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The background from Blaze News:

A Kathleen Davies, a 63-year-old northern Virginia woman, became severely ill with COVID in October, and she has been on a ventilator since Nov. 3.

Davies was prescribed ivermectin by her family doctor, but she could not complete her regime upon being admitted to the Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. That’s because the northern Virginia hospital refused to administer the drug, “citing medical, legal and practical concerns,” the Fauquier Times reported. This is the beginning of the INSANITY!

Davies’ son, Christopher — who works at the hospital as a radiologist technician — urged the hospital to administer the drug as his mother’s health declined and all other medical treatments had been exhausted. But the hospital continued to refuse.

(Let’s first look at this hospital’s intractable stubbornness. Is Fauquier Hospital looking out for the best interests of a very sick patient or are they playing their callow version of “it’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to?”

First off, Ivermectin had already been started. The adult levelheaded approach here would have been to continue the treatment that Kathleen Davies had already started prior to her admission. A treatment that had been begun by her outpatient physician. If the patient was going to have some disastrous anaphylactic reaction to Ivermectin, she would have already had it. INSANITY!)

After over a month in the hospital on a ventilator, finally on Dec. 6, the Davies family took legal action to compel Fauquier Hospital to administer ivermectin. Just one day later, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Jim Fisher agreed with the Davies family and ordered the hospital to administer the drug in compliance with the family’s wishes. Shockingly, the hospital ignored the order. INSANITY!

(Prior to this nonsense, I would have thought that the hospital and its patients would have similar goals for a variety of different reasons. But au contraire!)

“They believe it’s a fight between the rights of the hospital and the rights of citizens. They feel their rights trump her rights,” Christopher Davies told the Fauquier Times.

The hospital claimed because none of its doctors “believe Ivermectin is in Ms. Davies’s best interests and all have refused to prescribe” and because Kathleen’s doctor — Dr. Martha Maturi — did not have privileges to practice medicine at Fauquier Hospital, it could continue to ignore the court order. INSANITY!

(At this point, it appeared that this had become a matter of obstinateness on behalf of the hospital and its doctors. There were some unsubstantiated rumors that the chant, “the hell with the patient!” was heard in the hospital’s halls – supposedly coming from the ICU, from the Doctor’s Lounge, and the hospital administrators office?”

Again here there could been a relatively simple common sense solution … namely, give Dr. Maturi temporary privileges so that she could prescribe and if necessary give Ivermectin to her patient.)

But on Dec. 9, Fisher ruled that such a refusal policy is not state law and again ordered the hospital to permit the administration of the drug in compliance with the family’s wishes. Importantly, Fisher did not rule on the medical merits of ivermectin as effective treatment for COVID-19. But with all other treatment options exhausted, Fisher clearly sided with the family.

Still, the hospital refused to allow Maturi to administer ivermectin. And in a court filing on 12/13/21, the hospital began raising objections to Maturi’s medical qualifications and requested that she testify under oath.(At this point Fauquier hospital had clearly gone off its hinges!)

In a ruling on 12/13/21, Fisher held the Fauquier hospital in contempt of court, ordered the administration of ivermectin, and imposed daily $10,000 fines retroactive to Dec. 9.

Fisher held the hospital in contempt for “needlessly interposing requirements that stand in the way of the patient’s desired physician administering investigational drugs as part of the Health Care Decisions Act and the federal and state Right to Try Acts.”

Judge Fisher gave the hospital until 9 p.m. on 12/13, to administer ivermectin, or he would levy additional fines.

Kathleen Davies was given ivermectin at 8:45 p.m!!!(Now if it turns out that Ivermectin helps Kathleen Davies, good for the patient, and good for Ivermectin. If doesn’t help at this late stage of her illness, I can only wonder what might have been. Either way, my question would be …”was the falderal of all this ‘ Ivermectin I.C.U. INSANITY’ by the hospital really necessary?”)

