Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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Dr. James Robb, former molecular virologist at UC-San Diego and the first molecular virologist to characterize the coronavirus genum, is sharing the precautions he is personally taking to avoid the CoVid19 virus.

• No handshaking: fist bump, elbow bump, bow ok.
• Use your knuckles to push buttons.
• Operate public devices like gasoline pumps with a disposable glove or paper towel.
• Open doors with your closed fist, hip, or a glove. Especially store and postoffice doors.
• Have disinfectant wipes and use them to wipe grocery store cart handles and seats for kids.
• Handwashing: 20 seconds with soap/water or, second best, >60% alcohol hand sanitizer that you keep at very door, in your auto, and in your coat.
• Sneeze into a disposable tissue rather than elbow.  The clothing will contain infectious virus for more than a week.
• A disposable surgical mask won’t protect you from a direct cough/sneeze.  It’s a reminder to keep your hands away from your nose and mouth that we all tend to do 90X a day.
• Feel a cold coming on? Allow a zinc lozenge like Cold-Eeze to dissolve in your mouth while you lie down 3 times a day.  Zinc can kill these viruses.

I have posted Dr. Robb’s entire letter on  my website.

https://www.drhowardsmith.com/virologist-on-covid-prevention

#covid19 #epidemic #prevention #containment

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/iBYEZb0dOug

Dr. James Robb, former molecular virologist at UC-San Diego and the first molecular virologist to characterize the coronavirus genum, is sharing the precautions he is personally taking to avoid the CoVid19 virus.

• No handshaking: fist bump, elbow bump, bow ok.
• Use your knuckles to push buttons.
• Operate public devices like gasoline pumps with a disposable glove or paper towel.
• Open doors with your closed fist, hip, or a glove. Especially store and postoffice doors.
• Have disinfectant wipes and use them to wipe grocery store cart handles and seats for kids.
• Handwashing: 20 seconds with soap/water or, second best, >60% alcohol hand sanitizer that you keep at very door, in your auto, and in your coat.
• Sneeze into a disposable tissue rather than elbow.  The clothing will contain infectious virus for more than a week.
• A disposable surgical mask won’t protect you from a direct cough/sneeze.  It’s a reminder to keep your hands away from your nose and mouth that we all tend to do 90X a day.
• Feel a cold coming on? Allow a zinc lozenge like Cold-Eeze to dissolve in your mouth while you lie down 3 times a day.  Zinc can kill these viruses.

I have posted Dr. Robb’s entire letter on  my website.

https://www.drhowardsmith.com/virologist-on-covid-prevention

#covid19 #epidemic #prevention #containment

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/gjn9KMa3cHc

Third and fourth graders playing sports wolf down 25% more calories after their game than they burn during the game.  Utah’s Brigham Young University studied kids playing 189 games of soccer, flag football, baseball, and softball.

The children burned 170 calories during the game but gorged on 213 calories afterwards.  The calorie count surged due to sugary drinks like Capri Sun and Kool-Aid as well as cookies and cakes.

Sports participation is wonderful for growing children’s’ bodies, but it won’t stem the obesity crisis unless kids consume fewer calories than they burn.  Substitute iced water or real fruit juices for the sugar drinks and offer fruit in place of pastries. 

Natalie Bennion, Lori Andersen Spruance, Jay E. Maddock. Do Youth Consume More Calories than they Expended in Youth Sports Leagues? An Observational Study of Physical Activity, Snacks, and Beverages. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2020; 44 (2): 180 DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.44.2.6

#youthsports #obesity #treats #sugarydrinks #cookies #cakes

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/gjn9KMa3cHc

Third and fourth graders playing sports wolf down 25% more calories after their game than they burn during the game.  Utah’s Brigham Young University studied kids playing 189 games of soccer, flag football, baseball, and softball.

The children burned 170 calories during the game but gorged on 213 calories afterwards.  The calorie count surged due to sugary drinks like Capri Sun and Kool-Aid as well as cookies and cakes.

Sports participation is wonderful for growing children’s’ bodies, but it won’t stem the obesity crisis unless kids consume fewer calories than they burn.  Substitute iced water or real fruit juices for the sugar drinks and offer fruit in place of pastries. 

Natalie Bennion, Lori Andersen Spruance, Jay E. Maddock. Do Youth Consume More Calories than they Expended in Youth Sports Leagues? An Observational Study of Physical Activity, Snacks, and Beverages. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2020; 44 (2): 180 DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.44.2.6

#youthsports #obesity #treats #sugarydrinks #cookies #cakes

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/POdAfXsCW28

Remdesivir, Gilead Pharmaceutical’s experimental drug coded GS-5734, is an antiviral nucleotide analog that currently shows the most promise for treating our current novel coronavirus disease.  A just published study from from Canada’s University of Alberta explains how this pharmaceutical, originally developed to treat Ebola, actually works.

Remdesivir is metabolized to remdesivir-triphosphate that vigorously blocks the participation of adenosine triphosphate, better known as ATP, in the synthesis of new viral RNA.  No new viral RNA, no viral replication and the disease fades.

Remdesivir, affectionately called RDV, has shown significant clinical effects on CoVid19 victims in China.  More extensive testing is underway but so far, it’s all good news. 

