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You have told us that re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 can cause a 10% incidence of cardiac problems, and things will worsen with each re-infection because of cumulative organ damage. Will the tissue injury be less during each bout of illness if people are vaccinated?
ClosedNicola asked 1 year ago • 
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The World Health Organization reported that their estimates of the Covid-19 death toll from the first two years of the pandemic were 15 million deaths, much higher than the 6 million casualties reported by individual countries. This includes some non-Covid deaths known to be indirectly related to the pandemic impact on health care, but the majority are Covid-19 fatalities. Is that total fairly accurate or an exaggeration?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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The current assumption with the surge in COVID-19 cases, and breakthrough infections among the vaccinated, is that the Omicron variant is more infectious. Is that truly the case or are there other factors at work?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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A practitioner writes: “Went on holidays with my wife and son to spend time with my lifelong friend who I have known since we were 2 years of age. We stayed at his house as it was his 50th Birthday. We were there for a week and on the second to last day, I developed a cough. I didn’t think it was COVID as my friend had a cough for a few weeks and he had tested himself several times and was negative. I performed two sessions while I was away and would pray for protection when out in public but not every time. We flew back home and I tested myself with a home kit and I was positive. I performed a couple of sessions for my friend’s family and those who I came in contact with, so far none of them have tested positive. I sneezed twice in the car when driving my son and wife home from the airport. Two days after the home test, I had a test at a clinic and tested positive again, and I was wondering why it would be positive after performing several sessions. Does the COVID test detect the virus or a side effect of the virus? I am in isolation and only have mild flu symptoms.” What can we tell him?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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Have the careful scientific studies, which essentially show no effectiveness of facemask use to prevent transmission of respiratory virus infections like influenza and COVID-19, been interfered with to discourage rigorous use and add to fears, or are there methodological problems, like many of the masks in use, such as cloth masks and surgical masks, being poorly effective compared to KN95 grade face masks?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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COVID-19 cases are rising numerically in many places in the US, totals have spiked briefly above the peak in May and many are predicting the trend to worsen. Are we seeing the consequences of an inevitable spread of the pandemic, or have there been new deliberate introductions of the virus?
ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • 
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In contrast to growing case numbers, COVID-19 deaths are much lower than during the earlier peak in case numbers. Why is that so?
ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • 
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The World Health Organization and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) planning for pandemics has previously reserved lockdowns of economic activity only for the most severe of pathogens. Category 1 represents an ordinary flu season with up to 90,000 deaths, and Category 2 causing 90,000-450,000 deaths, so COVID-19 would be classified as Category 2. The CDC said for Category 2 and 3 pandemics, governments should consider school closures of less than 4 weeks, along with moderate efforts to reduce adult social contacts, such as by encouraging telecommuting. Why have there been widespread and prolonged lockdowns of schools and businesses which have become indefinite in some states?
ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • 
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This doctor also states that a COVID-19 particle is too small to be captured by even an N95 mask. Is this missing the point about filtering out fomites?
ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • 
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Is this discouragement of protective mask use intended to encourage the public to disregard any self-protective suggestions?
ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • 
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A viewer asks: “Could the intention to protect oneself with a mask confer any special protection beyond the inherent physical limitations, if requested?”
ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • 
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