomatic cables categorized as Sensitive
But Unclassified back to Washington. The cables warned about safety and
management weaknesses at the WIV lab and proposed more attention and
help. The first cable, which I obtained, also warns that the lab’s work
on bat coronaviruses and their potential human transmission represented
a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic.
"During interactions with scientists at the WIV laboratory, they noted
the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians
and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment
laboratory," states the Jan. 19, 2018, cable, which was drafted by two
officials from the embassy’s environment, science and health sections
who met with the WIV scientists. (The State Department declined to
comment on this and other details of the story.)
The Chinese researchers at WIV were receiving assistance from the
Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch
and other U.S. organizations, but the Chinese requested additional help.
The cables argued that the United States should give the Wuhan lab
further support, mainly because its research on bat coronaviruses was
important but also dangerous.
As the cable noted, the U.S. visitors met with Shi Zhengli, the head of
the research project, who had been publishing studies related to bat
coronaviruses for many years. In November 2017, just before the U.S.
officials’ visit, Shi’s team had published research showing that
horseshoe bats they had collected from a cave in Yunnan province were
very likely from the same bat population that spawned the SARS
coronavirus in 2003.
"Most importantly," the cable states, "the researchers also showed that
various SARS-like coronaviruses can interact with ACE2, the human
receptor identified for SARS-coronavirus. This finding strongly suggests
that SARS-like coronaviruses from bats can be transmitted to humans to
cause SARS-like diseases. From a public health perspective, this makes
the continued surveillance of SARS-like coronaviruses in bats and study
of the animal-human interface critical to future emerging coronavirus
outbreak prediction and prevention."
The research was designed to prevent the next SARS-like pandemic by
anticipating how it might emerge. But even in 2015, other scientists
questioned whether Shi’s team was taking unnecessary risks. In October
2014, the U.S. government had imposed a moratorium on funding of any
research that makes a virus more deadly or contagious, known as
"gain-of-function" experiments.
As many have pointed out, there is no evidence that the virus now
plaguing the world was engineered; scientists largely agree it came from
animals. But that is not the same as saying it didn’t come from the lab,
which spent years testing bat coronaviruses in animals, said Xiao Qiang,
a research scientist at the School of Information at the University of
California at Berkeley.
"The cable tells us that there have long been concerns about the
possibility of the threat to public health that came from this lab’s
research, if it was not being adequately conducted and protected," he said.
There are similar concerns about the nearby Wuhan Center for Disease
Control and Prevention lab, which operates at biosecurity level 2, a
level significantly less secure than the level-4 standard claimed by the
Wuhan Insititute of Virology lab, Xiao said. That’s important because
the Chinese government still refuses to answer basic questions about the
origin of the novel coronavirus while suppressing any attempts to
examine whether either lab was involved.
Sources familiar with the cables said they were meant to sound an alarm
about the grave safety concerns at the WIV lab, especially regarding its
work with bat coronaviruses. The embassy officials were calling for more
U.S. attention to this lab and more support for it, to help it fix its
problems.
"The cable was a warning shot," one U.S. official said. "They were
begging people to pay attention to what was going on."
No extra assistance to the labs was provided by the U.S. government in
response to these cables. The cables began to circulate again inside the
administration over the past two months as officials debated whether the
lab could be the origin of the pandemic and what the implications would
be for the U.S. pandemic response and relations with China.
Inside the Trump administration, many national security officials have
long suspected either the WIV or the Wuhan Center for Disease Control
and Prevention lab was the source of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
According to the New York Times, the intelligence community has provided
no evidence to confirm this. But one senior administration official told
me that the cables provide one more piece of evidence to support the
possibility that the pandemic is the result of a lab accident in Wuhan.
"The idea that it was just a totally natural occurrence is
circumstantial. The evidence it leaked from the lab is circumstantial.
Right now, the ledger on the side of it leaking from the lab is packed
with bullet points and there’s almost nothing on the other side," the
official said.
As my colleague David Ignatius noted, the Chinese government’s original
story — that the virus emerged from a seafood market in Wuhan — is
shaky. Research by Chinese experts published in the Lancet in January
showed the first known patient, identified on Dec. 1, had no connection
to the market, nor did more than one-third of the cases in the first
large cluster. Also, the market didn’t sell bats.
Shi and other WIV researchers have categorically denied this lab was the
origin for the novel coronavirus. On Feb. 3, her team was the first to
publicly report the virus known as 2019-nCoV was a bat-derived coronavirus.
The Chinese government, meanwhile, has put a total lockdown on
information related to the virus origins. Beijing has yet to provide
U.S. experts with samples of the novel coronavirus collected from the
earliest cases. The Shanghai lab that published the novel coronavirus
genome on Jan. 11 was quickly shut down by authorities for
"rectification." Several of the doctors and journalists who reported on
the spread early on have disappeared.
On Feb. 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a new biosecurity
law to be accelerated. On Wednesday, CNN reported the Chinese government
has placed severe restrictions requiring approval before any research
institution publishes anything on the origin of the novel coronavirus.
The origin story is not just about blame. It’s crucial to understanding
how the novel coronavirus pandemic started because that informs how to
prevent the next one. The Chinese government must be transparent and
answer the questions about the Wuhan labs because they are vital to our
scientific understanding of the virus, said Xiao.
We don’t know whether the novel coronavirus originated in the Wuhan lab,
but the cable pointed to the danger there and increases the impetus to
find out, he said.
"I don’t think it’s a conspiracy theory. I think it’s a legitimate
question that needs to be investigated and answered," he said. "To
understand exactly how this originated is critical knowledge for
preventing this from happening in the future."
(2) WaPo is now saying what we 'conspiracy theorists' said 3 months ago
by Tyler Durden
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 09:50
The US State Department received two cables from US Embassy officials in
2018 warning of inadequate safety at a Wuhan, China biolab conducting
'risky studies' on bat coronaviruses, according to the Washington Post,
which notes that the cables have "fueled discussions inside the U.S.
government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the source of the
virus."
A US delegation led by Jamison Fouss, the consul general in Wuhan, and
Rick Switzer, the embassy's counselor of environment, science,
technology and health took the unusual step of repeatedly visiting the
Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) - which had become China's first
laboratory to achieve the highest level of international bioresearch
safety (BSL-4) in 2015. The last of the visits, which occurred on March
27, 2018, was documented on WIV's website and subsequently scrubbed
(archive).
