You Can Flatten The Curve!
Today, Gov. Chicken Little moved the state of Idaho back to Stage 2 of his four-stage plan related to "returning to normal" from coronavirus. He also called in the National Guard. That part's interesting because, as of today, according to official stats, only 749 Idahoans have had their deaths attributed to coronavirus in the past 9 months, out of a population of over 1.8 million people. That's all stupid and everything, as we've come to expect, but in this article we need to focus on something else the guv introduced: ““Our healthcare facilities will discontinue all but the most essential services…"” *facepalm* This, of course, is in response to "flattening the curve," the attempt to keep from overwhelming hospitals. Since almost no one is dying, and only slightly more are "testing positive," we need to ask ourselves why the hospitals are being overrun. There are three answers, and they are all related: 1. There has been ever-increasing testing for coronavirus. If you've been following us for long, you know that the PCR test is not meant for medical diagnostics, it is easily manipulated to return desired numbers, and the majority of "positive results" are false. Why are so many people getting tested, then? 2. Fear porn in the movies, coming from politicians like our governor and the sensationalist mainstream media, and the full-steam compliance with ridiculous rules and mandates, which only serve to re-enforce to an unsuspecting public that this is a real pandemic, which it is not. 3. Finally, we have a culture that is hospital-obsessed. Over 150 years ago, Brigham Young observed: “Would you want doctors? Yes, to set bones. We should want a good surgeon for that, or to cut off a limb. But do you want doctors? For not much of anything else, let me tell you, only the traditions of the people lead them to think so; and here is a growing evil in our midst. It will be so in a little time that not a woman in all Israel will dare to have a baby unless she can have a doctor by her… Now the cry is, "Send for a doctor." If you have a pain in the head, "Send for a doctor;" if your heel aches, "I want a doctor;" "my back aches, and I want a doctor." –Journal of Discourses, Volume 15, Number 15, Page 224.” Sadly, as he so prophetically pointed out, we now live in a society where most people run to a doctor for literally everything. These people will be lost without what they believe is their literal "lifeline." So, as we all continue to march forward into this extreme state of non-emergency, we have an important message. Are you ready? YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! How do I know this? Personal experience. Years ago, my wife and I started taking our health into our own hands. We became vegetarian, started avoiding GMOs (back when people didn't believe that was even a real thing!), stopped blindly allowing people to inject pharmaceuticals into our children, and started learning to use herbs for our illnesses. We have even delivered most of our nine children at home, all by ourselves. The most recent one being born only four days ago, completely healthy and, of course, cuter than yours ;) And guess what! We're still alive, after all these years. Did you know you could even DO such things? We didn't. We were raised just like most people – believing that going to the hospital was the only way, that no one could safely attend to their own sicknesses. But somewhere along the way, we began to realize that doctors are people, too, and that hospitals are just businesses that make business decisions affecting your life and well-being. Think about that last one. It is exactly what the governor decided for you today: THEY will decide who is important enough to get treatment, and possibly who will live or die! This isn't an extreme claim. It is already happening in other countries! And it is unnecessary. YOU can take care of yourself! And, unless you know someone who knows someone, you MUST now take care of yourself because the hospitals won't let you in. What will you use? I don't know, but I will tell you what we have used successfully over the past decades: homeopathy, essential oils, herbs, and chiropractic care, among other things. You will find that most of these things are inexpensive and easy to use, which is a threat to the existing medico-pharmaceutical paradigm. You have probably also been told that these things are "quackery." Who told you that? Probably a doctor. But what do I know? I'm just a guy who has used these things, and seen them work often enough to keep using them as my main method of staying healthy, like billions of other people throughout thousands of years. My ancestors did it. So did yours. You will learn that many "modern medicines" are simply synthetic versions of things that can be found in nature. Why? So they can be patented and sold for profit. What have we treated with these things? Just off the top of my head: migraines, head wounds, seasonal allergies, eczema, pink eye, colds, flu, sore throats (up to, and including, strep), staph infection (!), oral infection associated with cavities, and the attendant issues arising from childbirth, labor, and delivery. This final point is important, so pay attention: We are normal people. We have many more children than the average family, yes, but we aren't geniuses or weirdos. We try to eat healthy, which stops many problems at the source, and we try to figure out how to do things before we turn to others for help. It's a little thing our forefathers once called self-reliance. And you can do it, too. Don't know where to get started? We will be publishing articles on this subject in the coming weeks, but for now, feel free to contact us, and we will try to point you in the right direction.
