Vaccine Information & Informed Consent

Does it feel like the polarization of any topic these days is the predominate way the world views things? 🙋‍♀️

We’re labeled either far left or far right, conservative or liberal, it seems that black or white in our ways of thinking is all that’s being aired……. The gray areas that require critical thinking skills…. gray matter – if you will…. are remarkably in short supply. 

*Viruses (plural) are pandemic… not just this particular one at hand. What in the world ?!?! 

Well….pandemic, by definition, means a prevalence over a whole country or the world…. ever-lovin-where.

*They (viruses) are part of the world that we live in, and “they” outnumber our cells by perhaps 20 to 1….. or more. (the jury’s still out on exactly how many “they” are!)

Don’t panic friends…… many (if not most) come in peace and are not detrimental to human health. In fact, some of them actually protect us from bigger dangers later down the road.

How many of you had chickenpox? 🙋‍♀️ #metoo

If you are my age (50’s -ish) you’ll likely remember the chickenpox parties that were popular back in the day. I dug around a little and found this little 5 minute gem from back in the early 80’s… regarding the perils of chickenpox. 

https://youtu.be/ZNEMPU4txc0 
(Full House Season 1 Episode 15).

Chickenpox ( aka varicella-zoster) was once part of nearly everyone’s childhood experience and almost a rite of passage. Nearly every child under the age of 15 contracted this virus and experienced a generally mild illness, with full recovery in 5-10 days, and gained natural immunity for life. I “might” have a scar or two where I scratched a little too hard,… but I’ve had so many boo boo’s since then they are not distinguishable from life’s everyday battles out here on the farm. #ascarisatattowithastory

Long term side effects? …… I cannot recall any of my childhood friends having any long term repercussions, and I grew up in a town where we pretty much knew everyone (or knew of them).

*Twenty years ago, the CDC estimated that chickenpox was responsible for an average of 90 deaths per year, with 28% of those deaths in persons with preexisting conditions.

That’s 90 deaths / 282.2 million (the population in the year 2000) = a chance of 0.00003% of dying from chickenpox.

For point of reference, the odds of:

⚡️Getting struck by lightning in a lifetime is 1 in 3000 (according to National Geographic )

 Being diagnosed with a brain tumor is 1 in 164. (with 14.9% of those being gliomas)

💔 Having coronary heart disease (the most common type of heart disease) is 1 in 18.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I would like to do all the responsible things that I can do to avoid and improve my chances of none of the above three happening to this girl.

Remember that convo we were having about chickenpox ( I hope you watched that absurdly eye rolling 5 minute sitcom clip I posted above). Yes, I know…. that’s 5 minutes of your life you’ll never get back…. but it did bring back personal memories for me of the mild illness I experienced accompanied by the intense need to scratch! 

Well….. chickenpox is one of those viruses whose bark is worse than its bite 99.99997% of the time. In fact, as it turns out…. the bite (or blister in this case) is actually beneficial! 🙌

*A study published back in 2007 (in a Journal excitingly called Atherosclerosis) concluded that the chickenpox virus (and interestingly, other common childhood contagious diseases too) not only have PROTECTIVE effects against acute coronary events later in life, but also that the risk of coronary heart disease “decreased significantly with each infection resulting from the common childhood diseases.” WOW.

Here’s a link to the quick abstract of that study 👇 :

* Another study in 2016 titled “The History of chickenpox in glioma risk” published in a journal called Cancer Medicine found that……… 

“ …. a positive history of chickenpox was associated with a 21% lower glioma risk, adjusting for age and sex. The protective effect of chickenpox was stronger for high‐grade glioma, particularly among those under age 40.”

Link to study 👇: 

I think I’ll wear my piddly pox scars with a badge of pride knowing that I’ve got a little extra protection under my skin.

We should always strive for a healthy, top notch immune system, but perhaps God and mama nature knew what they were doing when it came to equipping us in #alltheways.

But, but,but, …. Doesn’t the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine keep us from getting shingles later on in life? 

You’d think so. 

