I note the FDA recommends to limit fat. They can't be aware of the Seven Countries Study and the myth dismantled by Lutz MD whose scholarly work should be in medical libraries. Vitamins A and D are fat soluble and important for fighting infection. .
Statins have earned billions for big pharma. The Hynes Sultan study found benefit in men who had had a prior heart attack, but the benefit was small and no better than aspirin. Anyone can find out the current statistics re. CHF.
A vaccine has been on the market whose placebo in the clinical trials contained the same components. This was not picked up by the Cochrane review. It may or may not matter, but I read the paper on it by two doctors in the BMJ. I read the rebuttal to their paper and the original doctors' answer to the rebuttal. I made up my mind as to who had the stronger case. I've emailed the original authors and included my own research.
I wrote here once that imo our biggest obstacle is scepticism, I view scepticism as manufactured opinion, generated by the powerful force that operates in the media and on this forum. I'm more than happy to write an essay on the similar style and tactics.
Our cells respond to signals of inflammation. That's one of the first things I learned. Using agents that take the edge off the inflammation would cause our cells not to work so well. Scepticism surrounding MSCs being an 'unproven' therapy means they would likely be used after all else failed, causing them to not work so well.
Catch 22.
Re. ARDS, I was aware of this problem but I figured at the start of the pandemic the narrative was in our favour and there was enough hype over the China study for doctors to be keen to try our cells. It seemed to be going well and we flew through the first two interim analyses. My view is something specific happened that affected our trial.
I don't buy into the narrative that SOC improved dramatically other than because of seasonality and clinicians being under less pressure (I do take issue, however, with reiteration of 60% death rate and will email to ask where this information came from.)
I'm not even clear about what Covid ARDS is, how it differs from ARDS caused by a different virus. I did consider a vascular manifestation but then I learned about MAS, which is far from uncommon. I therefore don't buy that DEX, being known to be a potent anti-inflammatory, wouldn't have been used even at the start of the pandemic. I provided a list on this forum from Drs Calfee and Matthay of 25 years of failed pharmacologic agents, with corticosteroids at the top. If steroids were doing a good job in this condition there wouldn't be debate as to whether they should be used at all.
You're most welcome to call me a conspiracy theorist. I think it's losing its power anyway. It's become a term of abuse for anyone who questions the the official narrative. I don't have too many theories. What I see is an increasingly insane world where we have to hold opinions that we know are not true simply because they're beamed out regularly, such as the FDA having a high bar.
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