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How Do You Use Exogenous Ketones (BHB)?

BHB stands for beta-hydroxybutyrate. This is one of three naturally occurring ketones formed in the body when metabolizing fat.

I’ve been asked what they are and how to use them quite a few times in the last week, so I thought I’d answer it here. . .

BHB can be used for a number of things:

1) to push you into a ketogenic state for 1-6 hours – I use them to jumpstart keto in people just starting a ketogenic diet (however, if BHB is being used while cheating on carbs at the same time, they often halt weight loss and in some cases can allow for weight gain).

2) I use it as a pre-workout drink for increased energy and stronger muscle contraction (I use them prior to sword fighting and it allows me more energy and endurance.)

3) For appetite suppression when the “munchies” try to kick in due to stress or anxiety.

4) To help enhance cognition in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia and Parkinson’s disease.

5) To improve mental clarity and focus in those with ADD/ADHD.

6) I also use them as a meal replacement while traveling.

7) I use them to help people who are morbidly obese experience a ketogenic state when they have never restricted carbohydrates before.

8) And, to prevent seizures when scuba diving with re-breather type equipment (bubble-less SCUBA).

You can find my exogenous ketones (BHB) at http://www.ketoliving.com

Are More Children Dying From the COVID Vaccine than the Virus Itself?

In the last 12 months I have seen sixteen significant and severe reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine. I cannot be alone in seeing this trend. However, physicians and providers around the world seem fearful in even talking about it with their colleagues. And, as of this week, there is VAERS data implying that more children have died from the vaccine than from the virus itself.

I have always been a big proponent of vaccines. But, that advocacy for vaccination has been based on good research and data demonstrating that both the short and long-term risk is greatly outweighed by the benefit of vaccination. I have been in practice long enough to have seen multiple vaccinations and therapeutics pulled off the market 1-5 years after they were released because of severe adverse events relating to the drug or vaccine (ie – thalidamide, DES, Baycol, Accutane, Redux, Seldane, Zelnorm and Vioxx just to name a few.)

In my family practice clinic over the last 22 years, I’ve rarely seen acute cases of myocarditis show up on my doorstep. However, in the last 12 months I’ve had eight cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the wall of the heart) and eight cases of prolonged colitis (inflammation of the colon that did not respond to antibiotics) directly related to COVID-19 vaccination. Because I practice in the midst of a retirement community on one side of the street and a city of young families on the opposite side of the street, my practice is predominantly newly marrieds and people over 60 years old. I don’t see nearly as many children as other family practitioners or pediatricians. But, the numbers don’t lie.

I’ve been patiently waiting to seen the journal articles about this topic. Yet, it has not been written. Why must a family practitioner be writing about this, when this should be front page news on every website? Of course, I have my biases, to which I will openly admit. Yet, I seriously don’t know the answer to that question.

We live in a time when medicine has become a politicized weapon. The medical and political leadership on both sides of the isle keep moving the goal posts. Both sides appeal to false authorities. Those who are supposed to be authorities flip flop their position on the clear evidences. And, medical journals have become less and less trustworthy for a number of reasons. It leaves the physician in the trenches scratching his or her head.

Elevated D-Dimers, Fatigue, Colitis & Palpitations

All sixteen of these cases above had elevated D-dimer tests (the protein marker in the blood for significant inflammation and clotting risk) lasting 6-8 months. Four of these sixteen patients had blood clots in the lungs. Most of these cases occurred after the second vaccine dose, but a few occurred after the first dose. Six of these patients have been so fatigued, they could not work and could barely function for over four to six months.

I provide below two of the actual ultrasound images I completed while examining these sixteen patients:

41 year old male with 2 months of fatigue and palpitations starting 30 days after his first dose of COVID vaccine.

Why is this significant? Because in 22 years of medical practice, I can count on one hand the number of severe vaccine reactions I’ve personally seen in my office in all vaccines combined. Then, suddenly in the last 12 months I have 16 severe reactions to the COVID-19 jab?! It makes a person think . . .

Let’s Stop Pretending that COVID-19 Vaccines are Perfect

To date, Dr Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy remind us that 97% of new covid-19 hospitalizations or 99% of covid-19 deaths are among the unvaccinated. I’m sure the message is well-intentioned: “Vaccines will protect you from severe disease, so go get vaccinated!”

The problem is that the message is not true. Initially, there was an 81-89% reduction in severe hospitalization in the first 2-3 months of vaccination according to the studies we had. However, this protection has dramatically decreased. Hence the introduction of boosters. Yet, the studies on boosters have only looked a antibody levels, not at hospitalization risk reduction or reduction of death from COVID-19.

We saw this in the UK, where deaths among the vaccinated went from “rare” to two-thirds of all delta variant deaths by July. We saw this in Israel, where literally no fully vaccinated people died of covid-19 for 3-4 weeks in June, but by August over 60% of the severely ill were fully vaccinated.

As of today, Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective in Israel where the delta variant is the dominant strain according to the recent report from the country’s Health Ministry.

Is there some effectiveness to the vaccine? According to the studies we have to date – yes. However, does that benefit outweigh the long-term risk? That is the $1 million dollar question.

How Do We Know What the Risk of Vaccination Actually Is?

Other than the very short term vaccine trials conducted by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson lasting 6 months, we really don’t know what the long-term real world risks are. The only data we have is the CDC’s ongoing VAERS data reporting system.

Established in 1990, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national early warning system to detect possible safety problems in U.S.-licensed vaccines. VAERS is co-managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS accepts and analyzes reports of adverse events (possible side effects) after a person has received a vaccination. Anyone can report an adverse event to VAERS. Healthcare professionals are required to report certain adverse events and vaccine manufacturers are required to report all adverse events that come to their attention.

VAERS is a passive reporting system, meaning it relies on individuals to send in reports of their experiences to CDC and FDA. VAERS is not designed to determine if a vaccine caused a health problem, but is especially useful for detecting unusual or unexpected patterns of adverse event reporting that might indicate a possible safety problem with a vaccine. This way, VAERS can provide CDC and FDA with valuable information that additional work and evaluation is necessary to further assess a possible safety concern.

Jessica Rose, Ph.D., a research fellow at the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge in Israel, was interviewed about what the VAERS data tell us about the COVID vaccine risk. Rose stated that the average number of adverse event reports following vaccination for the past 10 years has been about 39,000 annually, with an average of 155 deaths. That’s for all available vaccines combined.

The COVID vaccines now account for 983,756 adverse event reports as of December 17, 2021, including 20,622 deaths—and this doesn’t include the underreporting factor, which we know is significant and likely ranges from five to 40 times higher than reported. Most doctors and nurses don’t even know what VAERS is and even if they do, they chose not to report the incidents.

Data as of January 14, 2022, reports 9,936 deaths in the U.S. due to COVID-19 vaccination.

In the case of the COVID vaccinations, data demonstrates that 50% of the deaths occur within 48 hours of injection. It’s simply not conceivable that 10,000 people died two days after their shot from something other than the shot. Though fact checkers around the world discount this site as not official “because anyone can report” and claim it is coincidental. It cannot all be coincidence. Especially since so many of them are younger, with no underlying lethal conditions that threaten their lives. 80% have died within one week of their injection, which is still incredibly close in terms of cause and effect.

Children Are At 80% Greater Risk

Aside from the immediate risk of death, children are also at risk for potentially lifelong health problems from this vaccination. Myocarditis (heart inflammation seen in the two adult ultrasound images above) has emerged as one of the most common problems, especially among boys and young men.

In early September 2021, Tracy Beth Hoeg and colleagues posted an analysis of VAERS data on the preprint server medRxiv, showing that more than 86% of the children aged 12 to 17 who report symptoms of myocarditis were severe enough to require hospitalization.

Cases of myocarditis exploded after the second shot, Hoeg found, and disproportionally affecting boys. A full 90% of post-injection myocarditis reports are males, and 85% of reports occurred after the second dose. 

Said Hoeg, “The estimated incidence of CAEs [cardiac adverse events] among boys aged 12-15 years following the second dose was 162 per million; the incidence among boys aged 16-17 years was 94 per million. The estimated incidence of CAEs among girls was 13 per million in both age groups.”

According to Steve Kirsch, doctors are seeing an increase in myocarditis, but few are willing to talk about it. 

In October 2021, Jessica Rose and Dr. Peter McCullough submitted a paper on myocarditis cases in VAERS following the COVID vaccination to the journal Current Problems in Cardiology. Everything was set for publication when, suddenly, the journal changed its mind and took it down.

You can still find the pre-printed article on Rose’s website. The data clearly show that myocarditis is inversely related to age. The younger you are the higher the risk of myocarditis. The risk is also dose-dependent, with boys having a six-fold greater risk of myocarditis following the second dose.

While our health authorities and the CDC are shrugging off this risk saying cases are “mild,” that’s a blatant and frightening lie. The damage to the heart is typically permanent.

https://vaersanalysis.info/2022/01/14/vaers-summary-for-covid-19-vaccines-through-01-07-2022/

In the most recent VAERS report, you and I can see that in just six months, deaths in children and young adults from the COVID vaccine under the age of 29 years old has now surpassed the total number of deaths in this age group from COVID-19 in the last two years.

Why is this not being shouted from the rooftops? I still don’t have the answer.

COVID-19 Vaccines Double Your Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome

Researchers have also found that Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines dramatically increase biomarkers associated with thrombosis, cardiomyopathy and other vascular events following injection.

People who have received two doses of the mRNA injection more than doubled their five-year risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the researchers found, driving it from an average of 11% to 25%. ACS is an umbrella term that includes not only heart attacks, but also a range of other conditions involving abruptly reduced blood flow to your heart.

In a Twitter post November 21, 2021, cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra wrote: “Extraordinary, disturbing, upsetting. We now have evidence of a plausible biological mechanism of how mRNA vaccine may be contributing to increased cardiac events. The abstract is published in the highest impact cardiology journal so we must take these findings very seriously.”

Yet, all you and I’ve heard from the “experts” is . . . crickets . . .

What Does the VAERS Data Actually Say?

As of December 17, 2021, looking only at U.S. reports, excluding the international reporting, VAERS had received:

  • 308 cases of myocarditis among 18-year-olds
  • 252 cases among 17-year-olds
  • 226 cases in 16-year-olds
  • 256 cases in 15-year-olds
  • 193 in 14-year-olds
  • 132 in 13-year-olds
  • 108 in 12-year-olds

In total, that’s 1,475 cases of myocarditis in U.S. teens aged 18 and younger—five times the background rate in just six months! And again, this does not take into account the underreporting rate, which has been calculated to be anywhere from five to 40.

The CDC claimed that myocarditis was a possible rare side effect of the COVID infection itself.

Now, assuming the COVID hospitalization rate for adolescents is 21 per million, and we have 73.1 million adolescents, we could expect there to be 1,535 hospitalizations for COVID in this age group in a year. If 0.146 percent of those 1,535 teens develop myocarditis (the CDC’s quoted percentage of myocarditis found in adolescents), we could expect 2.2 cases of myocarditis to occur in this age group each year, among those who come down with COVID.

In summary, based on CDC statistics, we could expect just over two teens to contract myocarditis from COVID-19 infection. Meanwhile, we have 1,475 cases reported following the COVID vaccination in just six months (shots for 12- to 17-year-olds were authorized July 30, 2021). That’s a pretty big difference.

Based on the data we have in the last 12 months, there is absolutely no medical rationale or justification for children and teens to get a COVID shot. It’s all risk and no gain. 

And, as an adult, unless you are very high risk with diabetes, asthma, heart disease, morbid obesity, I’d think twice about getting a booster.

If your child experiences any symptoms of a cardiac or cardiovascular problem, seek immediate medical attention.

In my clinic, we use the following protocols to treat the elevated D-Dimer and lessen the adverse effect on the heart.

  1. Colchicine 0.6 mg daily
  2. Resveratrol 250-500 mg daily
  3. Vitamin D 2000-5000 IU daily

I’ve written about the potential risks of vaccination here and here. Want additional information? Listen to Collette Martin’s testimony before the Louisiana State Senate about this issue last month:

Sources:

  1. OpenVAERS Myocarditis cases by age as of Dec. 17, 2021
  2. Louisiana Government Archived Videos 2021 (see Health and Welfare)
  3. Louisiana Health and Welfare Committee Meeting, Dec. 6, 2021
  4. Dare to Seek the Truth Dr. Peter McCullough
  5. SteveKirsch.substack, Dec. 30, 2021
  6. Journal Pre-proof, A Report on Myocarditis Adverse Events in the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)
  7. Census.gov 2020 Statistics
  8. CDC MMWR Sept. 3, 2021; 70(35);1228–1232
  9. https://vdmeta.com/
  10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714120/
  11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8159193/

What’s the Primary Difference With Omicron COVID Variant?

Night Sweats.

Night sweats are commonly associated with conditions like the flu, anxiety, or even cancer. They were much less associated with COVID-19 before the Omicron variant began its spread around the world.

Night sweats are one of a few distinct symptoms that appear to separate Omicron from other COVID variants, along with a sore throat. And unlike Delta and the original COVID-19 strain that first hit the U.S., Omicron does not seem to be associated with a loss of smell and taste. That is how I’ve been able to differentiate it in the office.

This was confirmed by Amir Khan of the UK’s NHS.

Loss of Appetite or Absence of It

The other symptom, or lack of one, is the absence of “Loss of Appetite” which was present with the previous forms of COVID-19. This and night sweats have been confirmed as part of the research done by the ZOE COVID Symptom Study.

People who contributed to the study above reported a loss of appetite as one symptom they experienced. Researchers stated that study participants were confirmed to have had the Omicron variant, suggesting that the loss of appetite symptom is more likely to occur when people have Omicron, rather than the Delta variant.

The ZOE study has been tracking symptoms reported by participants using a smartphone app. They reported that the top five symptoms for Omicron are runny nose, headache, fatigue (mild or severe), sneezing, and sore throat. The data were collected between December 3 and 10 in London.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which operates much like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that those who contract Omicron are less likely to become severely ill compared to people who get the Delta variant, according to the data, reports Politico.

