Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 198

[ecosophia]

We are now in the fourth year of these open posts. When I first posted a tentative hypothesis on the course of the Covid phenomenon, I had no idea that discussion on the subject would still be necessary more than three years later, much less that it would turn into so lively, complex, and troubling a conversation. Still, here we are. Crude death rates and other measures of collapsing public health are anomalously high in many countries, but nobody in authority wants to talk about the inadequately tested experimental Covid injections that are the most likely cause; public health authorities government shills for the pharmaceutical industry are still trying to push through laws that will allow them to force vaccinations on anyone they want; public trust in science is collapsing; and the story continues to unfold.

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before:

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry and its government enablers are causing injury and death on a massive scale. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its wholly owned politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you plan on making off topic comments, please go away. This is an open post for discussion of the Covid epidemic, the vaccines, drugs, policies, and other measures that supposedly treat it, and other topics directly relevant to those things. It is not a place for general discussion of unrelated topics. Nor is it a place to ask for medical advice; giving such advice, unless you're a licensed health care provider, legally counts as practicing medicine without a license and is a crime in the US. Don't even go there.

5. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religions, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

6. Please don't just post bare links without explanation. A sentence or two telling readers what's on the other side of the link is a reasonable courtesy, and if you don't include it, your attempted post will be deleted.

Please also note that nothing posted here should be construed as medical advice, which neither I nor the commentariat (excepting those who are licensed medical providers) are qualified to give. Please take your medical questions to the licensed professional provider of your choice.

With that said, the floor is open for discussion. 

Comments

Re: appreciation and update

[slinky_weasel]

I appreciate that. I'm actually not sure what the "root cause" might be. All I know is if I take a "proton pump inhibitor" every morning, I don't get heartburn when I eat lunch.

Before that, I really couldn't consume: alcohol, coffee, soda, fruit juice, even water could be troublesome, no chocolate, ice cream, TOMATO (pizza, pasta), onion, salsa... It sucked.

Maybe I've been captured by The Man, but with taking this one pill a day, I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want, and not wake up gasping for air because I just aspirated stomach acid. That's an easy deal to make, and I gather I am not alone, since you can buy this drug over the counter without a prescription.

Maybe the side-effects will get me, but I just turned 57, so that's 27 years of living a normal life. Still seems like a decent deal.

Re: appreciation and update

[(Anonymous)]

You have to do what you feel works best for you. No judgement here.

I have to wonder, though, what Omeprazole is suppressing to reduce the production of stomach acid and to enable you to overcome your food sensitivities. More of an academic curiousity than anything.

Stress can also play a huge factor in increasing acid reflux. For me, eating a large meal too close to bedtime and laying in certain positions seemed to contribute as well.

For reducing stress, I've gotten out of debt and reduced and removed almost all forms of propaganda (media, advertising, etc.) from my life. I still eat too late but I've developed a tendency to fall asleep in a sitting position in the living room, which seems to help with the heartburn. I've found the nocturnal heartburn episodes always seemed to happen within the first few hours of sleep when laying in the bed. Perhaps falling asleep in the upright position is making the necessary difference for me.

I tried elevating my head and shoulders in bed (an angled position) but I'm just not comfortable sleeping on my back.

Best of luck in your continued efforts to handle your condition.

Caldathras

Re: appreciation and update

[athaia]

Fwiw, my boss stopped prescribing omep to her patients (she's a veterinarian) when she learned that it harms the biome and is suspected of promoting stomach cancer if taken long-term. Now she prescribes ranitidin, to tide them over while trying to restore their gut biome.

This is not medical advice.