Tom Heston MD
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Friday, November 11, 2022
Find the Joy
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Health-care workers recovered from natural SARS-CoV-2 infection should be exempt from mandatory vaccination edicts
The Lancet has just published an editorial arguing that health care workers who have recovered from natural SARS-Cov-2 infection should be except from COVID-19 vaccination mandates. I agree.
The goal of public health is just that- to protect and improve the health of the public. Too often during the Covid-19 pandemic politicians have resorted to blatant power grabs in the name of public health. A prime example is vaccine mandates without recognizing natural immunity. Those with natural immunity do not require vaccination, and actually appear at this point in time to be less of a danger to public health than fully vaccinated individuals who do not have natural immunity. Fear is not a substitute for a rational analysis of the data. Mandating vaccinations for those who have natural immunity is either a blatant power grab by politicians, or a complete subjugation to fear over rational thinking.
The editorial makes three major points:
1. Natural immunity to single stranded RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 provides better protection than vaccination. ADVANTAGE: NATURAL IMMUNITY
2. Those with natural immunity appear to be less likely to transmit the virus to others. Vaccinated individuals without natural immunity appear to be more likely to transmit the virus to others. ADVANTAGE: NATURAL IMMUNITY
3. Those with both natural immunity and vaccination, appear to have a "super-immunity" to SARS-CoV-2. However, there appears to be minimal, if any benefit of super-immunity over natural immunity. Natural infection appears to be superior to vaccination because it may lead to innate cytokine response preventing a SARS-CoV-2 viral breach of the mucosal barrier in our respiratory tracts. While vaccines help the body respond to the virus once it is in the blood, natural immunity appears to also help prevent the virus from crossing the mucosal barrier, and thus prevent the virus from getting into the blood. ADVANTAGE: NATURAL IMMUNITY
This is an excellent read, short and right to the point. Take a look:
Friday, January 21, 2022
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Vitamin C as a Possible Therapy for COVID-19.
Comment: at this point in time, it appears that SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious, and that large segments of the population will get infected regardless of social distancing policies or mask policies. While social distancing and masking slows down transmission, right now it seems that these measures will not stop the spread of the virus. Since there are no known good treatments for COVID-19 right now a great strategy is to build up your immune system, now.
Building up the immune system is simultaneously complex and simple. The biochemical reactions underlying the immune system are complex, but for you and I, the way to build up our immune systems as simple as diet and exercise. Eat right. Exercise regularly. And possibly, take Vitamin C.
Too much emphasis has been placed on social distancing, which is a controversial policy that may or may not turn out to be the best policy in fighting the global pandemic of COVID-19. While most countries have followed strict social distancing policies, others have not. Most notably, Sweden has not been as stringent as other European countries, yet their disease rate is about average.
Vitamin C as a Possible Therapy for COVID-19.:
Infect Chemother. 2020 May 15;
Authors: Hemilä H, Chalker E
PMID: 32410417
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
#covid19: Primary Prevention is Not Enough
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Let it Rain
it Rain
your past is turned upside down
the last one in line,
last one around.
the time, it doesn't change a thing
you are the one
always goes missing.
let it rain on the outside.
your pain-
you leave it behind.
maybe someday
your love will be found.
your thoughts
yourself to rights.
to undo your wrongs.
to retell your lies.
a change. Don't let it pass you by.
up tall, don't get beaten down.
let it rain on the outside.
your pain-
you leave it behind.
maybe someday-
will find your love abounds.
your eyes,
been there all along
waiting, around.
let it hold you tight,
feel the warmest glow
you, hear the light.
let it rain.
rain.
to find.
to find,
to find,
to find,
don't let go.
rain,
waiting.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Seniors Who Walk For 30 Minutes Daily Cut Risk Of Death From Any Cause
Seniors Who Walk For 30 Minutes Daily Cut Risk Of Death From Any Cause:

PHOENIX — Two new studies are adding to the growing consensus in the medical community that staying active is perhaps the best way for older adults to live longer and stay happy and healthy well into their golden years. Best of all, no one is telling grandma or grandpa to hit the bench press; simple, leisurely…
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