The Pandemic became the Darkest period of my life and Vocation. Being a “no Vaccine” guy, I became an angry owner/operator of Mission Villa, an Alzheimer’s facility. Mandates that soon evolved were many and conflicting since they came from different agencies. My elders were to be immediately vaccinated, as I was mandated to be. Refusal to “take the shot(s)” meant loosing my license! How I trained my caregivers in the care and management of the residents was turned upside-down! Caregivers and I were forced to wear masks, gloves and gowns. What is extremely important to the residents is their recognition, however diminished, of their caregivers who need to administer necessary life services, feeding, clothing, toileting etc. It became Halloween with residents unable to recognize their once trusted caregivers. Another important component of care of this population was visitation of relatives, forget that! Once the “Pandemic” narrative was established, my fiduciary responsibility was to ensure the safety of my residents. About a month of the beginning of the Pandemic, I held a meeting of all caregivers. All but 1 of my staff (16), were of Hispanic decent. I faced multiple problems with their situations. 1. The high cost of living forced families into very high occupancy living. 2. The family members circulated from multiple jobs to keep “afloat”. 3. Due to this combination, they could become “breeding grounds “ for the virus.
The meeting had a mandate! These caregivers could only work for me! In order to enforce “my mandate” was to allow extended shifts and pay raises, it worked! During the course of the Pandemic, I had 2 staff report Covid that were isolated and no residents!
It had been mentioned the “toilet paper” hoarding. TP was a small necessity caring for this population! Diapers, gloves, masks, gowns and other necessities including food became scarce and expensive.
During the Pandemic, 2 of my favorite residents died, one just shy of 100, the other 93. The mandated imposed by all governing agencies disallowed the honoring of these magnificent women by their families.
Without the abilities to care for my residents as our Mothers and Fathers with the honor and love they deserve, I knew that upon the conclusion of the Pandemic, I would retire, I did.
Communication is not just words, but recognizing facial expression. Masked staff caring for confused masked elderly was a disaster. Masks were suspected to be useless, early on, and later proven so. Many tragic deaths were experienced by confused, lonely, elderly people who could not even be visited by their family. We thought these restrictions were cruel and unnecessary, however the regulations on care homes and skilled nursing facilities are strict. Noncompliance meant loss of facility licensure. One would hope that the government and public health officials would have learned something from this tragic fiasco. I have seen little evidence of that.
In our smaller communities we need to ignore Boards of Health; federal and state government edicts and care for each other. We do not need licenses in order to are for or sick and elderly. Our homes will suffice. We can gather together as a small community and pool resources and tap the knowledge of those who practice natural medicine. We are going to have to do this anyway if we are to successfully resist what is headed our way. I am a natural medicine doctor of close on 35 years. Started as a biochemist lab tech in medical research and walked away as I saw the corruption involved in gett8ng research grants. Was hurt by conventional medicine so I studied TCM and Ayurvedic medicine and herbal medicine in general and energy medicine. Also an alternative psychologist. I’ve studied cults, programming and have helped many folks leaving cult situations. We have everything we need in order to manage sickness and disease states. Synthetics are sometimes nice but even those that work aren’t needed. You are wrong about regular vaccines having been proved to be safe and effective. Do your due diligence and read the histories outside of google searches. They are neither. I’ve fought those things for decades and seen their horrors. Even the history of modern medicine is full of corruption and error. It was all about money and power back in Rockefeller’s day and centuries prior even to him. Still is. While some use has come from conventional medicine and science, most is corrupt and to be viewed with much skepticism. If this world regresses, you want to hope you have a natural doc nearby who knows their art. It will be those practitioners - maybe coupled with the conventional docs lending their own knowledge - who will probably save humanity.
What everyone needs to do is read the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. The States have authority over the Federal Government and most people are not educated and that I believe was also done on purpose and part of the EVIL plan as well! Our beloved country has been infiltrated by an Evil dark force! I have learned so much since 2016, it's mind blowing and very sad! We all have to unite, strength in numbers allows us to fight back or else there will be no more US! God Bless!
"Masks were suspected to be useless, early on, and later proven so."
Studies have shown that masking did little and arguably may not have been worth the downside of masking. But, I am not aware of any studies that prove a negative (e.g. masks don't work), but if you have a citation for the study that demonstrated masks were useless, I would appreciate the reference.
