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It's quite difficult to accept that the entire medical establishment is corrupt and trying to kill you, an integral part of the most corrupt empire in recorded history. How could all those people we had always looked up to, who had dedicated their lives to helping people and saving lives, possibly be involved with something so evil? It wasn't hard to accept a pocket of incompetence uncovered by Erin Olszewski (https://www.bitchute.com/video/3ivASg6BHp1y/), the capture of WHO and Anthony Fauci by Bill Gates and Big Pharma exposed by the Eastern Virginia Medical School and the capture of virtually all of corporate media by those same evil elites. After all, we had learned of the lies and government involvement in all the assassinations of the '60s, the Vietnam War, Iran-Contra, April Glaspie and Desert Storm, WMD and Iraq part 2, Libya and Syria. We could accept corruption at the pinnacle of authority, but surely our own trusted physicians, with whom we had a decades long, seemingly personal relationship, would do what's best for us. Yes, of course some would be ignorant, so I read up about zinc and zinc ionophores, Dr. Zelenko, vitamins C and D. My physician had endorsed a vitamin D supplement, and about that time I tested out at 43 mg/mL. I did a bit more investigation and learned Fauci was taking 6,000 IUs/day, so I did the same.

The first inkling I had that my faith in the medical profession in general was unwarranted was when I asked my Mayo Clinic internist at the end of 2020 whether he'd be willing to prescribe either HCQ or IVM should I become ill with Covid-19. After several days delay, no doubt consulting with the hierarchy, he dodged the question and told me treatment would be up to "the treatment team." That made me uncomfortable, but the Clinic had repaired a hernia, saved me from a PE, cancer and a heart attack. I investigated telemedicine and got prophylactic IVM through that route. When 6 mos. later, I heard Dr. Ardis describe how Remdesevir and ventilators had become "standard of care," I was skeptical. Then I heard Dr. Vliet describe how difficult it had been to force Mayo to continue IVM or discharge a patient, so I investigated Mayo's website on Covid-19 and discovered they were indeed using Remdesevir. About the same time I learned that, through a "carrot and stick" approach, CMS has forced virtually all hospitals and clinics to adopt Remdesevir and ventilation, just as Dr. Ardis had said. Finding it difficult to get more IVM through telemedicine, I ordered HCQ, IVM and doxy OTC from India and started an HCQ prophylactic at the start of flu season.

I continue my journey, no longer an advocate of Medicare for All, unable to support either Democrats, Trump or most Republicans because of foreign/military policy, and Empire (whether globalist or US-centric as Trump wants). The Western system is deeply corrupt, far more corrupt than any "banana republic" at which we point our collective fingers, be it Venezuela, Nicaragua or even El Salvador. I pray for US collapse and a restoration of the values of the Founders in some small group of states or localities.

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Damn. Once again, you're putting into words what I've known and felt for years. This is amazing writing. I felt resigned and bitter about it for so many years, but now there's a critical mass of people who know it, too, so although things are worse than ever before on that front, things are better than ever before, too. That's the wonder of it all. Maybe the whole world really can rise like a phoenix from the ashes, finally?

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Before the essay switched gears - "staying home sick" is modern society's dumbo's feather, as far as I can make out. I have flaunted the advice three or four times in my working life, it's never mattered as far as workplace transmission. Sped up my recovery, as far as I can tell.

If one sick person is in contact with 10 others, do they collectively defuse the dose so that none of them get sick? Do "superspreader" events actually occur when a certain number of the other 10 were also harboring and shedding near-symptomatic levels of virus, and all tip each other over the edge? Does person-to-person transmission actually occur in the order it is observed, in most cases? How much depends on the sync between innate-immune-managed levels of replication and background environmental concentration of virus, which fluctuates with seasons/ Vitamin D? If two cohabiting individuals are harboring virus at two different rates of innate immune spread, can the one who got it second become symptomatic more quickly, and shed enough virus to "overwrite" the dominate genotype in the one who actually was infected first, going on to lead to an apparent reverse order if the virus is sequenced? Is the general rule "paying attention to a seasonal virus, altering our normal patterns of contact, leads to more seropositive cases (less innate / memory T Cell suppression) per wave"?

These all seem like obvious, intuitive possibilities. The best answer is that we don't know. We've never figured these answers out for influenza or polio and we won't resolve them for coronavirus. The advice "stay home when sick" (aside from when you're flat on your back) has no scientific basis when it comes to seasonal viruses, it's just moral signaling.

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Thank you Mathew for sharing your personal account and reflections. I sincerely hope you are back to feeling 100% soon.

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Jan 16, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

I'm glad you're feeling better. I really appreciate your work and articles. Given the difficulties with test results, why did you feature those so prominently in these two Testomonials? We've all had colds and flus with varied and miserable symptoms, most of which we have forgotten over the years because we didn't chronicle them. Now, of course, we compare each symptom to the well-known and broad list of COVID symptoms. Do we only have colds and flus now if we have symptoms but have negative test results?

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Taking ivermectin prophylactically for 7 months caused “negative” and “inconclusive” PCR test results until a positive rapid test. 5 days of Ivermectin defeated Covid with very minor symptoms. Prophylactic and early treatment with C, D3, Zinc, Quercetin, & Rhinocort (Budesonide) helped keep viral load to a minimum; no cytokine storm; and, little/no inflammation. Staying healthy; not being obese; and, not having comorbidities… surely helped. Manage your health; be proactive & use off-label meds prophylactically, and for EARLY treatment, with cooperating doctors.

