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CORONAVIRUS FLU COVID-19

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Lawrenceville, NJ (Dr Charles Simone) – –

Feb 14, 2021 – People who have COVID-19 disease and are obese or are older exhale three times more respiratory droplets that spread the infection. This occurs even among those with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 (Proceedings Natl Acad Sci    https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021830118). 

June 3, 2020 – Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine Published Flawed Studies

Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine Published Flawed Studies about Covid-19 patients indicating that certain heart medicines (ACE inhibitors and ARBs) are safe and that hydroxychloroquine is not safe.  These conclusions are erroneous.  

The data for these articles were supplied by Surgisphere, a little known health analytics company with 3 employees who have little or no scientific background – one is an adult model/events hostess, one is a science fiction author, and the third is the chief executive, Sapan Desai, who is a co-author on both studies.  Surgisphere has fewer than 170 followers on Twitter with no posts between October 2017 and March 2020.  This should have raised a red flag for both journals but it did not.  Both journals issued an “Expression of Concern” pending investigation. Finally, both articles were retracted on June 6, 2020. 

On May 1, 2020 the New England Journal of Medicine published a peer-reviewed study involving 8900 patients with Covid-19 in 169 hospitals in Asia, Europe, and North American showing no increased risk of in-hospital death with the use of ACE inhibitors or ARBs.

On May 22, 2020 the Lancet published a peer-reviewed study of 96,000 patients with Covid-19, admitted to 671 hospitals around the world showing hydroxychloroquine caused a higher death rate and increased heart problems.  Because of these negative findings, the World Health Organization stopped their hydroxchloroquine study. 

Big red flag: How could a three person company gather all that data in a few weeks from around the world involving tens of thousands of patients from 840 hospitals with different languages and coding systems, regulatory and ethical practices of every country? This alone should have prevented these peer-reviewed prestigious journals from even looking at these papers, let alone publishing them; not to mention the other authors who put their names on the papers just to have another paper on their curriculum vitae.

I have written that patients should speak with their physician about switching from an ACE inhibitor or ARB to a vasodilating beta blocker and/or calcium channel blocker to control their blood pressure because ACE inhibitors and ARBs increase the Covid-19 receptors on human cells and thereby allow infection.

DRUGS INCREASE RISK FOR SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) INFECTION  https://bit.ly/2J1YJW6

And the Center for Disease Control and Prevention published a paper entitled “Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread.”

COVID-19 BIOWEAPON  https://bit.ly/3eI11bK

May 7, 2020 – 66% of New York state coronavirus hospitalizations are people staying at HOME and NOT essential workers – which begs question: Does lockdown even work? (DailyMail.com)

April 10, 2020  SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) HAS MUTATED 160 TIMES

Coronaviruses are RNA viruses and mutate often when they replicate quickly.  A vaccine is made to a specific strain and therefore will be progressively less effective with each succeeding mutation of the virus. 

Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes – phylogenetic network of 160 largely complete SARS-Cov-2
genomes://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2020/04/07/2004999117.full.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1Z6W96w_-U5UZ9NtFkiddWPEmZTC1FXDwmFGK-xslIvRKQGzruzPjvCyA

April 9, 2020  ARE VENTILATORS OVERUSED?

Some critical care physicians say that putting coronavirus patients on ventilators could be of little benefit to many and even harmful to some because their breathing muscles work well without the need for high pressure mechanical ventilation that can harm lungs. These coronavirus patients have extremely low blood oxygen levels but do not gasp for air, or have fast heart rates, or brain dysfunction. Therefore, some of these patients could be treated with noninvasive respiratory support like nasal cannula, or breathing masks used for sleep apnea (CPAP) or bilevel positive airway pressure ventilators (BiPAP). Oxygen is delivered through the nose, or via a tube into a face mask without the need for intubation and sedation. 

Usually the decision to put patients on a ventilator is the level of blood oxygen. Physicians have been intubating these patients when their blood oxygen levels are in their 70s or lower.  The Chinese have indicated that early intubation will save critical organs and patients from dying.  But Greg Martin, a critical care physician at Emory University School of Medicine and president-elect of the Society of Critical Care Medicine said that most hospitals are using simpler, noninvasive strategies first – nasal cannulas (two-prongs in the nose), CPAP, and BiPAP.  Then a ventilator is used if the oxygen level is too low or the oxygen level does not respond, and/or if the patient’s breathing muscles get too weak.