12/15/21

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On yahoo!news, I just read an article that was originally printed in The Telegraph (London) on 12/1/21. This particular article drew my attention because it suggests that a number of things being done to fight Covid could be “folly.”

The subject of the article, Dr. Elad Maor, now has the omicron variant of Covid. He is a forty-seven year old cardiologist from Israel who just returned home after a short trip to London where he attended a large medical conference (1250 attendees). From the info in The Telegraph, Dr. Maor arrived in London on 11/19, spent four nights at a hotel, attended the  medical conference for three days, and returned home on 11/23.

In his own words he wore a mask the entire time while in London, except while attending the medical meetings and while eating. He thinks he contracted the virus in London, and is suspicious that he picked up the virus because many of those in London were not wearing their masks properly.

What is interesting to me is that his stringent mask-wearing obviously did not protect him … ? folly #1.

Dr. Maor was triple vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech … two shots and a booster. Obviously the vaccine plus the booster did not protect him  from Covid … ? folly #2. (In fairness, since he is apparently feeling better, the vaccines possibly did prevent him from becoming seriously ill.)

The third possible Covid folly has to do with testing. Dr. Maor was tested on 11/20 in London. He was again tested before flying home, and he had a third negative test on arrival in Israel on 11/23. He subsequently felt ill on 11/27, and had a positive test that day. If indeed, he caught Covid while in London, how is it that his Covid test was negative both before his flight back home and again after he arrived in Tel Aviv?

Could it be that instead of his blaming his Covid on non-mask wearers on the London tube, that he actually contracted Covid after he returned home to Israel? If the latter were actually the case, then the ? follies would actually be pseudo-follies. I guess we will soon know if he actually contracted Covid while in London, as there could possibly be a lot of British cardiologists (60% of 1250) soon in quarantine!

12/14/21

As is seemingly happening more often than not, today, by serendipity, I read three articles that at first glance seem to have no relationship to each other. However, after mulling it over for a minute or so, it dawned on me that these days much of the news is connected by “woke-ness.” 

“Math Professors Outraged as California Seeks to Downgrade Math in the Name of Social Justice”

Anybody with half a brain should be able to realize the multiple downsides to this absurdity. In an attempt to make some kids feel better about themselves, the Democrats in California want to completely eliminate the more difficult and challenging high school math classes. This way California students, predominantly those sociologically disadvantaged will never succeed in STEM careers because they will not be prepared to handle the rigors of college math. Why do I single out “those sociologically disadvantaged?” Simple. The more affluent will move their kids from public schools to private schools, where those who want to be challenged, can be. Likewise, affluent kids who want to learn more advanced math can do so in extra after school to tutoring, e.g. Russian math.

“Chicago Public Schools Now Allow Boys to Use Girls Bathroom”

From RedState:

From now on, all kids in Chicago Public Schools can use the restroom that makes them most comfortable.

“On top of ensuring that each of our schools is a safe learning environment, we’re also taking steps to create more inclusive and supportive schools. One change that will be implemented this school year relates to our school bathrooms.”

The new signs will trumpet “Girls+” and “Boys+” while stating, “All who feel comfortable are welcome to use this restroom.”

Anybody with half a brain should be able to realize the multiple downsides to this absurdity. First of all, it’s only a matter of time before something horrific happens in one of these inclusive bathrooms, and the very high likelihood is that the victim will be a girl. When that happens, from my perspective, there is nothing that will then be able to wash the blood off the hands of these all-inclusive maladjusted cretins who thought that this was a good idea.

The second absurdity has to do with the “all feeling comfortable” nonsense. While a few may feel comfortable, many will feel uncomfortable with those from the opposite sex peering over their shoulder.

“Transgender college swimmer who swam as a man for 3 years now crushing the competition at women’s meets.”

After three years of competing as a male, a transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania switched to competing as a female and is now dominating the competition.

Senior swimmer Lia Thomas, formerly known as Will Thomas, reportedly broke multiple school and conference records during a Nov. 20 swim meet against Cornell University and Princeton University.