“More people are likely to have a mild illness with less serious symptoms — probably in part due to Britain’s large number of vaccinated and previously infected people, and possibly because Omicron may be intrinsically milder,” Politico reported.“ The UKHSA’s view after studying cases in Britain is that “Omicron is indeed usually less severe than Delta.”

Joy & Love this Christmas

My wife and I were driving home from a Christmas Day visit to Grandma’s house this afternoon.  On the street corner was a young man, probably in his early twenties, who was “tweaking” from what looked like a serious crystal-meth high.  I was surprised to see this on Christmas Day in the sleepy suburban city of Surprise, Arizona.  But, I realized that life has been hard on all of us, and it looked like It had been very hard on this young man.

Why would I be surprised?  For most of us, this has been an awful year when so many around us have lost their jobs, lost their hope, lost their health, and  lost their lives.  Those of us that have survived are so angry and divided that we can barely tolerate our neighbor, let alone love him.

A few weeks ago, I created myself a Christmas playlist of music in an attempt to put myself in a festive Christmas mood. I’ve found myself torn this year between feelings of anger, discouragement, anxiety and stress, and feelings of hope, love and joy.

Listening to this playlist on repeat, I was reminded of the song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and the lyrics.  At the time this song was written, the world was at war in 1944, loved ones were apart. They were thousands of miles away, many of which were never coming home.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,

Let your heart be light,

From now on, our troubles will be out of sight . . .

From now on, our troubles will be miles away . . .

These lyrics were appropriate then and they are appropriate now.  In light of all that has gone on this year, the lyrics to the song have retained their wistfulness and joy.  The lyrics remind us that Christmas brings a feeling of expectant joy that may seem out of reach at the moment.

“Joy,” C.S. Lewis once wrote, “ is distinct not only from pleasure in general, but even from aesthetic pleasure. It must have the stab, the pang, the inconsolable longing.”   Every consolation we seek in life – love, beauty, money, pleasure, power, and even sex – is only a poor representative of something beyond Itself.  Those who dedicate their lives to pursuing the symbol rather that’s the thing the symbol represents invariably end up disappointed – or worse.

The misery so many celebrities that people have known in their youth who wanted fame, worked and pushed and fought for it. Then, the moment they became famous, the wanted to take an overdose.  The giant thing they were striving for, the fame that was to make everything OK, that was to make their lives bearable providing personal fulfillment and happiness occurred, and they found they were still the same person.

That thing we want, that thing that the riches of the world attempt to represent, that thing that seems so near and yet so maddeningly out of reach, is the love of God who made us in his image.  It is the only real North Star of our life’s journey, the only true guidepost to become the person we were divinely made to be.

On the very first Christmas, that longed-for thing broke through the earthly barrier and arrived upon our earthly plain.  When you and I celebrate this day, we are boldly declaring our faith in the reality of that event and the truth of It’s infinite meaning: God Is there for you and God Is there for me.  We know within our souls that our yearning is not in vain.

Maybe in this year of anger, pain, death and sickness, when we all have to muddle through day by day, it would be good to remember the people that we disagree with most, the people we hate most, the people we want to throttle most are also desperately yearning and suffering this year. They, too, are striving for the thing they can’t quite reach.  And, many of them do not have our hope and our Christmas faith.

The Savior, Jesus Christ, did not tell us to love our enemies, or our neighbors because he thought it would make them better people or make the world a better place.  He told us to love our enemies so that we ourselves might “be children of our Father in heaven.  He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain upon the righteous and the unrighteous.”

To love in that way, the way that Jesus Christ exemplified, is to experience within this vale of tears the vale beyond.  The reality is that God loves you.  Left or Right, black or white, straight or gay, He loves you, and you and I were made in His image.

So, this year, remember, that far-away joy is more real that all of our troubles. Remember, you are not alone. Have a Merry Christmas.

Smoked Pork Shoulder & 12 Essentials About Bacon

A number of people have asked me about how I smoke my pork shoulders.  Pork shoulder is a perfect meal if you are on a ketogenic or carnivorous diet.   The smoking process is quite simple.  The key is in the simplicity.  I’ve use a Traeger Select Elite pellet smoker for the last 10 years, but your favorite smoker will do.

In our house, we will smoke a 9-10 lbs pork shoulder and then use the pulled pork for meals throughout the week.  I often do most of my smoking on the weekend when I am home and then we have some of the most tasty leftovers throughout the week.

But, before I dive into the recipe and process, we should take a moment to look at the historical essentials of bacon and it’s origins from the pork shoulder.

Bacon Dates Back to 1500 BC

The Chinese were the first to record cooking of salted pork bellies more than 3000 years ago.  This makes bacon one of the world’s oldest processed meats.

Romans Called It “PETASO“

Bacon eventually migrated westward where it became a dish worth of modern-day foodies.  The Romans made petaso, as they called it, by boiling salted pig shoulder with figs, then seasoning the mixture with pepper sauce.  Wine was, of course, a frequent accompaniment.  For my wine connoisseur friends, please tell me which wine goes best with bacon. . . you know who you are.

The Word Refers to the “Back” of a Pig

The word bacon  comes from the Germanic root “-bak,” and refers to the back of the pig that supplied the meat.  Bakko become the French bacco, which the English then adopted around the 12th century, naming the dish bacoun.  Back then, the term referred to any pork product, but by the 14th century bacoun referred specifically to the cured meat.

The First Bacon Factory Opened in 1770

For generations, local farmers and butchers made bacon for their local communities.  In England. where it became a dietary staple, bacon was typically “dry cured” with salt and then smoked.  In the late 18th century, a businessman named John Harris opened the first bacon processing plant in the county of Wiltshire, where he developed a special brining solution for finishing the meat.  The “Wilshire Cure” method is still used today, and is a favorite of bacon lovers who prefer a sweeter, less salty taste.

“Bringing Home The Bacon” Goes Back Centuries

These days, the phrase refers to making money, but it’s origins have nothing to do with income.  In 12th century England, churches would award a “flitch,” or a side, of bacon to any married man who swore before God that he and his wife had not argued for a year and a day.  Men who “brought home the bacon” were seen as exemplary citizens and husbands.

Bacon Helped Make Explosives During World War II

In addition to planting victory gardens and buying war bonds, households were encouraged to donate their leftover bacon grease to the war effort. Rendered fats created glycerin, which in turn created bombs, gunpowder, and other munitions. A promotional film starring Minnie Mouse and Pluto chided housewives for throwing out more than 2 billion pounds of grease every year: “That’s enough glycerin for 10 billion rapid-fire cannon shells.”

Hardee’s Frisco Burger Was a Game Changer for Bacon

Bacon took a beating in the 1980s, when dieting trends took aim at saturated fats and cholesterol. By the ’90s, though, Americans were ready to indulge again. Hardee’s Frisco Burger, one of the first fast-food burgers served with bacon, came out in 1992 and was a hit. It revived bacon as an ingredient, and convinced other fast-food companies to bacon-ize their burgers. Bloomberg called it “a momentous event for fast food, and bacon’s fate, in America.”

The Average American Consumes 18 lbs of Bacon Each Year

Savory, salty, and appropriately retro: The past couple years have been a bonanza for bacon, with more than three quarters of restaurants now serving bacon dishes, and everything from candy canes to gumballs now flavored with bacon. Recent reports linking processed meats to increased cancer risk have put a dent in consumption, and may have a prolonged effect. But for now, America’s love affair with bacon continues.

There is a Church of Bacon

This officially sanctioned church boasts 13,000 members under the commandment “Praise Bacon.” It’s more a rallying point for atheists and skeptics than for bacon lovers, per se, and there’s no official location as of yet. But the church does perform wedding ceremonies and fundraisers, and has raised thousands of dollars for charity. All bacon praise is welcome, even if you’re partial to vegetarian or turkey bacon over the traditional pork. Hallelujah!

There is a Bacon Camp

It’s like summer camp, but with less canoeing and more bacon cooking. Held every year in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Camp Bacon features speakers, cooking classes, and other bacon-related activities for chefs and enthusiasts eager to learn more about their favorite food.

Modern Technology Wants to Help You Wake Up and Smell the Bacon

An ingenious combination of toaster and alarm clock, the Wake ‘n Bacon made waves a few years back with the promise of waking up to fresh-cooked bacon. Sadly, the product never made it past the prototype phase, but those intent on rising to that smoky, savory aroma were able to pick up Oscar Mayer’s special app, which came with a scent-emitting attachment.

There Is A Bacon Sculpture of Kevin Bacon

It had to happen eventually. Artist Mike Lahue used seven bottles of bacon bits, lots of glue, and five coats of lacquer to create a bust of the Footloose star, which sold at auction a few years back. No word on how well the bacon bit Bacon bust has held up.
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Dr. Nally’s Smoked Pork Shoulder

Apply dry rub liberally to all sides of the pork shoulder 30-60 minutes before putting the shoulder onto the smoker using the following dry spices:
Refrigerate the pork shoulder after applying dry rub until ready to place on the smoker.
Preheat smoker to 250˚F degrees and place the pork shoulder fat side up onto the grill.  Smoke it until internal temperature reaches 150-160˚F.

To Wrap Or Not To Wrap?

I wrap my pork shoulders in two layers of foil, to better seal in flavor and juiciness. I don’t wrap my briskets (unless I plan on storing them for later use).

Once the meat gets to around 160° internal temp (around the four to five hour mark) is the perfect time to wrap. Your pork shoulder should have excellent color and bark at this point.

Wrap the pork up in foil and place it back on the smoker, making sure you keep your temp probe in and wrap the foil around it.  Once it is wrapped, place it fat side up and continue to smoke it at 250˚F until it reaches an internal temperature of 205˚F.

How Long Does It Take to Smoke a Pork Shoulder?

Smoking time averages 60-90 minutes per pound, depending on the level of doneness smoked at 250 degrees.

If you’re going to slice it, cook to 185˚F.

If your going to pull the pork smoke it longer, until it reaches 205˚F.

 

How to Protect Yourself from Omicron

Essential guide for you and your family in protecting yourself from Omicron . . .

Viruses get less virulent over time, not more virulent. We’ve demonstrated this over the last 100 years in the medical literature. And, according to the experts as of today, there is no evidence that Omicron is more severe or more infective.

Yet, Pfizer, Moderna and the other vaccine manufacture’s response is “let’s just double the vaccine dose.” They are recommending this because the “double dose” increases the antibody titer in the 309 people it was tested on.

For a vaccine that doesn’t prevent viral infection nor prevent viral transmission, just raising the antibody titer with a double dose is like saying “we should each wear two diapers so that your neighbor doesn’t get diarrhea.”

Over the last two years, clinical experience has demonstrated over and over that those who are the sickest from a COVID-19 infection are those who are obese, have elevated insulin levels and/or have significant lung disease. Reducing your weight, exercising and limiting your starch, sugar and carbohydrate intake have been the most powerful forms of prevention.

If you want prevention that works, read my article on how to prevent at treat COVID-19 here.

How the CDC Spins a Worthless Study to Sell a Vaccine

The CDC just published a study on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and death. The table below shows the 13 US Jurisdictions it was taken from between April 4th and July 17th, 2021.

I am now seeing a number of my medical colleagues posting information and telling my patients that they are 10 times more likely to die if they are not vaccinated based on this study. Yet, THAT IS NOT what the study shows.

In this very limited ecological study that DOES NOT take into account MULTIPLE variables linking causality to the absence of a vaccine, it is essential to understand some basic points about those with “COVID related” disease.

  1. 92% of the people in this study were not vaccinated. 8% were vaccinated.
  2. 92% of the people hospitalized were not vaccinated. 8% were vaccinated.
  3. 91% of the people who died were unvaccinated. 9% were vaccinated.

Did you notice that the rate of death is higher if you’re vaccinated?

In this study, just by the simple numbers alone, you are less likely to die if you are unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines.

Yet, they had the audacity to state “In 13 U.S. jurisdictions, rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were substantially higher in persons not fully vaccinated compared with those in fully vaccinated persons . . .”

Well, of course the numbers are “substantially higher,” because 92% of the people that entered the study were unvaccinated! 92 is bigger than 8. We learned that in grade school . . . at least some of us did.

Yet, as you can see by the advertisement below, the CDC spins these numbers and claims that if you are vaccinated you reduce your risk of infection, hospitalization and death by 10%.

In their own study they state that six severe limitations in this study exist:

  1. Many of the “unvaccinated” were partially vaccinated
  2. Variable linkage may completely change the incident rate ratio (IRR) for which this whole study was completed.
  3. Ecological studies have never been effective in determining incident rate ratios (IRRs)
  4. Vaccine effectiveness can never be determined based on an ecological study due to such uncontrollable variables.
  5. They don’t really know if the delta variant was >50% of the cases because they didn’t check.
  6. This data only accounts for ~ 25% of the population, so you really can’t generalize the results.

What is the take home message?

This is a trash can study that is being used as propaganda to continue selling a vaccine to unsuspecting population, and the CDC knows it.

If you are a medical professional, and you’re going to try to scare my patients into getting this vaccine by touting big numbers, please read the damn study before you speak.

Liver Myths and Fatty Liver Disease

Every year, I see more and more people in my medical office with Fatty Liver Disease. I get at least two to three questions a week about it on social media sites. Fatty liver disease is now so common that many gastroenterologists are fearful that it will soon surpass viral hepatitis and alcohol use as the primary causes of cirrhosis.

Insulin resistance is the underlying driver for Fatty Liver Disease or Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).  Fatty liver disease is also called hepatic steatosis (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH) when alcohol is not the primary cause of fat accumulation in the liver.  NAFLD can progress to cirrhosis and is an important cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis. 

In fact, we are now seeing more cirrhosis from NAFLD then we see caused from Hepatitis infections or even alcohol use.  NAFLD is the driver behind the majority of cases of cirrhosis. It is 3.9 times more prevalent among Hispanics and African Americans than European Americans, and it is caused by the same metabolic processes that cause obesity and diabetes (1).