US officials were so concerned by what they saw that they warned of a
potential pandemic stemming from the lab's work on bat coronaviruses. [...]
According to the report, the bat coronavirus research was aimed at
preventing the next SARS-like pandemic "by anticipating how it might
emerge," however according to the report "even in 2015, other scientists
questioned whether Shi’s team was taking unnecessary risks."
In October 2014, the U.S. government had imposed a moratorium on funding
of any research that makes a virus more deadly or contagious, known as
"gain-of-function" experiments.
WaPo is careful to note that 'many' have said there's no evidence that
COVID-19 was engineered, and that concensus is that it came from
animals, "that is not the same as saying it didn't come from a lab,
which spent years testing bat coronaviruses in animals," according to
Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at UC Berkeley.
"The cable tells us that there have long been concerns about the
possibility of the threat to public health that came from this lab’s
research, if it was not being adequately conducted and protected," he said.
Meanwhile, similar concerns remain about the nearby Wuhan Center for
Disease Control and Prevention Lab - a level 2 biosecurity facility,
while the Chinese government refuses to say whether either lab was involved.
Notably, the Wuhan CDC is located roughly 900 feet from the wet market
which accounted for roughly half of the new COVID-19 cases late last year.
That said, the report notes that the wet market didn't sell bats - and
the first known patient had no known connection to the market. That
said, there's nothing to say that an employee from the Chinese CDC
didn't accidentally infect themselves and go shopping for meat during
the virus's well known asymptomatic incubation period.
According to WaPo, citing sources familiar with the cables, the US
embassy wanted to sound an alarm about the grave safety concerns at the
WIV lab, "especially regarding its work with bat coronaviruses."
"The cable was a warning shot," said one US official. "They were begging
people to pay attention to what was going on."
Next, WaPo moves on to the 'blame the Trump admin' phase of the report,
noting that "no extra assistance to the labs was provided by the US
government in response to the cables" which "began to circulate again
inside the administration over the past two months as officials debated
whether the lab could be the origin of the pandemic and what the
implications would be for the U.S. pandemic response and relations with
China."
Inside the Trump administration, many national security officials have
long suspected either the WIV or the Wuhan Center for Disease Control
and Prevention lab was the source of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
According to the New York Times, the intelligence community has provided
no evidence to confirm this. But one senior administration official told
me that the cables provide one more piece of evidence to support the
possibility that the pandemic is the result of a lab accident in Wuhan.
Of note, the Obama administration 'paused' funding to the WIV, which was
lifted a year into Trump's presidency according to the National Review.
"The idea that is was just a totally natural occurrence is
circumstantial. The evidence it leaked from the lab is circumstantial.
Right now, the ledger on the side of it leaking from the lab is packed
with bullet points and there’s almost nothing on the other side," said
one WaPo source.
Meanwhile, the CCP has put a complete lockdown on information related to
the origins of the virus - refusing to provide US experts with samples
collected from the earliest cases, and quickly shutting down the
Shanghai lab which published COVID-19's genome on January 11th for
"rectification."
As WaPo notes, "Several of the doctors and journalists who reported on
the spread early on have disappeared."
On Feb. 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a new biosecurity
law to be accelerated. On Wednesday, CNN reported the Chinese government
has placed severe restrictions requiring approval before any research
institution publishes anything on the origin of the novel coronavirus.
And now - considering the source of the report, the bat's out of the bag
and the official narrative has been set - which we were called
conspiracy theorists for positing three months ago.
(3) Anonymous source says Intel warned of coronavirus crisis in Nov;
Pentagon denies it
From: C in New York
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November:
Sources "Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source says.
By Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek
9 April 2020, 11:55
According to an exclusive ABC News investigation the National Center for
Medical Intelligence warned the military and White House about the
spread of the virus in China as far back as late November. Editor's
Note: This story has been updated to reflect comment from the Pentagon.
As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning
that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the
patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population,
according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting.
Concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic
were detailed in a November intelligence report by the military's
National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), according to two
officials familiar with the document’s contents.
The report was the result of analysis of wire and computer intercepts,
coupled with satellite images. It raised alarms because an
out-of-control disease would pose a serious threat to U.S. forces in
Asia -- forces that depend on the NCMI’s work. And it paints a picture
of an American government that could have ramped up mitigation and
containment efforts far earlier to prepare for a crisis poised to come home.
"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," one of the sources
said of the NCMI’s report. "It was then briefed multiple times to" the
Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s Joint Staff and the White
House. Wednesday night, the Pentagon issued a statement denying the
"product/assessment" existed.
From that warning in November, the sources described repeated briefings
through December for policy-makers and decision-makers across the
federal government as well as the National Security Council at the White
House. All of that culminated with a detailed explanation of the problem
that appeared in the President’s Daily Brief of intelligence matters in
early January, the sources said. For something to have appeared in the
PDB, it would have had to go through weeks of vetting and analysis,
according to people who have worked on presidential briefings in both
Republican and Democratic administrations.
"The timeline of the intel side of this may be further back than we’re
discussing," the source said of preliminary reports from Wuhan. "But
this was definitely being briefed beginning at the end of November as
something the military needed to take a posture on."
The NCMI report was made available widely to people authorized to access
intelligence community alerts. Following the report’s release, other
intelligence community bulletins began circulating through confidential
channels across the government around Thanksgiving, the sources said.
Those analyses said China’s leadership knew the epidemic was out of
control even as it kept such crucial information from foreign
governments and public health agencies.
"It would be a significant alarm that would have been set off by this,"
former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Mick Mulroy, now an ABC News
contributor, said of the NCMI report. "And it would have been something
that would be followed up by literally every intelligence-collection
agency."
Mulroy, who previously served as a senior official at the CIA, said NCMI
does serious work that senior government leaders do not ignore.
"Medical intelligence takes into account all source information --
imagery intelligence, human intelligence, signals intelligence," Mulroy
said. "Then there’s analysis by people who know those specific areas. So
for something like this to have come out, it has been reviewed by
experts in the field. They’re taking together what those pieces of
information mean and then looking at the potential for an international
health crisis."
