Posted on 04/24/2020 6:22:10 AM PDT by Enlightened1
When a doctor prescribes a treatment for the coronavirus, some might say, beware.
That's what Dr. Charles Mok of the Allure Medical Spa was doing. In a recording, he says “At Allure Medical we are offering high dose, intravenous, vitamin C to all essential workers who are exposed to COVID-19."
But on Thursday the FBI, along with the Department of Health and Human Services-raided Allure Medical Spa on 26 Mile Road and Van Dyke in Shelby Township, just before 8 a.m.
"Allegations that the clinic provided fraudulent treatments for COVID-19 and that the clinic did not observe proper protocols to protect patients and staff from the virus," said Mara Schneider, FBI spokesperson.
Well over a dozen FBI agents, armed with a search warrant, dressed in protective clothing, were seen taking out boxes of medical records and other evidence, and sorting them in three make-shift tents, in the Allure parking lot.
"This is not a typical evidence response team search," Schneider said. "We would not normally do what ends up being more of a document heavy search. But because of the concerns that we don't know what we're walking into, we have our specialty teams here with the appropriate personal protective equipment."
And the information the Feds wanted had to do with the vitamin C infusion.
"If you qualify, we will accept whatever your insurance coverages- even if it's nothing," Mok said in a recording.
A doctor affiliated with Allure, but who wanted to remain anonymous, told Fox2- that "vitamin C infusion, is a common practice in the US because it boosts the immune system."
"I've gone there for several years and always found them to be so welcoming and helpful and informative," said Nancy Smith, an Allure patient.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox2detroit.com ...
No Doctor you now must follow the Authorized Official Medical Treatments as determined by Lawyers, bureaucrats and politicians. Of course you unlike the authorities went to medical school. And since you did not follow the Official Medical Treatment, you be charge by lawyers, taken before a judge and jury, also none of which went to medical school. Have a nice day Comrade.
Haha!
Exactly!
I was thinking the vaccine companies hired the FBI as Mercenaries to take care of their competition.
I don’t see the need for storm troopers.
They are announcing Vitamin C dosage to help immune system - this is common knowledge
They do not sound like they are saying “this is a cure for covid”
Any successful organized crime syndicate has to have enforcers.
IV Vitamin C is not fraudulent. It has decades of history.
So now they’re going after natural medicine? President Trump, please intervene.
This action against the spa is stupid.
No actual complaints or injuries by the patients? Just “some say”?
Once again, the Keystone Cops FBI is out pretending they’re doing something worthwhile.
Once upon a time this would have been handled locally by
These guys. Alas, those days of yore are gone.
Allegations? From whom? What authority do the feds have in this?
In the 1970s I was a nationally ranked bicycle road racer. It is a very demanding sport; I used to ride over 300 miles a week about 10 months out of the year. We were always looking for anything that would give us an edge.
One of the things people tried were massive doses of vitamin C. I think the main thing it did was give your kidneys and liver a good workout trying filter it all back out, but I remember some people getting rashes and other unpleasant side effects such as becoming dehydrated. It seemed obvious to me even as a young man that it was stupid and did nothing to help people to ride their bicycles further, faster, and with less fatigue. Even so, we had some middle aged scam artist who called himself a doctor come to one of our bicycle racing club meetings pushing this nonsense.
I don't remember anyone who gave him money for his vitamin C “treatment” getting really sick, but most of them gave it up fairly quickly when it gave no positive results.
But you are right people have been taking massive doses of various nutritional supplements for decades. Fortunately most of them do little harm and do nothing more than create expensive urine. I don't know anything about this particular organization but in a lot of similar situations, the people taking the money are charlatans. One should try to remember that our bodies can use only so much of anything we eat, drink, breath, absorb or have injected into our blood. Even drinking too much water in a short period of time can kill someone.
So, peddling an OTC available substance as a "preventative" and trying to get insurance companies to pay is "good business"?
If someone wants to use their services and pay their own way, fine, but don't tout it as something it ain't to pad your own pockets.
I cannot speak for it for cycling. I have never heard of it recommended for that. As to the rash...well that’s not proof or disproof of anything.
IV vitamin C infusions are well respected treatments for certain illnesses. The great thing is that vitamin C has never been known to kill anyone. Conventional medicine hospitalizes and/or kills hundreds of thousands per year. IV-C is being used here in a Houston hospital as we speak, to treat Covid-19. Has been used in other hospitals as well. I guess when a doctor is left with a choice between ego and simple, natural, inexpensive treatments, many will choose ego (or rank ignorance). Oh well.
IVC is made from sodium ascorbate and water.
Cathcart’s DIY instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgi-7xPrCAg
I tried to look this up but found little that indicated that it was beneficial outside of very specific situations despite having had adherents for decades as both you and I have noted. The belief that certain vitamins, minerals, and nutrients are valuable for health in massive doses that one would never get from naturally obtained sources has always seemed more than a little off base to me. And strangely enough most of the people who I have known who believed such things would extend their lives... died fairly young from various causes. The person who I was closest to who took massive amounts of supplements is still alive but has suffered from dementia since his early 50s.
I do take a multivitamin and a low dose CoQ10 capsule. But the poor outcomes of so many acquaintances have caused me to believe that huge doses of supplements can cause damage to our bodies.
If you have a rash after taking any medication, it can be a fairly clear sign that you probably should not be taking it. If your skin is having a problem from something, a similar nasty reaction is very likely happening in certain organs on the inside of your body possibly including your brain. My wife is a retired nurse and nutrition teacher... this is straight from her mouth.
As to “massive doses”, best to consult an expert (naturopath or wellness MD). Conventi9nal medical doctors, as many know, know almost nothing about nutritjon except to promote a worthless food pyramid.
As to vitamin C for covid-19 treatment, it is now being used in conventional hospitals, as well as natural practices,, and there’s nothing you can do about it. The protocols for use of vitamins A, B complex, C, D3 and zinc orally (and the need in case of illness), and many other IV treatments are also well established. They work. No Pharma company will touch them because they cannot profiteer off them.
Anyone interested should check the websites of Dr Joseph Mercola (OD), or Dr David Brownstein MD or Dr Steven Hotze MD to get information, and then do their own research.
The scene looked like there was an outbreak of some kind. Another overdone response? All of this reminds me of how it is possible to be too careful.
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