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This is SO GOOD. Such a clear picture of what's going on. Baby steps is right... Any time I see someone local who begins to question the narrative, or expresses skepticism I grab them into my "information corner". Grassroots, localized progress.

https://etana.substack.com/p/team-freedom-vs-team-control-freaks

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I am beyond grateful for finding you

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I was able to start treating my Covid with Ivermectin on day 4 of symptoms. Symptom progression stopped at that point but I was still very fatigued for several days. I had already been taking some of the standard supplements like D3, Zinc, and C and supplemented with over the counter decongestants and an albuterol inhaler. I was sick just over 1 year ago, Christmas 2020, so presumably had Alpha or whatever else was around at that time. My treatment was delayed due to having to drive 70 miles to a concierge physician to get an Ivermectin prescription after being turned down by Big Health providers. I'm very late 40s and in fairly good shape with no co-morbidities. By day 10 I had resumed light activities around the house and by 15 I resumed light workouts (though was very fatigued and still with an elevated resting heart rate). I complained about this and one of my coworkers who is a similar age and also runs marathons but does not believe in early treatment said he could not walk up the stairs at 15 days without getting out of breath and could barely run a 5k at 40 days after symptoms started.

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Good point. Only fairly recently have I come across Heather and Bret, and really enjoy their podcast. Am grateful they are on board. Their naivete is palpable at times though.

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"several decades of American societal dropouts may not be aware that this isn't the first rodeo."

It's very much like talking to your kids in their teens when they always know better. On the bright side they do come to learn the value of experience, it just takes a few good knocks before they're open to listening.

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Spot on. As ever. Thank you for your inputs!

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Mathew Crawford and company,

“If they ignore you, you still win”

I understand you and your associates attached to this email are having difficulty getting some sort of official response of any kind to your concerns of the safety signals of the Covid-19 vaccines and other issues surrounding the disease and the response to it.

Now I don’t mean to give this as legal advice, so don’t take it as such, but I’ve stumbled onto a method that you all might be able to make use of to your advantage. I’ve attached several sources below that argue and claim to explain how to make use of notices and affidavits to elicit a response to your objections and concerns.

It is particularly attractive as it would give everyone, every individual concerned with a given issue with a word processor, something to do from their house.

Their argument is that with notices sent as they outline, using both federal and state constitutional articles, and if they don’t desist then sending affidavits counting as sworn testimony, that the recipient has to respond. They would have to reply point by point explaining where they have constitutional authority, or to rebut your affidavit on matters of fact, within a time limit or the notice and affidavit can be used as evidence before a grand jury, and that they ‘acquiesce’ to everything in your affidavit as true if they ignore it. If they lie in their response it counts as lying under oath.

In short, the argument is that if they ignore you completely it is as good as a confession that you are right or they are breaking the law. The catch is you have to have a solid argument with the truth. They claim to have success getting institutions to relent on a number of issues by sending these; even if they don’t openly respond or acknowledge them, the problem stops. If not they are trying to gain access to the grand juries and the courts. It is a bit more involved than just the usual petition or letter however, and you all would have to pick the addressees of these notices and affidavits.

I know that these sources might not be on your end of the political spectrum, but perhaps their particular method has merit despite your differences. Please share this with anyone who may be interested or you think would benefit from it. Including Steve Kirsch, Robert Malone, Alex Berenson, Jessica Rose, Toby Rogers, Aaron Siri, and, El Gato Malo.

YouTube Channels

- ' Affidavit Mommas ' - (This should have the most concise explanations)

“Notices, Affidavits and the Constitution”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPcimqciJA

“Notices and Affidavits (How To)/Beginning 101” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNRHk5GBVU

Other Website: https://affidavitmommas.com, they also have rumble “Affidavit Mommas 2021”, telegraph and other websites.

- ' Dave Cares for You '

He has a lot of videos and is tied to Josh Barnett below. He seems to have been the first to figure this method out, even though he doesn’t have a formal education.

“How to Destroy the OSHA Mandate with Dave Jose”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mokHd1XAR0M

Other Website: http://DaveCares.com

- ' Josh Barnett for US Congress ' - (Yes I know, this is not an endorsement)

“How to stop mandatory V’s”

https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv40bH4G3bE

Other Website: https://www.barnettforaz.com

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It appears I got struck with the omicron. Several of us from a get together came down on the same day. My sons and husband got covid back in January and I thought I had had a headache and some aches but my family had the fever, fatigue, loss of smell and apparently they got enough of it to have protection from what I have now a year later. We live in tight quarters, there's no quarantining from each other and they're all fine. I have a cough that's driving me nuts but that's all five days later. I am doing all the supplements and HCQ.

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This post is the most peace full explanation of where we find ourselves. It made me realize a few of the rodeos I've been in starting with speaking out at work about GWB's O.I.L. (Operation Iraqi Freedom lol); and a parting of the ways about freedom of speech with long time political pals who reveled in A. Jones banishment from FB. I did have to look up "iatrogenic". . .thanks for that. And regarding most of the rebellious minds like Bret Weinstein, Pierre Kory (and Paul Marik etc.), I'm thinking they only regret that they had but one career to give for their country. I am so grateful for this particular post. Thank you.

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