30-35% of the population in 2004 who did not drink alcohol were demonstrated to have NAFLD (2).  And, 46% of US military personnel and their families had NAFLD by ultrasound in a 2011 study (3).

Insulin Resistance & NAFLD

It is interesting to me that NAFLD is directly associated with all of the diseases caused by insulin resistance including obesity, hypertension, abnormal cholesterol and overt diabetes.

Elevated insulin responses to starches, sugars and fructose in the diet cause increased fat deposition in the fat cells (adipocytes).  As we gain weight, and our fat cells fill to capacity, the fatty tissues (largest endocrine glands in the body) begins over-production of hormones like TNF-alpha, IL-1, and IL-6.  These hormones have an abnormal influence on the liver and the signaling of insulin from the pancreas.  Compensatory changes to handle these abnormal signals lead to increased glucose production from the liver and increased insulin from the pancreas.  This abnormal signaling causes increase triglcyeride (TG) deposition in the liver and increased deposition of non-esterified cholesterol in the liver (4).  Secondary oxidative injury from non-esterification of cholesterol, elevated hepatic iron, leptin resistance, antioxidant deficiencies and changes in intestinal bacteria all seem to play a part in the orchestration of fatty deposition in the liver.  This, concert of changes hormonaly and metabolically, leads to liver enlargement and can progress to non-alcoholic cirrhosis. 

Figure 1 – Interplay between glucose and lipid metabolism in the PRIM and SEC models of NAFLD. Liver-specific overexpression of SREBP-1c and increased hepatic DNL in the PRIM mouse model leads to accumulation of DAGs and triacylglycerols (TAG) and development of NAFLD. NAFLD in PRIM associates with decreased insulin signaling and higher hepatic glucose output. On the one hand, mitochondrial oxidative capacity (O2 flux) is increased under fasted conditions while emission of ROS remains unchanged. ChREBP-mediated lipogenesis in adipose tissue and fat mass are increased, which could protect from hyperglycemia and peripheral IR. On the other hand, SEC mice are characterized by loss of adipose tissue and ectopic lipid (DAG, TAG) accumulation in both liver and skeletal muscle. Moreover, accumulation of extrahepatic lipids in SEC but not intrahepatic lipids in PRIM associates with portal and lobular inflammation of the liver. In SEC, hepatic O2 flux is increased under fed conditions as well as systemic oxidative stress. Liver and skeletal muscle are both characterized by decreased insulin sensitivity. alb, albumin; AP2, adipocyte P2. (4).

How do you know if you have fatty liver disease? 

Elevated liver enzymes (AST and ALT) by 10-100 points are usually the first signal.  This is confirmed by ultrasound or CT scan of the abdomen.  Diagnostic imaging reveals a heterogenous texture (sandy or speckled appearance of a liver) that is often enlarged about 20% of the time – Liver width of > 18 cm). 

When liver enzymes are elevated for an unknown reason, the following lab testing is essential:

  • Anti-Hepatitis C virus antibody
  • Hepatitis A IgG
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen
  • Hep B surface antibody
  • Hep B core antibody
  • Plasma Iron
  • Ferritin
  • Total Iron Binding Capacity
  • Serum gammaglobulin levels
  • ANA titier
  • Anti-smooth muscle antibody
  • Anti-liver/kidney microsomal antibody-1

These tests should all be completed to rule out viral and auto-immune forms of hepatitis. 

Historically, most physicians had no idea why fatty liver disease starts happening. And, many physicians not well versed in how insulin resistance works metabolically, still don’t know why fatty liver disease occurs.

Because of what we now know about how insulin affects the fat cells, and the adverse effects of cholesterol oxidation, we have a much better understanding. This understanding now makes it possible to reverse fatty liver disease.

We aggressively treat insulin resistance in my office, and I have repeatedly seen fatty liver disease completely resolve in 12 months with the use of a ketogenic or carnivorous diet.   In fact, I’ve seen fatty liver disease reversed thousands of times over the last 20 plus years of my practice. 

Myth #1

“Liver cleanses or detoxes are important for daily health especially if you over indulge.”  

Though liver cleanses are packaged to claim that they’re a cure-all for daily liver health and overindulgence, I DO NOT recommend them.  These products and mixtures are not regulated by the FDA, and thus are not uniform and have not been adequately tested in any clinical trials. 

It has been my clinical experience over the last 20 years that liver cleanses actually do more harm than good.  While some common ingredients in liver cleanses have been shown to have positive results — milk thistle has been shown to mildly decrease liver inflammation, and turmeric extract has been shown to protect against liver injury by helping to stabilize glucose signaling — there have not been adequate clinical trial data in humans to recommend the routine use of these natural compounds for prevention.

As for overindulgence of alcohol or food, less is always best when it comes to liver health, and cleanses have not been proven to rid your body of damage from excess consumption.  The best way to cleans your liver is an 18-24 hour fast.

Myth #2

“Liver cleanses are a safe and health way to lose weight.” 

Many liver detoxification products are sold as weight loss cleanses. However, there is absolutely no clinical data to support the efficacy of these cleanses. In fact, some dietary supplements can actually cause harm to the liver by leading to drug-induced injury.  Any of these products should be used with great skepticism and caution.

Myth #3

“You cannot protect yourself against liver disease.” 

Contrary to this myth, there are many preventative methods to protect yourself from liver disease. 

  • Don’t drink alcohol in excess. In fact, abstinence is a fantastic way to avoid liver disease from alcohol.  However, if you must drink, limit your consumption to no more than two drinks per day.
  • Avoid simple sugars.  Carbohydrates and sugars contain fructose. Fructose is metabolized identically to alcohol in the liver.  Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is driven by increased consumption of sugar, fruit juices and fruit.  Fatty liver disease can be reversed in 12 months with the use of a ketogenic diet. 
  • Avoid risky behaviors like illicit drug use, having unprotected sex with multiple partners or getting a tattoo in an unregulated setting. These behaviors increase the risk of acquiring viral hepatitis. 

Myth #4

“Liver cleanses can correct existing liver damage.” 

Liver cleanses have NEVER been proven to treat existing liver damage. However, if you already have liver disease, talk to your doctor about treatments know to be very effective in treatment of liver disease. 

  • Hepatitis A & B – vaccines exist that are very effective in prevention of these forms of hepatitis.
  • Oral medications are available to treat Hepatitis B infections. 
  • Hepatitis C – Very effective and well tolerated oral medications are available to treat those with hepatitis C.
  • Alcoholic Liver Disease – Discontinue all alcohol to provide the best chance of recovery. The liver has an amazing ability to heal, and recover once the damage has stopped. 
  • Non-alcoholic Liver Disease – The most effective method to reverse non-alcoholic liver disease is to cut out all simple sugars and starches from the diet. Use a ketogenic or carnivorous diet.

Myth #5

“Obesity does not increase your risk of liver disease.”   

This is the biggest myth of all.  The media has begun to push “healthy obesity” as a mindset.  Obesity increases your risk of fatty liver disease by 30-50%. If Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) persists, this can cause fibrosis and cirrhosis later in life.  NAFLD is increasing rapidly and may surpass the prevalence of Hepatitis C in the next 20 years. 

Ultimately, the best thing you can do to keep your liver healthy is to treat it well. Avoid frequent overconsumption of sugary and starchy foods and alcohol, maintain a healthy low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diet and exercise regimen, and get screened if you have liver disease risk factors. If you do have liver damage, work with your physician to come up with the healthiest and safest plan for your personal needs.

References:

  1. Browning JD, Kumar KS, Saboorian MH, Thiele DL.  Ethnic differences in the prevalence of cryptogenic cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Feb;99(2):292-8. PubMed:15046220
  2. Browning JD, Szczepaniak LS, Dobbins R, Nuremberg P, Horton JD, Cohen JC, Grundy SM, Hobbs HH. Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: impact of ethnicity.  Hepatology. 2004;40(6):1387. PMID:15565570
  3. Williams CD, Stengel J, Asike MI, Torres DM, Shaw J, Contreras M, Landt CL, Harrison SA.  Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis among a largely middle-aged population utilizing ultrasound and liver biopsy: a prospective study. Gastroenterology. 2011;140(1):124. Epub 2010 Sep 19. PMID: 20858492
  4. Jelenik T, et al. Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance in Primary and Secondary Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver. Diabetes 2017 Aug; 66(8): 2241-2253.  Published online 2017 May 10. doi: 10.2337/db16-1147

Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp All Down

Since about 7am MST Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have all be down for some unknown reason. . . Apparently the Twitter folks are loving it, because people have been flocking there to communicate. . .



I don’t have a twitter account any longer. They banned me for speaking my mind, so I cancelled my account. Instead you can find me here on my blog, on YouTube.com/drnally and at Docmuscles.Locals.com. If YouTube goes down or bans me, then I will probably roll over to my Rumble Account.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have been down for more than three hours as of mid-day Monday. All three platforms stopped working shortly before noon ET. The platform currently boasts 3 billion users.

The websites and apps for all of the services were responding with server errors. Reports on DownDetector.com showed the outages appear to be widespread, but it’s unclear if it impacts all users or just some locations. It’s not currently known what’s causing the outage.

It marks the worst outage for the technology giant since 2008, when a bug knocked Facebook offline for about a day, affecting about 80 million users. The platform currently boasts 3 billion users and the outage is already into its third hour.

Vaccine Thoughts

Today my office got a “1 star” review from a person who isn’t even a patient.  She was upset that I do not require my staff to be vaccinated.  So, I thought I would lay it out there so that you and all my followers can understand my thought process on this whole vaccine issue.

I Support the Use of Safe Vaccines

First and foremost, let me state that I am a proponent of vaccines. I have been fully vaccinated with every other vaccine under the sun (I was in the military and we were given EVERYTHING) and was adamant about getting my flu vaccine until 2016 when I had a severe anaphylactic reaction to the influenza vaccine. 

I’m Personally Allergic to the Components of COVID-19 Vaccines and Influenza Vaccines.

Thinking this was just a hypersensitivity issue, I got my yearly flu vaccine in 2017 and my reaction of hives and inflammation were worse.  We concluded that I am allergic to the base in the vaccine polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysorbate.  In doing a great deal of research trying to find out what it was I was reacting to, I changed my position on the need for the yearly influenza vaccine.  (It causes a 36% increase susceptibility to coronavirus infections.  You can read about that information here.)  

Polysorbate or PEG is a component of all three COVID-19 vaccines, and is a contraindication to getting the COVID-19 vaccines (listed right on the CDC website – as there is NO package insert on any of the vaccines to date), so I have been very leery of getting vaccinated with anything containing these chemicals.

I’ve Already Had COVID-19 Twice

Near the end of March 2020, I had six patients (3 couples) come off of a cruise to the Caribbean, and had symptoms that we thought were Parainfluenza virus, but later turned out to be COVID-19.  2 weeks later, I and the majority of my staff became ill with COVID-19.   I had classic symptoms of COVID-19, however, my symptoms only lasted about 3 days, many of my staff members were sick for 1-2 weeks, and my wife was sick for 3 weeks.  It was about this time that nasal swab testing became available. 

Over the last 18 months, we have treated over 400 positive COVID-19 cases outpatient.  I have an active patient population of about 8,000 patients.  Between myself and my PA, we see about 13,000 patient visits per year, so we are a busy practice.  The average age of my patients is 65 years old and the majority of these patient have insulin resistance and/or diabetes.   My concern was that we have a huge practice susceptible to severe COVID-19 infections.  However, amazingly in the first 12 months of this pandemic we only had 12 hospitalizations for COVID-19 infections and those were the patients who were not following a low carbohydrate or ketogenic diet and were not controlling their blood sugars or insulin levels.

As predicted, and like any coronavirus, yearly resurgence of the infection will re-occur.  We’ve seen about 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the office in the last four weeks which appear to correlate with the Delta Variant being seen in the hospital across the street from my office.  In the last month, we have seen a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, and five of my staff members were out of the office due to positive COVID-19 infections.  Symptoms lasted 3-14 days in my staff.   All of these patients and my staff were treated with my protocol and none have been hospitalized. 

I personally came down with a reoccurrence of the infection and had symptoms of sore throat, headache, sinus pressure, loss of taste & smell, and productive cough resolve within 72 hours following our treatment protocol.  Like the flu with over 600 variants, there are already 160+ variants of the COVID-19 virus around the world.   So, it is to be expected that we will see this yearly, much like we’ve seen the flu.

Because of my position on this particular vaccine and the influenza vaccine, many members of my church (who has heavily supported this vaccine) and the medical community have ostracized me and my family, as I’ve raised concerns and been vocal about this issue. And yet, a recent real world study in Israel of over 800,000 people demonstrates that those with natural immunity to COVID-19 have 13 times greater protection than those that are vaccinated.

I’ve Seen More Adverse Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine Then Any Other Vaccine

In January, when the vaccine came out, I was interested in using this in our practice, but I had concerns regarding the untested delivery mechanism that this vaccine used and I was concerned that there were no clinical trials established at the time to know what to expect from this vaccine.

About 30-40% of my practice opted to get vaccinated.  And about 30% of my staff opted to get vaccinated as well.

Of great concern to me is that I have started seeing strange long-term vaccine reactions in those patients that got vaccinated:

  • I have three patient that had profound fatigue – literally could not get out of bed for 4-5 months after getting vaccinated.  Two of these patients are still experiencing these symptoms today.
  • I have two patients who had pericarditis/myocarditis from the vaccine (Now a Black Box Warning for these vaccines)
  • I have seven patients with persistent elevated D-Dimer levels 3-6 months after vaccination predisposing them to blood clots and pulmonary emboli.  Two actually had life threatening blood clots in the lungs. (Blood clots is also a Black Box Warning on these vaccines)
  • Four of these seven had colitis that persisted for 6-8 weeks that was unresponsive to antibiotic therapy.
  • And, one of these patients has symptoms of severe fatigue & tachycardia (rapid heart rate) upon standing that has yet to resolve.
  • I have two others that had spontaneous bruising over their lower extremities for 6 weeks associated with severe fatigue.