According to SwimSwam, Thomas “blasted the number one 200 free time and the second-fastest 500 free time in the nation on Saturday, breaking Penn program records in both events.” The swimming blog later noted that Thomas’s times in both races marked new Ivy League records, as well.

Now let me get this straight … a mediocre college male swimmer couldn’t cut the mustard as a male swimmer, so after a Covid respite, he/she is swimming as a female and setting college records. 

Anybody with half a brain should be able to realize the multiple downsides to this absurdity.

Who is supposed to be happy about this? … “Lia!”

Who does this benefit? … “Only self-serving Lia.”

Who is getting the shaft? … All of the true women on the U. Penn swim team. All of the true women on other Ivy League teams that have the misfortune to compete against U. Penn. Indirectly all of the true women who participate in competitive college swimming, and potentially all of the true women that participate in any collegiate sport. And finally any true woman/girl who competes in any sport at any age. All of this because one misguided male wants to show off. If he/she wants to switch sexes, so be it! But to have his “I am a girl,” affect a myriad of young girls/women is nonsensical bordering on laughable!

And BTW where are all the feminists who should be speaking out against this foolishness … “I can’t hear you!”

12/13/21

Since today is Sunday, my piece will again be about an individual who is noteworthy in a good way … someone that deserves our respect and praise.

Who is Derrick Wilburn?

He  is a young-middle aged black gentleman who spoke at a Colorado School Board meeting on 8/12/21. I chose him for my weekly salute to an individual, not because he is black, but rather because of what he said. I do not know anything about Mr. Wilburn other than I assume that he lives in the Colorado Springs area and has three children. At the beginning of this meeting, before Mr. Wilburn spoke, the School Board chairman said, “If you agree with what is being said, please standup, so that the Board can get a consensus of what the feelings and opinions of the audience are.”

There is no way that I can repeat all of what Derrick Wilburn said, so 

a few of his quotes will have to suffice:

“I am a direct descendent of the North American slave trade.”

“I am not oppressed, and I am not a victim. I go wherever I want, whenever I want.”

“I have three children. They are not oppressed either, although they are victims of three things … their own ignorance, their own laziness, and their own poor decision making. That is all!”

“Putting CRT into our classrooms is fanning the flames of what embers of racism still exist. Let racism die the death it deserves.”

Gradually as Mr. Wilburn was speaking individuals in the room started to stand, and at the end of his speech the entire room of attendees, save one person, was standing. Furthermore,one of the five school board members was also standing. 

Derrick Wilburn is spot on.

12/12/21

 “Life is always full of tough choices.”

That was the response of John Kerry, our climate czar, on 9/21/21, when Bloomberg asked about the Biden administration’s lack of focus on the Uyghur genocide In China. Apparently when it comes to global warming and stopping what is amounting to genocide in China, the Biden administration is looking to focus on global warming.

“Life is always full of tough choices” is indeed a despicable answer from a character that could have been President. Imagine if back in 2004, the people of the US had made the wrong choice. Thank God, George W. Bush was elected. Now granted George W. Bush wasn’t perfect, but OMG, what if John “Life is always full of tough choices” Kerry had been elected. 

However, giving Kerry the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he heard this same profound statement in the White House prior to Joe Biden’s disastrous exit from Afghanistan that resulted in the deaths of multiple American military personnel. 

But I am getting distracted. Back to China, the U.S, and the Uyghurs.

On 12/8/21, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 428-1 in favor of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Way to go … apparently not a tough choice. (Note that if John Kerry was a member of the House, there would have probably been one abstain-vote … tough choice, etc. … oops, I strayed again.)

It’s interesting that Nancy Pelosi has made a tough choice of her own as she did not send the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act over to the Senate.

From Marco Rubio (R,FL) on 12/9/21:

“Yesterday the House passed their version of my bill to take on Uyghur slave labor in #China 425 to 1. But now Pelosi is blocking it from being sent to the Senate. The White House & corporate interests who opposes our bill aren’t going to give up that easy.”