NCMI is a component of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency.
Together, the agencies’ core responsibilities are to ensure U.S.
military forces have the information they need to carry out their
missions -- both offensively and defensively. It is a critical priority
for the Pentagon to keep American service members healthy on deployments.
Asked about the November warning last Sunday on ABC’s "This Week,"
Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, "I
can't recall, George. But we have many people who watch this closely. We
have the premier infectious disease research institute in America,
within the United States Army. So, our people who work these issues
directly watch this all the time."
Pressing the secretary, Stephanopoulos asked, "So, you would have known
if there was briefed to the National Security Council in December,
wouldn't you?"
Esper said, "Yes. I'm not aware of that."
ABC News ? @ABC .@Gstephanopoulos: "Did the Pentagon receive an
intelligence assessment on COVID in China last November from the
National Center for Medical Intelligence?"
Defense Sec. Mark Esper: "I can’t recall, George, but we have many
people that watch this closely." https://abcn.ws/2R9QZ8P
The Pentagon did not comment Tuesday, but on Wednesday evening following
the publication of this report, the Defense Department provided a
statement from Col. R. Shane Day, Director of the NCMI.
"As a matter of practice the National Center for Medical Intelligence
does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters. However, in
the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis,
we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a
National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related
product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct. No such NCMI
product exists," the statement said.
The White House National Security Council and the Office of the Director
of National Intelligence declined to comment. [...]
ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Luis Martinez and Terrance Smith
contributed to this report.
(4) Head of National Center for Medical Intelligence (based in Fort
Detrick, Maryland) denies Anonymous Reports About Virus Intelligence
Defense Official Makes Rare Statement Rejecting Anonymous Reports About
Virus Intelligence
BY ZACHARY STIEBER
April 9, 2020 Updated: April 9, 2020
A top American defense official issued a rare statement rejecting
anonymously-sourced media reports claiming intelligence officials
released guidance about the COVID-19 pandemic as early as November 2019.
"As a matter of practice the National Center for Medical Intelligence
does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters. However, in
the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis,
we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a
National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related
product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct," Col. R. Shane
Day, the head of the center, said in a statement.
"No such NCMI product exists."
ABC was the first outlet to report on the supposed document. Its sources
were all anonymous.
Media outlets have increasingly turned to anonymous sources during the
Trump administration, resulting in an escalating number of reports that
are later changed or retracted.
ABC cited "two officials familiar with the document’s contents." The way
the story is portrayed suggests the two reporters with bylines did not
themselves read the alleged report. ABC didn’t immediately return a
request for comment.
Other outlets later published articles about the alleged document. All
also cited unnamed sources.
The National Center for Medical Intelligence is based in Fort Detrick,
Maryland, and is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency, which is part
of the Department of Defense.
Asked whether the Pentagon received an assessment from NCMI in November,
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Sunday, "I can’t recall."
"But we have many people who watch this closely. We have the premier
infectious disease research institute in America, within the United
States Army. So our people who work these issues directly watch this all
the time," he added, speaking during an appearance on ABC’s "This Week."
Esper said he would have known if there was information briefed to the
National Security Council and said he wasn’t aware of any briefing
happening.
COVID-19 is a disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus,
commonly known as novel coronavirus. The virus emerged in China, where
Chinese Communist Party officials worked hard to manipulate the true
situation, hide facts from other countries, and punish Chinese who spoke
out.
The first person who was allegedly infected was a 55-year-old from Hubei
province. The earliest documented patient was a man in his 70s.
The first confirmed patient in the United States was discovered in late
February.
Eva Fu contributed to this report.
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(6) HCQ + high dose Zinc blocks Covid-19
From: Keven Barrett <truthjihad@gmail.com>
Think Zinc! Submitted by Progressive Press on Sun, 2020-04-12 01:07
Author bio: John-Paul Leonard
The Great Coronavirus Cure Cover-up:
Doctors "Stop CoVid-19 in its Tracks" – get Blacked out by CDC and MSM.
Think Zinc: Hydroxychloroquine + Zinc Reporting a 100% Cure.
By John-Paul Leonard, Apr. 11-12, 2020.[1]
"Your Money or Your Life!" sometimes seems to be a motto of the medical
industry – but now it's on a national scale.
We are forced to accept terrible damages to our nation's health, economy
and civil liberties. The only happy ending to this nightmare would be a
quick cure for the virus. Is this cure being hushed up?
On March 23, talk show host Sean Hannity called up VP Mike Pence about
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko's "miracle drug" cocktail:
Hannity: Mr. Vice President… a doctor in the New York area … has a
regimen:[2] Hydroxychloroquine, 200 mg 2x/day, 5 days. Azithromycin, 500
mg 1x/day, 5 days. Zinc sulfate, 220 mg, 1x/day, 5 days… His results, we
have had zero deaths, zero hospitalizations, zero intubations, zero."
Pence responded, "What we see in some of those anecdotal studies, we're
going to put to the test," then went on about hydroxychloroquine and
vaccines. "Zinc sulfate" fell on a blind spot or deaf ear.[3] It was not
put to the test, of course. Instead, the CDC stripped any mention of
"anecdotal studies" from their website.[4]
Well-established science indicates that Zinc is probably the main actor,
with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in an auxiliary role.[5] Dr. Cardillo in
Los Angeles: "Every patient I've prescribed it to has been very, very
ill and within 8 to 12 hours, they were basically symptom-free." (He
just gives HCQ+Zinc, without Azithromycin.)[6]
Here's how it works. Your immune system is like a motor,
hydroxychloroquine is like the fuel pump, zinc is the fuel. The pump CAN
rev up the motor – but only IF there's enough fuel in the tank.
A quick and safe cure costing less than $10 in meds. It might save
100,000 lives and trillions of dollars. What is the Task Force waiting for?
So much effort is spent on vaccines that won't be ready until after the
pandemic is over, yet no one has time to look at the most promising drug
combination we've seen.
To be fair, Trump saved thousands of lives by "touting the off-label
drug HCQ," making it the most popular treatment among doctors around the
world.[7] True, the White House missing the zinc link is also costing
lives, but Trump and Pence are only reflecting dismissive attitudes that
prevail in the medical field.