95% of the people that get vaccinated in my clinical experience seem to have no problem.   5% of patients have profound symptoms of illness as if they had a mild to moderate case of COVID-19 that can last up to 7 days.  

When I have commented about what I am seeing to my colleagues, they roll their eyes at me and blow it off.   And, behind my back, they tell others that I’m just blowing things out of proportion. Yet, the patients I have seen above are real and these symptoms have dramatically affected their lives, their families and their ability to work and provide a living for themselves.

Am I against getting vaccinated?  No, but I want people to clearly understand the risks and benefits of vaccination.  To date, there is still no package insert that is given to those receiving the vaccines, providing any warning, including the Black Box Warnings. And, the patients that have had adverse reactions have told me that they would never have considered getting vaccinated if they knew about the symptoms they were potentially going to experience.

Three Questions To Ask Yourself About Any Therapy Including The COVID-19 Vaccine

[Updated August, 28, 2021]

I’ve had thousands of patient’s ask about the COVID-19 vaccine and whether they should consider taking it or not. At the outset, let me make it clear that I am not opposed to vaccines, nor am I an anti-vax proponent.  I am very much a proponent of safe and effective vaccines and therapies.  I present this information so that my patients and readers can make an informed choice about their individual health.  Many of my patients have chosen to get vaccinated, and many have not.  Many are still on the fence.

This information is continually changing and I will try to update this post when important information is available. You can find a summary and links to recent research on a previous blog post here.

Any time you use a therapeutic, medication or vaccine, you need to evaluate it with three guidelines in mind:
      1. Is it safe?
      2. Is it effective?
      3. Do you actually need it?

Survivability Points to Ponder

Currently, children under 18 years old have a 99.998% chance of survival if they get COVID-19 and are untreated.  Why would you inject a child with a vaccine when there is no need for treatment?  Yet this vaccine is being pushed upon our children 12 years of age and older by schools, sports programs and government officials.
The risk of death in a young adult who contracts COVID-19 between the ages of 19 to 44 years old is 99.95%.  Again, why would we force vaccination or treatment upon anyone who’s risk is 0.05%?
If everyone on the planet were to get COVID-19 and not get treated, the global death rate would be less than 0.5% of the global population.  That is identical to influenza.  After you read the information below, you need to ask yourself: Does the potential risk of the COVID-19 vaccine warrant force vaccination the entire global population?
If we have effective outpatient treatments, and the risk of death was no greater than the flu, why would you consider use of a vaccine with significant sides effects and poor overall effectiveness?

How Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Work?

As of today, the Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson Johnson COVID-19 vaccines consist of a snippet of genetic code directing production of an immune response identical to what the actual virus causes to occur. This response stimulates the production of a coronavirus spike protein. In the Pfizer.BioNTech & Moderna vaccines, it is delivered in a tiny fat bubble called a lipid nanoparticle. Some researchers suspect the immune system’s response to that delivery vehicle also causes some the short-term side effects, and may post greater risks in the long term.
What we know today, is that the spike proteins, whether produced by the virus or by the vaccine is the “toxic” portion to the body. A percentage of people have significant adverse responses to this spike proteins. This protein binds to those tissues with the highest concentrations of ACE2 receptors on their cell membranes.  The binding of ACE2 receptors by spike proteins causes a release of inflammatory cytokines (protein signals to stimulate the body to fight infection).   However, this cytokine release is amplified significantly when T cells are suppressed or not functional.  We know that obesity, diabetes, prediabetes and insulin resistance states cause a suppression in T cell function.  Within four hours of blood sugar and insulin levels spiking and staying elevated, something that commonly occurs in diabetic, pre-diabetic and obese patients, T cell immunity is suppressed and cytokine levels, like IL-6, are elevated.
A recently uncovered Pfizer study in Japan identified that these proteins and the nano-particle transport system concentrate and bind at the spleen, bone marrow, liver, adrenal glands, mesenteric lymph-nodes, and ovaries within 48 hours of vaccination (1).  Originally, it was thought that the vaccine only concentrated in the deltoid muscle where the vaccine was given. According to Dr. Robert Malone the creator of the mRNA technology, the spike proteins are biologically active. Because of this distribution throughout the body, and according to Dr. Malone, there is significant potential for leukemia, lymphoma and female fertility issues 1-3 years from vaccination and auto-immune disorders 2-3 years from vaccination.  Because we have no data in humans at the 2-3 year mark, the actual risk of this is still unknown.

Is The Vaccine Effective?

Currently the only data we have on the vaccine effectiveness comes from a brand new package insert released on the 23rd of August, 2021.  Studies in 44,000 people demonstrated it has a 94.7% confidence interval over 6 months.  That means, in lay terms, that the vaccine will decrease your likelihood of caching COVID-19 by an “estimate” of 94.7% within six months of your first shot.  However, data coming out of Israel where 85% of the population has been vaccinated for the last eight months shows that that this effectiveness drops to 39% by the eighth month.  Anything less than 40% effectiveness is considered no more effective than placebo.
If you’ve never had a COVID-19 infection, then this vaccine will give you short term protection for 2-8 months as it’s protective effect rapidly wears off.  Hence, Pfizer and Moderna have recommended a third dose of the vaccine starting in September.  However, there is no information about the risks and benefits of a third dose.  And, if a third dose is necessary, will there be a fourth?  And a fifth?
In the short term studies (two month period of time), vaccine manufacturers stated that there was a 66% reduction in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 with the vaccine use.  This is not what is being seen in Israel, where 85% of their population has been vaccinated.  In fact, people vaccinated in January had a 2.26 times greater risk for a breakthrough infection with the Delta variant than those vaccinated in April.
The rate of infection and hospitalization rates remain the same as the unvaccinated as you can see in the graphic below:
In another study just released on August 25, 2021, as a pre-print in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), data from Israel paints a very interesting picture of what happens when the majority of the population is vaccinated.  This real world observational study of over 800,000 people compares the unvaccinated  to those with prior COVID-19 illness, those with prior COVID-19 + 1 dose of vaccine and those who are vaccinated with two doses.
This study demonstrates that those who received the COVID-19 vaccine (two shot series) have a 13.06 times GREATER risk of infection with the COVID-19 Delta variant compared with those who were unvaccinated but had previous infection with COVID-19 alone.
Additionally, those who received the vaccine had a 6.7 fold greater risk for admission to the hospital compared to those with natural infection.  The conclusion in this, the largest real world vaccination study on COVID-19 to date, is that natural immunity confers a 13 times greater protection than the vaccine.

Acute or Short Term Issues:

First these vaccines contain a black box warning for people under age 55 years old. This warning is that there is a significant increased risk of a forms of inflammation of the heart called myocarditis and fluid build up around the heart called pericarditis.  This risk was set at 13 per million, or one person in every 76,900 doses given.  As of August 20th, 2021, Moderna’s vaccine is being evaluated for an even greater risk seen from Canadian data.  “There might be a 2.5 times higher incidence of myocarditis in those who get the Moderna vaccine compared with Pfizer’s vaccine,” Reuters reported.
Second, Blood clot formation is the number one risk of these vaccines. The spike proteins that form from the vaccine are identical to the same proteins caused by the virus itself. It’s not the virus that’s the problem, it’s the spike proteins that act like a toxin. The Salk Institute has identified that these spike proteins bind to the ACE 2 receptors on multiple organ tissues, damaging the lining of blood vessels and increase the risk of blood clot, stroke and heart attack. The increased risk of clots is most dramatic in the first week after a vaccine is given, however, this risk is elevated as long as these proteins are circulating in the blood stream.
Given this information, and the number of blood clots I and many others have seen clinically post vaccination, this vaccine has been aptly called “The Clot Shot.”
Third, data demonstrates that patients given this vaccine in their 1st trimester of pregnancy have an increased risk of miscarriages from 10% to 80% above the average. This is likely due to spike protein deposition in the uterus, however, this is still under evaluation.

Sub Acute Issues:

In all other attempts at making a coronavirus vaccine in the last 25 years, animal studies have show the development of antibody dependent enhancement (ADE). This is where re-exposure to the virus causes a 10 fold immune response above the norm.  This also causes what is called cytokine release syndrome.  However, because this vaccine was released under an Emergency Use Authorization, these animals studies were never performed on this vaccine to determine the potential for these syndromes to arise.
I am seeing signs that ADE is starting to happen in a percentage of my patients who have been vaccinated with both the first and second doses of vaccine.

Long Term Issues:

There is definite scientific evidence that these spike proteins may damage ovarian function. There is definite evidence that they may lower sperm counts. There is definite evidence that they will effect autoimmunity in a percentage of the population. There is definite evidence that it may cause various forms of cancer.
According to a recent article by Talotta et at., “Young patients and female patients who are already affected or predisposed (e.g. immunological and serological abnormalities in absence of clinical symptoms, familiarity for immune-mediated diseases) to autoimmune or autoinflammatory disorders should be carefully evaluated for the benefits and risks of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination” (4).
Lipid nano-particles have been shown to concentrate themselves in the ovary with a 16% decrease in fertility that was identified in the animal studies recently made available to the public.
Recent research from Read et al. demonstrates that vaccinating people with vaccines that do not completely stop transmission actually increase conditions that promote more severe strains of the virus.  “Our data show that anti-disease vaccines that do not prevent transmission [vaccines that don’t completely stop transmission] can create conditions that promote the emergence of pathogen strains that cause more severe disease in unvaccinated hosts” (5).

What is the Actual Risk Of:

      • Infertility
      • Autoimmunity
      • Cancer after getting this vaccine?
We JUST DON’T KNOW!

Who Should NOT Receive the Vaccine:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an update on those who should not receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Recommendations cover:
      • Patients who have had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine.
      • Patients who have had an immediate non-severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine.
      • Patients who have had an allergic reaction to polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysorbate.
      • Patients who have had an allergic reaction to other types of vaccines or an injectable therapy.
      • Patients who have had allergies not related to vaccines (food like shell fish, nuts, etc).
Common Side Effects that can and will occur with both versions of the vaccine (lower side effect profile in Pfizer/BioNtech version):
      • Fever up to 104 F (40 C) for 24 hours in 2-4% of participants.
      • Severe fatigue in 4%- 9.7% of participants
      • Muscle pain in 8.9%
      • Joint pain in 5.2%
      • Headache in 2%-4.5%.
That’s a higher rate of severe reactions than people are accustomed to, and it occurs because the vaccine is actually producing the same toxin in the system that the virus does – spike proteins.
      • The likelihood of a severe problem if you get a COVID-19 infection is about 0.5%.
      • Where the likelihood of side effects from the vaccine is 1-10%.
With those odds, you be the judge.

Additional Cautions in Pregnancy/Breast Feeding:

Directly from the CDC website: “Observational data demonstrate that, while the chances for these severe health effects are low, pregnant people with COVID-19 have an increased risk of severe illness, including illness that results in ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and death compared with non-pregnant women of reproductive age. Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 might be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, compared with pregnant women without COVID-19.”
“Based on how mRNA vaccines work, experts believe they are unlikely to pose a specific risk for people who are pregnant. However, the actual risks of mRNA vaccines to the pregnant person and her fetus are unknown because these vaccines have not been studied in pregnant women.” However, as noted above, vaccination in the 1st trimester of pregnancy increases miscarriage rate up to 80%.
“There are no data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in lactating women or on the effects of mRNA vaccines on the breastfed infant or on milk production/excretion. mRNA vaccines are not thought to be a risk to the breastfeeding infant. People who are breastfeeding and are part of a group recommended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, such as healthcare personnel, may choose to be vaccinated.” Yet, in light of these assumptions by the CDC, studies in this group has NOT been completed, so we just don’t know the answer.
For those outside of the United States, the UK government’s safety instructions recommend that “no pregnancy or breast feeding should be planned within two months of each COVID-19 vaccine dose.”

Does the Benefit Outweigh the Risk?

Does the benefit of two to six months of protection outweigh the risks that are being seen with these vaccines?  Ultimately, that decision is yours.  My profession opinion is that the risk is greater than the benefit.  Especially when we have effective, inexpensive treatments available.
The NIH, CDC, Hospital Associations, Health Systems and big Pharma have spent hundreds of millions trying to convince the American public that these vaccines are safe.   As of December 2020, prior to completion of any safety studies on these vaccines, the US government alone had spent $250 million dollars trying to convince you and me that these vaccines are worth the risk.  Yet, as a physician who weighs risk to benefit outcomes of treatments with 20-30 patient’s every day, those risks just don’t add up.
When in the history of mankind have you ever heard or seen such powerful propaganda regarding health and safety of every soul on the planet?   The only time I have heard or seen anything remotely similar is in the 1940’s.
Hitler rose to power by convincing the entire nation of Germany that the Jewish population carried typhus, an infectious bacteria that was perceived as an imminent threat to the country.  The typhus vaccine was developed in 1939 in Poland and was in use during WWII.  In order to stop the spread of typhus three things occurred:
  1. Those at risk (mainly the Jews) were quarantined.
  2. Everyone in the nation was required to carry papers documenting full medical history, travel history, vaccination status and typhoid risk.
  3. Those that were not compliant were excluded from socialization and work, or were they were imprisoned.
Sound familiar?

Sources:

  1. https://Pfizer COVIDvac_report_Japanese government.pdf
  2. https://www.cdc.gov/…/recommendations/pregnancy.html
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-covid-19/information-for-healthcare-professionals-on-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine
  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833091/
  5. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/26214839

Should I Be Supplementing Vitamin K?

I get asked about Vitamin K1 and Vitamin K2 almost daily. I am amazed at how much mis-information about vitamin K is out there on the interwebby.

Vitamin K Basics

Vitamin K is an essential player in coagulation pathways of our body. It helps to maintain the viscosity or “thinness” of our blood. It is a cofactor required for the activity of several key proteins containing carboxyglutamic acid residues in the clotting pathways.

Despite what the “Keto-Guru’s” tell you, Vitamin K deficiency is rare. The exception is in neonates and patients with predisposing conditions including hepatobiliary (liver) or pancreatic disease.

