While everyone is going left, I’m making a hard right. Doubling down on avoiding new wave of virus.
You don’t have to subject yourself to airborne organ damage bc the gov had gaslighted everyone into oblivion.
It is dangerous, it has longterm consequences.
You don’t want it.
And if you had it, you don’t want it again. And again.
And if you get it, you want EARLY TREATMENT to avoid worst outcomes, including #LongCovid.
I will wear my N95 indoors for the foreseeable future to protect myself, as I have since 3/2020.
I was the one of few wearing a mask then, even more so now. I don’t care what anyone thinks. I know what this virus can do & don’t want it in my body.
If public was told the truth abt its dangers, there would be way less fighting abt mitigations, & much more support for them.
Until there is safe, effective prophylaxis &/ or widely available early treatment or a sterilizing vaccine, people are kidding themselves if they think things can “go back to normal.”
I pity anyone who has been led to believe this & has subsequently been put in harms way.
Worth noting: it may seem hard to find early treatment, but here is a therapeutics locator. There are plenty of monoclonal abs & still there is Paxlovid. If ur doc won’t write it, find another doc or go to urgent care. Early tx is crucial. Even if vaxxed. …rapeutics-locator-dhhs.hub.arcgis.com
You have to be resourceful. We are completely on our own here, in uncharted waters.
Do what you need to protect yourselves and loved ones. Don’t give in to peer pressure. It will pay huge dividends not to follow the wayward herd right now. I am sure of this, & pray for them.
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Once again, @nytimes pumps out an article on an important topic riddled with disinformation, bad advice & ulterior motives.🧵
UM, WHAT? No, it’s not.
In the words of former CDC Director, Robert Redfield, “it’s never *just* Lyme. It’s often 2-3 pathogens transmitted at once,” & some require different treatment than Lyme, like Babesia, which is COMMON.
Why is NYT downplaying other diseases, you ask?
The Ulterior Motive 💉
Let me spell this out. If you downplay the other, worse diseases spread by ticks that a Lyme vaccine will not prevent, people will want the Lyme vaccine (in spite of the disastrous history of the last one, which media & PH misinform the public about).
To be clear, permethrin is an insecticide— meaning it kills.
DEET, Picardin, essential oils are repellents and work poorly for ticks. (Good for mosquitoes). Ticks often crawl over them and bite on unsprayed skin. They’re diabolical bastards. Killing is 👍.
Not to be pedantic, but I don’t want anyone taking unnecessary risk. When I said “spray your shoes, it’ll last all summer,” I meant if you spray them now, they should last the rest of this summer! BUT only if you spray them on fabric shoes properly (like sneakers). If you spray rubber boots or materials that are not fabric, no guarantees. It is meant to bind tightly to fabric and that’s why it lasts for so long.
We’re off to a nightmare season already. I’ve never gotten more tick-bite-calls in May! My own dog was bitten in NYC this weekend, which is insane.
Important:
✅A LYME RASH IS DIAGNOSTIC & requires several weeks of antibiotics.
You don’t need a blood test to confirm. There is NO early blood test for Lyme.
✅ONE DOSE OF DOXY DOESN’T WORK. It only prevents a rash, further complicating diagnosis. Anyone offering you one dose of doxycycline for a bite is a fool. Demand more.
✅ TREAT THE BITE. THERE IS NO SAFE TIME FOR TICK TO BE ATTACHED as microbes can live in their saliva. Even Lyme.
✅Don’t wait for rash or symptoms. Once they start, it’s Russian Roulette. It’s a myth that treating at rash stage means lyme is easy to cure. It is not. It is very possibly widely disseminated by then and incurable. (Sorry. True.)
Specific Rx guidance in next tweet.
✅ It’s rarely ever “just Lyme!” Ticks can transmit multiple infections in one bite. Not all infections are treated with doxy. It is very important to see a Lyme doc if you’re treated early but still go on to have symptoms as you may have other infections that warrant treatment.
✅ Do not waste your time seeing ID or general med or rheumatology for Lyme. They don’t know shit unless they have a personal connection to it. See someone specifically trained in tick-borne diseases by ILADS.org (go to their site for recs) or see functional or integrative doc. Mainstream medicine knows nothing about chronic tick-borne infections. Time is of the essence when you get a bite. Don’t wait.
⭐️ Leading expert, @StevePhillipsMD, on treating early & late Lyme in my HuffPo interview w him. Save this info. Someone you love may need it. huffpost.com/entry/where-id…
@StevePhillipsMD I got former CDC Director on record (a first!) about Lyme admitting it’s rarely “just Lyme,” and that he treats (wisely) FAR beyond the standard of care. He knows the standard of care is written to protect insurers from paying for adequate treatment—- not to cure patients!