Denying the fact that a coronavirus pandemic is occurring in the United States and
around the world does not make it go away. Erroneously thinking that it is all over now because we are impatient to get back to our lives as normal will not make normal happen. Not addressing immediate life-saving measures and deflecting to other problems also does not solve the problem. Hidden agendas and willful ignorance are not helpful. All the information available is needed to solve this problem. We need to follow the direction of scientists and the medical community in dealing with a medical pandemic, not politicians nor big corporations who are making money on you and me.
Today, Germany has just gone back into lockdown after opening up last week. Now Germany is reporting their daily cases have tripled.
No one goes to a baker to invest their money. No one goes to a kindergarten graduation for a funeral. Going to the right source to get answers for the right situation is the only way to solve the situation. Here in the USA, that has not happened. Common sense has not prevailed. Willful ignorance and other agendas have prevailed.
Knowledge is power. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking, “The news depresses me so I don’t watch it.” Lack of knowledge will spread anxiety faster than a deeply-submerged beach ball bounces back up to the surface. Facing problems directly by looking them right in the eye and making positive choices and creative plans to deal with the facts in front of you and me gives us a real sense of coping and control in our lives. Leave pretending for the fantasy writers.
Holistic health takes in all relevant information and proceeds to solve this particular physical issue. Holistic health seeks natural solutions which current western medicine mimics. How do you and I use holistic methods during the COVID-19 pandemic for the total physical health of us all?
Taking stock of our physical reality without an ulterior motive is the only way to solve a physical problem. Omitting an aspect of the dilemma, like omitting an ingredient in baking, will not result in a successful conclusion. Attempting to solve the problem by not really solving the problem only creates more problems. That obviously makes the original problem worse. This is painfully apparent witnessing how the COVID-19 pandemic was turned into a political volleyball rather than taking care of the health of all USA citizens.
In the holistic health model, the only known factor that works to eliminate further spread of the coronavirus pandemic is social distancing. The coronavirus pandemic is not over in the USA. The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is not the same thing as the flu. Bleach will not kill this virus. COVID-19 is not over in the USA.
Opening up this country while the pandemic is still surging needs a lot of consideration, if it is done at all. New information is still coming to light. For example, it was originally thought in this country that it does not affect children, who might be carriers, but not get it. New discoveries show that children present with different symptoms than adults. In children, COVID-19 affects their kidneys, heart and nerves, not just their lungs. Please see the previous post on children with COVID-19. They show symptoms similar to Toxic Shock Syndrome and Kawasaki Disease.
Will every daycare center in the USA still keep the only thing that currently works to prevent the spready of COVID-19, which is to KEEP 6 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, INCLUDING CHILDREN? Daycare centers are run by adults who can still be carriers without symptoms, which is also true for the children. The same holds true for all other schools, including colleges. It is erroneous thinking to say that children of all ages do not get COVID-19. Ignorance will not save us nor our children.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has announced that childcare facilities, meaning daycare facilities, will remain closed until June 29, at which time a decision will be made as to whether or not they will be allowed to open.
Since only 2.9 percent of the population of the USA has been tested, Dr. Fauci, who is a scientist, physician and public health official, tells us that although current records show 83,000 deaths, (and of course their are many more survivors), that the actual death numbers are obviously much more than that, most likely more than 50% more than is being reported. Only focusing on the survivors numbers does not help to stop the spread of COVID-19. If only focusing on the positive survivor numbers helped to stop the spread of this deadly pandemic, but it does not. The death numbers for this deadly virus were only from those people who went to the hospital and were tested. The greater number of people in this country have not even been tested. I have not been tested, have you?
People have been dying of COVID-19 every day, not always in hospitals. Some say that the COVID-19 numbers in hospitals are inaccurate because some people died of heart attacks or something else, but were counted as COVID-19 deaths, not realizing that COVID-19 also taxes the heart. The same thing applies to asthma or a host of other ailments which COVID-19 also affects indirectly. But the more important point here is the number of uncounted COVID-19 deaths by people nationwide who were never tested and died at home.
Holistic health looks at all the COVID-19 figures in this country. What jumps out is that if the statistics in New York and Louisiana are omitted, the statistics across the rest of the country are going straight up. The curve for the USA is not flattening. It is accelerating. Why did the statistics for New York and Louisiana begin to flatten and go down? They practiced social distancing and quarantine when the outbreaks became known. Much of the USA denied this deadly virus would ever come to them in their states. Still to this day, there is an ignorant, macho response, denying the need for masks and gloves, as if some humans are really superhumans.
As for masks and gloves, they are only effective 70 percent of the time. There is still a 30 percent change of getting the coronavirus even when masks and gloves are worn. So the question is, how lucky do you think you are?
The problem with this thinking is that COVID-19 is not political. It is not Democrat nor Republican. COVID-19 is ignorant of everyone’s race, color, creed, age, gender, and politics. It kills indiscriminately.
Denying reality will not make COVID-19 go away. Some people who are not scientists nor medical people have pontificated that COVID-19 will simply go away and that the herd response will kick in and save us all. While the herd immunity does work for certain colds and flus, do we really want to subject our population to this particular deadly pandemic? Dr. Fauci is saying everyone should expect a second and possibly a third wave which could be stronger than this first wave. Are we listening and comprehending, or are we still denying the reality?
We can hope we do not get COVID-19. We can hope we are one of the ones who recover. What the reality of this particular coronavirus has shown us is that it does not only affect old people. Yes, it seems to affect the elderly and those who are sick or have compromised immune systems more, but among the statistics of those who a have died, you and I will find young men, young women and children who were once as healthy as you and me.
The current trend here in the USA is that there are some facts some humans would rather not know. Pretending everything is fine, and rushing to open up the country while it is still spreading COVID-19 like wildfire, is irresponsible.
The fatigue response to this COVID-19 pandemic is real. But foolishly running into the fire is not the answer. Holistic health solutions always work. We need to practice ordinary care of washing hands, surfaces as well as taking extra care to still social distance and quarantine, and when necessary, go out to the grocery store for food or the pharmacy for medicine.
To deal with the fatigue response, make a plan and follow it. Get up. Get dressed. Go outside if possible or open a window and breath in fresh air. Listen to the birds. Take a ride in the car to see new views. Do any or all of these things, even if you do not feel like it. It is possible to get out of the rut without being reckless and irresponsible. Wake up your 5 senses, boil some cinnamon and/or cloves. Change your routine. Listen to positive music and positive music ONLY. There is more to life than introverted worry and playing old dysfunctional tapes in your head. Repeat a positive mantra such as, “Yes I can,” or “Yes I will.” Choose to feel better, because you deserve to feel better.
People have free will to follow guidelines or not. Yes, more is at stake, like jobs and the economy. But the economy will not save us if we do not do the necessary things to slow and stop this pandemic.
I encourage everyone to remain vigilant during this transition time to try opening up the country. Stay informed of current numbers, so in the event things turn worse, you will know and take the care that is needed for good health and a long life. Ignorance is not bliss.
Because You Deserve To Feel Better