Shaw's Eco-Logic

Holiday travel 2020

This HND piece examines the upcoming post-Thanksgiving holiday travel outlook. As you might expect, air travel is down by quite a bit, but people seem to be doing plenty of car trips. Still, the overall amount of travel is down by at least ten percent (based on figures from Thanksgiving). Airlines continue to tout studies showing that the aircraft environment is quite safe. Meanwhile, overreaching governments are urging folks to stay home.

A portion of the public is getting tired of the restrictions, and the nearly daily episodes of hypocrisy by our so-called "leaders," who are caught violating their own policies. Elite scientists such as Dr. Mike Yeadon are joining the skeptics. We also highlight a company that offers a convenient travel safety kit, for those who choose to continue with their travel plans.

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More on lockdowns and masks

This week's HND piece features some new information on everyone's least favorite subject: COVID-19. We touch on how more aggressive measures, including curfews are being proposed, and the purposeful conflation of positive tests with "cases" of the actual acute disease. Of course, that loaded term "essential worker" has been raised again, and we destroy it—once more.

Also included is a big study crushing the notion of lockdowns, along with an American company that produces masks—at competitive prices.

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COVID-19 quick takes--part one

This HND piece presents several new findings on COVID-19, including the retraction of a big mask study; the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine; the Vitamin D connection; and melatonin as a possible therapy. While the authorities seem to be trying to scare us about the pandemic again, they are doubling down on lockdowns and masks.

But, here's the thing: For the most part, people have been compliant with these policies, yet infection rates continue to rise. Maybe, though, there's something wrong with the testing. Both Elon Musk and Erykah Badu have recently announced laughably inconsistent results for their COVID testing.

Under normal circumstances, we should be patient, and only post links to perfect studies, but the sad fact is, that there is almost no actual science being done these days. As such, we can only evaluate items of interest, and make them available to you.

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Year end COVID-19 questions and concerns

This HND piece looks at the latest in recommendations on such matters as social distancing, mask use, holiday gatherings and holiday travel. CDC guidelines are presented, but the agency defers to the states, and these vary widely. We also touch on the lockdown controversy.

Then there is the matter of all those positive-testing individuals who are asymptomatic. Are they are contagious as people who do show symptoms?

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We have a scheduling conflict

This HND piece examines the murky world of Drug Scheduling. While many abuses and inconsistencies could be discussed, we focus on the insane treatment of cannabis—presently part of the dreaded Schedule I. Bear in mind that to be in Schedule I, the drug has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.'

But wait, you say. Everyone has heard of the medical benefits of cannabis extracts. Only that does not really matter, as you will discover. And, that's only the tip of the iceberg. You will also discover how a natural product, CBD, can be shown to have numerous benefits, but is only so recognized if it goes through clinical trials.

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Serendipitous salivary glands

 

This HND piece discusses the recent discovery—by a team located in the Netherlands—of two never-before-seen salivary glands. Although the intent was to do PSMA PET/CT scans of prostate cancer patients, these glands unexpectedly appeared.

If this discovery holds up—and it has already been confirmed in one hundred other subjects—it will go down in history along several other famous serendipitous discoveries. The most well-known of these in Penicillin, but the piece details a few more. For now, the proposed location of these organs is one more to avoid during cancer radiation therapy.

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COVID-19's unseen casualties

This HND piece examines the unseen...the hidden victims of SARS-CoV-19. We're talking about all those schoolchildren forced into an ill-conceived absurd-on-its-face experiment in so-called "Distance Learning." Even if this madness worked in teaching the kids—which it clearly doesn't—there's still the matter of all the other benefits that occur when a kid actually attends school in person.

How about interaction with friends, participation in sports, music, the arts, along with nutrition programs? And, don't forget that teachers and school nurses are often the first to spot child abuse. Any teacher or student who is vulnerable to COVID would also be vulnerable to any respiratory virus. Lockdowns have been an epic failure, and so have school closings.

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The latest on masks

This HND piece examines the latest research on the efficacy of masks, as a protective measure against SARS-CoV-2. Some interesting observational studies are discussed, including a "before and after" situation at Mass General Brigham. This is about as close to a controlled experiment as we are ever going to get.

I also spotlight an interesting animal study, and the opinions of some real experts—not the puffed-up government types who have been dominating the discourse.

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Latest research on type 2 diabetes

In this HND piece, we take a break from COVID-19 coverage to look at the latest on type 2 diabetes. We start with two so-called landmark studies, and then get into more recent developments.

There's the relationship between the use of proton pump inhibitor drugs and the increased risk of developing type 2, and the apparent benefits of Metformin in fending off dementia, and loneliness being a predictor of becoming a type 2 diabetic.

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Current COVID-19 highlights

This HND piece examines a few current facets of the ongoing crisis. We look at the overkill response, including the ridiculous manhandling of a woman outside watching her son's football game. Even when the disease leaves us, will the autocrats keep on their fascistic control over our lives?

We include the fatality rates, published by the CDC, that put this into a better perspective, as well as the comically stupid misinterpretation of these results by the Twitter mob. And, we add some interesting and positive medical news.

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