COVID-19 [Novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV] As of today 17 February 2020, the number of recorded cases of this virus has exceeded 71,000 and the number of deaths beyond 1,700 (a little over 2%). As so many resources are publishing their immediate understanding of the outbreak and the media is in a frenzy of fear mongering, I figured I might as well get my two-bits worth into the midst of the chaos.  The images of care- and lab-workers walking around in “space suits” and maintenance workers spraying [...]

The Ebola Virus is one type from the Filoviridae family. These are usually threadlike, 1,000 to 14,000 nanometers long and 60 to 80 nanometers wide in diameter. After the pandemic is before the pandemic. And thus after Bird Flu, SARS, Swine Flu and EHEC (Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) we are currently flooded with a new wave of scaremongering by the media: Ebola. Allegedly, in this case it concerns a deadly virus illness against which even our progressive school medicine has still found no remedy. Consequently it says, the [...]

Lyme disease, named after the famed 1975 outbreaks in Lyme, Connecticut, is often known as the “great imitator” for its frequent mimicry of many other conditions. Estimated to be under-reported by a factor of 6 to 10 in the USA alone, Lyme has often lived in the shadow of other more publicized epidemics and public health issues, such as HIV and SARS, even though in recent years, it has likely outnumbered them both (1). Further complicated by the often problematic and inconsistent diagnostic criteria and testing methods put forth [...]

WEB WATCH Submitted by Esther Treitl, BC , Canada What’s in the regular flu shot? Egg proteins: including avian contaminant viruses Gelatin: can cause allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are usually associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin Polysorbate 80 (Tween80™): can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis. Also associated with inferility in female mice. Formaldehyde: known carcinogen Triton X100: a strong detergent Sucrose: table sugar Resin: known to cause allergic reactions Gentamycin: an antibiotic Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose flu shot vials Do flu shots work? Not in [...]