 

A critical care physician, Dr Cameron Kyle-Sidell at a New York City hospital has said that because U.S. physicians had never seen Covid-19 before February, they are basing clinical decisions on conditions that may not be good guides. This may be an entirely new disease making ventilator protocols developed for other conditions less than ideal. 

 

April 8, 2020  HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES ARE THE LEADING COMORBIDITIES AMONG COVID-19 DEATHS IN NEW YORK

SPEAK WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR DRUGS THAT MAY INCREASE YOUR RISK FOR COVID-19. 

The Cardiology Societies should re-examine their opinion. 

March 5, 2020  COVID-19 HAS ALREADY MUTATED

According to scientists in China and published in the National Science Review, coronavirus COVID-19 in China after only a few months has already mutated to a second strain.  The two strains are the S type (30%) and the more aggressive L type (70%).  Coronaviruses are RNA viruses and mutate often when they replicate quickly.  When I was interviewed on NewsMaxTV I explained that a vaccine is made to a specific strain and therefore will be progressively less effective with each succeeding mutation of the virus. 

 


 

 

January 24, 2020 Second Interview: Dr Simone discusses How to Prevent the Flu

 

CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 HAS ALREADY MUTATED 

March 5, 2020 – According to scientists in China and published in the National Science Review, coronavirus COVID-19 in China after only a few months has already mutated to a second strain.  The two strains are the S type (30%) and the more aggressive L type (70%).  Coronaviruses are RNA viruses and mutate often when they replicate quickly.  When I was interviewed on NewsMaxTV I explained that a vaccine is made to a specific strain and therefore will be progressively less effective with each succeeding mutation of the virus. 

We do not diagnose disease or recommend a dietary supplement for the treatment of disease. Share this information with your physician who can determine what nutrition, disease and injury treatment regimen is best for you.

ACE INHIBITORS, ARBs, IBUPROFEN, THIAZOLIDINEDIONES AND DIABETES MAY CONFER HIGHER RISK FOR COVID-19

 

Lawrenceville, NJ (Dr Charles Simone) – It is known that coronaviruses (SARS-CoV – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and SARS-CoV-2) bind to target cells via its host receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) [1]. 

COVID-19 coronavirus attaches and binds to their target cells through ACE2 protein sites on cells of the lung, intestine, kidney, and blood vessels [1]. 

ACE2 receptor sites are increased [2] by :

Ibuprofen,

Anti-hypertension medicines like

ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors, and

ARBs (angiotensin II type-I receptor blockers),

Thiazolidinediones (used to treat diabetes), and

Having diabetes type 1 and type 2

Having COPD

Smoking

The most frequent comorbidities (cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease) reported so far of patients with COVID-19 are usually treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, although this was not indicated in the studies. 

This higher amount of ACE2 will increase infection with COVID-19 and consequently can increase the risk for severe and fatal COVID-19.

Antihypertensive calcium channel blockers do not increase ACE2 and therefore could be an alternate drug. [3].

SPEAK WITH YOUR PRESCRIBING PHYSICIAN

Examples of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitor

  • Benazepril (Lotensin, Lotensin Hct), 

  • Captopril (Capoten),

  • Enalapril (Vasotec),

  • Fosinopril (Monopril),

  • Lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril),

  • Moexipril (Univasc)

  • Perindopril (Aceon),

  • Quinapril (Accupril),

  • Ramipril (Altace), 

  • Trandolapril (Mavik).

Examples of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs) include:

  • Azilsartan (Edarbi)

  • Candesartan (Atacand)

  • Eprosartan

  • Irbesartan (Avapro)

  • Losartan (Cozaar)

  • Olmesartan (Benicar)

  • Telmisartan (Micardis)

  • Valsartan (Diovan)

Examples of Thiazolidinediones include:

  • Rosiglitazone (Avandia)

  • Pioglitazone (Actos)

Examples of calcium channel blockers include:

  • Norvasc (amlodipine)

  • Plendil (felodipine)

  • DynaCirc (isradipine)

  • Cardene (nicardipine)

  • Procardia XL, Adalat (nifedipine)

  • Cardizem, Dilacor, Tiazac, Diltia XL (diltiazem)

  • Sular (Nisoldipine)