A meta-analysis of mask studies found only low quality evidence and evidence important biases. PubMed search
Meta-Analysis J Bras Pneumol 2024 Jan 5
Effectiveness of wearing masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in cohort and case-control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of wearing a mask to prevent COVID-19 infection.
Methods: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies, considering the best level of evidence available. Electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Clinical Trials.gov) were searched to identify studies that evaluated the effectiveness of wearing masks compared with that of not wearing them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Risk of bias and quality of evidence were assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation.
Results: Of the 1,028 studies identified, 9 met the inclusion criteria (2 cohort studies and 7 case-control studies) and were included in the analysis.
The meta-analysis using cohort studies alone showed statistically significant differences, wearing a cloth mask decreased by 21% [RD = -0.21 (95% CI, -0.34 to -0.07); I2 = 0%; p = 0,002] the risk of COVID-19 infection, but the quality of evidence was low.
Regarding case-control studies, wearing a surgical mask reduced the chance of COVID-19 infection [OR = 0.51 (95% CI, 0.37-0.70); I2 = 47%; p = 0.0001], as did wearing an N95 respirator mask [OR = 0.31 (95% CI, 0.20-0.49); I2 = 0%; p = 0.00001], both with low quality of evidence.
Conclusions: In this systematic review with meta-analysis, we showed the effectiveness of wearing masks in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection regardless of the type of mask (disposable surgical mask, common masks, including cloth masks, or N95 respirators), although the studies evaluated presented with low quality of evidence and important biases.
Nice job of cut and paste. Actually you do a poor job of even that mindless task. Just as AI does in its mindless way you add no value to the human experience. Please delete yourself.
What truth? Whose power? For you to search for and then post studies that support the thesis of your tribe proves what? You have neither read nor do you understand what is in these studies. Do you understand what a meta analysis is and what the process is of selecting what studies are used or how to weight them? Do you think this might have some bearing on the conclusion? Do you understand the statistical methods used in the data analysis? Have you considered the funding sources of the studies that you report? Certainly you did not search Google for studies that support your position. Or at least you would not if you had more than a midwit perspective. Here is the truth. Everyone got Covid weather or not they were masked or vaccinated. Masks and vaccination did nothing significantly to alter the trajectory of the disease. The fact that it is at bay now is due to the natural immunity that has been developed across the population through infection. And for this truth one needs only to observe what has actually happened.
Not sure what you are asserting here. First, this is a meta-analysis with the weight associated with meta-analyses. Second, abstracts, like this one, often to not contain actual results. Looking beyond the abstract, this study did not “prove a negative (e.g. masks don't work)
This study concluded:
“When we evaluated the use of masks without stratifying the specific type of mask or study design, there was a 57% reduction in the chance of COVID-19 infection (Figure 3). Regarding the comparison between surgical masks and N95 respirators, regardless of the study design, we found a 49% and 69% reduction in the chance of COVID-19 infection, respectively The difference in protection between surgical masks and N95 respirators is due to the difference in the permeability of the material used in their manufacture, because the material used in N95 respirator masks is less impermeable than that used in surgical masks, offering greater protection.”
The study had a qualifier:
“However, there are biases, such as time of use, training for use, and number of times of exposure to contaminants and to places with a higher chance of contamination, that are determining factors in greater or lesser protection when using PPE.”
The reliability of data goes to the reliability of the conclusion, but does not dismiss it. Lastly, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Age old.
I'm shocked at how many were complicit. History teaches nothing when a blind eye is turned or when academia is corrupted to it's core! I'm so sad for all who were coned and dragged into such madness and murdered!
I agree with you and I'm sad to read here that you had suffered tremendous loss, as millions of others have to. I never took the poison shot(s), my immediate family did and it hurt when they ignored my warnings! My instinct told me something was wrong. Sometimes I do wonder if shedding is real from Vax people, is that possible, (unanswered question possibly)?
The Plandemic and all the after effects including the horrible events taking place are overwhelming and very disturbing! The 1% elites (Globalists) with all their minions are truly EVIL aka.. Devils advocates! God help us and I pray for the guilty ones destruction! I can NOT, and will never forgive such EVIL!
As an Allied Heath Professional, researcher, I was reluctant at the beginning to have the binary shots. Because of my employment I was required to have the shots or be fired.