Masks, Vaccines, and COVID-19
Biden gonna force you to mask up! French doctor tells it like it is! Scientists prove PCR tests are useless! Please donate today! https://liberapay.com/defendingidaho/donate ============= BREAKING: Biden says he will force Americans to wear masks for 100 days, calls it a ‘patriotic act’ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biden-will-force-americans-to-wear-masks-for-100-days-calls-it-a-patriotic-act Virtue signalling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling UK’s chief scientist: Vaccine will not mean ending crushing COVID restrictions https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/uks-chief-scientist-vaccine-will-not-mean-ending-crushing-covid-restrictions ‘Refuse this vaccination’: Acclaimed French doctor unloads on COVID vaccine https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/refuse-this-vaccination-acclaimed-paris-doctor-unloads-on-covid-vaccine For Big Pharma, the revolving door keeps spinning https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/452654-for-big-pharma-the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4425 Video Update 2020-12-03 JUST TRUST YOUR LOCAL LEADERS! https://defendingidaho.org/articles/36/video-update-2020-12-03-just-trust-your-local-leaders Scientists show COVID tests are ‘useless’, are based on ‘flawed science’ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/scientists-show-covid-tests-are-useless-are-based-on-flawed-science Episode 353 – The Crisis of Science https://www.corbettreport.com/sciencecrisis/ You Can Flatten The Curve! https://defendingidaho.org/articles/29/you-can-flatten-the-curve
Face Diapers, Butt Diapers, and Mandates, Oh My!
Rationing healthcare to "flatten the curve!" Idaho business shoots itself in the foot! The CDC and FDA say the COVID-19 vaccine might make you die! And, Chinese flight attendants must now wear diapers. Welcome to bizarroland 2020! Please donate today! https://liberapay.com/defendingidaho/donate ============= Tom Woods Email https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/stillmorecharts?e=df2001acfd CDC Admits: No Conclusive Evidence Cloth Masks Work Against COVID https://thenewamerican.com/cdc-admits-no-conclusive-evidence-cloth-masks-work-against-covid/ Masks: The Science Is NOT Settled https://defendingidaho.org/articles/32/masks-the-science-is-not-settled Idaho health leaders OK crisis health care rationing rule https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/12/idaho-health-leaders-ok-crisis-health-care-rationing-rule/ You Can Flatten The Curve! https://defendingidaho.org/articles/29/you-can-flatten-the-curve Idaho store closes after large group of mask-less customers enter https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/12/idaho-store-closes-after-large-group-of-mask-less-customers-enter/ Posters For Businesses https://defendingidaho.org/articles/39/posters-for-businesses Announcing a Vaccinations-based Caste System http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2020/december/11/announcing-a-vaccinations-based-caste-system/ CBER Plans for Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2020-10/COVID-Anderson.pdf China flight attendants advised to wear diapers for Covid protection https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-civil-aviation-administration-coronavirus-guidance-intl-hnk/index.html
Metrics and COVID
Metrics are opinionated reference points. According to Sandi Metz, a well-known author, speaker, and professional software developer, “"Metrics are, obviously, created by people, so one could argue that they merely express one individual’s opinion. That assertion, however, vastly understates their worth. Measures that rise to become metrics are backed by research that has stood the test of time. They’ve been scrutinized by many people over many years. You can think of metrics as crowd-sourced opinions."” The metrics we have heard used for mask mandates seem to be "cases" of coronavirus, and deaths attributed thereto. Since this is apparently a new form of coronavirus, nothing about it has withstood the test of time beyond a few months. Mask-wearing has been a thing for a long time, and it has definitely been researched and "scrutinized by many people over many years." Unfortunately, there is no "crowd-sourced opinion" that is settled on this issue. [See our article, Masks: The Science Is NOT Settled.] In the absence of a reliable metric concerning masks, let us turn to "cases," as determined by the PCR test. This seems to be much more straightforward. But is it? Sandi Metz continues, “"While it’s possible to disagree with the premise of a specific metric, and to insist that the thing it measures isn’t useful, the rules of mathematics require all to concede that the numbers produced by metrics are facts."” In other words, "numbers don't lie." They just are. Unfortunately, as with everything else related to this "pandemic," the numbers we are hearing about COVID-19 "cases" may actually be a lie. At best, they are highly unreliable. Dr. Scott Atlas, of Stanford University, recently tweeted: “"Marked "case" increase is not accompanied by similar increases in deaths. "Cases" is not the most important metric. #Perspective #FactsMatter" [7]” Whatever the numbers actually are, another issue is the interpretation of those numbers. We can read reports on "total cases" and "new cases," but we must take those numbers and do something with them, based on other criteria. The only criteria I am aware of related to coronavirus "cases" are the following claims: 1. They are meaningful because they represent deaths or the threat thereof. 