  • Isoptin, Calan, Verelan, Covera-HS (verapamil) 

[1] Wan Y et al. Receptor recognition by novel coronavirus from Wuhan: An analysis based on decade-long structural studies of SARS. J Virology. 2020; (published online Jan 29). DOI:10.1128/JVI.00127-20

[2] Li XC et al. The vasoprotective axes of the renin-angiotensin system: physiological relevance and therapeutic implications in cardiovascular, hypertensive and kidney diseases. Pharmacol Res. 2017; 12521-38

[3] Fang L, et al. Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Lancet Respiratory Medicine.3-20

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We do not diagnose disease or recommend a dietary supplement for the treatment of disease. You should share this information with your physician who can determine what nutrition and disease treatment regimen is best for you. 

ENHANCE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM to Decrease Your Risk of Infection 

Nutrition – Maintain an ideal weight. No four legged animals, shellfish, or dairy products unless they are skim or non-fat. Poultry cooked without the skin. Swimming fish. Fruits and vegetables.  Supplement your diet with certain nutrients in the proper doses, chemical form, and correct ratio of one to another. Take high doses of antioxidants (the carotenes, vitamins C and E, selenium, cysteine, copper, zinc, bioflavonoids), the B vitamins, and calcium with its enhancers: magnesium, potassium bicarbonate, boron, L-lysine, silicon, threonine.              

Simone Antioxidant – Nutrient Supplementation

Carotene               30 mg                    Selenium              200 mcg 

Lutein                    20 mcg                  Copper                  3 mg       

Lycopene              20 mcg                  Zinc                       30 mg

Vitamin A              5500 IU                  Iodine                     150 mcg

Vitamin D              400 IU                    Bioflavonoids       10 mg

Vitamin E             400 IU                    Chromium              125 mcg

Vitamin C             350 mg                   Manganese             2.5 mg

Folic Acid              400 mcg                Molybdenum         50 mg

All B Vitamins                                      L-Cysteine            20 mg

Tobacco – Do not smoke, chew, snuff, or inhale other people’s smoke

Alcohol – less than 2 drinks per week

Walking – briskly for 20 minutes four times a week.

Modify stress

 

WASH HANDS AND FACE often with soap. Droplets laden with viruses from people who speak to you travel at least three feet from their mouths. Keep your distance and don’t shake hands.  Soap and water is the best.  The next best recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol and not an alcohol-free hand sanitizer that contains benzalkonium chloride because it may merely reduce the growth of germs rather than kill them.

DROPLET OR AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS RELEASED FROM VARIOUS ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY APPROXIMATE PARTICLE COUNT

Sneezing 40,000 Per sneeze

Bowel evacuation 20,000 Per event

Vomiting 1,000 Per event

Coughing 710 Per cough

Talking 36 Per 100 words

Coughing is more common than Sneezing

DECREASE MUCUS PRODUCTION AND MEMBRANE SWELLING by avoiding: Dairy products, citrus, dust mites, air flight, low pressure barometric pressure (rain, snow, overcast weather).  Pre-menses swells membranes. 

Dust mites live in mattresses, pillows, sheets, blankets, rugs, window dressings, etc.  They wait for warm moist bodies – you – and come out by the hundreds of thousands on you, defecate and this causes the allergic reaction that swells sinus exit ports. Use hot water to wash.  Cover your mattress and pillows with dust mite covers.

BLEACH – Diluted bleach decontaminates skin and inanimate objects. Viruses generally die on inanimate objects after 12 hours.

Make diluted bleach solution (0.5%) to decontaminate skin from chemicals or biologicals. Even anthrax spores, the most stable of all biologicals, are killed by this solution.  Leave this diluted bleach on the skin for about 10-15 minutes.  Make this solution by mixing 1 part undiluted bleach from the bottle with 9 parts of water (bleach from the bottle is 5.25%).  Make a new solution every day you need it.  Avoid eye contact.

SINUS HYGIENE – Keep sinus exit ports open with:

Steam (10 min every 6 hours),

Oxymetazoline nasal spray that has antiviral effects (over-the-counter https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2500/ajra.2010.24.3491),

Salt water nasal flushes have antiviral effects (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37703-3),

Hydration.