Within 6 months I had two gallbladder attacks that led to it being removed. Shortly after that I started having issues of lack of endurance, I now have a PVC, that appears to have increased in severity. Less than 5 months ago my PSA shot through the roof, and I have had my prostrate removed. Why because of a diagnosed virulent cancer. Prior to the government lies by the F Doctor and an unnecessary shut down of the nation I was in excellent health.
It appears my life expectancy will be cut short by a minimum of a decade. My quality of life has suffered dramatically and I lay it directly at the feet of the idiot Democrat Party and lies from NIH.
These "Troubling Truths" include the medical community and big Parma, doing irresponsible experiments in China that is a Communist Dictatorship.
Everyone of the progressions of my health deterioration follows the overriding pattern of lousy medicine, and outcomes, and has been defended by the National Democrat Establishment.
My level of disgust, anger and absolute last level of trust I have with Big Pharma, politicians and in particular the Democrats at all levels is complete.
So the next time the Democrats in Sacramento, the County or City level tell you "trust us" it is in your best interests; run to the nearest exit. It makes no difference at what level, from density infill, cars, education or take 2 aspirin etc.
If you trust them you deserve every bad thing that happens to you.
I wish this tragic tale was rare. Sadly, pharma has bought everything and nearly everyone. Most docs continue to tell their patients to keep getting covid vax boosters. I do my best to dissuade my patients, but feel like a “voice crying in the wilderness.”
Thanks for the great article, Dr Aijian. But more importantly, thank you for the courage to stand up and do the right thing and for staying the course!
Don't forget about Dr. Scott Atlas, a fellow at the Stanford University Hoover Institution, who became Trump's Covid advisor. He was forced out by other members of Trump's Covid Task force (Fauci, Birks, Adams) because he dared to criticize statewide restrictions and public health mandates. Trump ultimately backed Fauci over Atlas.
Candidate Joe Biden 2020: Anyone who lets 300,000 people die from "covid" does not deserve re-election. Was it just a coincidence "covid" emerged during this US election year, or not?
Trump oversaw the introduction of this alleged mRNA "covid" injection model to the market. Biden was the one who moved this experimental injection into wholesale mandates and draconian fact devoid pronouncements and threats, which also required the CDC to re-write the entire definition of a "vaccine" .
The best elected offficeholder in the US with respect to handling Covid was DeSantis hands down. He opened the state after about a month, had schools open at the start of the school year, made all mandates illegal, allowed and encouraged treatments that were banned in other states, opened monoclonal antibody centers all over Florida while ensuring that Florida was the freest state in the country. While this was happening, he was severely criticized by the media as well as by members of Trump's Covid Task Force. In retrospect, nothing is more important than the performance of govt leaders during this time. Sadly, most of them failed the test.
Gov Kristi Noem of South Dakota also was exemplary when she led her state in measured "covid" responses. Kudos to Gov Desantis for following suit.
From Ballotpedia: "Seven states—Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming—did not issue orders directing residents to stay at home from nonessential activities in March and April 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic."
Good time to recommend the excellent first hand account Dr Scott Atlas wrote about his brief days on the Trump Covid Task Force: "A Plague Upon Our House". This first hand account revealed how federal "covid guidance" actually did evolve. This guidance in turn was provided to state public health agencies, who could choose to follow these recommendations or not. Hence the lock-down states and the open states. His personal perceptions about these federal level policy setters was both troubling, and sadly accurate. Many of their names now known to all.
I believe President Trump was hood-winked as many of the people all of the world were! He had ill-advisors who were turn-coats NOT to be trusted. Remember President Trump was not a politician and was an outsider as far as the rotten Establishment and aides were concerned. Remember the Government doesn't care about anyone, only their narcissistic selves!
Well said, Dr Aijian. Thank you for your clarity and wise public educational comments for several years now. Glad we have you as an independent, critical thinking, data driven doctor.
Excellent recap of the pandemic and the USA and media’s poor responses on so many levels.
Thank you Dr Aijian for standing for truth, for allowing dialog in discussing pros and cons without censoring others, and thank you for saving my life!!! Yep, you did! Even before all the false information was disseminated to the world. You were faithful in protecting your patients and causing them No Harm. Forever grateful for you and your amazing team!
I read the only really negative comment on my article, from another doctor. I think that doctors who promoted the covid vaccine, and continue to do so, have a predicament. As the evidence grows of the damage these vaccines have done, doctors must ask themselves if they made a mistake. Doubling down on a bad choice seems to be the current plan. Hopefully, some independently thinking docs will finally admit the error they made, and reverse course. The failure to do so will only further erode the trust people have in the medical profession. This is sad.