This humble gray mineral is obviously not the kind of sexy, fascinating
product to fire imaginations and galvanize a task force into action, nor
to hype your stock for the next new vaccine IPO. Big Pharma doesn't run
TV ads enticing you to plant healthy garden vegetables, either.
But we're not talking here about garden variety zinc lozenges. We're
talking about a dose of 200 or 225 mg of zinc, that's 20 times the daily
requirement. Then, by helping zinc enter your cells, HCQ multiplies that
by 5 or 10 x. So you're getting a superdose of 100 to 200 times the
normal daily requirement of zinc. Armed with all the ammo it needs, your
turbocharged immune system is now ready to slaughter Covid19! (At least
in the early and middle stages of the disease. Do not wait to tank up
until the virus has damaged the lungs.)
Zinc is the centerpiece of a healthy immune system, blocking pathogens
while preventing inflammation. We've known this since zinc deficiency
symptoms were first identified around 1960. The role of zinc
transporters like HCQ in fending off respiratory viruses was described
already in 1974.[8] Trust me, HCQ and zinc are not the latest quack fad.
The link between zinc and resistance to infection, is as serious and
solid as anything we know in medicine.[9] Zinc on its own may not be a
silver bullet -- but zinc deficiency can make coronavirus into a fatal
bullet.
There's been a lot of wrangling about whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)
really works. Deskbound types insist on controlled, randomized,
double-blind trials, while doctors in the field say patients don't want
a placebo, they want the real thing. I'd like to see a Trump-Cardillo
trial -- one bunch gets HCQ + Azithromycin, the other gets HCQ + high
dose zinc.
Zinc Facts
Zinc plays a central, crucial role in our immune system, which needs the
right balance of zinc (homeostasis) both to kill germs and to control
inflammation.[10] Zinc blocks the replication of respiratory viruses
within cells, at four points in the virus life cycle.[11]
Hydroxychloroquine multiplies the effect of zinc by bringing it into
cells where it's needed.[12] Low zinc levels are linked to all these
chronic conditions that account for over 99% of deaths from SARS-CoV-2
(CoVID-19): - old age, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, male
gender, cancer, and obesity. There's so much data on this I put it in
the Appendix. The immune system is what makes all the difference between
a mild case of coronavirus and a fatal one. It's why 99% of Covid-19
fatalities deaths are older people with chronic conditions. Their weaker
immune system is not up to the challenge of the novel coronavirus, but
with extra ammunition -- extra zinc -- it should do the job.
Women are of Iron, Men are of Zinc
Why do men account for up to 70% of coronavirus fatalities?[13] One
factor may be our different reproductive organs. Men need more zinc,
women need more iron. The prostate gland and semen contain high levels
of zinc. The recommended daily intake of zinc is 11 mg for men vs. 8 mg
for women. Men are more likely not to get enough zinc to maintain a
healthy immune system. In one study, 49% of the men, but only 15% of the
women, "were at risk of zinc deficiency, with dietary zinc intakes of
less than the Estimated Average Requirement."[14] Most of the body's
zinc is bound up in muscle protein, bone, the skin, the nervous system
and the cerebral cortex etc. Zinc is a component in thousands of human
proteins. The body runs lean on zinc, there is not much of it free
floating in the blood or inside cells available to surge against a
sudden infection. The solution is zinc supplementation as needed.[15]
Short-term high doses of zinc are not harmful. An excellent source of
information on zinc supplementation with copious the references is at
the Linus Pauling Institute – Oregon State University website.[16]
Fun fact: iron and zinc compete with each other for bio-availability,
and perhaps in other ways in our body, because they are chemically
similar. Why are women more often vegetarians than men? Perhaps too much
zinc from meat interferes with their iron needs. Men have more of their
body mass in zinc-intensive features like bones, muscles, and hair –
which they lose as they get older. Equilibrium ("homeostasis") of iron
as well as zinc is important for immune health. It has been shown that
"excess iron … associates with compromised immunity, cancer,
cardiovascular disease, and inflammation"[17] – and this could result
from low zinc. A conjecture: Might our basically different requirements
for zinc and iron have favored the selection of different pathways for
other processes as well, thus increasing gender dependence on zinc and
iron respectively? (I wasn't able to find data on this.)
Zinc's Links to Old Age and other Causes of Death in Coronavirus Cases
In a normal flu season, if an old man dies from a cardiovascular
condition complicated by the flu, it's usually counted as a death from
heart disease -- the chronic condition -- rather than the temporary
illness. This year, the same case is more likely counted as a
coronavirus death. Patients with heart conditions are at higher risk of
getting coronavirus, and are being counted as Covid-19 cases and deaths.
Patients are avoiding hospitals out of fear of the virus.[18]
A statistician could make a case that these deaths from chronic
conditions may be ultimately attributable to an underlying chronic zinc
deficiency. It depends how you look at it. You could see it as a latent
epidemic of chronic zinc deficiency, which is now being exploited by an
opportunistic pathogen. Of course, the coroner can't write "old age" or
"being male" as a cause of death. But these and all the other chronic
conditions that mark 99% of coronavirus deaths -- hypertension, heart
disease, diabetes, cancer, and obesity -- are correlated with zinc
deficiency.
Zn is for Zinc – it's the last element in alphabetical order, but it
could become the first word in coronavirus therapy, and in pandemic
prevention. There is a lot of science to support this idea, so we'll
link to some of the peer-reviewed medical research on it.
Australian researchers recently established not only one but four
"diverse stages of viral replication cycles that are inhibited by zinc.
In vitro studies have demonstrated a number of mechanisms by which zinc
interferes with the viral replication cycle. These include free virus
inactivation (1), inhibition of viral uncoating (2), viral genome
transcription (3), and viral protein translation and polyprotein
processing (4)."[19]
In the article "Zinc as a Gatekeeper of Immune Function,"[20] we find
that "Zinc is essential for the function of the immune system." When
viruses attack our cells and try to turn them into virus factories, zinc
can block the virus copying process. A balanced level of zinc also
prevents autoimmune reactions like excessive inflammation. You may have
read that in CoVid19, inflammation of the lungs can be as dangerous as
the virus itself.
