[BipolarBob]

Thanks for posting. Very interesting. But all of those people have behind them are facts and a supercomputer which is no match for politicians and Big Pharma money.

[captain_dave]

A supercomputer cannot analyze anything.

People created a model based on observations and assumptions, and then wrote a program to test their model.

They then ran the program on a “supercomputer” (which will be a standard “desktop” computer maybe 20 years hence). The program produced a set of results based on the data provided.

The set of results were then interpreted.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Silly Americans. While we dick around with a super computer, a Nigerian trained black female doctor in Houston has kicked our asses and figured it out months ago, and she’s the one who gets shunned.

[Spirochete]

It also suggests 10-plus potential treatments, many of which are already FDA approved.

But those 10-plus treatments not FDA-approved for COVID-19, therefore, they're dangerous.

/sarc

[thinden]

great article.

thanx for posting the link

[Lagmeister]

Read the other articles.... It slams HCQ and claims that the Kung flu is 5 times more deadly than the flu.... and very deadly and contagious to children.... and so on and so forth.

[upchuck]

Thanks for posting this metmom.

As a vitamin D cheerleader, I found this excerpt very interesting:

Interestingly, Jacobson’s team also suggests vitamin D as a potentially useful Covid-19 drug. The vitamin is involved in the RAS system and could prove helpful by reducing levels of another compound, known as REN. Again, this could stop potentially deadly bradykinin storms from forming. The researchers note that vitamin D has already been shown to help those with Covid-19. The vitamin is readily available over the counter, and around 20% of the population is deficient. If indeed the vitamin proves effective at reducing the severity of bradykinin storms, it could be an easy, relatively safe way to reduce the severity of the virus.

I've been taking 5000 iu of vit D every day for many years. Haven't been sick. Have taken no yearly flu shots. Dirt cheap at Wal*Mart or Amazon. Interesting...

Also see: Study shows vitamin D deficiency can increase risk of catching COVID-19
and
Can Vitamin D help combat the coronavirus?
both posted here on FR.

[eyeamok]

Covid-19 is like a burglar who slips in your unlocked second-floor window and starts to ransack your house.

I knew it, COVID19 is a Member of Congress!!

[aquila48]

“ACE inhibitors — a class of drugs used to treat high blood pressure — have a similar effect on the RAS system as Covid-19, increasing bradykinin levels. In fact, Jacobson and his team note in their paper that “the virus… acts pharmacologically as an ACE inhibitor” — almost directly mirroring the actions of these drugs.”

So does taking ACE inhibitors help fight covid or not? Seems like they should since that’s what the virus first latches on to, but the article is not vet vlear about it.

[Lazamataz]

Fascinating article.

[steve86]

“Jacobson’s team says in their paper that “the pathology of Covid-19 is likely the result of Bradykinin Storms rather than cytokine storms”

“As bradykinin builds up in the body, it dramatically increases vascular permeability. In short, it makes your blood vessels leaky. This aligns with recent clinical data, which increasingly views Covid-19 primarily as a vascular disease, rather than a respiratory one. But Covid-19 still has a massive effect on the lungs. As blood vessels start to leak due to a bradykinin storm, the researchers say, the lungs can fill with fluid. Immune cells also leak out into the lungs, Jacobson’s team found, causing inflammation.”

[Flick Lives]

“Interestingly, Jacobson’s team also suggests vitamin D as a potentially useful Covid-19 drug. The vitamin is involved in the RAS system and could prove helpful by reducing levels of another compound, known as REN. Again, this could stop potentially deadly bradykinin storms from forming. The researchers note that vitamin D has already been shown to help those with Covid-19.”

—

Vitamin D. Cheap insurance.

[Veto!]

New theory: 1. The virus enters through the nose.

You can easily prevent that. Just hold pure copper on the inside of your nose for five seconds. Viruses die. Sounds cockamamie, but it’s true.

A neighbor of mine made me a loop of heavy copper wire. Bought heavy wire at a hardware store and twisted the end into a loop. Cost him $5 max. You can buy similar but smaller products at AMZ for a bit more.

[Starboard]

Fauci will say the computations were anecdotal.

[17th Miss Regt]

It also suggests 10-plus potential treatments, many of which are already FDA approved.

Then we need to immediately pull the FDA approval for these treatments regardless of how good they may be for other maladies because orange man bad.

[alancarp]

From the article:

"The bradykinin hypothesis also extends to many of Covid-19’s effects on the heart. About one in five hospitalized Covid-19 patients have damage to their hearts, even if they never had cardiac issues before. Some of this is likely due to the virus infecting the heart directly through its ACE2 receptors. But the RAS also controls aspects of cardiac contractions and blood pressure. According to the researchers, bradykinin storms could create arrhythmias and low blood pressure, which are often seen in Covid-19 patients."

That jives with this recent, eye-opening article: One-third of Big Ten athletes with COVID-19 have heart inflammation, Penn State doctor says.

[TBP]

Can you say hydroxychloroquine?

No, social media won’t let you.

[familyop]

Yep. It syncs with much of the other information that we’ve seen about symptoms and damage. Very interesting.

[minnesota_bound]

A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged

They kept seeing m..a..d..e..i..n..c..h..i..n..a in the dna string.

[logi_cal869]

The analysis conveniently ignores the preliminary stage of infection when the virus colonizes the lungs.

I find this omission both disturbing and expected.