I remain puzzled by a few very early and seemingly unconnected precursors to what rapidly became the 2020 "global covid hysteria": (1) The Great Toilet Paper Hoarding Hoax imported to the US from Australia, which did in fact need to worry about toilet paper supplies from China; (2) the global hysteria narrative similarities as presented in the movie "Contagion" (staring Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow); (3) local political operatives on edhat immediately introducing an alleged Bergamo (Italy) Hospital documentary about early covid patients in extremis, should anyone dare question the emerging "covid is the zombie apocalypse" narrative
This trifecta quickly reinforced the hysteria first narrative about "covid"; before we actually knew anything factual about it at all. The die was cast and "covid" quickly became a political hot potato, election year 2020.
Hysteria first, facts or questions later if they were ever allowed from this early point forward. The hand of censorship was immediate, swift and absolute. Most troubling after trillions of dollars of global dislocations, did we ever learn anything more about "covid" than we had already observed as ultimately a relatively benign event from day one on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? I personally threw my hat in with the Great Barrington Declaration about "covid", since it made the most sense to me.
Magicians use sleight of hand to take one’s eye off the deception. What would you think if we saw another health related “ crisis” before the November election ?
I'm wondering if any treatment at all was needed for the large majority of patients? Seems to be more and more data coming in showing that time and again the treatment was worse than the disease. And of course the large majority of cases were simply false positives due to widespread screening (at low background prevalence of the disease, which was the case throughout the pandemic even during "spikes") of asymptomatic people, is guaranteed mathematically to yield mostly false positives. This dynamic led to increased fear and panic and a widespread notion of treatment being needed for even people who were not actually sick. https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1411/rr
Early on, with variants like Wuhan and Delta, people got pretty sick. I had covid pneumonia, and was out of commission for a month. I was treated at home under the care of a fellow MD, and my loving RN wife. I took oral steroids, blood thinners, IVM, vitamin D and other over the counter supplements. In addition, I got oral steroids and inhaled steroids. I was also on supplemental oxygen for weeks. If I had gone to the hospital, I would likely have been given Remdesivir, which I would have refused. I treated all my patients at home with one exception. Some were quite sick, but all survived. I sent some people, early on, to the hospital ER for the Regeneron monoclonal antibody infusions, with good results. Omicron has been more transmissible, but less virulent, and most people have not needed such aggressive treatment. One big factor is getting a person’s vitamin D blood level over 50.
I guess the question is what proportion of people in your experience, and more generally, got pretty sick? In my world here in Hawaii almost no one I knew got that sick, and ditto for California where I have a second community (actually in Santa Barbara where I lived for many years). How many people that you treated do you think really needed treatment to avoid hospitalization or death versus a little mitigation of symptoms? You mention remdesivir as a problematic treatment and a lot of evidence supports your statement, but seems like ditto for ventilation and medical coma (which probably killed a lot of people in NY and NJ before the use changed its protocols on when ventilation was appropriate), and perhaps other treatments also?
Absolutely. If your readers do not know of Dr. McCullough, find him on Substack. And Dr. Malone of course and many others Dr. Ryan Cole, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Paul Marik (flccc.net).
As always time counts for everything. You have had the time and many of us have had the time to rethink what was being "mandated". Unfortunately at that time we were all doing what we could to hopefully 'kick this Covid" situation. Now that we can look back and see the ramifications it should be time to educate ourselves on what we should do "next time". Surely, next time will come.
Sounds like the WEF and WHO are starting to prep us with rumors of “virus X”. There is an election coming later this year, as you know. Biden’s re election may hinge on another cycle of anomalous voting.
The Pandemic became the Darkest period of my life and Vocation. Being a “no Vaccine” guy, I became an angry owner/operator of Mission Villa, an Alzheimer’s facility. Mandates that soon evolved were many and conflicting since they came from different agencies. My elders were to be immediately vaccinated, as I was mandated to be. Refusal to “take the shot(s)” meant loosing my license! How I trained my caregivers in the care and management of the residents was turned upside-down! Caregivers and I were forced to wear masks, gloves and gowns. What is extremely important to the residents is their recognition, however diminished, of their caregivers who need to administer necessary life services, feeding, clothing, toileting etc. It became Halloween with residents unable to recognize their once trusted caregivers. Another important component of care of this population was visitation of relatives, forget that! Once the “Pandemic” narrative was established, my fiduciary responsibility was to ensure the safety of my residents. About a month of the beginning of the Pandemic, I held a meeting of all caregivers. All but 1 of my staff (16), were of Hispanic decent. I faced multiple problems with their situations. 1. The high cost of living forced families into very high occupancy living. 2. The family members circulated from multiple jobs to keep “afloat”. 3. Due to this combination, they could become “breeding grounds “ for the virus.