You probably also know that one of the problems with vitamins and
minerals is bio-availability. How much of our intake actually gets to
where it's needed? As we age, our body gets less efficient at absorbing
zinc from our food. So even zinc supplements wouldn't be strong enough
to fight off an aggressive virus like Covid-19, and most doctors aren't
using them.
However, scientists have found that zinc needs a little help getting
into the cells to do its job. Zinc ions have a positive charge, and so
does the cell membrane, so they tend to repel each other. To overcome
this barrier, our body has chemicals called "zinc importers" or
"ionophores." These "shuttle" or "transporter" chemicals bond to the
zinc "cargo", carry it into the cell, and release it there.
Hydroxychloroquine is a zinc transporter chemical or "ionophore." It
seems to have some antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties of its
own,[21] but the results with SARS-Cov-19 are criticized as not
consistent. It's likely that HCQ only works well when the patient's
blood has enough free zinc ("serum zinc") for it to utilize. Zinc levels
require a special test, so we usually don't know if a patient has a zinc
deficiency. The trials done with HCQ so far don't seem to have taken
zinc levels into account. Also, HCQ is often being given too late. So
we're getting uneven results.
Zinc therapy for coronaviruses using a transporter chemical was proposed
already in Nov. 2010 by Dutch researchers in their article "Zn(2+) [zinc
ion] inhibits coronavirus … and zinc ionophores block the replication of
these viruses in cell culture."[22] The example they gave of a "shuttle"
or transporter chemical was pyrithione, rather than chloroquine (CQ) or
HCQ, but the principle is the same.
This is the paper referenced in a Youtube video posted on March 17 by
the Medmaster WebCram online epidemiology course,[23] which gives a very
clear explanation of zinc ionophore therapy. The video shows how an
ionophore pulls Zinc inside the cell, and explains the lab results,
showing how increasing either the amount of Zinc or the transport
chemical increases the virus blocking effect. "Now, here's the
explanation why chloroquine might be effective in the treatment of
COVID-19, because it is a zinc ionophore."
So Drs. Zelenko and Cardillo have done exactly what the scientists
proposed, and it worked.
In a perfect world, with a momentous development that could save
thousands of lives daily, health authorities would send someone to
verify these claims ASAP.[24] That hasn't happened yet. That's why I
took all the trouble to look up the evidence, to show it's very
plausible and try to get medical people to give it a second look.[25] In
fact, doctors and nurses working with infected patients would be wise to
take a preventive dose of HCQ and zinc themselves.[26]
And what is your doctor waiting for? Short-term high dose zinc
supplemention is a completely safe procedure, with nothing to lose and
everything to gain – a real "no-brainer."
Not to try HCQ plus zinc now violates the physician's vow of "First, Do
No Harm."
If the HCQ+zinc cure works, it will be by helping the immune system to
do its job. The coronavirus crisis suggests that public health policy
needs to rely more on supporting immune health, and less on
vaccinations, if we are to be prepared for novel threats.
In our society everything is profit-driven. Medicine is a business too.
We all have an ethical duality in what we do. We need to make a living
as well as being of service to others.
That's a biological imperative, in every society and every walk of life.
The education of doctors is also oriented towards profitable procedures.
Modern medicine focuses on interventions that have enough economic value
to support the medical infrastructure. So it is more oriented to drugs,
surgery, etc. than to self-help through nutrition.
This ingrained indoctrination may be the main reason for the resistance
of the medical profession to the HCQ+Zinc cure, which seems to work more
as a quick assist to the immune system, rather than things like
targeting pathways to override or correct physiological processes.
When you've invested a lifetime in a specialty, it's natural to apply
that knowledge to the case at hand. It's less gratifying to acknowledge
that this may be a nail for a simpler hammer, especially one that is
seen as lower status. One that may need a bit of "unlearning" some of
one's training.
April 12 Update
Trial, Error, Comic Relief, and Zinc Blindness
I stand corrected -- So they ARE going to test zinc+HCQ -- but only as a
prophylactic? No cure needed? Obviously there is no pandemic panic after
all, we can all go back to work now. While we wait for test results next
year. What's the rush? Why not make it a 50-year longitudinal trial,
that should certainly show something.
Parody or reality? "In a 40,000-person trial led by the University of
Oxford in England, participants in Asia will receive chloroquine or a
placebo, and in Europe, hydroxychloroquine or a placebo. That trial is
expected to take a year." Meanwhile, in Egypt and China, 1,600,000
people will build a pyramid and a pagoda to test pyramid power. Closer
to home, California's UC Davis offers a year's supply of onions to
low-income families, in what could become the world's largest and most
moist-eyed experiment with ionophores.
Seriously, this is tragic. I had expected Oxford to be the home of brain
over brawn.[30] Why HCQ in Europe and CQ in China? Here's an educated guess.
Yesterday I referenced a paper from the Journal of Virology by two
Chinese researchers, Zhang and Liu, summarizing China's experience:
"Potential interventions for novel coronavirus in China: A systematic
review."[31] They take note both of Chloroquine (CQ), and of the action
of zinc ionophores – but separately. One paper showing CQ inhibits
SARS-CoV-1, the other about it being a zinc transporter. It's like one
person read one paper, another the other paper, and nobody put two and
two together. Nobody in China and nobody in Oxford and nobody in France,
apparently. Although the paper "Chloroquine is a Zinc Ionophore" was
published in CHINA in 2014, and research papers suggesting zinc
ionophore therapy have been around since the 1970's, they missed it in
their review. The French observed that HCQ is similar to CQ but safer,
and ran with that on its own. I am reminded of the old French RR XING
warning, "One train can hide another" (Un train peut en cacher un
autre). Similarly, one thought can mask another. CQ and HCQ aren't ONLY
zinc transporters. They have some antiviral function of their own, and
that makes people ignore that they are zinc ionophores.
The story of Dr. Raoult,[32] the long-haired French iconoclast and
staunchest advocate of HCQ, would lend itself to an epic thriller (a
sequel to The Eyes of Darkness?). A giant protagonist, variously styled
the world's greatest microbiologist and an irresponsible quack, his work
attracted the ire of medical orthodoxy[33] and the admiration of the
Yellow Vests. At first, the French government reacted by banning HCQ
except as a last resort (where it is too late), but on April 9th, prime
minister Macron visited Raoult's Marseille fiefdom personally.
