Statement from WHO on “immunity passport” spreading in major media publications – I think poorly written – or perfectly written to achieve a certain agenda – https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/immunity-passports-in-the-context-of-covid-19

“There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.” So many things wrong but factually right with this statement.

Yes no evidence PEOPLE because those that have become sick and recovered are not stepping in line to try it again nor is that legal. HOWEVER we are harvesting the antibodies from people who have recovered so there is some rationale to extrapolate that IF one had it – the odds are very rare to get it again at least within a year and the antibodies you have are useful. In fact to reduce fear they could have mentioned the statistics with the common flu in terms of getting it twice in one year – I couldn’t find the number but they all say it is rare.

In addition the statement did not show or mentioned the results from macaques – which state Reinfection could not occur in SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1.full.pdf

As noted in other discussion the limited claims showing human reinfection was so small the odds of it being a faulty test was much higher. No way could you say 100% no chance of reinfection but probably much greater than a coin flip – I would probably bet closer to the odds of getting the common flu twice in one year.

Clearly don’t drink bleach or any disinfectant – I feel more empathy for those people who are so desperate that they would even attempt to do that. No matter if someone told you to do something as soon as you are about to do it – it has to be daunting. Bleach does not smell good. There are warnings on the containers. Clearly they have to be overwhelmed by fear and/or are at the end of the road and more hopefully just fake news. If not fake – as a society we should use this as a signal to understand the underlying result of mass media and perhaps economic/health strife. This is no time to be using the outcome of these people as political agenda. Without critical thinking and continuing reading of the media this will cause depression and fear. The machine is out of hand – click bait beats journalism now.

The UV blood dosing is actually a real thing. Paper back in Sep 2018 – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122858/

“Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis. The early studies were carried out by several physicians in USA and published in the American Journal of Surgery. However with the development of antibiotics, UBI use declined and it has now been called “the cure that time forgot”. Later studies were mostly performed by Russian workers and in other Eastern countries and the modern view in Western countries is that UBI remains highly controversial.”

Remember blaming HCQ on money – well who would get rich if this actually worked – when antibiotics were being developed/patented and sold – plus the antibiotics were doing wonders at that time.

“In 1904, the Danish physician Niels Finsen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on UV treatment of various skin conditions. He had a success rate of 98% in thousands of cases, mostly the form of cutaneous tuberculosis known as lupus vulgaris”

“Knott and co-workers then carried out a series of experiments using UV irradiation of blood extracted from dogs that had been intravenously infected with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and hemolytic Streptococcus species, and then the treated blood was reinfused into the dogs. They found that it was unnecessary to deliver a sufficient exposure of UV light to the blood to directory kill all the bacteria in the circulation. It was also found unnecessary to expose the total blood volume in the dogs. The optimum amount of blood to be irradiated was determined to be only 5–7% of the estimated blood volume or approximately 3.5 mL per kg of body weight. Exceeding these limits led to loss of the benefits of the therapy. All the dogs that were treated with the optimized dose of UV to the blood, recovered from an overwhelming infection (while many dogs in the control group died). None of the dogs that were treated and survived, showed any long-term ill effects after 4 months of observation”

“The first treatment on a human took place in 1928 when a patient was determined to be in a moribund state after a septic abortion complicated by hemolytic streptococcus septicemia. UBI therapy was commenced as a last resort, and the patient responded well to the treatment and made a full recovery [7]. She proceeded to give birth to two children.”

“UBI affects various functions of red blood cells and various different leukocytes as has been proven in various in vitro studies. A common model is stimulator cells in mixed leukocyte cultures; another is helper cells in mitogen- stimulated cultures. UV also reversed cytokine production and blocked cytokine release.” Note last statement – remember written in 2018 before covid – note the recent papers on cytokine storms.