The meeting had a mandate! These caregivers could only work for me! In order to enforce “my mandate” was to allow extended shifts and pay raises, it worked! During the course of the Pandemic, I had 2 staff report Covid that were isolated and no residents!
It had been mentioned the “toilet paper” hoarding. TP was a small necessity caring for this population! Diapers, gloves, masks, gowns and other necessities including food became scarce and expensive.
During the Pandemic, 2 of my favorite residents died, one just shy of 100, the other 93. The mandated imposed by all governing agencies disallowed the honoring of these magnificent women by their families.
Without the abilities to care for my residents as our Mothers and Fathers with the honor and love they deserve, I knew that upon the conclusion of the Pandemic, I would retire, I did.
Communication is not just words, but recognizing facial expression. Masked staff caring for confused masked elderly was a disaster. Masks were suspected to be useless, early on, and later proven so. Many tragic deaths were experienced by confused, lonely, elderly people who could not even be visited by their family. We thought these restrictions were cruel and unnecessary, however the regulations on care homes and skilled nursing facilities are strict. Noncompliance meant loss of facility licensure. One would hope that the government and public health officials would have learned something from this tragic fiasco. I have seen little evidence of that.
In our smaller communities we need to ignore Boards of Health; federal and state government edicts and care for each other. We do not need licenses in order to are for or sick and elderly. Our homes will suffice. We can gather together as a small community and pool resources and tap the knowledge of those who practice natural medicine. We are going to have to do this anyway if we are to successfully resist what is headed our way. I am a natural medicine doctor of close on 35 years. Started as a biochemist lab tech in medical research and walked away as I saw the corruption involved in gett8ng research grants. Was hurt by conventional medicine so I studied TCM and Ayurvedic medicine and herbal medicine in general and energy medicine. Also an alternative psychologist. I’ve studied cults, programming and have helped many folks leaving cult situations. We have everything we need in order to manage sickness and disease states. Synthetics are sometimes nice but even those that work aren’t needed. You are wrong about regular vaccines having been proved to be safe and effective. Do your due diligence and read the histories outside of google searches. They are neither. I’ve fought those things for decades and seen their horrors. Even the history of modern medicine is full of corruption and error. It was all about money and power back in Rockefeller’s day and centuries prior even to him. Still is. While some use has come from conventional medicine and science, most is corrupt and to be viewed with much skepticism. If this world regresses, you want to hope you have a natural doc nearby who knows their art. It will be those practitioners - maybe coupled with the conventional docs lending their own knowledge - who will probably save humanity.
What everyone needs to do is read the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. The States have authority over the Federal Government and most people are not educated and that I believe was also done on purpose and part of the EVIL plan as well! Our beloved country has been infiltrated by an Evil dark force! I have learned so much since 2016, it's mind blowing and very sad! We all have to unite, strength in numbers allows us to fight back or else there will be no more US! God Bless!
"Masks were suspected to be useless, early on, and later proven so."
Studies have shown that masking did little and arguably may not have been worth the downside of masking. But, I am not aware of any studies that prove a negative (e.g. masks don't work), but if you have a citation for the study that demonstrated masks were useless, I would appreciate the reference.
A meta-analysis of mask studies found only low quality evidence and evidence important biases. PubMed search
Meta-Analysis J Bras Pneumol 2024 Jan 5
Effectiveness of wearing masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in cohort and case-control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of wearing a mask to prevent COVID-19 infection.
Methods: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies, considering the best level of evidence available. Electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Clinical Trials.gov) were searched to identify studies that evaluated the effectiveness of wearing masks compared with that of not wearing them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Risk of bias and quality of evidence were assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation.
Results: Of the 1,028 studies identified, 9 met the inclusion criteria (2 cohort studies and 7 case-control studies) and were included in the analysis.