There,"Raoult gave Macron the results of a new study on 1,061 patients
showing a 91 percent success rate."[34] It has still not mollified his
critics. Most of his patients probably were mild cases – which in my
hypothesis means the HCQ worked partly with their serum zinc, partly by
itself. I am asking Dr. Raoult if he will supplement with zinc to help
more severe, high-risk cases, who are most at risk because they suffer
from comorbidity conditions, which are linked to zinc deficiency.
As for zinc in China, Zhang and Liu referenced the 2010 Dutch paper that
uses the naturally occurring substance pyrithione as the zinc ionophore,
without generalizing that finding to CQ. Pyrithione was investigated in
the 1950's for use against fungi and bacteria,[35] but is now used
mainly in zinc pyrithione, a different, very toxic, synthetic compound
that goes into dandruff shampoos. Very confusing. If natural pyrithione
were used, you'd have to warn people not to take the shampoo internally.
HCQ is far less toxic, and also has the advantage that it's already a
popular anti-malaria treatment, although a prescription is still needed,
as higher doses are dangerous for certain heart conditions.
The media naturally follow the zinc blindness of the medical
establishment. For example, the respected journal Business Insider
published "Coronavirus treatments: A list of the most promising medical
treatments for COVID-19" on April 7th, without any mention of zinc, but
headlining the CDC mantra "There are no medical treatments for patients
infected with the novel COVID-19 virus."
McGill University is planning a trial of Quercetin based on evidence
that it might block the ACE2 receptor site.[36]
On April 8 it was reported that an Australian team is starting trials
with intravenous zinc.[37] "Past published studies have also shown that
high doses of zinc can protect vital organs such as the heart, kidneys
and liver against the damage caused by a lack of oxygen… we hope to show
that we can save lives by limiting the impact of the symptoms. We are
expecting to have preliminary results of the trial available after only
seven days."
They make no mention of a zinc ionophore. Australia's drug regulatory
agency has banned hydroxychloroquine: "Australia’s drugs regulator has
been forced to restrict powers to prescribe a drug undergoing clinical
trials to treat Covid-19, because doctors have been inappropriately
prescribing it to themselves and their family members despite its
potentially deadly side-effects."[38] (Know-it-alls will botch the job
every time.)
Yet a poll of 6200 physicians worldwide confirmed that HCQ is the drug
of choice for doctors fighting Covid-19, the medical survey firm Sermo
found. "Hydroxychloroquine was overall chosen as the most effective
therapy amongst COVID-19 treaters from a list of 15 options. (37% of
COVID-19 treaters)"[39] And, "Hydroxychloroquine was approved for
medical use in the United States in 1955. It is on the World Health
Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most
effective medicines needed in a health system," according to Wikipedia.
There is one prophylactic trial going forward with zinc. "Mahir Ozmen, a
professor of surgery at the Istinye University, School of Medicine in
Istanbul, Turkey, says he thinks the best way to use chloroquine is in
combination with zinc and vitamins C and D. He is running a clinical
trial, testing to see whether this combination protects health care
workers and their immediate families – including his own." That's great
too, but right now, a pound of cure is worth a ton of prevention.[40] We
need a means of preventing mild cases that become critical, so we can
avoid the double catastrophe of health and economic disasters.
The lesson in all this is do your own research, take care of your own
body. Vitamin C, D and E as well as zinc supplements are good for your
immune system.[41]
A natural zinc helper molecule is Quercetin,[42] which occurs in onions,
especially the pungent yellow or red ones that are also higher in
anti-oxidants. I am trying Quercetin and zinc as a prophylactic.[43]
Gargling with diluted tea tree oil or peroxide can help. I also use a
nasal saline rinse for a stuffy nose. No, salt water doesn't kill
viruses, but it can remove a mass of mucus and viruses, reducing the
viral load. The quantity counts. It's not just whether you encounter the
virus, it's whether you encounter more than your immune system can
handle. That’s another reason the CDC made a huge mistake telling people
not to wear simple masks that reduced the amount of virus we breathe.[44]
The quick success of zinc therapy may indicate that our immune system
does recognize the pathogen, but is overwhelmed by the quantity of
virus. That is, your cells "know" to block the intruders, but there
isn't enough zinc to go around. Perhaps a vaccine might help to
recognize the virus earlier, but there are also reports of people
testing positive after negative. If correct, this could be related to
fluctuations in immune health. Having your own immune health is vastly
more valuable than waiting for a vaccine.
Medicine is a huge field, no one person can know all of it. Doctors have
very little time for each patient. Equip yourself, Learn what you need.
And question authority. Science builds on knowledge, not authority. If
war is too important to be left to the generals, public health and the
battle against the coronavirus are much too important to be left to the
CDC. See my earlier blog posts[45] about their bungling that facilitated
the pandemic. It's time to purge the incompetent and corrupt from this
headquarters of criminal negligence – and the option to replace it
outright should also be on the table![46]
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims the CDC owns patents on at least 57
different vaccines, and profits $4.1 billion per year in vaccination
sales. According to RFK Jr., the CDC is not an independent government
agency but is actually a subsidiary of Big Pharma."[47] RFK is
particularly incensed at the CDC's insistence on approving vaccines to
contain mercury. He also says vaccine companies have been absolved of
any product liability.[48]
The virologist with the Zinc Lozenges
The earliest mention of zinc therapy for Covid-19 may be an email from
senior pathologist Dr. James Robb on February 26.[49]
Subject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
Dear Colleagues,
As some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the
University of California San Diego, I was one of the first molecular
virologists in the world to work on coronaviruses (the 1970s). I was the
first to demonstrate the number of genes the virus contained. Since
then, I have kept up with the coronavirus field…
[recommends washing hands etc.] …
4) Stock up now with zinc lozenges. These lozenges have been proven to
be effective in blocking coronavirus (and most other viruses) from
multiplying in your throat and nasopharynx. Use as directed several
times each day when you begin to feel ANY "cold-like" symptoms
beginning. It is best to lie down and let the lozenge dissolve in the
back of your throat and nasopharynx. Cold-Eeze lozenges is one brand
available."
