https://youtu.be/8kpJESKPqCo?t=172

I tried to get this video to start at 2:52, but the coding is there that is should do that … but it insists on starting at the beginning of the video…  just push it ahead to that point on the video.

 There is a number of things about what is being done with this COVID-19 pandemic that I have been unsure about.  There has been and continue to be a lot of “guess work” in treating people that test positive for COVID-19. Some have collected plasma from pts who have recovered from COVID-19 as a cure. That plasma contains antibodies and apparently in many incidents the pt recovers, but this treatment is giving the pt “passive immunity” it will fade over a few months.. Likewise,  it is now being reported that those who have had COVID-19 and recovered that the antibodies that their system generated are also passive.

The flu vaccinations that many people get every year also creates a passive immunity … between the dominate flu mutation that shows up every year and the passive antibodies mandates annual vaccinations.  Some entities – mostly pharmacies – are willing to give flu shot starting in August each year , which IMO… is way too early.. by the time that flu season peaks the pt’s antibody titer is not optimum.  Personally we don’t get our annual flu shots until the first two weeks in October… so that our antibody titer is as high as possible when the flu season peaks.

Even new drug entities that are designed to treat “orphan diseases”… where the number of people having the disease are fairly small… sometime… maybe only a couple of hundred thousand.  These orphan drugs gets “Fast tracked clinical trials” , but the time lines of approval of these new COVID-19 vaccine is like “the speed of light”.  In my 50 yrs as a Pharmacist, I have seen all too many times that a new medication comes out… after going thru multiple level, multiple year clinical trials and within being on the market for a year or two.. it is pulled because of some unseen serious adverse reactions.. sometime… so serious that they may have caused deaths.

I have been playing with computers since the late 70’s… taught myself programming and wrote some ultra specialty software in the 80’s. I have a good idea what computers can do and what this doctor says in this video is not outside of the scope of possibilities with today’s computers and technology.

I am not going as far as to say that she is 100% correct, but I am not going to believe that what she is saying is IMPOSSIBLE.

I do know that I am going to pay a lot more attention to what is going on in/around COVID-19, its treatment and potential vaccinations

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https://youtu.be/3yk3xezML8Q

“The moral test of a government is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick and the needy, and the handicapped.” – Hubert Humphrey

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Interview With Chronic Pain Warrior, Alexander Urman

https://therappreportpodcast.podbean.com/e/e15-interview-with-chronic-pain-warrior-alexander-urman/

In this episode, we interview Alexander Urman, a chronic pain warrior suffering from CSF leaks, and adhesive arachnoiditis. 

Alexander was born in The Ukraine. At the age of 15, six months after beginning karate instructions, under the tutelage of a reckless instructor, he suffered a bad acrobatic fall while learning a new technique. He badly injured his spine in the neck and lumbar regions. At that time, in The Ukraine, these types of spine injuries were not considered treatable. He was 16 when he came to the U.S.  He came already disabled, but pushed through the pain and was able to achieve much. He received two degrees from the very prestigious Stanford University in a five year program, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and M.S. in Engineering Economics. He had great professional success in his jobs after Stanford, but was finding himself in increasing pain from sedentary computer work.  In order to adapt to the challenges of his health, Alexander wanted to have more professional flexibility and have less of a sedentary work style, to explore the managerial or entrepreneurial track. He attended the best state school in California with an MBA program – the Anderson School at UCLA. From that point on, things continued to deteriorate as he suffered through multiple failed spinal surgeries. He spends most of his days battling severe, intractable pain, as well as insomnia from the extremely high levels of pain.

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https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=cvs-health&page=4

If you go to the above hyperlink. it will show in detail the 399 fines CVS has paid since 2000.. 1.1 billion in fines

Last fiscal year, CVS showed a net profit of 250 billion dollars so all of these fines is  just the cost of getting caught at breaking/violating our laws. It would appear that the profits generated from such illegal activities is a lot more than the fines  that CVS had to pay to generate those profits and this is just WHAT THEY GOT CAUGHT AT DOING !

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Coronavirus herd immunity may be ‘unachievable’ after study suggests antibodies disappear after weeks in some people

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-antibodies-study-herd-immunity-unachievable-spain-2020-7

• A major new study in one of Europe’s worst affected countries for the coronavirus finds no evidence of widespread immunity to the virus developing.
• Just 5% of Spaniards were detected to have antibodies to the virus.
• Fourteen percent of people who previously tested positive for antibodies tested negative just weeks later.
• The study suggests people who experience mild symptoms do not have long-lasting protection.
• “Immunity can be incomplete, it can be transitory, it can last for just a short time and then disappear,” Raquel Yotti, the director of Spain’s Carlos III Health Institute, said.
• Another scientist involved said: “In light of these findings, any proposed approach to achieve herd immunity through natural infection is not only highly unethical, but also unachievable.”
• Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

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Walgreens At Oakton & River Closed For Death Investigation

Walgreens At Oakton & River Closed For Death Investigation

The Walgreens store at Oakton Street and River Road in Des Plaines will be closed for the remainder of today (Wednesday) due to a death investigation. 

According to Phil Caruso, senior manager of issues management for Walgreens, there was no criminal activity or security risk at the store. He said the other Des Plaines Walgreens location at Miner Street and Graceland Avenue remains open for regular hours.

As of 10:14 a.m., Des Plaines police squad cars blocked the store’s parking lot. At least two customers were denied entry into the building before Des Plaines Fire Dept. crews arrived at 10:27 a.m. A representative from the Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner was also at the scene.

Fire crews left at around 10:41 a.m. after bringing ladder equipment in and out of the building. 

A police department representative at the scene said no information was available as the incident was still under investigation. Police later confirmed the death was a suicide.

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State Sen. Scott Jensen says he’s being investigated by the state medical board for COVID-19 comments

https://www.facebook.com/terrencekwilliams/videos/4011075452301070/
https://www.startribune.com/gop-legislator-under-scrutiny-over-covid-19-comments/571637602/

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FDA warns of potentially toxic hand sanitizers

https://www.dermatologytimes.com/view/fda-warns-of-potentially-toxic-hand-sanitizers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about potentially toxic hand sanitizers.

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