2. They are meaningful because they represent the necessity for hospitalization, and we don't want to overwhelm hospitals (ie, we want to "flatten the curve"). Examining each of these claims reveals a sandy foundation for mask mandates to rest upon: 1. Deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the state of Idaho are currently at 874 since the "pandemic" began, as officially reported at coronavirus.idaho.gov. According to the 2020 census, the Idaho population is 1,826,160 [1]. A little math tells us that this represents less than 0.05% of the population. While every death is sad, this is hardly statistically significant, particularly in relation to seasonal flu deaths, cancer, suicide, and deaths from things like properly prescribed medications taken as prescribed [2]. For reference, that leaves greater than 99.95% of us alive. 2. Currently, the total number of "cases" since the "pandemic" began stands at 94,730, which represents roughly 5% of the population. Obviously, this leaves 95% of the population unaffected. These "cases" have been "diagnosed" over time (not all at once), and very few of them have actually "required" hospitalization. Here are the symptoms, according to the CDC [3]: “Fever or chills, Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Fatigue, Muscle or body aches, Headache, New loss of taste or smell, Sore throat, Congestion or runny nose, Nausea or vomiting, and Diarrhea.” The CDC rather unhelpfully includes a disclaimer that the above list "does not include all possible symptoms." Interestingly, the list seems to include every symptom of every other illness or non-illness one could experience, especially during winter, none of them requiring hospitalization. Of the people I've personally known who "tested positive" for COVID-19, the vast majority have had symptoms from this list. Under the heading, "When to seek emergency medical attention", the CDC lists the following as reasons to seek emergency medical care: “Trouble breathing, Persistent pain or pressure in the chest, New confusion, Inability to wake or stay awake, or Bluish lips or face.” Most of these would be good reasons to seek help under any circumstance. Thankfully, they are not experienced by the majority of those "testing positive." The CDC does point out that "Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness." So, of the 5% possibly affected by COVID-19 in Idaho, most of those fall into these two categories. Why are we placing restrictions on the rest of the population, for whom the greatest risk is that they might experience symptoms generally associated with the common cold? Interestingly, many of these "severe symptoms of COVID-19" are also symptoms of anxiety. [4] For instance, the University of Washington's Medical Department has a page called "Do You Have Anxiety or COVID-19?" [5] Many people have noticed this, and some have suggested that the 24/7 reporting on coronavirus may actually be causing this anxiety. [6] So, if most people who "test positive" don't require hospitalization, what is the problem? To begin with, they are scared to death. Because of all the propaganda surrounding this supposed "pandemic," such as the rush to release a vaccine, they have no idea that the actual threat to them is extremely small. Secondly, we live in a hospital-obsessed culture, where people no longer know how to take care of themselves, which is possible for 99% of the things people go see doctors for. Defending Idaho recently published an article called, "You Can Flatten The Curve!" that addressed this societal problem, and proposed that people seek to become self-reliant. On our Facebook page, we have shared information from practitioners of inexpensive natural methods that are currently being used to treat the symptoms listed for COVID-19. As has been demonstrated here, there are currently no metrics concerning COVID-19 that can possibly be relied on to support the current response, up to and including what amounts to house arrest, and intrusion into the simplest actions of people's daily lives. Not deaths, and certainly not "cases." SOURCES [0] All Sandi Metz quotes are from her book, "99 Bottles Of OOP. A Practical Guide To Object-Oriented Design," Version 1.0.1. [1] Idaho Population 2020, World Population Review https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/idaho-population [2] New Prescription Drugs: A Major Health Risk With Few Offsetting Advantages, Harvard University Center For Ethics https://ethics.harvard.edu/blog/new-prescription-drugs-major-health-risk-few-offsetting-advantages "[P]roperly prescribed drugs… cause about 1.9 million hospitalizations a year. Another 840,000 hospitalized patients are given drugs that cause serious adverse reactions for a total of 2.74 million serious adverse drug reactions. About 128,000 people die from drugs prescribed to them." [3] Symptoms of Coronavirus, CDC https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html [4] 11 Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders, Healthline https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/anxiety-disorder-symptoms They list excessive worrying, feeling agitated, restlessness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating. [5] https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/mind/stress/anxiety-or-COVID-19 [6] The Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Causing an Anxiety Pandemic, Time https://time.com/5808278/coronavirus-anxiety/ [7] As quoted (and displayed onscreen) in "Fire Fauci!' - Trump Rally Explodes Over Coronavirus Doom And Gloomer," RonPaulLibertyReport (YouTube) https://youtu.be/0NfVMc_pFQ4?t=1449
Trusting the Experts
