CAN MORE INFORMATION MAKE THINGS LOOK ANY wORSE?

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When we worry about how we look, the image our mind produces projects our fears. The way we think we look or come across is a matter of perspective. Every frog likes to praise their own pond and can easily find fault with the waterholes of others. The phrase originated from the Gullah language who were descendants of African slaves. It meant that everyone favors their own house or place. This proverb deals with how we see and appreciation our own domain. Criticism is not our enemy. To minimize criticism, all we have to do is to see nothing, say nothing and do nothing. Even then some form of criticism will find us. Ralph Waldo Emerson described the trappings of defensiveness and insecurity in his journal with these words. "Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” It's obvious and should be fair to say that most of us do not appreciate criticism. We generally see criticism being used more like a weapon than a tool. Although criticism is part of our molding process, proper perspectives have to be developed, adjusted and shaped gradually over time. This becomes a lifelong endeavor and requires working through difficulties. When we weaponize criticism it implies that our perspectives and point of views are valid facts and truths. This gives us license to do what we all have done at one time or another. When we chose consciously or unconsciously, to remain unseeing in situations where “we could know, and should know, but don’t know, because it made us feel better not to know.” We reject criticism to boost our biased beliefs. What is it that encourages or motivates us to exhibit this type of behavior? If we pull back the curtain, and look into the "spiritual" scene, there we will find some answers. Once again, when we use terminology that includes words such as "spirit, spiritual, spiritually and spirituality" we are referencing the following B-R-O-A-D and simplified definition. We expect to lose some readers at this point but here goes. In the realm of existence, there is the seen and unseen also known as the visible and invisible that relate directly to the natural and the spiritual.  We believe that behind every natural manifestation there is an INVISIBLE spiritual force and source. The key word here is INVISIBLE please keep that in mind. The spirit of the moment speaks to the attitude, behavior, flow, pace and pattern of any manifestation we experience. The terms also include the feel, method and ways spirits bond, combine, integrate and operate through us. The manifestation of spirit exists in many forms. Just as "H2O," better known as water, is commonly manipulated from solid to liquid to gas, yet remains water; so is the manifestation of spirit regardless of the form it takes. When we need a simple definition for spirit, we call spirit "the attitude of behavior." The spirit of our time called the zeitgeist fears total disclosure and transparency. All information from all sources is in jeopardy. History does not repeat itself, but it resembles itself quite well. Something is going terribly wrong with what we are being told! Weaponizing information or the lack thereof is wrong. Time will tell the story; but by then most of us will have forgotten or will no longer care.

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FACT NEWS TRUTH - TRUTH COMES FROM FACTS NOT NEWS

Information is a funny thing. Although everyone knows about the PANDEMIC we are now facing, but few know of the EPIDEMIC we were already in. Here's some relevant information about Covid-19 and vitamin D. For decades this country has had an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. It seems as if no one sounded the alarm to loudly. The industries that profit from our ignorance and our failure to apply information always fill that gap. Is history repeating? Remember that "the love of money is the root of all evil." More money was made off of selling death through cigarettes then all of the drug abuse deaths combined from all drugs. We knew decades before they ever began printing (HWL) health warning labels on cigarette packs that they were destructive. The tobacco industry worldwide systematically hid or suppressed the dangers, and as long as the governments made money, they allowed it. This is why the first few generations of warning labels we're carefully placed on the side of the packages. Today we are reaping the effects of sowing arrogance, disobedience and ignorance. Many of us have no knowledge of or have forgotten to remember what our predecessors went through to get us here. We are people of the sun and must not act like children of darkness. We are thankful for the daily YouTube videos by Dr. John Campbell. Today, all we are asking for is accurate information, good or bad. Informed consent calls for truthful information.

DOES VITAMIN D PROTECT AGAINST COVID-19?

The evidence is becoming quite compelling. The information isn't widespread, but it is available. We can be advocates for our own health. Our vitamin D status has a significant effect upon most aspects of our health. Our vitamin D status is more important now than it has ever been. Vitamin D affects our bone health and our cardiometabolic health; it even fights against colon cancer and multiple sclerosis. There may be a link to the risk of developing Covid-19 infections and the severity of the disease. Remember we are neither doctors nor scientist and take no credit for the sources only the synthesis. Here's more information and links to check out personally. Vitamin D is important for innate immunity and boosts our immune function against viral disease. Innate immunity provides protection against a wide variety of potential infections. Covid-19 is a viral disease. This is not a license to take large doses of vitamin D. This is science not sorcery. There is a common misconception that more is better, but too much of an immune response can be deadly. Consult a physician before taking any DRASTIC measures. We are simply trying to eliminate a sub-optimal immune system. Our immune systems modulate their response according to what is needed to get the job done. There are cells that boost up and dampen down our immune system response. When the job is completed, we want these cells to level off, regulate down and/or stop. Dr Joanne Manson a professor in the school of preventative medicine at Harvard business school has an article anyone can review if they go to the link we've listed here and join for free. It may be necessary to copy and paste this link but logging in is required to read the article and view her video.   https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/930152?src=soc%20tw%20share
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​Here is an edited transcript of the video if anyone has difficulty finding it.