Vitamin K Structures

Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) has a phytyl side chain.

Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) has several forms, each with an isoprenoid side chain, designated MK-4 (or menatetrenone) through MK-13 according to the length of the side chain. The most common form of menaquinone has four residues (MK-4).

Using the Vitamin K In Your Diet

Vitamin K is fat soluble. You gotta’ have fat in your diet for it to be absorbed and used correctly. This is where the vegans and the vegetarians of the world may find challenges in using the vitamin K they get through diet.

Vitamin K absorption requires intact pancreatic and biliary function and fat absorptive mechanisms. Dietary vitamin K is protein-bound and is liberated by the proteolytic action of pancreatic enzymes in the small intestine. Bile salts then solubilize vitamin K into mixed micelles (little fat transport busses) for absorption into enterocytes (cells of the gut wall), where it is incorporated into chylomicrons (the largest of the cholesterol transport molecules), thereby facilitating absorption into the intestinal lymphatics and portal circulation for transport to the liver.  In the liver it is repackaged into very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL). It circulates in small quantities bound to lipoprotein. Yes, that means your vitamin K is transported in cholesterol molecules with the essential fats your body uses.

Vitamin K’s Functions

Coagulation – It is essential for activation of Factors VII, IX, X and prothrombinActivation of proteins C & S – These proteins require vitamin K’s presence and they facilitate too much thrombin generation

Reversal of coumarin-like anticoagulants – Vitamin K interrupts the reduction of inactive K2,3 epoxide to the active form of the vitamin to stop excessive bleeding from Coumadin (warfarin) or coumarin-like products. 

Bone formation – it helps in bone formation and use of calcium in the matrix Gla protein. The combination of vitamin K and D can significantly increase the total bone mineral density and significantly decrease undercarboxylated osteocalcin. A more favorable effect is expected when vitamin K2 is used. This finding has been used to promote the sales of Vitamin K2 among many “diet experts.” Remember, plenty of K2 is found in eggs, liver and meat when these are a part of your diet.

Coronary vascular calcification –  matrix Gla protein is dependent on vitamin K-mediated carboxylation for activity. In its active form it is thought to play a role in vascular calcification. Theoretically, vitamin K deficiency leads to increased vascular calcification because of lack of matrix Gla protein activity. Vascular calcification predisposes to coronary artery disease. Few trials have assessed the role of vitamin K in coronary artery disease. Those available are not conclusive, but they suggest that further studies are warranted. 

Dietary menaquinones are found in meat (especially liver), cheeses, fermented soybeans, and eggs.  This is why ketogenic or carnivores diets are so effective, as they provide the essential vitamins for efficient metabolism.

With this understanding, I explain to all of my patients that anyone peddling vitamin K supplements to those on ketogenic or carnivorous diets are just tryin to make their boat payment.

Symptoms of Vitamin K Deficiency

Clinical signs and symptoms of vitamin K deficiency include easy bruisability, mucosal bleeding, splinter hemorrhages, melena, hematuria, or any other manifestations of impaired coagulation.
Dietary Sources of Vitamin K:Vitamin K1 can be found in green veggies like spinach and broccoli and some oils

Vitamin K2  can be produced from phylloquinone by the body and is the main storage form in animals. The other menaquinones are synthesized by microflora in the gut, providing a portion of the dietary requirement of vitamin K. Daily requirements of Vitamin K are  90 micrograms daily in women and 120 micrograms daily in men.

Not familiar with ketogenic diets? Check out my diet page for the diet I use in my practice with my patients here.

References: 

  1. Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc (2000). National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2000. p. 162-196 http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309072794
  2. Furie B, Furie BC. Molecular basis of vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation. Blood 1990; 75:1753.
  3. Kuang X, Liu C, Guo X, Li K, Deng Q, Li D. The combination effect of vitamin K and vitamin D on human bone quality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Food Funct. 2020 Apr 30;11(4):3280-3297. doi: 10.1039/c9fo03063h. PMID: 32219282.
  4. Shea MK, O’Donnell CJ, Hoffmann U, et al. Vitamin K supplementation and progression of coronary artery calcium in older men and women. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 89:1799.

Why Do You Do That Sword Fighting Thing?

I was asked, recently, by a friend, “Why do you do that sword fighting thing?”

As I’ve pondered this question, I found my answer in the words of Jack Donovan.

“Strength, courage, mastery, and honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them, no “higher” virtues can be entertained. You need to be alive to philosophize. You can add to these virtues and you can create rules and moral codes to govern them, but if you remove them from the equation altogether you aren’t just leaving behind the virtues that are specific to men, you are abandoning the virtues that make civilization possible.

“Plato at one point in time compared men to dogs. One of the great tragedies of modernity is the lack of opportunity for men to become what they are, to do what they were bred to do, what their bodies want to do. They could be Plato’s noble puppies, but they are chained to a stake in the ground—left to the madness of barking at shadows in the night, taunted by passing challenges left unresolved and whose outcomes will forever be unknown.

“If you are never truly challenged in a meaningful way and are only required to perform idiot-proofed corporate processes to get your meat and shelter, can you ever truly be engaged enough to call yourself alive, let alone a man?

“Men cannot be men—much less good or heroic men—unless their actions have meaningful consequences to people they truly care about. Strength requires an opposing force, courage requires risk, mastery requires hard work, honor requires accountability to other men. Without these things, we are little more than boys playing at being men, and there is no weekend retreat or mantra or half-assed rite of passage that can change that. A rite of passage must reflect a real change in status and responsibility for it to be anything more than theater. No reimagined manhood of convenience can hold its head high so long as the earth remains the tomb of our ancestors”

Sword fighting encompasses it all.

I’ve come to realize that training with the sword, against other men, fulfills a masculine yearning and desire I’ve felt for over 50 years.  Why would God include hundreds of chapters of wars and sword fights in the scriptures? Because, the nobility of prophets and kings, their strength, courage, mastery and honor, was often forged at the hilt of a sword.

That’s why I sword fight.

Watch the video below and you can see where sword fighting provides the repeated opposing force, risk, hard work and accountability that are prerequisites of success.  Sword fighting is really just rapid short and very exciting lessons on life.

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I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed participating.

 

Never Ever Forget About the Tuskegee Experiment

I bet you’ve never heart of the Tuskegee Experiment.

When you think that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Public Health Physicians have your best interest in mind, just remember the Tuskegee Experiment started in 1932 in Macon County, Alabama.

After being recruited by the promise of free medical care, 600 African American men in Macon County, Alabama were enrolled in a project which aimed to study the full progression of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis.

The participants were primarily sharecroppers, and many had never visited a doctor. Doctors from the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), which was running the study, informed the participants—399 men with latent syphilis and a control group of 201 others who were free of the disease—they were being treated for “bad blood,” a term commonly used in the area at the time to refer to a variety of ailments.

They were blatantly lied to by HHS and the CDC for over 40 years leading to 28 patients who died directly from syphilis, 100 died from complications related to syphilis, 40 of the patients’ wives were infected with syphilis, and 19 children were born with congenital syphilis.

In order to track the disease’s full progression, researchers provided no effective care as the men died, went blind or insane or experienced other severe health problems due to their untreated syphilis. Never EVER forget that multiple HHS supervisors and the CDC kept this secret for over 40 years.

How did they go about fixing this one? They created their own internal ethical policing board (OHRP) . . . still overseen by the slimy leadership of the HHS. Don’t you ever forget that the HHS, CDC and public health officials are some of the most unethical people on the planet.

Tuskegee wasn’t the first unethical syphilis study. In 2010, President Obama and other federal officials apologized for another U.S.-sponsored experiment, conducted decades earlier in Guatemala. In that study, from 1946 to 1948, nearly 700 men and women—prisoners, soldiers, mental patients—were intentionally infected with syphilis (hundreds more people were exposed to other sexually transmitted diseases as part of the study) without their knowledge or consent.

The purpose of the study was to determine whether penicillin could prevent, not just cure, syphilis infection. Some of those who became infected never received medical treatment. The results of the study, which took place with the cooperation of Guatemalan government officials, were never published. The American public health researcher in charge of the project, Dr. John Cutler, went on to become a lead researcher in the Tuskegee experiments.

Following Cutler’s death in 2003, historian Susan Reverby uncovered the records of the Guatemala experiments while doing research related to the Tuskegee study. She shared her findings with U.S. government officials in 2010. Soon afterward, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius issued an apology for the STD study and President Obama called the Guatemalan president to apologize for the experiments.

Nomination of Kathleen Sebelius by Barak Obama 2009

Kathleen Sebelius was the HHS director until 2014. She was well aware of these dirty little secrets and played a key role in keeping them out of the press. Today, she and her group of crony politicians are attempting to do the same with the population of our entire country.

Sebelius, also the former Governor of Kansas and a key official in implementation of the Affordable Care Act, made her thoughts known about the experimental COVID-19 Vaccine in a friendly interview on CNN, according to RealClearPolitics.

“If you don’t choose to get vaccinated, you may not come to work. You may not have access to a situation where you’re going to put my grandchildren in jeopardy where you might kill them or you might put them in a situation where they’re going to carry the virus to someone in a high-risk position.”

Sebelius went on to say, “So I think we’re reaching that point in the United States for those of us who are vaccinated. I want to take off my mask. I want to be able to live my life with vaccination. And I’m being impinged on by people who say, I don’t want to get vaccinated. It’s fine, but I want them to maybe have a limitation on where they can go and who they can possibly infect.”

Never forget that the current players in our government and Public Health Services won’t bat an eye at destroying your life or livelihood for their political gain.

A Little Insight Into Your Colonoscopy Prep

What happens when you drink 10 oz of Magnesium Citrate?

I’m so glad you asked…

12:05 pm: It’s time. You shotgun a 10 oz bottle like it’s a lukewarm Power-aide because you don’t want to be a pansy in front of your brother’s friends.

It’s suppose to be lemon flavored, however, it’s quite clear that whoever led the Wal-Mart R&D team that day has never actually tasted anything remotely like lemons in their life.

You are already regretting this decision.

12:06 pm: You splurge, and down a cupcake like you’ve been saving it for the apocalypse because let’s face it…that special time is here.

You know it’s going to turn to liquid before it even clears your throat but you really don’t care.

All is right in the world at this moment. . .

However, hold on to that thought because you’re about to enter a very dark period in your life.

12:37 pm: First sign of ‘movement.’ The pressure is growing.

You know that you already have 5 lbs of impacted stool in your colon, and you just drank the “safe for humans” version of Drano.

You feel a movement coming on finally. You think it’s time. . . You’re wrong.

You get a little snaked band of poop . . . just a teaser, an appetizer if you will.

And yet, beware . . . this is the last semi-solid thing you will see leave your body for the next 24 hours.

12:57 pm: That little science experiment you started cooking 52 minutes ago is about to reach it’s boiling point.

Your stomach is angry now. It hates you…you can feel it.

You have exactly three tenths of a second to make it to the nearest toilet but you can’t run . . . do not run, NEVER run!

You pray to the Man Above that there is enough elasticity in your rectum to keep the gates closed for five more steps as you start to preemptively undo your pants to save valuable time.

Almost there.

3…2…1…

12:58 pm: Sweet Mary,…is this real life?!!!!

Your cheeks barely hit the seat and all hell breaks loose.

The mixture coming out of your colon exits with such force that it actually sprays the back of the toilet bowl at a 45 degree angle, deflecting in every direction but down.

Is that blood? WHEW! NO, False alarm. Oh, wait, that’s the remnants of a cherry pie you ate at Thanksgiving . . . when you were 5 years old.

The smell is horrid . . .the sound is deafening . . . the look on your spouse’s face is frightening.

You try to clench what’s left of your rectal orifice to soften the blow but it’s just not working.

The whole house just heard you expel gas as if someone ignited a propane tank . . . followed by the sound of liquefied . . . holy cow, what was that?!

1:06 pm- 8:30 pm: Everything’s a blur. You have pooped out everything you have ever eaten since the day of your birth. You feel like you even passed things your ancestors ate in the early 1800’s. Your rectum feels like a flaming hot Cheeto shedding the tears of a thousand Jalapeno seeds.

You curl up in the bathtub while ugly crying because you have to remain within arm’s reach of the toilet at all times.

You have now experience the poop sweats. And then, you meet Jesus.

8:37 pm: Your family will never be able to unsee the things they’ve seen in the last 8 hours.

You’re broken.

Your rectum will never be the same again.

Your spirit’s broken.

Life as you know it will never be the same. However, . . . tomorrow’s a new day.

You’re going to wake up, throw on the only remaining pair of underwear you have that doesn’t have permanent racing stripe, and you’re going to run up to the nearby Target with the last shred of dignity you have left . . .

And, you buy yourself a new toilet brush. You’ve earned it.

Why the World’s Leaders and Large Businesses Pushing 100% Vaccination Rates?

You’re going to think I am crazy, but I’ve been racking my brain for a reason, trying to understand why we are where we are today.

Now, before you try to commit me to a mental institution, please watch the two videos and make your own conclusions based on what I theorize may be happening. This information actually scares the snot out of me.

Why are the leadership of countries around the world and large businesses pushing for 100% vaccination so rapidly? The only thing I can surmise based on what we are hearing was confirmed in the video below as the Arkansas Governor and his Medical Advisor explain risk factors for pregnancy. The Aransas Medical Advisor actually sets the narrative.

If there are fertility issues that begin to arise, it won’t be blamed on the vaccine, it will be the COVID-19 variant to be blamed. If there is no unvaccinated control group, any side effects of infertility or pregnancy problems can be blamed on the virus itself, which is exactly what the Arkansas Medical Advisor just did last week.

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It is important to understand that pregnancy and fertility data on drugs and vaccines are confirmed during the Phase 4 part of clinical trials. The COVID-19 vaccine skipped the Phase 4 due to the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). If there are problems with fertility or pregnancy, we will not truly know until January of 2022 at the earliest. Auto-immunity problems take up to four years to show up.

So, why would world leadership push this agenda?

