Citizen Zeus SPECIAL INVESTIGATION—An Investigative Series on the Nature, Origins, and Effective Address of Covid-19
I have recently done a series of full-length, fully referenced videos on the Covid-19 phenomena as to what it is (emerging knowledge), how we might best understand this revealing disease in a broader context, and what we might be able to do about it in terms of personal and collective health. You can access those videos from my Citizen Zeus YouTube channel (and while there, please subscribe, and donate if you want to sponsor the research!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzU3uxw47VmbMWZFIzcst_Q .
The purpose of this short essay is to summarize what I have found as to the most compelling and contradictory questions surrounding this Covid-19 enigma that has created a whole array of confused responses.
The first thing to note is that there is compelling scientific support and circumstantial evidence (or a damning string of highly unlikely coincidences) that SARS-COV-2 (the Covid-19 virus) is, 1) at least partly a product of genetic experimentation, and 2) a product of accidental release from a lab, specifically the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
The tale as to how SARS-COV-2 (likely) got produced at WIV and got out appears to be more a matter of scientific ambition, race for prestige, carelessness, egomania and international scientific celebrity, lust for potential profit and patents, and lack of regard for danger and consequence. I could not find evidence of more nefarious motives like bioweaponry, international intrigue, or economic sabotage. (You can see my take on the origins of SARS-COV-2 in my YouTube video, “Hybridizing Harm” (https://youtu.be/HTDO7Pg5Xs4) .
The second thing of note is how the virus itself as a kind of Frankenstein creation, seems to stitch together a whole chain of capacities that allow it to 1) TRANSMIT easily through the air, 2) ATTACH to human ACE2 receptors, allowing it to camouflage itself and piggyback on human cells, 3) CLEAVE through cell walls and ENTER human cells using the human cells’ own cleaving mechanisms (furins), and 4) PROLIFERATE by being able to access other cells, once the virus replicates itself within a cell.
SARS-COV-2 appears to be a construction designed to take the most virulent parts of various microbes into a kind of Franken-virus. Its SARS component allows for respiratory virulence. It’s protein spike that allows it to evade immune detection, attach, and enter human cells seems to mimic many of the actions of an HIV virus, and indeed some protein sequences are shared with HIV, leading many to alarmism and speculation that this was all a planned pandemic. I don’t believe that Covid-19 is planned, but I am also not naïve as to how ambition can combine with denial of responsibility and an eye for opportunism and profit, when a pandemic is created through accidental release. It’s called “disaster capitalism,” and fear creates great opportunity for both profit and abuse.
Our job is to resist the fear, ignorance, and opportunism spawned by unthinking or blind reaction to this virus, and simply study it, bring together information, and develop best practices.
In general, we can defeat the virus if we interrupt any of the virus’s “steps”. 1) Slowing transmission through selective use of masks, nose breathing, social distancing, etc. 2) Preventing attachment to the ACE2 receptors by potentially using “cholinergic” substances that outcompete the virus (my videos talk about how cannabinoids, nicotine, cytisine, and others MIGHT do this)., 3) taking the virus on directly and preventing the disruption of the immune system (i.e. potentially through the use of Vitamins C and D, among other pathways).
The central theme in this is that courage, clarity, knowledge, and care for self and others is the way forward. The central practice MUST be excellent, comprehensive health maintenance and development– committing TO plant-based, whole food diets, exercise, sleep, deep nose breathing, hydration, etc. and committing AWAY FROM electronic pollutions, toxins, junk foods, chronic stress, etc., all of which are discussed in my videos. We know that SARS-COV-2 loves ACE2 receptors, and there is more ACE2 produced in UNHEALTHY people in order to “help” handle injured cells as well as warn of potential invaders. So by eliminating the NEED for ACE2 through good health we largely eliminate our body’s foothold for SARS-COV-2 to attach, break into, and replicate within our cells.
What are the contradictory issues and questions surrounding Covid-19? How might we take these on in the effort to develop our own fitness and reasonably reduce risks? Let’s take them on! (NOTE: NONE OF THIS IS TO BE CONSTRUED A MEDICAL ADVICE. It is for informational purposes only. Please do your own research, consult with other qualified people, and make your own decisions over your own health.)
- Is Covid-19 a respiratory or a blood/immune disease? It is both. It is transmitted through the air, hence respiratory, but it presents itself in highly stressed and inflamed organs (including not only the lungs, but kidneys, heart, liver, and so on). Its FOUNDATIONAL harm lies in its ability to create a dysfunctional immune response and abnormal clotting, which stops oxygen from being taken up by the body.
