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If you’re looking for a CoVid infection that could kill or leave you with lingering neurologic, cardiac, and kidney function, avoid wearing a tight fitting, multilayer mask with a filter.  A new study from Boston University now shows that mask wearing is associated with significantly lower CoVid infection rates.

The researchers used data from all 50 states covering mask wearing and physical distancing policies.  Those states in which the highest proportion of citizens practiced mask adherence  enjoyed the lowest CoVid infection rates.  As mask wearing became more acceptable over the summer, for every 1% increase in mask wearing in a state, the odds that the state would suffer high CoVid rates decreased by 26%.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.18.21250029v1.full.pdf

#covid #mask #infectionrate

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If you’re looking for a CoVid infection that could kill or leave you with lingering neurologic, cardiac, and kidney function, avoid wearing a tight fitting, multilayer mask with a filter.  A new study from Boston University now shows that mask wearing is associated with significantly lower CoVid infection rates.

The researchers used data from all 50 states covering mask wearing and physical distancing policies.  Those states in which the highest proportion of citizens practiced mask adherence  enjoyed the lowest CoVid infection rates.  As mask wearing became more acceptable over the summer, for every 1% increase in mask wearing in a state, the odds that the state would suffer high CoVid rates decreased by 26%.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.18.21250029v1.full.pdf

#covid #mask #infectionrate

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The CoVid strain B.1.1.7, isolated in the UK, besides spreading more readily person to person, appears to be about 65%% deadlier that the original Chinese virus.  This according to data just presented at the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts meeting.

This conclusion stems from 3 case studies from the London School (35% higher), Imperial College London (36% higher, and the University of Exeter (91% higher). The case fatality rate for hospitalized patients was not significantly increased leading to the conclusion that the new strain increases the risk of a more severe case requiring hospitalization.

This strain is in the US.  Many cases are in California, Florida, and New York.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955239/NERVTAG_paper_on_variant_of_concern__VOC__B.1.1.7.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

#covid #b117 #britishstrain

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The CoVid strain B.1.1.7, isolated in the UK, besides spreading more readily person to person, appears to be about 65%% deadlier that the original Chinese virus.  This according to data just presented at the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts meeting.

This conclusion stems from 3 case studies from the London School (35% higher), Imperial College London (36% higher, and the University of Exeter (91% higher). The case fatality rate for hospitalized patients was not significantly increased leading to the conclusion that the new strain increases the risk of a more severe case requiring hospitalization.

This strain is in the US.  Many cases are in California, Florida, and New York.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955239/NERVTAG_paper_on_variant_of_concern__VOC__B.1.1.7.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

#covid #b117 #britishstrain

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Ibuprofen, Advil or Motrin, aspirin in all its forms, and naproxen, Aleve, may help CoVid invade your body if taken just after viral exposure by preventing production of the neutralizing antibodies that keep CoVid out of your cells.  The same drugs, if used once you are already infected, could prevent the virus from injuring your vital organs by reducing your body’s manufacture of damaging cytokines.

Yale immunologists studied mice injected with CoVid, and confirmed these effects.  Knowing this, you must be careful how you use these drugs.

Don’t use NSAIDS if you have just been exposed to CoVid or during the weeks you are reacting to CoVid vaccine.  Once infected, use them regularly.

https://jvi.asm.org/content/early/2021/01/14/JVI.00014-21

#nsaids #ibuprofen #aspirin #covid #immunity #vaccination

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/TCSocBiLeG4

Ibuprofen, Advil or Motrin, aspirin in all its forms, and naproxen, Aleve, may help CoVid invade your body if taken just after viral exposure by preventing production of the neutralizing antibodies that keep CoVid out of your cells.  The same drugs, if used once you are already infected, could prevent the virus from injuring your vital organs by reducing your body’s manufacture of damaging cytokines.

Yale immunologists studied mice injected with CoVid, and confirmed these effects.  Knowing this, you must be careful how you use these drugs.

Don’t use NSAIDS if you have just been exposed to CoVid or during the weeks you are reacting to CoVid vaccine.  Once infected, use them regularly.

https://jvi.asm.org/content/early/2021/01/14/JVI.00014-21

#nsaids #ibuprofen #aspirin #covid #immunity #vaccination

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/IJC6NST_x7g

A readily available nasal spray, Xlear, containing the sugar xylitol and grapefruit seed extract, kills CoVid in the test tube and would be expected to do the same in your nose, the entry point for this dread virus into your body.

Northwestern University and Utah State University researchers found that this nasal spray reduced CoVid viral load in the test tube by a factor of 99 to 99.9%.  The spray also prevented viral entry into tissue culture cells.