The meta-analysis using cohort studies alone showed statistically significant differences, wearing a cloth mask decreased by 21% [RD = -0.21 (95% CI, -0.34 to -0.07); I2 = 0%; p = 0,002] the risk of COVID-19 infection, but the quality of evidence was low.
Regarding case-control studies, wearing a surgical mask reduced the chance of COVID-19 infection [OR = 0.51 (95% CI, 0.37-0.70); I2 = 47%; p = 0.0001], as did wearing an N95 respirator mask [OR = 0.31 (95% CI, 0.20-0.49); I2 = 0%; p = 0.00001], both with low quality of evidence.
Conclusions: In this systematic review with meta-analysis, we showed the effectiveness of wearing masks in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection regardless of the type of mask (disposable surgical mask, common masks, including cloth masks, or N95 respirators), although the studies evaluated presented with low quality of evidence and important biases.
Nice job of cut and paste. Actually you do a poor job of even that mindless task. Just as AI does in its mindless way you add no value to the human experience. Please delete yourself.
LOL. What upsets you the most when truth is spoken to power?
What truth? Whose power? For you to search for and then post studies that support the thesis of your tribe proves what? You have neither read nor do you understand what is in these studies. Do you understand what a meta analysis is and what the process is of selecting what studies are used or how to weight them? Do you think this might have some bearing on the conclusion? Do you understand the statistical methods used in the data analysis? Have you considered the funding sources of the studies that you report? Certainly you did not search Google for studies that support your position. Or at least you would not if you had more than a midwit perspective. Here is the truth. Everyone got Covid weather or not they were masked or vaccinated. Masks and vaccination did nothing significantly to alter the trajectory of the disease. The fact that it is at bay now is due to the natural immunity that has been developed across the population through infection. And for this truth one needs only to observe what has actually happened.
Not sure what you are asserting here. First, this is a meta-analysis with the weight associated with meta-analyses. Second, abstracts, like this one, often to not contain actual results. Looking beyond the abstract, this study did not “prove a negative (e.g. masks don't work)
This study concluded:
“When we evaluated the use of masks without stratifying the specific type of mask or study design, there was a 57% reduction in the chance of COVID-19 infection (Figure 3). Regarding the comparison between surgical masks and N95 respirators, regardless of the study design, we found a 49% and 69% reduction in the chance of COVID-19 infection, respectively The difference in protection between surgical masks and N95 respirators is due to the difference in the permeability of the material used in their manufacture, because the material used in N95 respirator masks is less impermeable than that used in surgical masks, offering greater protection.”
The study had a qualifier:
“However, there are biases, such as time of use, training for use, and number of times of exposure to contaminants and to places with a higher chance of contamination, that are determining factors in greater or lesser protection when using PPE.”
The reliability of data goes to the reliability of the conclusion, but does not dismiss it. Lastly, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Age old.
https://jornaldepneumologia.com.br/details/3902/en-US/effectiveness-of-wearing-masks-during-the-covid-19-outbreak-in-cohort-and-case-control-studies--a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
Masks can keep people from picking their own noses, thereby offering some minor diseases self-inoculation preventive value. So can good manners.
I'm shocked at how many were complicit. History teaches nothing when a blind eye is turned or when academia is corrupted to it's core! I'm so sad for all who were coned and dragged into such madness and murdered!
So disturbing and very sad!
I agree with you and I'm sad to read here that you had suffered tremendous loss, as millions of others have to. I never took the poison shot(s), my immediate family did and it hurt when they ignored my warnings! My instinct told me something was wrong. Sometimes I do wonder if shedding is real from Vax people, is that possible, (unanswered question possibly)?
The Plandemic and all the after effects including the horrible events taking place are overwhelming and very disturbing! The 1% elites (Globalists) with all their minions are truly EVIL aka.. Devils advocates! God help us and I pray for the guilty ones destruction! I can NOT, and will never forgive such EVIL!
Please keep this as a blind comment.
As an Allied Heath Professional, researcher, I was reluctant at the beginning to have the binary shots. Because of my employment I was required to have the shots or be fired.
Within 6 months I had two gallbladder attacks that led to it being removed. Shortly after that I started having issues of lack of endurance, I now have a PVC, that appears to have increased in severity. Less than 5 months ago my PSA shot through the roof, and I have had my prostrate removed. Why because of a diagnosed virulent cancer. Prior to the government lies by the F Doctor and an unnecessary shut down of the nation I was in excellent health.