Sen. Rubio has been involved in raising awareness and passing legislation addressing the plight of the Uyghurs for years now, highlighting concerns regarding the lack of a proper response from the Biden administration in handling these human rights abuses from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 

Sen. Rubio continued:

“The Trump Administration rightly determined that Beijing’s heinous acts against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities constitute crimes against humanity and genocide. It is now the time for Congress to pass meaningful legislation such as my Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to ensure the CCP does not profit from its abuses”

[Then-President Donald Trump signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (S.3744) into law in 2020, which Rubio first introduced in 2018 with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).]

Whether you liked Trump or not, no one can argue that President Trump shied away from tough choices.

12/11/21

Again two random stories from the “other news,” aka stories you will not read about in the MSM. 

First, the “Meet”, or perhaps better to say, “the challenge to Meet.”Remember back when shortly after B.O. was in the White House in 2009, he organized the so-called “beer summit,” which involved Vice President Joe Biden, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley, and President Obama. At that time President Obama apparently thought the best way to smooth out the kerfuffle about Professor Gates’s arrest, was to get the interested parties together to meet and smooth things out. 

Joe Biden has experience with this sort of “let’s talk it out” meeting, as he was there back in 2009, and he has a chance to smooth out the kerfuffle between himself and Kyle Rittenhouse. 

In a recent interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, the 18-year-old said that the president ought to fully educate himself before offering opinions on something he apparently doesn’t understand.

“Mr. President, if I could say one thing to you, I would urge you to go back and watch the trial and understand the facts before you make a statement,” he said during a post-trial interview. “It’s actual malice, defaming my character, for him to say something like that.”

As many recall as a presidential candidate, Biden implied that Rittenhouse was a white supremacist, and Kyle Rittenhouse wants to have a summit to give Joe Biden a chance to walk back his maligning comments.

During an interview with Steven Crowder on “Louder with Crowder,” Rittenhouse said, “Mr. President, I hope you see this. … I’d have a sit-down and I’ll explain the facts to you so you can understand them.”

“If he reached out, I’d be happy to tell him my side of the story of what happened,” he added.

Well, there you have it. The gauntlet has been laid down. Another chance for Joe Biden to bring the country together. The odds-makers are laying 6-1 it never happens. However due to the fact that there would not be a teleprompter at Biden-Rittenhouse summit, I would place the odds at at least 1000-1!

The “No Meet,” story is actually quite short and simple.

The President of Guatemala says White House hasn’t talked to him about migrant crisis since June. The admission severely undermines the claims of the administration that Harris has been putting all her efforts into addressing the root causes of the illegal immigration crisis in Latin America … Yes, that’s  our B.P., “Kamala-No Meet-Harris!”

(BTW: When asked whether the Biden administration had dealt with illegal immigration better than the Trump administration had, President Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala answered that he had been in regular contact with the Trump administration.)

Hmmm!

12/10/21

“That’s anecdotal!”

“One case means nothing.”

“It could have happened by chance.”

These are the sort of typical comments I hear whenever I mention an apparent Ivermectin success story. 

Is each single case of what appears to be an Ivermectin Covid success, anecdotal? Off course! However, whereas a single case is always anecdotal, at what point does a number of individual cases add up and become non-anecdotal? 

This weekend I read about another Ivermectin-Covid success … another testimonial. This was from one of my favorite columnists, Wayne, Allyn Root, and was titled:

“How I Beat COVID-19 in 48 Hours with Ivermectin, Just Like Joe Rogan and NFL Quarterback Aaron Rodgers”

The following are a few snippets from that column:

“I caught COVID-19 for the first time a few weeks ago.

I beat COVID-19 in 48 hours with ivermectin and massive doses of vitamins — including intravenous vitamin C.”

“Ivermectin made my COVID-19 bout so mild, I never missed a day of work. Yes, I hosted my three-hour national radio show every day, with COVID-19 — and no one noticed.”

