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@info_pernice @CKellyUAP We now think the protective effect of irrigation is by optimizing the nasal microbiome. Saline reduces the viral ability to replicate, increases the barrier between entry and the ACE2 receptor, and yes reduces viral load. The additives (betadine, etc.) don't add efficacy.

@CKellyUAP Yep. Aug 2021 this paper was published, and still so many people are unaware of how to treat themselves. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

SALTWATER MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VACCINES AT AVOIDING COVID HOSPITALISATION Peer-reviewed, randomised double-blind controlled study finds GARGLING WITH SALTWATER reduced Covid hospitalisation by over 50% The Australian Government still has on its Covid Mythbusting website the claim that gargling with "saltwater does not prevent Covid-19" asserting there is ‘no evidence" to suggest that it eliminate or prevent Covid. But the government are lying. Again. australia.gov.au/covid-19-mythb… ANAHEIM, California — Gargling and nasal rinsing with saltwater several times a day appeared to be associated with significantly lower COVID-19 hospitalization rates in a small, randomized, double-blind, controlled study. medscape.com/viewarticle/99… “Our goal was to examine saline nasal irrigation and gargling for possible association to improved respiratory symptoms associated with coronavirus infection,” Jimmy Espinoza, MD, MSc, FACOG, professor at McGovern Medical School and co-author of the study, said in a press release. “We found that both saline regimens appear to be associated with lower hospitalization rates compared to controls in SARS-CoV-2 infections.” healio.com/news/allergy-a… And other studies show the same timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad… ed.ac.uk/usher/news-eve… Yet the Australian Government calls this false information. And that’s the same Australian Government that wants to become the arbiters of truth and censor anyone that disagrees with them. And imagine, the studies show that simple and safe saltwater gargle could have reduced Covid hospitalisation by more than half - and the government covered it and lied about so they sell more vaccines. The Chief Medical Officer of Australia should resign in humiliation and shame.

Make it a thing! Put in your zip code and find a place near you, to remove both temptation and familiarity that breeds contemptuous fentanyl overdose. Thanks @MarkHalperin for using your powers for good! dea.gov/takebackday

@MarkHalperin @DEAHQ has the links and info for a takeback location near you. 1) Prevent experimentation that can lead to OUD in 1 in 6 teens 2) Reduce the pill-familiarity that leads to unwittingly taking fentanyl-pills at parties 3) even if opioids get you to sleep, deep sleep's disrupted.

10/28 is the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This Ted Talk by my pal Dr. Amy Baxter explains why oral opioids are both a deadly temptation, and not “the good stuff” for pain. ted.com/talks/amy_baxt…

@buzzyhelps @TEDTalks Thanks team! We need #OptionsNotOpioids to #ReframePain

Our team is feeling pretty proud of our CEO @AmyBaxterMD - her #TedTalk on #OptionsNotOpioids dropped moments ago. You won't believe what you can learn in 15 minutes! How to hack your brain when you're in pain (Amy Baxter | TED2023) go.ted.com/RXTC via @TEDTalks

I'm so excited that the @NextMedHealth founder shared my #neuroscience of #pain @TEDTalks ! Thanks @daniel_kraft

@daniel_kraft @TEDTalks Daniel, the pictures you took there are SO much better!

How to hack your brain when you're in #pain Stellar #TEDTalk by @AmyBaxterMD @TEDTalks ted.com/talks/amy_baxt…

How to hack your brain when you're in pain (Amy Baxter | TED2023) - @nickisnpdx @matthewherper @2healthguru go.ted.com/RXTC via @TEDTalks

Post-surgery opioid risks [PODCAST] kevinmd.com/2023/08/post-s… via @kevinmd

@HeinleinSociety Robert A. Heinlein taught me the values of a free and independent society - courtesy, self-reliance, service, inclusion, willingness to take a stand, personal responsibility, tinkering, questioning, making, jury-rigging, love, Occam's Razor, repairing, and kindness.