It appears my life expectancy will be cut short by a minimum of a decade. My quality of life has suffered dramatically and I lay it directly at the feet of the idiot Democrat Party and lies from NIH.
These "Troubling Truths" include the medical community and big Parma, doing irresponsible experiments in China that is a Communist Dictatorship.
Everyone of the progressions of my health deterioration follows the overriding pattern of lousy medicine, and outcomes, and has been defended by the National Democrat Establishment.
My level of disgust, anger and absolute last level of trust I have with Big Pharma, politicians and in particular the Democrats at all levels is complete.
So the next time the Democrats in Sacramento, the County or City level tell you "trust us" it is in your best interests; run to the nearest exit. It makes no difference at what level, from density infill, cars, education or take 2 aspirin etc.
If you trust them you deserve every bad thing that happens to you.
I wish this tragic tale was rare. Sadly, pharma has bought everything and nearly everyone. Most docs continue to tell their patients to keep getting covid vax boosters. I do my best to dissuade my patients, but feel like a “voice crying in the wilderness.”
Take care, thoughts and prayers with you..
Oh my, so awful what has happened. Yes Democrats are DemonRats now! May GOD have NO mercy on those who did this to the world and our beloved country!
Thanks for the great article, Dr Aijian. But more importantly, thank you for the courage to stand up and do the right thing and for staying the course!
Tim Tremblay
Don't forget about Dr. Scott Atlas, a fellow at the Stanford University Hoover Institution, who became Trump's Covid advisor. He was forced out by other members of Trump's Covid Task force (Fauci, Birks, Adams) because he dared to criticize statewide restrictions and public health mandates. Trump ultimately backed Fauci over Atlas.
Trump thought Warp Speed was a success
Some things need to be done with great caution
Vaccinating the entire population of the world with an experimental vaccine would qualify
Candidate Joe Biden 2020: Anyone who lets 300,000 people die from "covid" does not deserve re-election. Was it just a coincidence "covid" emerged during this US election year, or not?
Trump oversaw the introduction of this alleged mRNA "covid" injection model to the market. Biden was the one who moved this experimental injection into wholesale mandates and draconian fact devoid pronouncements and threats, which also required the CDC to re-write the entire definition of a "vaccine" .
The best elected offficeholder in the US with respect to handling Covid was DeSantis hands down. He opened the state after about a month, had schools open at the start of the school year, made all mandates illegal, allowed and encouraged treatments that were banned in other states, opened monoclonal antibody centers all over Florida while ensuring that Florida was the freest state in the country. While this was happening, he was severely criticized by the media as well as by members of Trump's Covid Task Force. In retrospect, nothing is more important than the performance of govt leaders during this time. Sadly, most of them failed the test.
Gov Kristi Noem of South Dakota also was exemplary when she led her state in measured "covid" responses. Kudos to Gov Desantis for following suit.
From Ballotpedia: "Seven states—Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming—did not issue orders directing residents to stay at home from nonessential activities in March and April 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic."
Good time to recommend the excellent first hand account Dr Scott Atlas wrote about his brief days on the Trump Covid Task Force: "A Plague Upon Our House". This first hand account revealed how federal "covid guidance" actually did evolve. This guidance in turn was provided to state public health agencies, who could choose to follow these recommendations or not. Hence the lock-down states and the open states. His personal perceptions about these federal level policy setters was both troubling, and sadly accurate. Many of their names now known to all.
I believe President Trump was hood-winked as many of the people all of the world were! He had ill-advisors who were turn-coats NOT to be trusted. Remember President Trump was not a politician and was an outsider as far as the rotten Establishment and aides were concerned. Remember the Government doesn't care about anyone, only their narcissistic selves!
Dr. Aijian. Great article. Glad to see someone of your status in SB.
Well said, Dr Aijian. Thank you for your clarity and wise public educational comments for several years now. Glad we have you as an independent, critical thinking, data driven doctor.
Thank you for being a source of truth in a world of untruths.
Excellent recap of the pandemic and the USA and media’s poor responses on so many levels.
Thank you Dr Aijian for standing for truth, for allowing dialog in discussing pros and cons without censoring others, and thank you for saving my life!!! Yep, you did! Even before all the false information was disseminated to the world. You were faithful in protecting your patients and causing them No Harm. Forever grateful for you and your amazing team!