We live in a culture that is constantly told that they should just trust the "experts." In some parts of Idaho, this is adhered to very strongly. There are actually a great many things wrong with this attitude, particularly when it comes to medicine [1], but still it is pervasive in some parts. We want to believe that doctors never make business decisions when it comes to our health, but this is naive. We want to think that those in the medical profession are just kind, friend people who want to heal people. Granted, there are some who feel this way, but there are a great many doctors, and they run the spectrum where these things are concerned. Medical school isn't free, after all, nor are vacations. Even where good doctors are concerned, however, there are problems. One of these is, interestingly, the same problem that the public tends to have: a belief that those above them know what is right and shouldn't be questioned. In our current situation, there is a chain of information/direction that looks like this: The United Nations directs the World Health Organization, which directs the CDC, which directs state health departments, which direct regional health departments, which direct local health officials, who are responsible for implementation. If you trust the UN, this might not bother you. But if you understand that there are serious reasons to take what they say with skepticism, this chain is very disconcerting. Take, for instance, Event 201 [3]. This was an event, held in October of 2019, where leaders and representatives from around the world got together to war-game what would happen if there were a global outbreak of a new coronavirus. Months before there actually was a new global coronavirus outbreak, or so we're told. What an amazing coincidence! Yet another coincidence is that this "pandemic" has presented exactly the opportunity long ought after by groups like the World Economic Forum to implement what they refer to as "The Great Reset", which they see as an "opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world," according to Klaus Schwab, the WEF's founder. This is why you keep hearing about the "new normal." They have no intention of letting things go back to the real normal. “"By Schwab’s own admission, the world must “act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies” — in short, he says, ever [sic] industry must “be transformed… we need a ‘Great Reset’ of capitalism.”" [2]” “"As the WEF puts it of the coming technocracy that would rule our lives: “Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better.”" [2]” All of these things tie directly back to the United Nations Agenda 21/2030. Defending Idaho has reported on the goals of Agenda 21/2030, and we refer you to our website for those. In short, these are all evil goals couched in nice-sounding phraseology. We must all stop blindly following and start thinking critically! "Experts" are people, and people have agendas. "There is no class of evidence to be received with greater suspicion than that of the so-called expert." [4] I'm No Expert At this point, some might be wondering who they are to question those who claim to be experts. I will tell you who you are: you are the one who will suffer the consequences of whatever they implement! You have your own brain, and you were meant to use it. And you have access to the greatest expert of all – God – who will gladly guide you as you navigate conflicting information. Most importantly, you must listen to all sides of an argument. Contrary to popular memes, science is NEVER settled! Science is, literally, "a study of a subject," and it is ever-evolving. We look back with horror on the practices of days gone by (Opium for headaches? Cigarettes for your lungs?), but somehow fail to realize that those people were following the recommendation of their doctors and experts, too. In a hundred years, what will society think of today's best practices, if there still is a society? What will the "science" say then? I have been known to say that "science is today's best guesses waiting to be proven false." Whether you like it or not, this is historically accurate. But we like to think of ourselves as above all that. OUR science is too good for all that. We have "evolved" to a safe place, where things like peer reviews and double-blind studies protect us from fraud and quackery. I wish that were true. Researcher James Corbett has produced an excellent, well-documented, documentary, entitled "The Crisis of Science," that exposes the flaws – serious, serious flaws! – in today's methodologies, as discussed among scientists themselves, in their own literature, conveniently removed from the public eye. I highly recommend you watch it. [5] Just Listen We are being told that we shouldn't listen to the "other guys," that they're the cause of all our problems. We are being led to divide into factions, constantly at odds with one another. This is wrong, and it is patently un-American. Just as we have been seeing people and groups purged from sites and services like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, so have these enormous organizations been controlling the free flow of information in other ways. Google, for instance, has long buried certain topics so far down into search results that no one will ever find them. Whistleblowers whose messages conflict with the prevailing narrative are quickly removed from public platforms before they can be seen. Truly, we live in Orwell's 1984, where this was known as "memory-holing." Media giant CNN admitted that some of these whistleblowers had been scrubbed from the main social media sites, but was quick to label them spreaders of "false coronavirus claims," so you wouldn't be concerned. [6] You weren't supposed to ask yourself why doctors would risk their livelihoods, not to mention their medical licenses, to spread "false claims." Or. what about The Great Barrington Declaration? [7] Have you even heard of it? You should have! But it's been either ignored or slandered by mainstream media publications, so you won't pay any