HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022_01_24 KGould_Alternative therapiesFrom:Kincaid Gould
To:Board of Health
Subject:Fw: What should I do if I develop severe COVID?
Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 11:58:22 AM
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And I may as well send this to the BOH as well...
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On Monday, January 24th, 2022 at 11:56 AM, Kincaid Gould<kincaidgould@protonmail.com> wrote:
Hello Commissioners
I intended to give this comment at the last Board of Health meeting but wasunable to make it. As I was also unable to attend today’s meeting, I’ll share mycomment via email:
I’m sure you all know somebody who is at a higher risk of severe disease fromCOVID-19. If somebody close to you (maybe someone living in your ownhousehold) got COVID-19, what would you do? If the hospital had no room foryour loved one, what would you do?
Many people have no idea what they can do if they get COVID. Neither Dr. Berrynor Public Health have prominently shared information about how to treatCOVID. Instead, you are basically told to stay home and hope for the best. TheDOH website suggests opening a window, if possible.
Most people who are otherwise healthy will be fine, but the chance for severedisease exists whether you’ve received one of the COVID injections or not, and itis grossly irresponsible for there to have been absolutely no messaging about whatto do to if you contract COVID, especially now, two years into this COVIDresponse.
If the healthcare systems around us are all buckling under the combined strain ofCOVID-related admissions, non-COVID-related admissions, staffing shortages,etc., why aren’t we promoting treatments, vitamins, and supplements, such asVitamin D and zinc, which are known to be useful for combating all kinds ofdiseases, including COVID-19? People take doses of these all the time, and theirbeneficial effects are well established.
Other treatments, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine—which havesuccessfully been used to treat human diseases for decades—also appear to have abenefit in treating COVID-19.
A couple of months ago, Dr. Berry shot down ivermectin, noting that a papersuggesting positive impacts of ivermectin was based on falsified data and waslater retracted. However, despite that paper’s retraction, there have been on theorder of 40 additional peer-reviewed studies investigating the effects ofivermectin on COVID-19, the vast supermajority of them demonstrating apositive effect. Hydroxychloroquine has a similar efficacy profile.
Other preventive actions, such as regular exercise and a healthy diet, would be
simple to promote as well. So why haven't they been promoted?
Waiting to treat people until the disease worsens will put a greater burden on thehospital system, and so I’m curious if Dr. Berry, this Board, the Board of Health,or Public Health will consider putting out messaging about steps one can take ifthey catch COVID-19, including promoting non-Big Pharma treatments that canbe taken by people for whom the COVID shots are contraindicated, can be takenby people who haven’t received a shot but are willing to consider medicines withsufficient long-term safety data, and can be taken by people who have received ashot but developed COVID symptoms anyway.
Thank you for reading my comment,Sincerely,
Kincaid Gould