Thank you for writing this!!!!!!!
I read the only really negative comment on my article, from another doctor. I think that doctors who promoted the covid vaccine, and continue to do so, have a predicament. As the evidence grows of the damage these vaccines have done, doctors must ask themselves if they made a mistake. Doubling down on a bad choice seems to be the current plan. Hopefully, some independently thinking docs will finally admit the error they made, and reverse course. The failure to do so will only further erode the trust people have in the medical profession. This is sad.
Thank you Dr. Aijian for this well written article.
I remain puzzled by a few very early and seemingly unconnected precursors to what rapidly became the 2020 "global covid hysteria": (1) The Great Toilet Paper Hoarding Hoax imported to the US from Australia, which did in fact need to worry about toilet paper supplies from China; (2) the global hysteria narrative similarities as presented in the movie "Contagion" (staring Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow); (3) local political operatives on edhat immediately introducing an alleged Bergamo (Italy) Hospital documentary about early covid patients in extremis, should anyone dare question the emerging "covid is the zombie apocalypse" narrative
This trifecta quickly reinforced the hysteria first narrative about "covid"; before we actually knew anything factual about it at all. The die was cast and "covid" quickly became a political hot potato, election year 2020.
Hysteria first, facts or questions later if they were ever allowed from this early point forward. The hand of censorship was immediate, swift and absolute. Most troubling after trillions of dollars of global dislocations, did we ever learn anything more about "covid" than we had already observed as ultimately a relatively benign event from day one on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? I personally threw my hat in with the Great Barrington Declaration about "covid", since it made the most sense to me.
Magicians use sleight of hand to take one’s eye off the deception. What would you think if we saw another health related “ crisis” before the November election ?
Thank you, Dr. Aijian.
I'm wondering if any treatment at all was needed for the large majority of patients? Seems to be more and more data coming in showing that time and again the treatment was worse than the disease. And of course the large majority of cases were simply false positives due to widespread screening (at low background prevalence of the disease, which was the case throughout the pandemic even during "spikes") of asymptomatic people, is guaranteed mathematically to yield mostly false positives. This dynamic led to increased fear and panic and a widespread notion of treatment being needed for even people who were not actually sick. https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1411/rr
Early on, with variants like Wuhan and Delta, people got pretty sick. I had covid pneumonia, and was out of commission for a month. I was treated at home under the care of a fellow MD, and my loving RN wife. I took oral steroids, blood thinners, IVM, vitamin D and other over the counter supplements. In addition, I got oral steroids and inhaled steroids. I was also on supplemental oxygen for weeks. If I had gone to the hospital, I would likely have been given Remdesivir, which I would have refused. I treated all my patients at home with one exception. Some were quite sick, but all survived. I sent some people, early on, to the hospital ER for the Regeneron monoclonal antibody infusions, with good results. Omicron has been more transmissible, but less virulent, and most people have not needed such aggressive treatment. One big factor is getting a person’s vitamin D blood level over 50.
Typically I start people on 5000 units a day.
I guess the question is what proportion of people in your experience, and more generally, got pretty sick? In my world here in Hawaii almost no one I knew got that sick, and ditto for California where I have a second community (actually in Santa Barbara where I lived for many years). How many people that you treated do you think really needed treatment to avoid hospitalization or death versus a little mitigation of symptoms? You mention remdesivir as a problematic treatment and a lot of evidence supports your statement, but seems like ditto for ventilation and medical coma (which probably killed a lot of people in NY and NJ before the use changed its protocols on when ventilation was appropriate), and perhaps other treatments also?
You all need to follow someone who is full time following the news on the front lines
Malone and Mc Cullough are two of the main sources which inform me
Absolutely. If your readers do not know of Dr. McCullough, find him on Substack. And Dr. Malone of course and many others Dr. Ryan Cole, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Paul Marik (flccc.net).
John Campbell on You Tube has also been very informative
He’s been on nightly for the whole pandemic
As always time counts for everything. You have had the time and many of us have had the time to rethink what was being "mandated". Unfortunately at that time we were all doing what we could to hopefully 'kick this Covid" situation. Now that we can look back and see the ramifications it should be time to educate ourselves on what we should do "next time". Surely, next time will come.
Sounds like the WEF and WHO are starting to prep us with rumors of “virus X”. There is an election coming later this year, as you know. Biden’s re election may hinge on another cycle of anomalous voting.