In a separate publication from Florida, 3 CoVid patients with mild but symptomatic infections were successfully treated with this nasal spray in addition to standard therapy.  Each recovered faster than expected including regaining their senses of smell and taste with no side effects.

With CoVid vaccinations delayed and ever more dangerous strains of the virus sweeping through the world, use of Xlear nasal spray in addition to multilayer filter masks and aggressive distancing seems reasonable and prudent.  

You can purchase Xlear Natural Saline Nasal Spray online via walgreens.com, CVS.com, amazon.com, and ebay.com.  There is also a kid’s version. 

WARNING:  There are other Xlear products, but you want the one that only contains the xylitol and grapefruit extract.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.02.408575v3.full.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7645297/

XLEAR Nasal Spray (Pack of 2) with Xylitol, Saline, Purified Water and Grapefruit Seed Extract, for Optimal Health to Cleanse Sinuses and Nasal Passages, Use as Often as Needed, 1.5 fl. oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5WMSV6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_mvneGb9X2HJT9

XLEAR Kid’s Nasal Spray (Pack of 2) with Xylitol, Saline, Purified Water and Grapefruit Seed Extract, to Moisturize and Soothe Children’s Nose and Sinuses While Alleviating Congestion.75 fl. oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5W7PZ3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_cqneGbS971J0S

#covid #nasalspray #xlear #xylitol #grapefruitseed

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/IJC6NST_x7g

A readily available nasal spray, Xlear, containing the sugar xylitol and grapefruit seed extract, kills CoVid in the test tube and would be expected to do the same in your nose, the entry point for this dread virus into your body.

Northwestern University and Utah State University researchers found that this nasal spray reduced CoVid viral load in the test tube by a factor of 99 to 99.9%.  The spray also prevented viral entry into tissue culture cells.

In a separate publication from Florida, 3 CoVid patients with mild but symptomatic infections were successfully treated with this nasal spray in addition to standard therapy.  Each recovered faster than expected including regaining their senses of smell and taste with no side effects.

With CoVid vaccinations delayed and ever more dangerous strains of the virus sweeping through the world, use of Xlear nasal spray in addition to multilayer filter masks and aggressive distancing seems reasonable and prudent.  

You can purchase Xlear Natural Saline Nasal Spray online via walgreens.com, CVS.com, amazon.com, and ebay.com.  There is also a kid’s version. 

WARNING:  There are other Xlear products, but you want the one that only contains the xylitol and grapefruit extract.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.02.408575v3.full.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7645297/

XLEAR Nasal Spray (Pack of 2) with Xylitol, Saline, Purified Water and Grapefruit Seed Extract, for Optimal Health to Cleanse Sinuses and Nasal Passages, Use as Often as Needed, 1.5 fl. oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5WMSV6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_mvneGb9X2HJT9

XLEAR Kid’s Nasal Spray (Pack of 2) with Xylitol, Saline, Purified Water and Grapefruit Seed Extract, to Moisturize and Soothe Children’s Nose and Sinuses While Alleviating Congestion.75 fl. oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B5W7PZ3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_cqneGbS971J0S

#covid #nasalspray #xlear #xylitol #grapefruitseed

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/NV89fz9pmhY

Personalized vaccines designed to spur immunity to a patient’s own cancer can control nasty tumors up to four years.  This exciting news comes from the immuno-oncologists at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The study treated 8 patients who had advanced and potentially deadly melanoma with genetically-engineered vaccines that induce immunity to specific markers on their own tumors.  When the patients were followed for a median of four years after vaccination, all 8 patients were alive, and 6 had no signs of cancer.  Each patient had persisting tumor-killing T lymphocytes during the entire follow up period.

Such anti-tumor vaccines may help patients whose cancers have evaded conventional surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and conventional immunotherapy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-01206-4

#vaccine #cancer #melanoma

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/NV89fz9pmhY

Personalized vaccines designed to spur immunity to a patient’s own cancer can control nasty tumors up to four years.  This exciting news comes from the immuno-oncologists at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The study treated 8 patients who had advanced and potentially deadly melanoma with genetically-engineered vaccines that induce immunity to specific markers on their own tumors.  When the patients were followed for a median of four years after vaccination, all 8 patients were alive, and 6 had no signs of cancer.  Each patient had persisting tumor-killing T lymphocytes during the entire follow up period.

Such anti-tumor vaccines may help patients whose cancers have evaded conventional surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and conventional immunotherapy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-01206-4

#vaccine #cancer #melanoma