I can almost hear some saying, “Okay,okay. Another right wing nut job.” However to that response, I have to ask, “Why?” What does Wayne Allyn Root have to gain by publicizing his Covid experience? And furthermore, why is the use of Ivermectin political in the first place?

When you read about Ivermectin in the typical liberal newspapers, ( eg Washington Post or The Guardian from London) somewhere in the article, if not in the headline, there is the comment or the description of Ivermectin as a “horse dewormer.” And what subtly follows, “What rational human would ever take a “horse dewormer?” (The FDA went as far as tweeting out a reminder on August 21, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.”) If there is such a thing as an ad hoc attack on a neutral thing, that is it.

However, I must point out that individuals only resort to Ivermectin paste, which is indeed a formulation made for animals, because Ivermectin in tablet form is unavailable to ordinary people. Why is Ivermectin not available with a prescription, or in fact OTC? (“If it is available OTC, someone might take too many, and that could be dangerous.” Nonsense, someone could take too much aspirin, but it is still OTC.)

The facts are that Ivermectin has a demonstrable safety record (used in Africa in over 3 Billion people), and it is cheap. Is it effective in Covid? At this point the honest answer has to be “we do not know.” Nonetheless, as the testimonial reports of its success pile up, my advice is for everyone to do what is necessary to get one’s own private supply of Ivermectin tabs. However, once you have it … hide it, as the feds might instigate search warrant searches for contraband Ivermectin at any time! And BTW be extra stealthy if you have ever attended a school board meeting.

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12/9/21

A bill, sponsored by Councilman Ydanis Rodríguez of NYC would allow hundreds of thousands of non-citizens to participate in local elections by expanding eligibility to vote for elected posts in the five boroughs to green card holders and recipients of deferred action.

From the NY Post:

The measure — supported by a veto-proof majority of the Council and set for a vote on Dec. 9 — would not allow non-citizens to head to the polls in federal or state elections.

The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has said that nearly 800,000 New Yorkers would be covered under the legislation, including 622,000 green card holders.

“I feel that it is time, in 2021, that we as a city move forward being a role model to the whole nation. People pay taxes, people should have the right to decide who are the mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president, council member,” he said. “This bill will give the dignity and respect to those individuals … that we have a voice, to ask for more attention to improve safety in their community.”

I say, “Go for it, señor Ydanis! It’s about time that the issue of voting by non-citizens is brought out into the open, and New York City is the perfect place to start.”

Why do I advocate for this loonie-tunes leftist nonsense? Follow my logic!

The country needs to announce to all of its non-English speaking residents that they cannot legally vote, and the best way to publicize this is by bringing this issue into the forefront. It is likely that this bill will pass in NYC. Then for sure legal challenges will occur, and this issue will eventually make it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. During its trip up the legal ladder, it will be headline news on the hundreds of local Spanish newspapers. Ergo, none of the Spanish-speaking illegals will be able to say, “No se,” (“I no know.”) when they are arrested for voting illegally.

Remember, in any election, whether it be local, statewide, or national, every vote by a non-citizen potentially, and often realistically cancels the vote of a legal citizen.

12/8/21

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This is now my fourth piece highlighting the successful use of Ivermectin to treat Covid on four different continents. When I initially read and subsequently wrote about the successful use of Ivermectin in Japan, I thought that would be the end of it. However, the more I looked, the more I discovered that Ivermectin-success-stories were not limited to Japan. The African continent and Chiapas, Mexico were the next locales that I wrote about as in each of these places Ivermectin usage seemed to be a key factor in reducing the morbidity and mortality from Covid. Impressive graphs and statistics documented the success of Ivermectin in both places. 

Recalling the famous movie line, “If you build it, they will come,” I thought perhaps, “If I look, I will find.” One thing led to another and lo-and-behold, I came upon another success story … Ivermectin in Peru. 

