Author Howard Weiner

This weekend, I saw video taken at a protest march. The protester interviewed complained about government overreach, store closures, and—I kid you not—his inability to get a haircut. Nothing speaks to the encroachment of the Deep State on our liberties than unruly hair. A Story: My father-in-law, Frank, used to complain bitterly about toll roads. As a member of the “Greatest Generation,” he served in WW II, but fervently believed that toll roads were an attack on “Live Free or Die—” the reason why he signed-up to fight the Germans. Had it been my father, I would have told him he was an idiot and explained why. You can do that to your parents. You can’t, however, say that to your in-laws. [Note: Not enough space here to explain why not.] I vividly recall the HIV/AIDS crisis. As long as you didn’t exchange body fluids with an infected person, you weren’t at risk. Violating the social distancing guidelines with a person infected by the Coronavirus can make you ill—this vi

FDA Research The FDA is sponsoring ongoing human drug trials each with a rigorous research methodology to test the efficacy, recommended dosage, and possible toxicity of chloroquine. These studies do take time to conduct, analyze, and report. We are likely many weeks, if not months, away from the results and recommendations. The Analog of Tamiflu Tamiflu is an influenza antiviral medication. If taken early in the infection, Tamiflu disrupts the flu virus’ replication process, lowers the viral load in the body, and reduces the severity and duration of a patient’s illness. Tamiflu must be taken early in a patient’s illness to have a significant beneficial effect. The same would be true of chloroquine with zinc, if it functions as some believe (but not yet confirmed). Therein is the rub. Remember, some of those infected with the coronavirus are asymptomatic. They may not even know they are ill. Still others suffer only mild symptoms and may confuse their illness with

Let’s face it. Public Health centered testing for the coronavirus has been a rolling disaster that is slow to improve in the U.S. Testing may improve with the passage of time although at this rate the value of testing will have disappeared entirely. So, for now we’re flying blind.  No one really knows when the virus landed in the U.S. or how widespread the virus was and is now today. Some of those infected are spreading the coronavirus  without  themselves showing any symptoms. Truth-be-told, if I’m right about my own health, I may have unintentionally spread the coronavirus myself ( here ). Trending Warmer, Hotter HOWEVER, Kinsa Health, a private sector digital thermometer company ( here ), is collecting and reporting body temperature across the country ( here ). I won’t bore you with the details of their data collection and algorithms ( here ).  But the map below reports on counties and regions across the country where body temperature is higher than expected toward the

Really? Why is it the strongest, loudest advocates of unproven, proposed drug therapies are never the first in line for a trial or study? The president is telling the nation, “What do you have to lose? Take it” ( here ). Even Dr. Hannity, prescribing for only himself said, “I would based on all I know, Dr. Hannity for Dr. Hannity, I'm my only patient, I would absolutely use it if I got this” ( here ). And known truth teller and sage for the ages, Rudy Gulliani, retweeted a conservative activist’s view, “who falsely called hydroxychloroquine 100% effective at treating COVID-19” ( here ). Who doesn’t hope hydroxychloroquine works. The drug is here now. Those most seriously affected by the coronavirus, hospitalized and especially those on ventilators, could be pulled back from the brink—if the drug works. And therein lies the question: Does hydroxychloroquine reduce the adverse effects of the coronavirus?  The gold standard for answering this question has always been a

web site: https://bit.ly/346cb4W A piece of conjecture on My Part: We’ve Done COVID-19 ALL Wrong. Let me explain: On the morning of November 24 th , I walked the one plus mile to the gym. As I walked, I experienced a tightness in my upper chest, like someone tightened a belt around my upper torso. The tightness didn’t impede my breathing. My Apple Watch reported my vital signs were well within my normal limits. I wasn’t perspiring profusely. I wasn’t nauseous. In short, nothing suggested a coronary event. At the gym, I queued up a 30-minute low impact ride on the Peloton app, and I rode without issue until the nine-minute mark. My breathing was normal. My pulse normal. But the tightness continued, and I finally did the  almost  smart thing: I stopped and walked back home. Once home I took two Tylenol. Within minutes, the tightness in my chest disappeared. Within an hour, however, I had new symptoms: body aches, slight temperature, and periods of chills. Later that a