On this Independence Day, we, the Heinlein society, have attained and surpassed 8,000 followers. Thank you Heinlein fans! And Happy #4thofJuly ! #Heinlein #sciencefiction

Teen raises money for Buzzy device to ease pain for kids with cancer - goo.gl/alerts/25R1i7 @buzzyhelps So exciting @childrensatl

Updates on the mechanism and reasons nasal saline irrigation reduced COVID19 infection, duration and morbidity: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@Swartzentrub17 @ntweet_55 Believe me I was telling governors and people in the Biden admin when our results came in Jan 2021… but they sat on it not from evil, just that more than anything doctors are scared of looking foolish if they’re wrong. More published this month: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@ntweet_55 Here you go More Hidden Cures Never Reported in News. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

And no mention of Listerine Mint Mouthwash and saline nasal spray? Proven treatments? It’s like they keep that hidden…on purpose!! Why??

@whereisdaz @BenMazer It’s also made it incredibly hard to get real science funded. 80 independent RCTS for pain relief. But as a female scientist who started with needle pain for kids? Who cares if the tech also reduces opioid use. Or if I graduated multiple times?

Have the media learned their lesson after enabling Elizabeth Holmes’s charade? Great piece ⁦@BenMazer⁩ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

@BenMazer @TheAtlantic We both spoke at #TEDMED. I specialized in needle pain w/an NIH funded pain/fear relief device I offered for her #theranos finger sticks. Her black-turtlenecked phalanx whisked her away wordlessly. Do you know how hard she made it for legit female-led science to get funded?

I just donated to Nuçi's Space. @amy.baxter/nuci" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">every.org/@amy.baxter/nu… via @everydotorg

@uche_blackstock Try not having any doctors who can afford going into primary care.

Important read. "It's worth asking: should we spend taxpayers' money on training doctors who, in turn, can pick and choose who they want to care for to maximize their earnings? Or who may use their power to restrict some patients' autonomy against bioethics principles?"

linkedin.com/posts/activity… Webinar today - how to handle home injections aka "Don't quit #Dupixent"

@uncover007 @FurnessColin @schwarmerei1 The povidone iodine turned out not to be necessary. It’s the saline.

@FurnessColin @schwarmerei1 ,,were randomized to either 240 mL saline nasal irrigation supplemented 2.5 mL of either sodium bicarbonate or 240 mL saline nasal irrigation suppplemented with 10% povidone-iodine“ medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

As my colleagues and students already know, I contracted COVID-19 last week. It was from someone who visited my home for a few hours immediately before developing severe symptoms themselves. There was masking and HEPA filters, but clearly not enough of each. In fact ... 1/8

@HygieneJones @VPrasadMDMPH To be fair we believe additives weren’t even necessary: it’s the saline that improves ciliated epithelia function, neutrophil efficacy, and makes intercellular tonicity inhospitable for sars-cov-2 replication.

@VPrasadMDMPH Still waiting for you to add to your scoreboard about how oral/nasal hygiene could have ended this in early 2020 & public health ignored studies, FTC&FDA suppressed the science. google.com/amp/s/www.news… medrxiv.org/content/10.110… jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… trialsitenews.com/a/xylitol-nasa…

Each day the scoreboard changes Go back to my pinned tweet Glad to be in the Green

@HygieneJones @justin_hart @Anna23018 So sad. Cognitive dissonance + pharma focus/subornment

@justin_hart @Anna23018 You forgot to add... they got Nasall hygiene wrong. Pandemic became a pandumbic of our own hubris in early 2020 when pub health ignored science. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… google.com/amp/s/www.news… mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/1…

To repeat. They. Got. EVERYTHING. Wrong. Transmission of the disease—wrong • Asymptomatic spread—wrong • PCR testing—wrong • Fatality rate—wrong • Lockdowns—wrong • Community triggers—wrong • Business closures—wrong • School closures—wrong • Quarantining healthy people—wrong • Impact on youth—wrong • Hospital overload—wrong • Plexiglass barriers—wrong • Social distancing—wrong • Outdoor spread—wrong • Masks—wrong • Variant impact—wrong • Natural immunity—wrong • Vaccine efficacy—wrong • Vaccine injury—wrong Did they get a SINGLE thing right?1