Population control and the ability to rapidly control the economy under a global government – and our leaders actually roll played this pandemic and how to solve it in October, 2019.

The “Great Reset” is a long term ideological grab of what’s left of individual freedom and free market economies, and the goal is the imposition of a global dictatorship. Globalists wrap these objectives in pretty sounding words and humanitarian sounding aspirations, but the bottom line of the “Reset” is about an end to liberty as we know it.

I know, I know. It sound like a huge conspiratorial exaggeration. And, I would not have believed it unless I actually watched the video of these people putting all these puzzle pieces together. Unfortunately, this is reality; this is what these people desire, above all else. But, how do they achieve such a goal?

Interestingly enough, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation described exactly how they planned to do it during a “simulation” they held in October of 2019 called “Event 201”. During the event, they imagined a massive coronavirus pandemic, spread supposedly from animals to humans, which would facilitate the need for pervasive restrictions on individual liberties, national economies as well as the internet and social media.

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I’m sure it’s all a coincidence, but the exact same scenario the globalists at the WEF played out during Event 201 happened in the real world only two months later with a virus and a vaccine that were patented by the CDC and Pfizer over 21 years ago.

The virus that causes illness in swine discussed in the Event 201 roll play was patented on January 28, 2000 (https://patents.justia.com/patent/6372224). This is the base SARS-CoV2 molecule. We’ve know about it and had it patented for over 20 years.

On April 14, 2004, full gene sequence of SARS-CoV2 AND the detection method for PCR identification of SARS-CoV2 was patented (https://patents.justia.com/patent/7220852, this includes sub patents 46592703-P, and patent 776521). Two weeks later, on April 28, 2004, the SARS-CoV2 antiviral vaccine patent was filed by Secoya Pharmaceuticals (https://patents.justia.com/patent/7151163), who later became part of the holdings of Pfizer, Crucell (now Janssen) and Johnson & Johnson.

Ask yourself how can the treatment be patented just two weeks after the detection method and virus structure were patented? Then ask yourself a second question, how can a virus be patented that is naturally occurring (it is against the law to patent naturally occurring “Novel” viruses)?

Answer: First, it is physically impossible to come up with a vaccine just days after you identify at measurement tool for the virus. Second, this is NOT a “novel” virus. It’s been on Pfizer’s shelf since 2000.

In 2007, the CDC attempted to patent the same viral sequence and it was denied. The CDC, then, paid to have this patent over-ridden and made private. They essentially paid a bribe to take public patent information and cover it up. This is all public record in the patent office information located above.

You can watch the testimony of Dr. David Martin and the patents he’s analyzed over the last 20 years. All records are publicly available going back to 1999 showing the Novel Coronavirus was well known and not actually “Novel” for two decades. He explains his credentials and provides how this present outbreak was engineered.

Only time will tell, but we will know more in the next 6-12 months as this health fiasco plays out.

Is Mandatory Vaccination Worth The Risks?

As of today, there are 6,183 COVID-19 vaccine related deaths in the United States according to the CDC’s VAERs website. We as health care providers are required to report vaccine related injury to the VAERs site.

And, yet, when we site this data (being the ONLY DATA available to us as clinicians required to make judgement calls in real time on the use of these vaccines) we are labeled “conspiracy theorists.”

Many of you have been very vocal, threatening me and stopped following my social media channels recently,: “Dr. Nally, why do you keep harping on this vaccine risk issue? I used to trust you . . .”

In fact, Facebook has consistently blocked me from doing any “live-streaming” for the last six months. They keep finding posts from 1-2 years ago that “violate community standards” and extend my ban on live-stream posting privilege’s.”

The Answer: Because, two more of my patients have been hospitalized with life-threatening blood clots in the lungs after vaccination, both of which have never had any history of clotting problems. “Houston, THIS IS A PROBLEM! Are you listening?!”

https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D8;jsessionid=6D180E77E02D9533F8867A5708ED

Are there errors in public reporting? Of course. That is to be expected. However, some researchers that use these data sets state that VAERs reporting may be under-reported generally by up to a factor of 5. That means that the number of vaccine related deaths could between 6,000 – 39,900 as of today.

Of course, Reuters.com, FactCheck.org and Snopes.com have no medical malpractice risk looming over their heads when they make their “fact checking” statements, nor do they have the life and health of a family member depending on their recommendations sitting in front of them in the exam room.

So, you be the judge. Just remember, the Swine Flu vaccine got pulled off the market after 450 cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) appeared and 3 deaths in elderly patients were reported within days of vaccination (https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html).

Influenza and Menactra vaccines increase the risk of GBS by 2 per 1,000,000 doses (https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/guillain-barre-syndrome.html).

Currently the CDC admits that COVID-19 vaccines have been directly implicated in:

Blood Clots (life-threatening thrombosis and thrombocytosis syndrome) like blood clots in the lungs occur in 7 per 1,000,000 vaccinations.

Anaphylaxis occurs in 5 per 1,000,000 vaccinations.

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) has occurred in 137 patients vaccinated.

Myocarditis/Pericarditis has been confirmed in over 700 cases of those vaccinated. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html)

It is hard to imagine a more dangerous and asinine way of making decisions than by abdicating those health decisions into the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

So, for a virus that has a 99.98% unvaccinated survival rate across the US population, is the risk of giving up your freedom of choice worth taking?

Well, that’s really your choice. My job as your physician is to give you the pros and the cons. That’s what I’ve done. You’ve probably already commented to me about how you either agree or disagree with me. That’s OK. Because, unlike many other medical professionals, I’ve done my job.

Now, you need to decide, is the risk of a mandated vaccine worth defending your freedom over, or do you give up this hill, tuck your tail between your legs, roll up your sleeve and then retreat?

As for me, I may be alone, but I’m standing on this hill. You’re going to have to bury me to take it.

Unethical to Require COVID Vaccination in College Students

More than 450 U.S. colleges and universities are mandating that all students be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the fall 2021-22 semester.  This is  both unethical and dangerous.  Some are even requiring vaccines for summer classes.
Though the FDA has issued emergency authorizations (EUA) for the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, none of the three have actually been FDA approved.  That is a legal and ethical problem for schools that want to force student to get the shots.
In my practice, I see 10% of those getting the vaccines having significant reactions, some of which last over 6 months.  I’ve written about those side effects here.   Of greatest concern to me is the potential for spike protein induced sterility, preterm births, and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in our young men and young women as the long term effect on conception & pregnancy has still not been deemed “safe” and scientifically cannot be for at least another year.
In a statement taken directly from the CDC website: “Observational data demonstrate that, while the chances for these severe health effects are low, pregnant people with COVID-19 have an increased risk of severe illness, including illness that results in ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and death compared with non-pregnant women of reproductive age. Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 might be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, compared with pregnant women without COVID-19. . . Based on how mRNA vaccines work, experts believe they are unlikely to pose a specific risk for people who are pregnant. However, the actual risks of mRNA vaccines to the pregnant person and her fetus are unknown because these vaccines have not been studied in pregnant women.”
I do not understand how school administrators, in the institutions that actually teach ethical fundamentals, can take such an unethical position on this,  not allowing free choice and/or medical exemption.  Whoever the school’s medical advisers are are blatantly ignoring the massive share of college students who have already recovered from COVID-19 and have natural immunity.  Studies suggest that immunity formed from natural COVID-19 infection is MORE robust and durable than vaccine immunity.  I am just dumbfounded by the medical ineptitude these people have.
Then there is problem that the schools’ vaccine policies would subject populations that were deliberately excluded from clinical trials to “experimental risks,” including people who have recovered from infection, actively pregnant women, and breast-feeding women. Schools are pushing mandates that violate basic principles of medical ethics.
Even if the vaccines receive full FDA approval, no sensible understanding of herd immunity can justify forcing vaccinations on healthy young adults who are at minimal risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19, especially those who already had COVID. We don’t immunize children against diseases that primarily harm the elderly in hope of reducing transmission risks for the elderly.  That would use the recipients as a means to another end, which is blatantly unethical.
To quote Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a professor of psychiatry and director of the Medical Ethics Program at the University of California, Irvine, and Gerard V. Bradley, a law professor at Notre Dame in their Wall Street Journal OpEd:
“Consider the analogy of nontherapeutic research, from which the research subject doesn’t stand to benefit directly. The central canon of medical ethics in this situation is the free and informed consent of the research subject, as articulated in the Nuremberg Code and the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent is likewise required for medical decisions in all adults of sound mind. This is arguably the most deeply rooted doctrine in contemporary medical ethics.
“A person may freely choose to accept medical risks for the benefit of others, as when one donates a kidney for transplant. But there is no moral duty to do so. This is why we don’t harvest organs without consent, even if doing so would save many lives. Those who make such sacrifices for others must truly be volunteers, not conscripts drafted by college administrators.”
Yea, but the school administrators claim that if people are vaccinated then “everyone will feel safer.”
Yet, it’s wrong to risk harming healthy people so that colleges can peddle a psychological placebo.  There is nothing about this or any other issue that justifies coercive policies to steamroll fundamental liberties.

Door-to-Door Vaccine Status Visits Unconstitutional and Unethical

The Biden Administration announced plans this week to send agents “door-to-door” in order to “get remaining Americans vaccinated, by ensuring they have the information they need on how both safe and accessible the vaccine is.”

A leaked script from the Lake County Health Department in Illinois tells the door-to-door Community Health Ambassadors to keep track of the addresses and responses from residents in a “Door Knocking Spreadsheet.”

I find the following four observations essential for you and I to understand:

  1. The U.S. Constitution provides no authority for the federal government to be involved in medicine, for example, by recommending, promoting, or mandating treatments.
  2. If the Ambassador knows a person’s vaccination status, the government has already been collecting personal health data and sharing it with agents having nothing to do with the person’s care, a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will not protect you—it allows very broad disclosure to government officials.
  3. States have the lawful authority to regulate the practice of medicine, but the Ambassadors are evidently not under any constraints regarding training, credentialing, documentation, or scope of practice, although they are collecting data and giving medical advice without supervision. Even medical assistants and medical scribes need to meet certain qualifications.
  4. Ambassadors are promoting an experimental product, with no information on risks. COVID-19 vaccines were authorized via the EUA (Emergency Use Authorization), not FDA approved.  Even if a product is FDA-approved, advertisers and medical professionals must divulge risks, such as heart inflammation, paralysis from Guillain-Barré or other causes, miscarriage, or death. Contrast the Ambassador’s script with the disclosures on a television ad for a drug, say one to treat your dog’s heartworm.

It is my opinion and the opinion of other organizations like the AAPS that this door-to-door solicitation violates the ethical principles of protecting confidentiality and informed consent. Health professionals need a patient’s implied consent even to be seen; they may not simply show up uninvited at a stranger’s home.

Vaccine Guidance Got You Confused?

Do you find yourself confused about mixed guidance when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and safety concerns?  You’re not alone.  Even we, as physicians, struggle to wade through the ever changing guidance, research and new adverse events popping up every day.

Today, the Surgeon General recommended that we as physicians try to calm your concerns about the vaccine and encourage you to get it. While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Surgeon General are marketing widespread use of the emergency-use vaccines in the U.S. for both old and young alike, many other countries are limiting COVID-19 vaccine use. Health officials around the world are giving varying advice on safety issues as COVID-19 vaccines are given to more people, and more information can be collected.

Below are summaries of some of the concerns as of July 15th, 2021, that have emerged or been raised by medical officials around the world.  I’ve written about many of them.  Hopefully, this summary gives you a good 30,000 foot perspective.

General

Fifty-seven authors from 17 countries have signed an endorsement urging that Covid-19 vaccinations be stopped unless new safety mechanisms are immediately implemented.

The authors include Dr. Peter McCullough, cardiologist and Vice Chief of Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, who has called for a halt to vaccinating 30-year olds due to “no clinical benefit” and safety concerns.

In the United Kingdom, some scientists analyzed adverse event reports and called upon the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to stop the Covid-19 vaccines as “not safe for human use” due to reports of issues with bleeding/clotting, pain, immune system, neurological, loss of sight/hearing/smell/speech, and questions about impact in pregnant women.

A petition of scientists led by Linda Wastila, Professor, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research University of Maryland School of Pharmacy is calling for Covid-19 vaccines to be disapproved.

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Autoimmune Paralysis

As of July 13th, 2021, the FDA issued a warning about Guillain-Barre autoimmune paralysis, in which the immune system attacks the body’s nerves, after immunization with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. According to reports, the cases have primarily been reported about two weeks after vaccination, mostly in men, and “any aged 50 and older.” The risk of contracting this syndrome is 3-5 times higher, meaning up to 10 out of every 100,000 vaccinated persons are at risk.

Numerous case reports of Guillain-Barre syndrome paralysis after Covid-19 vaccine have prompted scientists to warn that “all physicians” should be “vigilant in recognizing Guillain-Barre syndrome in patients who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine.”  Observations suggest that “this clinically distinct [Guillain-Barre syndrome] variant is more severe than usual and may require mechanical ventilation.”

In the U.K., scientists flagged “bifacial weakness and normal facial sensation in four men between 11 and 22 days after their first doses of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine.” A case has also been reported in a patient who got the Pfizer vaccine. In India, there are reports of seven severe cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome 10 to 14 days after the first dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine. Six were women, all had facial paralysis, “all progressed to quadriplegia, and six required respiratory support. Patients’ ages ranged from 43 to 70. Four developed other cranial neuropathies, including abducens palsy and trigeminal sensory nerve involvement.”

Guillain-Barre syndrome has been reported after other mRNA vaccinations like Gardasil. The cause is believed to be damage to the immune system. The disorder can be extremely serious and can lead to total paralysis with dependence on artificial respiration. Even those who recover may have serious muscle wasting and may have to slowly teach the body to relearn most every normal task, such as walking.

Statistically, one in 20 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome is fatal.

Heart Issues

The Food and Drug Administration has added a new warning to Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines about risk of heart inflammation.

As of June of 2021, CDC said that more than 1,200 cases of heart inflammation (myocarditis of pericarditis) in young people had been reported after Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccination.