“…The mechanisms of action must lie in some other action of UV on the various components of blood. Although the entire body of evidence on the mechanisms of action of UBI is very complex, as can be seen from the foregoing material, we can attempt to draw some general conclusions. Firstly UBI is clearly an example of the well-known phenomenon called “hormesis” or “biphasic dose response’. This phenomenon has been well reviewed by Edward Calabrese from U Mass Amherst [73, 74]. The basic concept states that any toxic chemical substance or drug, or any physical insult (such as ionizing radiation, hyperthermia, or oxidative stress) can be beneficial, protective or even therapeutic, provided the dose is low enough.”

“In the case of neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells, UBI can activate phagocytosis, increase the secretion of NO and reactive nitrogen species, and convert the DC phenotype from an immunogenic one into a tolerogenic one, thus perhaps lessening the effects of a “cytokine storm” as is often found in sepsis. In the case of lymphocytes, the effects of UBI are to inhibit (or in fact kill) various classes of lymphocytes. This is not perhaps very surprising, considering the well-established cell-death pathways and apoptotic signaling found in lymphocytes. However it is not impossible, that the killing of circulating lymphocytes could reduce systemic inflammation, which would again be beneficial in cases of sepsis.”

“Sepsis is an uncontrolled response to infection involving massive cytokine release, widespread inflammation, which leads to blood clots and leaky vessels. Multi-organ failure can follow. Every year, severe sepsis strikes more than a million Americans. It is estimated that between 28–50% percent of these people die. Patients with sepsis are usually treated in hospital intensive care units with broad-spectrum antibiotics, oxygen and intravenous fluids to maintain normal blood oxygen levels and blood pressure. Despite decades of research, no drugs that specifically target the aggressive immune response that characterizes sepsis have been developed.”

Ok so those making fun of UV blood dosage – I think its not unreasonable to hope that this is real. Whether any drug manufacturer could make any money from this approach – probably not.

One thing to unfortunately support the next wave is coming – is the understanding that weather does have a physical impact on the virus. As many of you know already the Covid virus is an envelope virus – meaning it has an outer shell covering the RNA. This shell adapts due to weather. It is very well described in this report – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080330203401.htm

““Like an M&M in your mouth, the protective covering melts when it enters the respiratory tract,” Dr. Zimmerberg said. “It’s only in this liquid phase that the virus is capable of entering a cell to infect it.”

In spring and summer, however, the temperatures are too high to allow the viral membrane to enter its gel state. Dr. Zimmerberg said that at these temperatures, the individual flu viruses would dry out and weaken, and this would help to account for the ending of flu season.

The finding opens up new possibilities for research, Dr. Zimmerberg said. Strategies to disrupt the virus and prevent it from spreading could involve seeking ways to disrupt the virus’s lipid membrane.

In cold temperatures, the hard lipid shell can be resistant to certain detergents, so one strategy could involve testing for more effective detergents and hand-washing protocols to hinder the spread of the virus.

Similarly, Dr. Zimmerberg added that flu researchers might wish to study whether, in areas affected by a severe form of the flu, people might better protect themselves against getting sick by remaining indoors at warmer temperatures than usual.”

Last statement certainly is true – the behavior in winter likely more inside less sun more central air recirculation etc….- but the physical change of the virus is a real phenomenon and makes sense in terms of evolutionary survival.

US added almost 2K to the death. Russia is now second place in terms of confirmed cases. Weekend data is generally suspect.

Looks like they went back in time and fixed the NY confirmation issue – still a big jump yesterday 10533. Positive is the positive/finish test in NY continue to fall.

NY continues its slide down in daily death – looks like PA, OR, RI might be turning down. AZ is rising since they had plateaued.

On a global view Russia does stick out on the amount confirmed and those dead.

I see a lot of bipolar news coverage on Sweden – either they show a plot of Sweden on top with all the countries below them – or they show Sweden exceeding all the countries on top of them. Here they are fairly neutral. For humanity sake for future epidemics we do need a country to try a different approach or else we will never know. I am not sure wishing them well or ill helps anything – lets see it play out. Technically they should have higher positves/tested – hopefully they will show avg or below death/confirmation if their approach would be valid. The answer will not be known until after this winter.

Belgium on the slide down. Spain just had a little uptick. Brazil and Romania are concerning.