What this eminent virologist is prescribing for his friends is a dose to
relieve symptoms, but not necessarily a cure. Curing Covid-19 by adding
high-dose zinc to the HCQ+Az cocktail was apparently Dr. Vladimir
Zelenko's idea.
Raoult Counters
Dr. Raoult is a great believer in thinking outside of the box.[50]
Professor Didier Raoult has been widely criticized for his methods used
in the fight against the coronavirus. He replied,
"In the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, we seems to be
putting the cart before the horse, that is to say that we imposed a
method before even asking ourselves what problem we need to solve."
He is particularly criticized for the fact that his patients are not
selected in "randomized controlled trials" (RCT), as is customary.
The Marseille microbiologist counterattacks and explains that
"randomized trials, which western countries have adopted as a
methodological standard in the current crisis, are a concept imported
from the world of chronic diseases." According to him, this research
method is not at all adapted to the current situation and the urgency it
calls for.[51]
Instead of looking at "drugs already on the market, readily available
and which we are familiar with in terms of safety and availability," he
regrets the methodology adopted by Europe which "has chosen to test
several protocols in huge studies, the results of which will not be
available for several weeks and which relate to molecules which, in any
case, cannot be marketed quickly."
For Didier Raoult, "this shows that, at some point, using your head for
thinking gave way to a methodological routine."
Precisely! As Charles de Gaulle quipped, "C'est magnifique, mais ce
n'est pas la guerre," as I quoted in my "Common Sense vs. the
Coronavirus"[52] blog, in regard to our penchant for hypertechnological
overkill and our chronic inability to find practical solutions.
I hope this data has the best chance of reaching conscientious and
open-minded doctors who are ready to save their patients, and stop the
losses of thousands of lives and livelihoods, jobs, businesses, and
economies around the world.
[1] Online at http://www.progressivepress.com/dox/thinkzinc.pdf The
author's academic background includes an MBA in Finance from UC Berkeley.
[2] Dr. Vladimir Zelenko: Cocktail of HCQ, Zinc Sulfate and Azithromycin
showing phenomenal results with 900 coronavirus patients treated –
[3]
[4]
[5] "As zinc deficiency frequently occurs in elderly patients and in
those with cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, or
diabetes, we hypothesize that CQ/HCQ plus zinc supplementation may be
more effective in reducing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality than CQ or
HCQ in monotherapy."
[6] LA doctor seeing success with hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
[7] Largest Statistically Significant Study by 6,200 Multi-Country
Physicians on COVID-19 Uncovers Treatment Patterns
[8] "Inhibition of the Particle-associated RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase
Activity of Influenza Viruses by Chelating Agents"
Ionophores are chelating agents that transport ions across cell
membranes. Chelation is the binding of metal ions into a compound that
your body can work with, for instance to remove it from the bloodstream,
to bring it into your cells, or to use it to make proteins.
[9] Zinc as a Gatekeeper of Immune Function,
"After the discovery of zinc deficiency in the 1960s, it soon became
clear that zinc is essential for the function of the immune system. Zinc
ions are involved in regulating intracellular signaling pathways in
innate and adaptive immune cells. Zinc homeostasis is largely controlled
via the expression and action of zinc "importers" (ZIP 1–14) ... Here,
we report molecular mechanisms underlying the development of a
pro-inflammatory phenotype during zinc deficiency. Furthermore, we
describe links between altered zinc homeostasis and disease development.
Consequently, the benefits of zinc supplementation for a malfunctioning
immune system become clear." It is true that viruses can sometimes
exploit excess zinc to replicate their own proteins, but this is the
exception to the rule, as the level of free zinc in cells is very
tightly controlled; too much of it becomes toxic.
See: Role of Zn2+ Ions in Host-Virus Interactions
So the body runs lean on zinc, there is not much of it free floating in
the blood or inside cells. The solution is zinc supplementation when
needed to combat infection. Short-term high doses of zinc are not harmful.
[10] The Role of Zinc in Antiviral Immunity
"Zinc status is a critical factor that can influence antiviral immunity,
particularly as zinc-deficient populations are often most at risk of
acquiring viral infections"
[11] Effect of Zinc Salts on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication
"Zinc supplementation decreases the morbidity of lower respiratory tract
infection "
[12] Zn(2+) inhibits coronavirus and arterivirus RNA polymerase activity
in vitro and zinc ionophores block the replication of these viruses in
cell culture. (Dutch study) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21079686
"Increasing the intracellular Zn(2+) concentration with zinc-ionophores
like pyrithione (PT) can efficiently impair the replication of a variety
of RNA viruses."
[13] Why is the coronavirus so much more deadly for men than for women?
"Italian health authorities last week reported that among 13,882 cases
of COVID-19 and 803 deaths between Feb. 21 and Mar. 12, men accounted
for 58% of all cases and 72% of deaths."
[14] Dietary Zinc Intake and Its Association with Metabolic Syndrome
Indicators among Chinese Adults: An Analysis of the China Nutritional
Transition Cohort Survey 2015. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29738427
[15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_deficiency "The most common
cause is reduced dietary intake."
[16] https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/minerals/zinc They also have an
interesting article about the immune system
[17]
[18] Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? Except for treating
Covid-19, many hospitals seem to be eerily quiet.
Patients are avoiding hospitals out of fear of the virus. Patients with
heart conditions are also at risk of getting the virus and are being
counted as Covid-19 cases and deaths.
[19] The Role of Zinc in Antiviral Immunity (April 2019, Australian paper)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6628855/ caption to Figure
1. With thanks to Dr. Eric Beeth for this important source
[20] Ibid. Zinc as a Gatekeeper of Immune Function,
[21] The antiinflammatory and antiviral effects of hydroxychloroquine in
two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and active
inflammatory arthritis (1996)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8546725 "HCQ may exert simultaneous
anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects in patients with HIV infection
and inflammatory arthritis."
[22] Ibid. Zn(2+) inhibits coronavirus and arterivirus RNA polymerase
activity in vitro and zinc ionophores block the replication of these
viruses in cell culture. (Dutch study)
[23] COVID-19 Update 8: Zinc and chloroquine for the treatment of
COVID-19? (WebCram) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIymfznD7YA I have
transcribed key portions of the narrative here
[24] It seems improbable that Zelenko could get away with claims of
curing 900 patients without being furiously attacked. He came under
fierce fire from local media when he overestimated the extent of the
epidemic in his area. If this was the reaction for an honest guess,
imagine the scandal that would arise if he were guilty of fraud, if even
one patient would come forward and dispute his claims . So that could be
a kind of a back-handed, tacit confirmation from the media.