  • More than half were after the second dose.
  • Most of the injuries are in males under age 30.

The Israeli Ministry of Health announced it’s monitoring for heart inflammation after Pfizer’s vaccine due to reports of problems.

Myocarditis and Other Cardiovascular Complications of the mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines [Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna] in a number of patients are described in a scientific article:

  • Two patients with clinically suspected myocarditis
  • One patient with stress cardiomyopathy 
  • Two patients with pericarditis 

According to the research: 

  • The two patients with clinically suspected myocarditis were otherwise healthy young men who presented with acute substernal chest pressure and/or dyspnea after receiving the second dose of the vaccine and were found to have diffuse ST elevations on electrocardiogram (ECG), elevated cardiac biomarkers and inflammatory markers, and mildly reduced left ventricular (LV) function on echocardiography. Both patients met the modified Lake Louise Criteria for acute myocarditis by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • A case of stress cardiomyopathy occurred in a 60-year-old woman with known coronary artery disease (CAD) and previously normal LV function, who presented with new exertional symptoms, ECG changes, and apical akinesis following the second dose of the vaccine. 
  • The two patients with pericarditis who presented with chest pain, elevated inflammatory markers, and pericardial effusions after receiving the vaccine.

Blood Clots

In late June, the first case of a blood clot disorder called “thrombosis with thrombocytopenia” after an RNA double-dose vaccine was been reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The case was that of a 65-year-old man who developed symptoms ten days after his second dose of the Moderna vaccine. Because the blood clot disorder was not previously warned about in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, doctors treated the patient with heparin, the very drug that’s not supposed to be used in post-vaccine patients suffering from the disorder because it could actually worsen the condition.

The Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine was temporarily removed from the market in the U.S. on April 16, 2021 while health officials studied reports of blood clot injuries. Among them was an 18-year old teen named Emma Burkey, who got sick about a week after the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine and ended up having three brain surgeries related to blood clots and seizures.

The Johnson and Johnson vaccine was allowed back on the market April 27, 2021 with new warnings about the disorder.

Swedish health officials determined that people under age 65 should not get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine due to reports of blood clots.

An editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association recommended women under age 50 avoid the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns about blood clots. The recommendation discussed 12 case reports of a blood disorder known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) with thrombocytopenia following the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (not currently approved in the U.S.) has been linked to a dangerous disorder involving blood clots with low blood platelets. On April 7, 2021, the European Medicines Agency says it made the association after it analyzed 62 cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and 24 cases of splanchnic vein thrombosis reported in the EU drug safety database (EudraVigilance) as of March 22, 2021. Eighteen of these cases of were fatal.

An otherwise healthy South Florida doctor, Gregory Michael, died of a brain hemorrhage 16 days after he got Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. Authorities concluded he died of a blood disorder called “immune thrombocytopenia” (ITP) that can prevent blood from clotting and cause internal bleeding. His wife said a blood test showed the level of his platelets to be at “zero.” She said before the shot, Dr. Michael had “absolutely no medical issues” and no underlying conditions. However, authorities later categorized his death as “natural.”

Dr. Charles Hoffe, a Canadian physician with 28 years of medical practice, was relived from hospital duty and placed on a gag order after sounding the alarm that 62% of the 900 dose of the Moderna Vaccine he gave in his office caused an elevated D-Dimer test, implying microscopic clotting throughout the body.

I’ve personally seen and treated five patients with elevated D-dimer and abnormal blood clotting post COVID-19 vaccination in the last 6 months. These clots have occurred with 4 hours to 2 weeks after vaccination in otherwise healthy patients with no other risk of clotting.

In Spain, the AstraZeneca shot has been restricted in people under age 60 due to reports of blood clots in younger people.

Bulgaria, Iceland and Norway have halted AstraZeneca shots. 

Austria, Italy and Romania banned certain “lots” or batches of the AstraZeneca shots.

Denmark stopped using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine altogether as well as the Johnson and Johnson vaccine after investigations into blood clots, saying “the benefits of using the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson do not outweigh the risk of causing the possible adverse effect in those who receive the vaccine.”

The Italian government recently restricted AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to adults over age 60 after a teenager who got the shot died from a rare form of blood clotting. Eighteen-year-old Camilla Canepa died after getting vaccinated May 25, 2021. 

Several other European countries have also stopped giving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to people below a certain age, usually ranging from 50 to 65. 

Grave’s disease Autoimmune Disorder

Studies in Mexico and Turkey link the autoimmune thyroid disorder Grave’s disease to Covid-19 vaccination in numerous female health care workers, including two who were breastfeeding. Pfizer-BioNTech was the vaccine given in Mexico. A Chinese vaccine was given in Turkey. Read more here.

Frail & Elderly

Health officials in Norway sounded the alarm after 23 patients died shortly after getting the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. They advise doctors to use caution in administering the shot to “very frail elderly patients.” 

After investigating 13 of the deaths, the Norwegian authorities concluded that common side effects from so-called “RNA” vaccines may be too much for a frail elderly person to handle, and may contribute to their death. 

“There is a possibility that these common adverse reactions, that are not dangerous in fitter, younger patients and are not unusual with vaccines, may aggravate underlying disease in the elderly,” said Steinar Madsen, medical director of the Norwegian Medicines Agency.

CDC said it is monitoring the impact of the vaccines on already-frail patients such as the chronically ill in nursing homes.

Several clusters of elderly patients in U.S. nursing homes died after Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. In one group, a number of the patients who died tested positive for Covid-19 after vaccination.

Pregnant Women

Several Brazilian states suspended use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for pregnant women in May 2021 after a pregnant woman died after getting vaccinated. The decisions follow the recommendation of the country’s National Health Surveillance Agency, which recommended “immediate suspension” of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for pregnant women after results of vaccine adverse events monitoring in the country.

CDC says that with limited data on impact of Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women and on their unborn children, the decision on whether to vaccinate while pregnant is an individual decision to be made between a woman and her physician.

Previously-Infected

CDC falsely claimed that studies showed Covid-19 vaccines are effective for those who already had Covid-19. In fact, studies showed the opposite.

Manufacturing Problems

On June 11, the European Union’s drug regulator announced it will not use batches of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that were made at a Baltimore, Maryland-based plant around the time that cross-contamination manufacturing problems were reported at the facility.

Anonymous sources claimed that up to 60 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine had to be thrown out. But the FDA issued a news release saying that two batches from the Baltimore plant were safe to use. The FDA said “several other batches are not suitable for use, but additional batches are still under review.”

Lack of Immunity

Israel announced that about half of the adults infected with Covid-19 during its outbreak in the June 2021 time period were fully vaccinated. The fully-vaccinated individuals had gotten Pfizer’s shots.

According to Epoch Times, in June 2021 nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts tested positive for Covid-19. On April 30, “the CDC reported that some 10,626 breakthrough cases were reported in 46 states and territories.” Breakthrough cases are where fully vaccinated people still end up infected with Covid-19.

Scientists hoped that Covid-19 vaccines would be effective in variants of Covid-19, which are mutations that occur naturally with viruses and were always expected with Covid-19. However, the vaccine effectiveness against variants may be limited. CDC and vaccine makers are studying the medical landscape to find out more. Other states, such as Maine, are noting Covid-19 deaths occurring in fully vaccinated people.

Independence is What I Seek

The Star-Spangled day of hamburgers, hot-dogs and apple pie is officially upon us.

Fireworks started exploding last night and the dogs are freaking out.  People are smiling, yet, only a few homes on the streets of my neighborhood fly American flags.  And, those with smiles seem distant . . . like smiles of memory, not the present.

There are fewer flags in the yards of the people . . .

Other flags fly from businesses & corporations . . .

Where is the red, white and blue of years past trumpeting from the markets, street corners and parks this year? Something changed. 

What does the Fourth-of-July really mean, today, in grownup land?

I’ve no longer heard people talk of our “Independence.”  In the grocery store, the gas station, even at church, I heard nothing of gratitude for our nation’s sovereignty. Though we sang the Star Spangled Banner today in our worship meetings, the underlying understanding of the holiday seems lost in conversation.

This “free” country has been slowly covered with a dark multicolored mold that has crept into every corner, under every crack, upon every walk way, and buried in the crevices of our society.

“Your health is more important than your freedom,” they say.  “You’re a bigot if your neighbor’s feelings are more important than your freedom, don’t you think?”

The pen of every lawmaker seems to have usurped some “freedom for your own safety” over the last year.

Every government circumvention . . .

Every bail-out . . .

Every stimulus . . .

Every theory . . .

Every ruling . . .

“Your freedom will return when you get the vaccine,” they say.

“You can have a few friends over on the Fourth of July for a hot-dog if you are obedient,” we were told.

Yes.  Schools, churches and gyms are now open . . . open only on conformity to the pen – with limits.  

“This is for the public good . . .” they say.

“It is too difficult for you think about this yourself . . .” they say.

“Those words are scarry and too extreme . . .” they say.

Yet the mold is thicker, darker, deeper, with a despotic stench of repression . . . maybe people are still wearing a mask to avoid the mold?

You can have your liberty back when you are “inoculated,” they promise.

And yet, isn’t this the exact reason a Declaration was penned 245 years ago? 

“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

The populace has been conditioned.  The populace is now compliant.  How does tyranny taste?  Are we soft enough for another dose?

This is nothing more than a closed-door measurement of your backbone, a measurement of my spine.

Or, has resolve been hardened?  Is the sleeping giant of a still-free, sovereign people awakened or sedated?

They still see the “great unwashed” in need of a corral . . .

Yet, I see my compatriots.  I see my brothers and sisters, waking from a deep sleep. . . perhaps for the first time seeing how easily freedom and liberty can be lost, taken, or stolen.

All the blessings of this great nation are enjoyed under the rule of law. The rule of law comes from our Constitution, born out of that Declaration of Independence. Our allegiance runs to the Constitution and to the principles which it embodies, not to individuals or specific elected officials. The rule of law us the basis of our liberty, and provides continued independence.

I cannot shake the feeling that we stand in danger of losing our liberties, and that once lost, only blood will bring them back. Once lost we will have more sacrifices to make and persecution to endure than we have yet known in coming to this point in our Nation’s history.

To all with a discerning eye, the democratic republic formed by our forefathers cannot long endure once fundamental principles are abandoned. Momentum for another conflict – repeating the crisis 245 years ago – is building speed. The collision of ideas is now worldwide – will men be free to determine their own course of action or must they be coerced?

Let us resolve today under the bright stars and the stripes that will never run:

  • There shall be no slow frog-boil today on this soil
  • There shall be no toe-hold for tyranny, no matter how sweet the promise of safety or familiarity may be
  • Any over-reach and “bureaucratic help” is too expensive at the price of freedom and liberty.
  • We will prevail as a free people . . . no matter the cost, come what may.

To your freedom, your independence and a wonderful 2021!

Adam Nally, D.O. (AKA – @DocMuscles)

Long-Haul COVID Syndrome

Following the initial surge of COVID-19 infections, there has been a shift in focus on a new group of illness survivors, those with “post-acute COVID.”  This group is also known as the “COVID long-haulers” or colloquially as “long COVID.” 

I am seeing this syndrome arise in about 20-25% of those who had mild to severe COVID-19, up to 50% of those who were hospitalized and 10-15% of those who were vaccinated.  This seems to correlate with the recently published data that others in the medical community are seeing (1, 2, 3).

Long-Haul COVID-19 Symptoms

The most common symptoms that have been seen in this long-haul COVID group are general body pain, breathing difficulty, loss of taste or smell, brain fog, elevated cholesterol profiles, malaise, fatigue and hypertension (elevated blood pressure). However, some of the more severe cases have low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure drops on change of position).

Not only am I seeing this in post-COVID infection, but I am also seeing these symptoms occur in patients post COVID-19 vaccination with all the vaccine types.  The vaccine was designed to stimulate the same immune response that COVID-19 caused.  They seem to experience the same symptoms above with additional bruising, elevated D-dimer (protein fragments from breakdown of a blood clot), and changes in patients clotting factors.

These symptoms and presentations are going unrecognized and/or ignored by a large number of physicians.  This under recognition is suggested by the fact that large patient support groups are forming at locations like wearebodypolitic.com and longcovidsos.org with trending hashtags of #longcovid on Twitter.

Autonomic Nervous System & COVID-19

Many of these symptoms seem to correlate with autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction after infection or vaccination.  These symptoms (fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, light headedness, increased bruising) are commonly persisting for longer than four weeks.

Many of my patients experiencing post-COVID symptoms have been found to have ANS dysfunction with orthostatic intolerance syndromes (light-headedness with change of position).  This occurs in men and women, but the literature seems to demonstrate a higher prevalence among females in the 26-50 year old range (2). Post-COVID syndromes, however, seem to be more prevalent in men as noted in the FAIR Health study (1).

Figure 1 – Post-COVID medical conditions more common in males than females: Mar 2020 -Feb 2021

Orthostatic intolerance syndromes are controlled by the ANS and include orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure on standing), vasovagal syncope (stress induced passing-out), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) causing pulse rates greater than 110 with standing or simple walking.  All of these symptoms point to an autonomic nervous system disruption.

When a healthy person stands, blood pools in the pelvis and legs, reducing venous return to the heart. This is detected by baroreceptors in the heart and aorta, which respond by increasing sympathetic neural and adrenergic tone (mediated by norepinephrine and epinephrine respectively). This results in tachycardia (thus compensating for reduced stroke volume). This is then followed by vasoconstriction in the splanchnic vascular bed, which increases venous return to the heart.

In orthostatic intolerance, the release of the adrenal hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine causes pronounced tachycardia (rapid heart rate), which is experienced as palpitations, breathlessness and chest pain (common symptoms of ‘long COVID’). Very high catecholamine levels can lead to paradoxical vasodilatation, sympathetic activity withdrawal and activation of the vagus nerve resulting in hypotension, dizziness and ultimately syncope (4-7).  If a person is ill, or already dehydrated, these symptoms can be prolonged or exacerbated.