To be continued. Stay tuned for Part II! 

xoxo~ liz

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​Late last week, I came across several bits of interesting history. It wasn’t until this weekend that I was able to tie them together. I hope you find this as fascinating as I did! 😘

📚History is an interesting animal. It only takes a generation or two before an entire story can be obliterated by tweaking the truth or hiding some pretty important facts. However…. it’s much like besmirching one’s character with false statements…. once the damage is done, the besmircher walks off scott free, while the besmirchee is left picking up the pieces. Sad, but true and it’s a terrible injustice.

Today I want to unwrap some unknown tidbits about the Spanish Flu. The Spanish flu extended from the spring of 1918 thru the spring of 1919. According to the CDC website it was “caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of an avian” origin.”

🇺🇸 At the time of the outbreak, the US Military was 6 million men strong….. 2 million of which were sent overseas to fight WWI.

☠️ The Spanish Flu killed an estimated 50-100 million people in the pandemic of 1918-19…. or did it?

**********Here’s where things get interesting************

I could not find the following information on the CDC website, but will provide links to the “missing” information I did find:

💉 When soldiers were drafted in 1917, JUST AS NOW, they became the property of the US Military institution. They became the guinea pigs for the newly formed Rockefeller Institute when the FIRST large scale human test subject study on an “anti-meningitis vaccine” was performed.

💉 From January thru June 1918…. an experimental meningitis vaccine was given to a large number of soldiers at the Fort Riley Military Base in Kansas. 
(The Rockefeller Institute is known as the “birthplace for modern pharmacy”. )

Here’s a link to the official study from 1918:

💉 Sanitation was not the best. The soldiers were in close quarters. Clean water was still a luxury item. The soldiers did not have the best of food (watch WWI history… canned food which has very little nutrition… was their luxury food). Newly vaccinated with an experimental vaccine…. sent off throughout the world to fight (THAT’s kinda stressful don’tcha think?). 

💉 More of the experimental vaccine was sent off to other countries….. England, France, Belgium, Italy, and others…

Here’s a link to a full article about this if it interests you:
(It’s written by a former federal attorney, Kevin Barry JD)

💉 The Spanish flu….. it was discovered in 2008, was not a flu at all….. An estimated 92-93% of ALL Spanish flu deaths have been verified to have been related to bacterial pneumonia…. not influenza H1N1 virus.

The co-author of that paper is Dr. Anthony Fauci… the same one who has been speaking in the current White House Press Briefings every evening regarding our current pandemic.

Here’s a link to Fauci’s paper proving that the Spanish flu was 92%+ a bacterial infection and not the flu itself causing death: 

I encourage you all to read the entire article above about the vaccine experiment. It’s the invisible history that should be in history books, but was never even made a mention. History was one of my favorite subjects, and I remember writing two papers on the Spanish Flu for some reason back in the 1980’s….. but never remember reading this!

It’s important to know the truth and the context of all things as they are presented, especially now.

In my studying, I’ve noticed recently that Google searching algorithms have been loosened up considerably in the last month. I don’t have to dig nearly as deep or as hard as I used to in order to find truthful documents (as you will find above).

Please. Do your research. Don’t jump to conclusions just because the news or someone with “authority” said it was so. They could be pulling the wool 🐑 over your eyes on purpose, or on accident….. either way, it’s still wool….. and it’s still your eyes they pulled it over. And that’s baaaaad behavior on their part for not using due diligence and investigative reporting.

Know better. Do Better.

xoxo~ liz

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With all of the recent scramble and scurry to develop a vaccine for the CV, I’ve been pretty deep into study mode. 

📚 I uncovered quite a bit of interesting information today, and wanted to bring you a few interesting tidbits and thoughts over the next few days….

I find it fascinating that, during the daily White House press briefings, there is nearly always a bit of discussion which revolves around tried and true “older” therapies that warrant some attention. #Babysbeeninthecorner

Hydroxychloroquine is the star player, of course, during these discussions…. it’s the man made cousin of quinine… which comes from the bark of the cinchona tree.

Pharmacognosy (the study of plants 🌿 with a medicinal purpose) is tremendously important. Really, it’s where the roots of pharmacy lie. The problem is that natural healing agents cannot be patented (as a rule), so there is no large money to be had by Big Pharma in pursuing treatments derived solely from plants.  #BigPharmabelievesinprofitbeforepurpose

Quinine was banned as an “Over The Counter” (OTC) supplement in the 90’s because it was deemed “dangerous”, despite the fact that it has been around for, well…. as long as there have been cinchona trees 😉.