Calvin J Gordon, Egor P Tchesnokov, Joy Y. Feng, Danielle P Porter, Matthias Gotte. The antiviral compound remdesivir potently inhibits RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020; jbc.AC120.013056 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.AC120.013056

#covid19 #coronavirus #remdesivir #RNA

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/POdAfXsCW28

Remdesivir, Gilead Pharmaceutical’s experimental drug coded GS-5734, is an antiviral nucleotide analog that currently shows the most promise for treating our current novel coronavirus disease.  A just published study from from Canada’s University of Alberta explains how this pharmaceutical, originally developed to treat Ebola, actually works.

Remdesivir is metabolized to remdesivir-triphosphate that vigorously blocks the participation of adenosine triphosphate, better known as ATP, in the synthesis of new viral RNA.  No new viral RNA, no viral replication and the disease fades.

Remdesivir, affectionately called RDV, has shown significant clinical effects on CoVid19 victims in China.  More extensive testing is underway but so far, it’s all good news. 

Calvin J Gordon, Egor P Tchesnokov, Joy Y. Feng, Danielle P Porter, Matthias Gotte. The antiviral compound remdesivir potently inhibits RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020; jbc.AC120.013056 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.AC120.013056

#covid19 #coronavirus #remdesivir #RNA

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/4Jgo_sw9i2M

The nanoparticle dust released from your laser printer’s ink cartridge can modify your genetic material and trigger cardiovascular, neurologic, and metabolic disorders.  This according to a collasborative Chinese and American study just published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

The tissue and blood changes found in rats after their exposures to toner dust suggest a ticking time bomb.  Humans working in close proximity to a laser printer 5 days a week for as little as 4 years could suffer significant genetic damage. 

This study is a wake up call for businesses to properly isolate and ventilate printer stations.  Pregnant women should be particularly careful to avoid exposures.

Nancy Lan Guo, Tuang Yeow Poh, Sandra Pirela, Mariana T. Farcas, Sanjay H. Chotirmall, Wai Kin Tham, Sunil S. Adav, Qing Ye, Yongyue Wei, Sipeng Shen, David C. Christiani, Kee Woei Ng, Treye Thomas, Yong Qian, Philip Demokritou. Integrated Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Profiling in Rat Lung, Blood, and Serum for Assessment of Laser Printer-Emitted Nanoparticle Inhalation Exposure-Induced Disease Risks. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019; 20 (24): 6348 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20246348

#laserprinter #toner #mutations #cardiovascular #neurologic #metabolic #pregnancy

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/4Jgo_sw9i2M

The nanoparticle dust released from your laser printer’s ink cartridge can modify your genetic material and trigger cardiovascular, neurologic, and metabolic disorders.  This according to a collasborative Chinese and American study just published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

The tissue and blood changes found in rats after their exposures to toner dust suggest a ticking time bomb.  Humans working in close proximity to a laser printer 5 days a week for as little as 4 years could suffer significant genetic damage. 

This study is a wake up call for businesses to properly isolate and ventilate printer stations.  Pregnant women should be particularly careful to avoid exposures.

Nancy Lan Guo, Tuang Yeow Poh, Sandra Pirela, Mariana T. Farcas, Sanjay H. Chotirmall, Wai Kin Tham, Sunil S. Adav, Qing Ye, Yongyue Wei, Sipeng Shen, David C. Christiani, Kee Woei Ng, Treye Thomas, Yong Qian, Philip Demokritou. Integrated Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Profiling in Rat Lung, Blood, and Serum for Assessment of Laser Printer-Emitted Nanoparticle Inhalation Exposure-Induced Disease Risks. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019; 20 (24): 6348 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20246348

#laserprinter #toner #mutations #cardiovascular #neurologic #metabolic #pregnancy

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/juFV0v8JcjI

CDC is pinpointing an E. coli outbreak arising from clover sprouts served at Jimmy Johns’s restaurants in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, and Utah.  If you have recently eaten clover sprouts on a sandwich from Jimmy John’s and are now suffering from stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea immediately contact your doctor for testing and proactive treatment.  If you have part of the sandwich, bring it to your doctor.  It may take up to 9 days for symptoms to begin.

If you have an uneaten sandwich with sprouts, dispose of the sandwich.  Children, elders, pregnant women, those with immune issues, or other chronic illnesses should not eat raw sprouts.  If you become ill, seek help and a diagnosis immediately, and E. coli gastrenteritis can be deadly.

https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-e-coli-o103-clover-sprouts-february-2020

#ecoli #sprouts #jimmyjohns

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/juFV0v8JcjI

CDC is pinpointing an E. coli outbreak arising from clover sprouts served at Jimmy Johns’s restaurants in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, and Utah.  If you have recently eaten clover sprouts on a sandwich from Jimmy John’s and are now suffering from stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea immediately contact your doctor for testing and proactive treatment.  If you have part of the sandwich, bring it to your doctor.  It may take up to 9 days for symptoms to begin.

If you have an uneaten sandwich with sprouts, dispose of the sandwich.  Children, elders, pregnant women, those with immune issues, or other chronic illnesses should not eat raw sprouts.  If you become ill, seek help and a diagnosis immediately, and E. coli gastrenteritis can be deadly.

https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-e-coli-o103-clover-sprouts-february-2020

#ecoli #sprouts #jimmyjohns