SINUS HYGIENE SINUSITIS https://bit.ly/3aiBUsS

Flush your nose with a nasal saline spray to promote mucus flow so that viruses and bacteria can’t lodge.  Insert the spray tip in the nostrils perpendicular to the face and direct it toward the ears to get the spray to the exit ports to open them.

Using a syringe bulb, flushes with specific concentrations of over-the-counter Iodine (two teaspoons in 6 ounces of water), or Hydrogen Peroxide, or even very dilute Bleach (several drops in 6 ounces of water) can be used in the same manner as nasal saline. All these flushes are particularly useful if you have been in a crowd or in a high traffic and poorly ventilated public restroom.

Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Oro-Nasal Spray: An Effective Shield for COVID-19 Protection for Health Care Worker (HCW), for all  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8026810/
Effect of 1% Povidone Iodine Mouthwash/Gargle, Nasal
and Eye Drop in COVID-19 patient  file:///C:/Users/mail/Downloads/176-Article%20Text-335-2-10-20210102.pdf

The American Dental Association Council on Dental Therapeutics has designated 0.1% sodium hypochlorite a ‘mild antiseptic mouth rinse’ and suggested its use for direct application to mucous membranes. Dilute sodium hypochlorite has no contraindications. Its high degree of safety permits frequent and broad usage by both dentists and patients.

Effects of 0.05% sodium hypochlorite oral rinse on supragingival biofilm and gingival inflammation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020653920332937
Sodium hypochlorite (dilute chlorine bleach) oral rinse in patient self-care

 

Use steam with Eucalyptus oil – boil about an inch of water in a quart size pot, take it away from the stove, add about 10 drops of Eucalyptus oil, and inhale over the pot with a towel over your head for about ten minutes four to five times a day. You may use an over-the-counter Oxymetazoline nasal spray (not a banned substance) as directed. You can add a prescription steroid nasal spray to keep inflammation down but this requires a Therapeutic Use Exemption approval during sports competitions. Insert the spray tip in the nostrils perpendicular to the face and direct it toward the ears to get the medicine to the exit ports to open them. Hydrate to keep the mucus thin and flowing.  

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE changes the structure of viruses and generates oxygen that kills viruses. Gargle for several minutes with hydrogen peroxide (right from the bottle) twice a day.

ZINC – weekly dose of 70 mg for all ages reduces mortality/morbidity from viruses and bacteria*.  Also, Zinc Lozenges.  

*1) Brooks WA, et al. Lancet. 2005. 366:999-1004. 2) Bhatnagar S. Lancet. 2007. 369:885-886. 3) Sazawal S et al. Lancet. 2007. 369:927-34.  4) Barnett J, Nutr Rev 2010 Jan 68(1):30-37

N-ACETYL CYSTEINE 600 mg twice a day.

VITAMIN C 2 to 4 gm & VITAMIN D 5000 IU per day.

QUERCETIN 500 mg twice per day (nutrient over-the-counter) – interferes with the virus binding onto your cells.

Quercetin possesses anti-influenza activity by inhibiting viral entry, viral-cell fusion, viral replication, viral load, and lung inflammation and airways hyper-responsiveness in vivo.  Quercetin has strong antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties.

Wenjiao W, et al. Viruses. 2016. Jan. 8(1):6; Kinker et al. J Infectious Diseases & Preventive Med 2014 2.2. 

A reduction in total sick days and severity was noted in middle aged and older subjects ingesting 1000 mg quercetin per day for 12 weeks who rated themselves as physically fit (Heinz SA et al. Pharmacol Res. 2010 Sep;62(3):237-42).

Quercetin outperforms Tamiflu – A mouse study showed that quercetin reduced symptoms and gave higher survival rates.  Also, animals treated with Quercetin had half of the virus load in their lungs compared to animals treated with Tamiflu. (Choi HJ, et al. Phytother Res. 2012 Mar;26(3):462-4).

Tamiflu’s chemical structure is similar to Quercetin but different enough to allow it to be patented. Despite all the media attention about Tamiflu, here is what the makers of Tamiflu say in their insert (Nov ’09):

Adults felt better 30 percent faster (1.3 days) than flu patients who did not take TAMIFLU
Children felt better up to 26 percent faster (1.5 days) than flu patients who did not take TAMIFLU

JET PLANES should use only OUTSIDE AIR for cabin.

© 2020 Charles B Simone, M.MS., M.D.; not applicable to the JAMA interview