The following is from COVID-19 critical care (easily accessible on the internet):

“Real-World Evidence: The Case of Peru

Causality between Ivermectin and COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate”

October 2020 / Juan Chamie

(Because this article is very long with multiple detailed graphics from eight different states in the country of Peru, I have taken the liberty of copying only the Introduction and the conclusion. I will point out that the data from the state of Lima looks less impressive than the data from the other seven states of Loreto, Ucayali, Puira, Tumbes, La Libertad, Arequipa, Moquegua, and Cusco.)

Introduction:

“In Peru, the widespread use of Ivermectin as a frontline treatment for COVID-19 has provoked a great deal of controversy. This South American country has been a pivotal point of reference regarding the use of Ivermectin, a repurposed, antiparasitic medication. The Peruvian government approved the use of Ivermectin, by decree, on May 8, 2020. The new Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, ratified the dispensing of Ivermectin, despite receiving numerous requests to suspend it in September, 2020. These measures have aroused criticism among the scientific community. They believe RCTs (Randomized Clinical Trials) are necessary to prove it’s effectiveness against COVID-19 before distribution, overlooking the serious death toll in Peru, one of the world’s highest from COVID-19.”

Conclusion:

“In these eight Peruvian State analyses, Ivermectin distributions preceded sound reductions in excess deaths and case fatality rate (CFR). The variation in the number of detected cases nor the vulnerable population decrease can explain this reduction. Other possible explanations, such as cross-immunity with dengue, or mere causality, have been discarded due to their lack of consistency in this study.

Treatment with ivermectin is the most reasonable explanation for the decrease in number of deaths and fatality rate in Peru. Its implementation in public policies is a highly effective measure to reduce the excess deaths and IFR of COVID-19.”

At this point I realize that most of you are tired of hearing about Ivermectin. Granted as a retired M.D. I have never prescribed Ivermectin. However, just because I have never prescribed any chemotherapy doesn’t preclude my knowing that chemotherapy works, as I can look at the data and reach a conclusion. Similarly with Ivermectin, look at the data and draw your own conclusion.

12/7/21

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“Why do you do what you do to me?” 

There are multiple songs by individuals and groups that have lyrics very similar to this … e.g. Freddie and the Dreamers/ Kaiser Chiefs, etc. However, this morning after reading some of the news, I found myself asking a similar question to Joe Biden.

“Why, Mr. President, are you doing what you are doing to the American people? Are you purposely trying to damage America?” Now I realize that the initial reaction to that statement will be met by incredulity, but let’s just delve into it a little further.

One of his initial actions was to shut down the Keystone Pipeline. What would a rational person expect to happen following this? To me the answer is increasing prices for energy. Sure enough, gas prices are skyrocketing with no sign of relief. God forbid that this winter is a cold winter because the cost to heat our homes this winter will also skyrocket. How many poor Americans will freeze to death this winter? Again only a dunderhead would not expect fuel costs to accelerate following the closing of pipelines and the restrictions on drilling that Joe has put on federal lands. Now either he is a dunderhead or he isn’t, and if he isn’t, then he’s doing it on purpose.

Let’s look at inflation next. Any rational person would understand that the last thing to do when inflation is problematic, is to put the country into further debt by borrowing more. So what are Joe and his fellow Democrats doing? … They are proposing spending umpteen trillion for their pet projects. Will that cause inflation to get worse? Obviously, the answer is ‘yes’ which leads me to ask, “Is he doing it on purpose? Why?

Why would someone purposely encourage inflation? 

The latest issue which also begs the question of ‘is he purposely trying to bring down America,’ is Biden’s latest proposal that on 1/22/22, he will require truck drivers crossing into U.S. to be vaccinated. What would a rational person expect to happen after that? Supply chains to further bog down? Store shelves to remain empty? “Yes” and “yes.” While he didn’t require illegals crossing our southern border to be vaccinated, he is going to require truckers to be vaccinated. Why? Is he doing it on purpose?

Whereas space limitations preclude me from further elaborating on this issue, perhaps whenever Brandon, (err, I mean Biden) chooses to do something, we Americans should ask, “Is he trying to bring down America, and is he doing it on purpose?”

12/6/21

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