In my office, we regularly assess the autonomic nervous system as part of the yearly wellness exam. This is a 15-20 minute test looking closely at heart rate variability, blood pressure and sweat response to some simple vagal maneuvers.

COVID-19 & Autoimmunity

There is hypothesis that COVID-19 infections and the immune response to vaccination affects the autonomic nervous system.  The relationship between the two is very complex leading to the well documented “cytokine response syndrome” and “cytokine storm” from sympathetic activation inducing a pro-inflammatory cytokine release throughout the body.   Vagal stimulation results in an anti-inflammatory response, and suggests that the autonomic nervous system is a possible therapeutic target of treatment.

Because autonomic disorders have been associated with autoantibodies (8), there is speculation that there may be an underlying autoimmune component to the post-COVID syndromes we are seeing (11,12).  

Post-COVID Syndrome is Complex

Significant impairment along any of the extended autonomic nervous system (EAS) pathways when affected by COVID-19 infection has the potential to lead to death.  This is a very complex system with multiple variables.  We’ve seen this over the last year in various presentations of COVID-19. 

Figure 2 below demonstrates the potential for various intervening variables to adversely affect the EAS system and lead to death (8). Five systems are interactive at the same time: Sympathetic Adrenergic System (SAS), Sympathetic Noradrenergic System (SNS), Arginine Vasopressin/Anti-Diuretic Hormone (AVP/ADH), Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical (HPA) Axis, and the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS).

Figure 2 -From EAS system activation to dyshomeostasis to death. Five effector components of the EAS are on the left. Intervening variables are in the center. Factors contributing the critical illness or death are on the right. The red bar under PNS indicates PNS inhibition. AI angiotensin I, ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme, AII angiotensin II, Aldo aldosterone, ATN acute tubular necrosis, IL-6 interleukein 6, Myo. myocardial, Cor. coronary, TNFa tumor necrosis factor alpha

Intravascular Clotting Problems

In the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an unexpectedly high frequency of intravascular clotting, manifested by deep vein thrombophlebitis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, or stroke. It has been proposed that an imbalance between coagulation and inflammation results in this hypercoagulable state. Thrombosis (clotting) initiated by the innate immune system may limit SARS-CoV-2 dissemination, but aberrant activation of this system could cause endothelial (lining of the blood vessel) injury, with dysregulation of fibrinolysis and formation of blood clots (9). The complex roles of neutrophilia, neutrophil extracellular traps, platelet activation, and proinflammatory cytokines are a subject matter of active investigation and ongoing clinical trials.

Adrenaline is also a potent hemostatic agent because of both vasoconstriction that it causes and promotion of platelet aggregation in part through its antagonizing effect at the alpha-2 adrenoceptors.  It’s contribution in clotting in COVID-19 patients is still unknown.

In December 2021, Yi Zheng and colleagues discover that the “SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can compete with anticoagulation factors. . . leading to exacerbated coagulation and other adverse consequences, especially in critically ill patients. This rapid coagulation response may be an additional independent factor for the inflammatory storm of severe COVID-19 patients.” (21)

In my office, this increased coagulation response can be identified by checking a D-Dimer level in the blood. I have found that the D-Dimer can be elevated for over 12 months in those with Long-Haul COVID symptoms after infection, and more commonly after vaccination.

Anxiety & Post-COVID Syndrome

It is theorized that feedback looping of the autonomic nervous system may be prevented with the use of benzodiazepines like alprazolam, or even L-DOPA to increase dopamine release. This has been seen clinically in those with anxiety as a part of their post-COVID syndrome.  These approaches are undergoing clinical trial currently.

Ketogenic Diets and Exogenous Ketones

Inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome has been shown to modulate the cytokine storm.  This can be done with ketogenic diets or the use of exogenous ketones.  The ketogenic state has been demonstrated to suppress the cytokine cascade in COVID-19 syndromes (10).

I have had great clinical success in my medial office through the use of ketogenic states (use of ketogenic diet and/or exogenous ketone salt use) to treat and prevent the post-COVID symptoms and syndromes when they present.

Mitochondrial Dysfunction

I have found in my clinical experience that the autonomic dysfunction correlates with mitochondrial dysfunction. Loss of function in mitochondria, the key organelle responsible for cellular energy production, can result in the excess fatigue and other symptoms that are common complaints in almost every chronic disease. At the molecular level, a reduction in mitochondrial function occurs as a result of the following changes: (1) a loss of maintenance of the electrical and chemical transmembrane potential of the inner mitochondrial membrane, (2) alterations in the function of the electron transport chain, or (3) a reduction in the transport of critical metabolites into mitochondria. In turn, these changes result in a reduced efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation and a reduction in production of adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP). Several components of this system require routine replacement, and this need can be facilitated with natural supplements (12).

Management of Post-COVID Syndrome

Education

Education, explanation and reassurance provide a cornerstone in understanding the post-COVID syndromes and orthostatic intolerances that can arise.

Exercise

Regular structured exercise that incorporates both aerobic and resistance elements help to re-balance the autonomic nervous system.  For those with severe orthostatic symptoms in upright positions, the use of recumbent exercise bikes or swimming may be used.

Fluids and Salt

Fluids cannot be emphasized enough.  Ensuring fluid repletion (2–3 liters or 64-100 oz of water per day and avoiding caffeine and alcohol) should be encouraged.  Additionally, one to two teaspoons of pink salt supplementation per day helps maintain plasma volume and avoid hypovolaemia (low intervascular volume).  I recommend the pink salts because of the additional magnesium, zinc and manganese these provide in fluid replete states.

Pharmacological Treatment

Discontinue any NRI’s like duloxeting, nortryptiline and tapentadol.  These just make the potential for cytokine release worse. Fludrocortisone can be used to expand fluid if hypovolemia persistently is present. However, fluid retention and hypokalemia can be a problem.

Midodrine is a sympathomimetic alpha-1 agonist and can increase vasoconstriction and venous return to the heart.  This may be helpful to treat the lower blood pressure and tachycardia that can arise.

Beta blockers may make the tachycardia and palpitations worse and should be avoided.  In severe cases L-methyldopa could be considered to help alleviate the hyper adrenergic symptoms with change of position.

For those with prolonged elevation in D-dimer levels, the use of colchicine 0.6mg daily has been found to effectively reduce the inflammatory and hyper-coagulability response to the virus and the vaccine. The GRECCO-19 randomized open-label trial in 105 hospitalized patients demonstrated colchicine to be effective in reducing the D-dimer levels and improving clinical outcomes (22). This approach to lowering the coagulation response was also demonstrated to be effective in the WHO R&D Blueprint (23). Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine also have a significant effect on lowering the d-dimer levels.

Treating the Autonomic Dysfunction

Many pharmaceutical medications can have suppressive effects on the autonomic nervous system. These include medications that affect the heart, blood pressure and hormones of the brain.  The list of medications is vast and more than I can address here in this post. 

Thyroid dysfunction can also adversely affect the ANS and it is essential that the thyroid function is assess and balanced. Hashimoto’s and autoimmune thyroiditis must be treated as this will play a major roll in autonomic dysfunction.

Clinical trials have shown the notable improvement with using oral replacement supplements, such as l-carnitine, alpha-lipoic acid (α-lipoic acid [1,2-dithiolane-3-pentanoic acid]), coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10 [ubiquinone]), reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), membrane phospholipids, and other supplements. Combinations of these supplements have been effective in reducing the fatigue and other symptoms associated with COVID-19 and other chronic disease.  Supplementation has been shown to naturally restore mitochondrial function, even in long-term patients with intractable fatigue (13,14).

Clinically, I’ve found that effective refueling of the dysfunctional mitochondria and priming the autonomic nervous system can be done through the use of the following supplements (13-20).

  • Pregnenolone: 30 mg nightly
  • CoQ-10: 300-400 mg daily
  • D-Ribose: 15-30 grams daily
  • Magnesium glycinate: 400-600 mg daily
  • NADH: 10 mg twice daily
  • L-carnitine: 1000-2000 mg daily (Vegetarians and Vegans may need more as this is only found in red meat and avocados.)
  • Alpha lipoid Acid: 300 mg daily
  • Liposomal Glutathione 500 mg twice daily
  • Rosmarinic Acid 300 mg twice daily

Finding all these supplements can be a challenge. I designed my multivitamin with mitochondrial dysfunction in mind it contains the CoQ-10, L-Carnitine, alpha lipoic acid you need. It also contains N-acytylcystine (NAC) the cofactor for glutathione and NADH production in your body.

If you are using my vitamin supplement, I’ve provided links below to make it easier if you are looking for the other components on the list above.

For those with long-haul COVID syndrome, the treatment protocol above combined with a ketogenic diet, and exogenous ketones where needed, has been a game changer.  Hopefully, this will help you as well.

If you need my one-on-one help, sign up for one of my membership programs and I’d love to help you return to better health.

References:

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Findings From First COVID-19 Vaccine Autopsy

The first post-mortem case autopsy after vaccination has been published in the medical journals.  An autopsy was completed on an 86 year old male after his first SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.  It demonstrates some significant and worrisome findings.

In this particular case, the first dose of vaccine stimulated immunogenicity (a cascade of immune response) but no immunity.  Spike protein (S1) antigen-binding showed significant levels for immunoglobulin (Ig) G through multiple organs of the body, but it did not stimulate nucleocapsid IgG/IgM antibodies.

What is concerning is that the mRNA from the vaccine which should remain in the region of the injection site was found in almost every organ of the body. When this occurs spike proteins will also be found in almost every organ of the body.

Figure 1. Synopsis of the relevant histological findings and the results of molecular mapping is presented. The histomorphology is obtained by standard hematoxylin and eosin reaction, except for the myocardium on the right side (Congo red staining). The magnification is shown by bars. Note that in the lungs, we also observed colonies of cocci (arrow) in granulocytic areas. In addition, the results of molecular mapping are given as evaluated cycle threshold values of the real-time polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2. Note that only in the olfactory bulb and the liver SARS-CoV-2 could not be detected.

This research implies that a significantly higher number of vaccinated people will be forming spike proteins that will bind the ACE2 receptors everywhere in the body. mRNA from the vaccine is supposed to stay in or around the injection site. When mRNA is found in every organ, it implies that spike proteins have significant potential to be present in every organ. It is the spike proteins that do the damage, cause infertility, and lead to antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) upon re-exposure to the infection.

These findings are worrisome because it implies there is a much higher probability of ADE and a much higher incidence of side effects from spike proteins like infertility.  ADE allows for amplification of the cytokine cascade on subsequent COVID-19 exposures causing re-exposure to COVID-19 and it’s variants to be magnitudes more dramatic.  If this is not just a rare isolated case, this has the potential to be globally destructive.

Because of these and other significant findings, I am still recommending that my patients consider vaccination only after fully understanding their individual risk and the potential for future problems.

Israeli Ministry of Health Files Public Warning on COVID Vaccine

Rates of mycarditis/pericarditis in Israel is usually around 1/50,000. Since the onset of vaccination the rate of myocarditis/pericarditis increased to 1/5000.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010897. Arrows in figure C reflect fluid and inflammation around the pericardial sac

The Ministry of Health in Israel just filed this statement with the press:
“There is some probability for a possible link between the second vaccine dose and the onset of myocarditis among young men aged 16 to 30. This link was found to be stronger among the younger age group, 16 to 19, compared to other age groups. This link became weaker the older the vaccinated individual is. In most cases myocarditis took the form of mild illness that passed within a few days.
The recommendation to vaccinate teenagers aged 12-15 shall be discussed in the forum of the Pandemic Containment Task-Force and submitted to the approval of the Ministry of Health’s Director General. We shall issue a public update once a decision has been made.”
But, You Can Still Get Free Beer, Free Krispy Kreams and Free Pot If You Get Vaccinated, Right?!!
VAERS and CDC both report INCREASE IN MYOCARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS (up to 25 times greater than normal rates) in young men who received COVID-19 vaccination, a life threatening inflammation of the heart wall or the tissue surrounding the heart.
This has been seen in Israeli young men who have already had mass vaccination in that country. (The report concluded that around 1 in 5,000 men who receive the vaccine may experience this side effect, known as myocarditis).
And, to date, this is largely being ignored by employers and schools.  I just saw two patients today who were threatened with termination of their employment if they were not vaccinated immediately.  And, the CDC is STILL recommending vaccination of young adults. Until severe questions of medial risk regarding these issues is resolved, this is medically reckless and immoral.
More than double the number of deaths (5160 deaths) in the last 6 months due to vaccination have occurred compared to deaths from vaccines in the last five years – 1997 to 2013 (2149 deaths in US in all vaccines combined).
Yet, Ol’ Joe claimed in February, and then again just two weeks ago, that these vaccines “are safe, they are safe.”  Pfizer showed that symptoms of myocarditis was higher in their clinical studies in young adults in their early testing, and yet they’ve still pushed this vaccine.  And two weeks ago, the CDC ignored these findings when they released their statement that the vaccine is safe for youth 12 years and older.  If what we are seeing in this group of young men is real, these statements will be the most reckless health recommendation ever to be spoken by a siting American president.
Transparency is the foundation of medical ethics.  First, COVID-19 is NOT a threat to young children or young adults. Forcing college students and employees to get the vaccine “or else” is a violation of civil liberties in the most egregious way.
Today on their own website, the CDC reports myocarditis and pericarditis are risk factors with these vaccines:
“Since April 2021, there have been increased reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) of cases of inflammation of the heart—called myocarditis and pericarditis—happening after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) in the United States.”
The reports show that most of these cases have been mild and occur within a week of the second dose with both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. As of today, most employers and colleges refuse to give any COVID vaccine exemptions to their employees or students.
The only way this unethical behavior and totalitarianism stops is if we, the people, demand a change.  You and I must be willing to walk into the arena, whatever it may be—a new relationship, an important meeting, the boss’s office, the school board meeting or a difficult family conversation—with courage and willingness to engage. Rather than sitting on the sidelines and hurling judgment and advice, you and I must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. Change will take vulnerability. It will require daring greatly.  I will require you to make a decision and then take a stand.