I just
finished a busy week seeing patients. During this time, I saw at least six
patients who had flu-like illnesses. Did they have COVID-19? I don’t know. Why
don’t I know? I can’t tell my patients if the are sick with coronavirus because
there are no test kits available to me. However, test kits are
widely available in many other countries including Iran, Japan, South Korea,
Germany, or China. In fact, hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests have
been run in other countries.
But,
NOT in the US.
As of
Monday, March 2, 2020, the US has tested a few hundred people for coronavirus.
According to the CDC, 337 more kits were released on Tuesday and Wednesday this
week.
Why
are other countries able to test for coronavirus and we aren’t?!?!
When
the coronavirus epidemic started late last year in China, the World Health
Organization (WHO), with help from German researchers, quickly developed a test
for coronavirus. This is the test used by every other country except…the US. “The CDC insisted that only its
test–and not the one developed by the WHO, for example–could be used on
suspected cases, and even CDC tests would [only} be administered under limited
circumstances.” (1)
Folks, this is an unmitigated disaster! How do we know
how many people are infected with coronavirus if we can’t test them? It feels
almost idiotic to ask that question.
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are a perfect example of a
FAILED Federal agency. On the CDC homepage it is stated that the CDC “Is
working 24/7 to protect America from health and safety threats both foreign and
domestic.” (2)
The coronavirus
pandemic illustrates the failure of the CDC to properly do its job. And,
because of that, we suffer.
In the
US, we spend almost 18% of our GNP on healthcare. This is markedly higher than
any other Western country. Yet, we are last or nearly last in every health
indicator. We are last in neonatal mortality and we live shorter lives when
compared to every other major Western country.
We
are clearly getting cheated when it comes to healthcare. And, the
CDC is very good at cheating us. They cheated us by stealing $1 billion dollars
for the Zika non-epidemic. Now, they will get paid handsomely for their
missteps with coronavirus.
You
see, the CDC is supposed to protect us from viral pandemics and epidemics.
Yet, in the case of COVID-19, because of a lack of testing kits, we
have no idea how many are infected with coronavirus. Furthermore,
COVID-19 could have been a perfect example of our public health system working:
a new virus is identified and contained through proper quarantining and
treatment. Well, those days are long gone. This virus is clearly spreading out
of control due to the ineptitude of the CDC. No longer can it be maintained.
But, I
have good news for the CDC. Our Federal legislatures, in true fashion, have
approved over $8 billion for US Governmental agencies dealing with virus. The
inept CDC gets $2.2 billion.
Wow.
They made out better than they did with Zika. What a DEAL!
I am
sure this money will be well spent.
Why
would we give more money to the agency that failed epically? Will anyone at the
CDC lose their job over this failure? I doubt it. At my lecture on
Saturday, I will talk more about this.
Final
Thoughts:
1. I predict the mortality rate for coronavirus will be much lower
than the 2-3% currently reported. Once we are able to
test everyone, there will be many more asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic
coronavirus patients that will lower the mortality rate. The mortality
rate will be somewhere near the influenza mortality rate. Keep in mind
that coronavirus has been around for nearly 100 years. It causes a
flu-like or an upper respiratory illness (a cold). We have all been
getting and recovering from coronavirus infections for nearly a century or
more.
2. My experience in treating patients for viral infections has shown
that vitamins A, C, D as well as iodine & nutritional IVs are very
effective. Not only do these protocols help to prevent infections, but they also help to recover from them. I suggest working with a holistic
doctor who is skilled with nutritional IVs. They can provide you with antiviral
therapies that work. At the Center for Holistic Medicine we have been doing
nutritional IV therapies for well over 25 years. We have been ready to treat viral infections, like coronavirus,
for over 25 years.
To All
Our Health,
~DrB