It looks like we are going to be living with coronavirus for a long time to come. We might as well get good at it. As many states including Colorado lurch toward reopening even before disease rates have come down, it is left to individual responsibility to prevent a resurgence of the virus. We will have to get used to keeping our social distance. We will have to get used to wearing masks and gloves. Preventive medicine has always been the low man on the health care totem pole and it seems we are finally forced to make prevention a part of everyday life in America. This disease isn’t going away anytime soon and so making scientifically healthy lifestyle changes has become a necessity of life not just a luxury or an afterthought the way we thought of healthy lifestyles before the deadly coronavirus outbreak. There is hope on the horizon, researchers at Oxford University may be closer to a vaccine than anyone expected.

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According to one of the Tai Chi Classics (Sun Tzi’s Art of War) and my teachers in New York City’s China Town, “When you are gettin’ your butt kicked, stay close to home and fortify your defenses.”  If you catch the COVID-19 you may be in for a rough time.  Here is the best advice we can find on how to treat yourself at home if you do get sick, and how to tell when it is time to go to the hospital.

Taking care of yourself at home

80% of COVID-19 cases are mild and require no hospitalization. Isolation at home is the recommended protocol, however, if the infection progresses to shortness of breath, immediate medical attention is advised. Supplemental oxygen and a ventilator may be needed.

Much of the current treatment protocols involve mainly supportive care, so Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was called in to provide support in China. So far, TCM is incorporated in over 90% of COVID-19 patients in China. In this article, you will find the current recommendations for caring for COVD-19 patients at home, whether it is you or a loved one. Recommendations from a western medicine perspective are also presented, along with more detailed home treatments that have been used in China.

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We are being hunted. The Coronavirus has some pretty potent strategies for finding itself new hosts to infect. It’s time for the hunted to become the hunter. They say “the best defense is a good offense” and it’s time humans began to seriously fight back. Instead of cowering in the face of Coronavirus, we need to reframe the ordeal and go on offense. Scientists know what kills the damn thing lets all go on the attack and get after it. It is easy to become overwhelmed by this pandemic it seems so unreal, but in actual reality, every person can help slow down the spread of COVID-19. By each of us doing our part, we can make a big difference to our own health, and that of others around us.

#1 Most powerful anti-corona technique is to starve the damn thing

We know that coronavirus likes to infect new hosts by being in close proximity to crowds of new hosts to infect. Social distancing is the name we give to public health measures designed to starve the virus into extinction. By denying it new victims to infect the virus will die out. This is ultimately how any infection from SARS, MERS, and even the Black Plague were eradicated, in the end, this is how we will defeat this enemy.

for more, see this bit from John’s Hopkins Medicine

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34 studies summarize – Wearing masks prevents the spread of disease

Social Responsibility begins with social distancing and continues with Community Masking

China Shipping One Million Masks to the US

White House Airlifts Medical Supplies From China in Coronavirus Fight

Officials have teamed up with medical supply companies to speed the arrival of masks, gloves, gowns and other goods.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/economy/coronavirus-china-supplies.html Do it Yourself Masks Actually Do Work

DIY masks would help a lot.

Look at Hong Kong, Mongolia, South Korea, and Taiwan, all of which have Covid-19 largely under control. They are all in close proximity to China and have extensive commercial and social ties with China. None of them have had to resort to a lockdown. China’s Wuhan province got a late start in dealing with the virus so by the time people were aware of the pandemic it was too late to stop. However once China realized what they were dealing with and once everyone did start wearing masks the numbers started to level off. The Chinese consider the masks as an important part of preventing the spread of the virus in the community. In countries, hit hard by the SARS respiratory virus outbreak in 2002 and 2003, everyone is wearing masks in public.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/28/masks-all-coronavirus/

Countries that encouraged the wearing of masks like Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan, have a flatter curve.

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We hope this finds you safe and well. As we all work on trying to survive this historic calamity we will send you the best information we can find from around the world.

Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor Noah’s Questions

In case you all have not seen this excellent Interview…Take 13 minutes and listen to the four answers.
Thank you, Trevor, for your poignant questions… and for giving Dr. Fauci an excuse to laugh. 🤪
Thank you to Dr. Fauci for helping us get through this.☯️🙏

Coronavirus self-checker v 2.0

You cannot diagnose yourself, having said that, here is an online self-checker from the CDC, you can look at these to see if it’s time to call your Doctor.

In order to improve upon the CDC’s Coronavirus self-checker, the CDC has teamed up with Apple Computer to create an online Self-Screening tool that people can use.

See the Website @ https://www.apple.com/covid19/

Navigating Challenging Times with Scientifically Sound Resources

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