- Are ventilators helpful in saving people, or do breathing exercises work better? From what I can tell, ventilators have NOT been altogether successful at saving people, because often the problem is NOT with oxygen supply but oxygen uptake as lungs cannot pass oxygen into the blood due to abnormal clotting in its capillaries and inflammation in its tiny air sacs. Nasal deep breathing, in particular appears to produce nitric oxide which limits inflammation and helps to induce greater oxygen uptake.
- Are deaths from Covid-19 being underreported or overreported? Again the answer is both. Early on, in particular, deaths may have spiked but there was no way to test for Covid-19. Later, Covid-19 became identified as the trigger for death, even when there were other factors leading to death (“co-morbidity”).
- Do vitamin D and C help? Preliminary observations, epidemiological studies, and initial clinical results appear to suggest that they do. Vitamin D in particular seems critical to the balancing of an “out-of-whack” immune system thrown into disarray from Covid-19. In fact the single greatest identified factor for death from Covid-19 is Vitamin D deficiency with some doctors and researchers estimating that HALF of deaths could be eliminated with proper amounts of Vitamin D. High-dose intravenous Vitamin C in China and South Korea has had some beneficial clinical results. (For extensive discussion: https://youtu.be/v5Yd35jAqk4)
- How is it that smokers are LESS likely to die from Covid-19? Strange, huh? Smokers are not only LESS likely to die from Covid-19, but in some studies, FAR LESS likely. It appears that it is not smoking itself (which can damage the lungs and add to respiratory distress), but NICOTINE, and nicotine-receptor friendly compounds (like the naturally-derived cytisine and cannabinoids) that 1) outcompete SARS-COV-2 for attachment to certain receptor sites, but that also 2) reduce inflammation, helping the body retreat from destroying itself trying to fight off Covid-19. (See: https://youtu.be/IDnOYKp0zuM)
- Will vaccines help or harm when it comes to Covid-19? I show that peer-reviewed research confirms that with coronavirus vaccines (i.e. Covid-19, flu, etc.), in particular, can INCREASE the chances of future death from disease by creating what is called an “antibody-dependent enhancement” of the disease. This is not well understood, but one of the culprits appears to be that vaccine companies do not distinguish between an inflammatory, “binding” (damaging, overactive) immune response (like those seen in auto-immune diseases), and an anti-inflammatory “neutralizing” immune response that eliminates the pathogen, without destroying the body in the process. In this I am a “middle vaxxer”: I am FOR safe immune therapy, and AGAINST profit-driven unsafe vaccines (https://youtu.be/y5e-kvzVL8M)
- Why isn’t Covid-19 largely affecting kids? Interesting question. I suspect it has to do with resiliency and the lack of complicating and inflammatory factors in children, though this is being challenged by a “multi-organ inflammatory syndrome” in a small percentage of children associated with Covid-19. I go through a review of inflammatory factors and what you might do about them in my video at: https://youtu.be/0izVD-gsMN0)
- Is Covid-19 even real? Is it really caused by 5G? Yes, Covid-19 is real, and it is NOT CAUSED by 5G or other forms of electronic pollution, but it IS made far worse by electronic pollution, which not only proves to be inflammatory, increases oxidative stress, but is associated with Vitamin D deficiency.
- Are masks effective, or do they make things worse? In general, masks seem to be helpful in diminishing spread of Covid-19. At the same time there is abundant evidence that deep breathing and nasal breathing is also critical for oxygenation. I use masks when in crowded spaces (for now), but I also make sure I get out in the sun, in nature, with deep nasal breathing to maintain and invigorate health.
- How long does the Covid-19 virus remain on surfaces? More recent research suggests that the Covid-19 virus does not last as long on surfaces as previously thought. Still, best practices seem indicated about washing hands, not touching face (eyes, mouth, nose), being careful with vulnerable populations.
- Is reinfection possible? We don’t really know. Some attributes of this microbe seem to indicate that it may be able to mutate (as many do), but we really can’t be too concerned about this. By being smart, prudent, and not poisoning our bodies with fear, we will achieve the best outcomes, regardless of re-infection or non-re-infection.
- Should I stay home until this is over? No. Get out, especially in the sun and in nature. It is not feasible, nor reasonable, to stay home indefinitely. One can be prudent (i.e. have one person go to the store to get things), and one MUST recognize the health threats to staying at home for an extended period of time (especially staying inside, lowering your Vitamin D). Nature and social connection are important indicators not just of a good life, but a healthy and long life.
In the absence of effective champions from “above,” we as citizens and communities will have to take the lead here from the bottom-up, grassroots level, by supporting our health awareness, our small businesses, and our necessary, collective reinvention of our lives brought on by Covid-19. But we can do this and come out stronger. We can use this crisis to bridge divides rather than create them with courage, knowledge, and care, and we can find ourselves in a more real, more possible, more creative, and far healthier place as a result.
All blessings, Citizen Zeus
