Unfortunately, I don't have any links. What I do have is personal experience. MANY coworkers and friends got Covid over the past 2.5 years. In those cases, they called me for advice. Step one was ALWAYS call your doctor to see what they would do. (I knew this was a losing battle in most cases - but I still thought this should be you…
Unfortunately, I don't have any links. What I do have is personal experience. MANY coworkers and friends got Covid over the past 2.5 years. In those cases, they called me for advice. Step one was ALWAYS call your doctor to see what they would do. (I knew this was a losing battle in most cases - but I still thought this should be your first stop on the off chance you had an actual doctor who cared about your health and was willing to actually practice medicine.)
In the vast majority of the cases, the doctors would do NOTHING, so that is what I base this comment on. I would say this applies easily to at least a dozen people or so. Many friends couldn't get antibody treatment (even when they were still "approved"). Some couldn't even get Paxlovid. It was the most infuriating thing I had ever seen, and I can't unsee it now.
It's as though in the entire history of the world, there'd been no prior afflictions with any of these various symptoms for which people would use various well-understood remedies/supplements/nutritional supports.
What troubled me most was the utter absence of common sense. You feel like crap--you just lie in your bed miserably until cardiac arrest or suffocation occurs?
People will take a gazillion OTC/supplement aisle remedies for the common cold but couldn't extend the idea just a wee bit towards a new respiratory virus? (Or presumed respiratory virus since the main action seems inflammatory and what was called pneumonia on scans seemed to have been lots of micro-clotting instead.)
My case was mild (June 2022). My primary prescribed Paxlovid, which I refused. I am surprised that some could not get it, from what I've read, it's been mostly sitting on shelves due to underwhelming demand. Later in summer, here in USA they made it available over the counter (approved by Pharmacist.) Which seems a most curious option for a drug that requires a blood test to insure proper kidney function and more recently, has dangerous interactions with many commonly taken drugs.
The two people I'm thinking of got Covid in the January - March timeframe when Paxlovid was relatively new. It sort of seemed that certain people were using certain criteria to limit it. At the time, I thought it might be the best thing available, if your doctor wouldn't give you anything else and you didn't have access to IVM or HCQ. However - just like the injections - the more information that came out, the more worthless it appeared to be.
That jibes with what I've seen. I have a friend who got Covid late last year. The doctor told him to go to the emergency room if the symptoms kept worsening. Not a word about taking supplements or medication of any kind to fight disease progression: Let 'er rip! He ended up in the hospital for weeks and almost died.
I even had 65+ year old friends.. and the doctors would say - No, you can't get antibody treatment (she was told they were being held for people at High risk).. the next time she couldn't get Paxlovid.
Another friend who was 70 was given nothing from his GP, but got his Allergist to prescribe Paxlovid.
But in general, folks got nothing. It was so distressing and disturbing. I ended up sending a list of supplements they could take, as their doctors were worthless. I can't forget this
Unfortunately, I don't have any links. What I do have is personal experience. MANY coworkers and friends got Covid over the past 2.5 years. In those cases, they called me for advice. Step one was ALWAYS call your doctor to see what they would do. (I knew this was a losing battle in most cases - but I still thought this should be your first stop on the off chance you had an actual doctor who cared about your health and was willing to actually practice medicine.)
In the vast majority of the cases, the doctors would do NOTHING, so that is what I base this comment on. I would say this applies easily to at least a dozen people or so. Many friends couldn't get antibody treatment (even when they were still "approved"). Some couldn't even get Paxlovid. It was the most infuriating thing I had ever seen, and I can't unsee it now.
It's as though in the entire history of the world, there'd been no prior afflictions with any of these various symptoms for which people would use various well-understood remedies/supplements/nutritional supports.
What troubled me most was the utter absence of common sense. You feel like crap--you just lie in your bed miserably until cardiac arrest or suffocation occurs?
People will take a gazillion OTC/supplement aisle remedies for the common cold but couldn't extend the idea just a wee bit towards a new respiratory virus? (Or presumed respiratory virus since the main action seems inflammatory and what was called pneumonia on scans seemed to have been lots of micro-clotting instead.)
My case was mild (June 2022). My primary prescribed Paxlovid, which I refused. I am surprised that some could not get it, from what I've read, it's been mostly sitting on shelves due to underwhelming demand. Later in summer, here in USA they made it available over the counter (approved by Pharmacist.) Which seems a most curious option for a drug that requires a blood test to insure proper kidney function and more recently, has dangerous interactions with many commonly taken drugs.
The two people I'm thinking of got Covid in the January - March timeframe when Paxlovid was relatively new. It sort of seemed that certain people were using certain criteria to limit it. At the time, I thought it might be the best thing available, if your doctor wouldn't give you anything else and you didn't have access to IVM or HCQ. However - just like the injections - the more information that came out, the more worthless it appeared to be.
That jibes with what I've seen. I have a friend who got Covid late last year. The doctor told him to go to the emergency room if the symptoms kept worsening. Not a word about taking supplements or medication of any kind to fight disease progression: Let 'er rip! He ended up in the hospital for weeks and almost died.
I even had 65+ year old friends.. and the doctors would say - No, you can't get antibody treatment (she was told they were being held for people at High risk).. the next time she couldn't get Paxlovid.
Another friend who was 70 was given nothing from his GP, but got his Allergist to prescribe Paxlovid.
But in general, folks got nothing. It was so distressing and disturbing. I ended up sending a list of supplements they could take, as their doctors were worthless. I can't forget this