[25] Nevada MD Armen Nikogosian explains why zinc ionophore therapy works
https://www.theepochtimes.com/old-drug-may-provide-promising-new-treatment-for-covid-19_3277523.html
[26] Proflaxis Using Hydroxychloroquine Plus Vitamins-Zinc During
COVID-19 Pandemia
Healthcare professionals in Turkey will be given just 200 mg of HCQ once
every three weeks plus Vit. C and zinc until July to see if it prevents
infection. (Dosage seems rather slight).
[27]
[28] Beeth, Cardillo, Nikogosian, and Zelenko
[29] More on this on the Alternative Hypothesis channel "The
Authoritarian View of Knowledge: Peer Review"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR38CtjD__o and "The Expertise of
Experts" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nk7GrB-zs . See also They
Don't Care About You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpqb9LDfARg and
which shows that policy decisions are made by oligarchy, not by the
people. This is the root cause of our failure against the coronavirus
challenge.
[30] Description of the Oxford study
[31] Ibid. Potential interventions for novel coronavirus in China: A
systematic review https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.25707
"Chloroquine is a 9_aminoquinoline known since 1934. Apart from its
well_known antimalarial effects, the drug also has many interesting
biochemical properties including antiviral effect.…90 Moreover,
chloroquine was also found to be a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus
infection through interfering with ACE2, one of cell surface binding
sites for S protein of SARS_CoV.91"
[33] E.g.
[34]
[35]
Pyrithione or pyridinethione is a natural substance with the formula
C5H5NOS, an extract from the Persian shallot, and should not be confused
with synthetic zinc pyrithione, C10H8N2O2S2Zn.
[37] World-first trial to test benefit of intravenous zinc in COVID-19
fight
[38]
[40] For prevention, here is a protocol from Dr Eric Beeth in Brussels
-Vitamin-D
"In a 2019 review of randomized control studies in 11,321 people,
supplementing with vitamin D significantly decreased the risk of
respiratory infections in people deficient in this vitamin and lowered
infection risk in those with adequate vitamin D levels."
[42] Quercetin as an Antiviral Agent Inhibits Influenza A Virus (IAV) Entry
Zinc ionophore activity of Quercetin and epigallocatechin-gallate: from
Hepa 1-6 cells to a liposome model.
"Quercetin may serve as an effective oral immunomodulator for improving
cell-mediated immune defense"
[43]
https://nutritionalpharmacology.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/combating-covid-19-with-zinc-and-Quercetin/
[44] I discuss this "bungling" by the CDC in my earlier blog
[46] See paragraphs "Playing With Fire" through "What is the CDC for
anyway" here
[47]
See also
and Robert F. Kennedy Jr: My response to John Oliver
[48] 42 U.S. Code §_300aa–22.Standards of responsibility
manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from
a vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of
a vaccine after October 1, 1988
[50] Translation from a French newspaper
[51] I agree with Dr Raoult on this point. Doctors and bureaucrats have
very different perspectives. I worked in a hospital for a time as a
young man. One of the doctors confided his secret to me. He said, In
fact, every case is a little different. You can't go by the playbook.
What we do is as much sympathetic magic as science. We try different
combinations of things on a hunch, until something works. What that
means is that in practice, you often have a sample size of n=1. There is
nothing to randomize. Novel coronavirus is also something unique. If you
find something that works, you go with it. That's what years of medical
school are for, to have wide knowledge that you can work with, and not
just to follow simple rules, made by people who have never seen the patient.
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(7) Crimson Contagion simulation in 2019 found US dependent on equipment
made overseas
From: Stanley Young <stanjyoung@sbcglobal.net>
New York Times: HHS' pandemic simulation showed how US was ill prepared
for coronavirus
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Updated 2013 GMT (0413 HKT) March 19, 2020
(CNN) The Trump administration ran a government exercise last year
simulating a severe influenza pandemic for which there is no vaccine
that showed the country was ill prepared, according to The New York Times.
The results laid out in a draft report showed that the US was
underprepared and disorganized for a pandemic scenario similar to
coronavirus, which has spread to all 50 states and has yet to peak in
the US, the Times reported.
Last January to August, the Department of Health and Human Services ran
a scenario named "Crimson Contagion" that included participation from 19
federal agencies, a dozen states, tribal nations, hospitals and
nongovernmental organizations, according to the HHS draft report
obtained by the Times.
The fictional outbreak involved a group of tourists visiting China who
then become infected and fly home to various countries, including the
US, the draft report said. In this scenario, the virus is first detected
in Chicago, according to the report.
The HHS draft report concluded that the US doesn't have the capacity to
manufacture personal protective equipment, needles and syringes. The
report noted that these supplies, along with antiviral medications,
respirators and ventilators, would be "limited and difficult to
restock," due to them being largely manufactured overseas.
During the exercise, states experienced "multiple challenges" requesting
resources from the federal government "due to a lack of standardized,
well-understood, and properly executed resource request processes," the
report said.
States were also unsure which government agency to request resources and
information from, the report stated.
In hiccups with planning, officials struggled identifying employees as
essential and nonessential, as well as which employees could work
remotely, according to the report.
In the scenario, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
issued guidance to delay school openings, school districts went
different ways, causing confusion among the participants, the report said.
Since the first detection of Covid-19 in the US in January, the
coronavirus has spread to all 50 states. While President Donald Trump
has recently made more stringent recommendations about staying home and
limiting gatherings to no more than 10 people, his administration has
come under scrutiny for its slow response to the outbreak.
Top health care officials have warned that the US doesn't have enough
stockpiled medical equipment to fulfill the health care system's
anticipated needs as the coronavirus pandemic continues and the number
of cases tick up.
Trump announced Wednesday that he would be invoking the Defense
Production Act to address the medical supply shortages -- but later said
he'd only use the powers "in a worst case scenario." Trump previously
declared a national emergency and invoked a special statutory authority,
allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to mobilize and tap
into supplies and funding.
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