Hello. This is Dr JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
I'd like to talk with you about vitamin D and COVID-19. Is there potentially a protective role?

We've known for a long time that it's important to avoid vitamin D deficiency for bone health, cardiometabolic health, and other purposes. But it may be even more important now than ever. There's emerging and growing evidence that vitamin D status may be relevant to the risk of developing COVID-19 infection and to the severity of the disease.
Vitamin D is important to innate immunity and boosts immune function against viral diseases. We also know that vitamin D has an immune-modulating effect and can lower inflammation, and this may be relevant to the respiratory response during COVID-19 and the cytokine storm that's been demonstrated.
There are laboratory (cell-culture) studies of respiratory cells that document some of these effects of vitamin D. There's also evidence that patients with respiratory infections tend to have lower blood levels of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D.
There's now some evidence from COVID-19 patients as well. In an observational study from three South Asian hospitals, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was much higher among those with severe COVID illness compared with those with mild illness. In fact, there was about an eightfold higher risk of having severe illness among those who entered with vitamin D deficiency compared with those who had sufficient vitamin D levels.
There's also evidence from a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation looking at acute respiratory tract infections (upper and lower). This was published in the British Medical Journal 2 years ago, showing that vitamin D supplementation was associated with a significant reduction in these respiratory tract infections. Overall, it was only a 12% reduction, but among the participants who had profound vitamin D deficiency at baseline (such as a blood level of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D of less than 10 ng/mL), there was a 70% lower risk of respiratory infection with vitamin D supplementation.
So the evidence is becoming quite compelling. It's important that we encourage our patients to be outdoors and physically active, while maintaining social distancing. This will lead to increased synthesis of vitamin D in the skin, just from the incidental sun exposure.
Diet is also important. Everyone should be reading food labels which list the vitamin D content. Food sources that are higher in vitamin D include fortified dairy products, fortified cereals, fatty fish, and sun-dried mushrooms.
For patients who are unable to be outdoors and also have low dietary intake of vitamin D, it's quite reasonable to consider a vitamin D supplement. The recommended dietary allowance of vitamin D is 600-800 IU/daily, but during this period, a multivitamin or supplement containing 1000-2000 IU/daily of vitamin D would be reasonable.

We are in the process of planning a randomized clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation in moderate to high doses to see whether it has a role in the risk of developing COVID-19 infections and also in reducing the severity of disease and improving clinical outcomes.
In the meantime, it's important to encourage measures that will, on a population-wide basis, reduce the risk for vitamin D deficiency.
Thank you so much for your attention. This is JoAnn Manson. Stay safe.

INFORMATION HAS SPIRITUAL ENERGY WITHIN IT. This may appear to be a bit outlandish, so let's do some comparisons. Information is "thought" related in a physical, verbal or written form. Our entire lives revolve around how we deal with and process information. To "inform" is to give and pass on advice, knowledge or instructions in a "form" that can be internalized and understood. The spirit of information lives with and is contained and portrayed in the content, context and tone of the communication. There are many other factors that play a role, this is just an overview. Understanding the true nature and application of spirit may be challenging due to the wide range of its administrative usage. "Spirit" is often used interchangeably as a noun, a verb or an adjective. As a noun the spirit of the information functions through the incorporeal aspect of human existence. As a verb, "spirit" animates information with a fresh ardor of enthusiasm and passion. As an adjective "spirit" relates directly to the activity that it manifests. A drunken spirit is quite different from a sober one. Yelling, shouting or calling people names can subdue or overwhelm their spirit. Cheering, rooting on or just pulling for a team or teammate energizes their spirit through their interconnection with our spirit. Establishments that sold alcohol previously marketed them under the title of "wine and spirits." Information has the power to bind, educate or liberate depending upon the spirit in which it is used.

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DIAGNOSIS PROGNOSIS AND REMEDIES

​We do not have the victory over this virus; we are still meeting the challenge. We cannot "control" a virus we can only hope to "contain" its spread. In the end we will not have prevailed against this virus, we will have just survived it. We may or may not be able to test our way out of containing this virus. However, we are in favor of implementing various testing and tracking strategies. Uncovering various chains of transmission through contact tracing may be our best alternative. Investing in testing can be cost effective. Five million tests per day will cost us approximately 74 billion over 12 months, while the cost of collective "Stay-At-Home-Orders" cost approximately 350 billion for just one month. There may never be an effective vaccine for this virus, and it may resurface seasonally like our common cold viruses. This is the age of information. Computers, surveillance and technology have made this possible. Saving lives and saving livelihoods can be done simultaneously. If Our President took the risk of recommending a "potentially" effective drug like hydroxychloroquine, that did not prove to be effective; surely, we can suggest bringing our vitamin D levels to their recommended strength. These posts are not about taking sides. They are about opening minds. Those of us that may not have voted for the president or don't like him should hope and pray that his approach and policies turn out to be right!

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