As more and more information is revealed about hydroxychloroquine (and quinine) , it appears there are more studies (deeply buried) suggesting other beneficial uses too. Fascinating stuff!… especially when you dig beyond the superficial.#dontbeafraidtodig

I’m hopeful that this pandemic will bring more of these uses to light and perhaps bring relief to some who have fairly significant disease states.

Hydroxychloroquine is not a drug without potential for harm, but certainly, given the pandemic situation, its benefits outweigh the risk for short term use, particularly for those whose lives depend on it.

To be clear, I’m not a fan of using medications as a crutch when self intervention could hold the cure (I’m not talking about CV here). However, sometimes medications can be used as a springboard for serious self intervention.

What does self intervention mean?  We (us… all of us) are the ultimate responsible ones for our health… not our spouse, not our doctor, not our government. Self intervention is pretty simple…. it means caring enough about oneself to care FOR oneself:

Has diet been modified and improved upon to eliminate processed and / or non organic foods as well as any foods that may be triggers for poor health?

💪 Is regular and correct exercise being implemented as a regular routine?

 Is stress being well managed?

☠️ Have toxins been removed as much as possible from the lifestyle? This would include common housecleaning supplies, body care products and makeup that are typically loaded with them. It also includes limiting exposure to electromagnetic frequencies 💻.

All of this matters a great deal. Relying on a medication long term will nearly ALWAYS have consequences in the manner of side effects and developed deficiencies the drugs will inevitably cause.

Self care is much like prepping, but without all of the extra toilet paper rolls stashed in the closet. 😉 I would argue that self care is a prepper’s most important project. Someone who has practiced self care for any length of time has a stronger immune system AND a level of confidence in their health that trumps fear. And THAT is perhaps the most important prepper’s tool of all…. the absence of fear.

More on this topic tomorrow.

Carry on my friends. Let’s make this quarantine time count for something positive. 😘 Happy Sunday evening!

xoxo~ liz

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t’s certainly an upside down world we live in………

Today, I read yet another article about yet another 💊medication that is getting its very own black box warning.

Montelukast (Brand name: Singulair)….. a medication used for seasonal allergies and asthma. Given to big people and to little people 👶👧….. as young as 2 yrs old (although I’ve seen prescriptions for even younger).

The warning labels for the prescription bottle have included a statement about change in mood or behavior in tiny print for years…. so really, this is nothing new to the FDA.

In the retail pharmacy world, montelukast is considered a “fast mover”…. meaning LOTS of people are on this medication for allergies and asthma.

Today…. the FDA announced it was finally acknowledging that this medication needed stronger wording and would get its black box. ….. a medication that has been around 22 years.

I have quite a few questions swirling in my head:
After 22 years. Why did it take so long for the FDA to come to this conclusion, especially given the millions of people that have taken it?
 The children…. how do they even know how to verbalize how they might be feeling while on this medication? #blesstheirhearts
 Why did it take public outcry in the form of a petition to get this warning updated?
 Why is it still ok to prescribe to little people who can’t even verbalize how they might be feeling in their little heads?

 Did you know that homes using standard commercial cleaners, air fresheners, glass cleaners etc that are toxin based have a 30-50% greater risk of having an asthma or allergy sufferer living under the same roof?

 OR…. that the risk increases as the chemical soup thickens if you use multiple products?

 I’m wondering how many prescribers ask this simple question before writing the prescription:
“What have you done in the way of removing respiratory irritants from your home?”

Presently, 1 in 10 children in the USA has asthma. (It was 3.6% in 1980). There are many reasons for this tremendous increase…. but the quality of our home/indoor air is one thing that we can ALL control. #dothethingsthatmatter

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👉Non Irritating to the Lungs
👉Plant Based
👉Immune supportive instead of harmful
👉Ultra concentrated / economical
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We mostly use Thieves simply… a capful or two in a standard spray bottle. That’s it. Easy peasy.
If you are a DIY’er or a healthy minimalist, there are lots of ways to clean with this one simple product:

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Hugs and love friends, liz

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