attention to it. Why on earth would the public want to hear from "infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists [who] have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies"? What DO we get? Shut out of public meetings, where hospital administrators are admitted and allowed to give an air of legitimacy to mask mandates that we are being railroaded with. Are you not alarmed by that? I could go on, as there are many, many, other doctors and experts who disagree with the prevailing narrative. But I won't. I just hope that this has given you a sense of the urgency in our current situation, and that, going forward, you will not just blindly accept what any so-called "experts" say in regards to this "pandemic." There is a lot of reason to be skeptical, if not at least very cautious. SOURCES [1] See, for instance, the quotes from Brigham Young in the Defending Idaho article entitled "You Can Flatten The Curve". https://defendingidaho.org/articles/29/you-can-flatten-the-curve [2] Delingpole: The Great Reset Is Trending. Here’s Why… https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/11/18/the-great-reset-is-trending-heres-why/ The second quote above comes from this must-read article on the WEF website: Here's how life could change in my city by the year 2030 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/how-life-could-change-2030/ [3] Event 201, Center For Health Security https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/ [4] I picked up this quote somewhere in my reading, but forgot to write down the proper attribution, unfortunately. A quick internet search while writing this article turned up nothing. [5] Episode 353 – The Crisis of Science, The Corbett Report https://www.corbettreport.com/sciencecrisis/ [6] Social media giants remove viral video with false coronavirus claims that Trump retweeted https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/facebook-youtube-coronavirus/index.html [7] https://gbdeclaration.org/
Masks, Vaccines, and COVID-19
Biden gonna force you to mask up! French doctor tells it like it is! Scientists prove PCR tests are useless! Please donate today! https://liberapay.com/defendingidaho/donate ============= BREAKING: Biden says he will force Americans to wear masks for 100 days, calls it a ‘patriotic act’ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biden-will-force-americans-to-wear-masks-for-100-days-calls-it-a-patriotic-act Virtue signalling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling UK’s chief scientist: Vaccine will not mean ending crushing COVID restrictions https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/uks-chief-scientist-vaccine-will-not-mean-ending-crushing-covid-restrictions ‘Refuse this vaccination’: Acclaimed French doctor unloads on COVID vaccine https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/refuse-this-vaccination-acclaimed-paris-doctor-unloads-on-covid-vaccine For Big Pharma, the revolving door keeps spinning https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/452654-for-big-pharma-the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4425 Video Update 2020-12-03 JUST TRUST YOUR LOCAL LEADERS! https://defendingidaho.org/articles/36/video-update-2020-12-03-just-trust-your-local-leaders Scientists show COVID tests are ‘useless’, are based on ‘flawed science’ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/scientists-show-covid-tests-are-useless-are-based-on-flawed-science Episode 353 – The Crisis of Science https://www.corbettreport.com/sciencecrisis/ You Can Flatten The Curve! https://defendingidaho.org/articles/29/you-can-flatten-the-curve
You Can Flatten The Curve!
Today, Gov. Chicken Little moved the state of Idaho back to Stage 2 of his four-stage plan related to "returning to normal" from coronavirus. He also called in the National Guard. That part's interesting because, as of today, according to official stats, only 749 Idahoans have had their deaths attributed to coronavirus in the past 9 months, out of a population of over 1.8 million people. That's all stupid and everything, as we've come to expect, but in this article we need to focus on something else the guv introduced: ““Our healthcare facilities will discontinue all but the most essential services…"” *facepalm* This, of course, is in response to "flattening the curve," the attempt to keep from overwhelming hospitals. Since almost no one is dying, and only slightly more are "testing positive," we need to ask ourselves why the hospitals are being overrun. There are three answers, and they are all related: 1. There has been ever-increasing testing for coronavirus. If you've been following us for long, you know that the PCR test is not meant for medical diagnostics, it is easily manipulated to return desired numbers, and the majority of "positive results" are false. Why are so many people getting tested, then? 2. Fear porn in the movies, coming from politicians like our governor and the sensationalist mainstream media, and the full-steam compliance with ridiculous rules and mandates, which only serve to re-enforce to an unsuspecting public that this is a real pandemic, which it is not. 3. Finally, we have a culture that is hospital-obsessed. Over 150 years ago, Brigham Young observed: “Would you want doctors? Yes, to set bones. We should want a good surgeon for that, or to cut off a limb. But do you want doctors? For not much of anything else, let me tell you, only the traditions of the people lead them to think so; and here is a growing evil in our midst. It will be so in a little time that not a woman in all Israel will dare to have a baby unless she can have a doctor by her… Now the cry is, "Send for a doctor." If you have a pain in the head, "Send for a doctor;" if your heel aches, "I want a doctor;" "my back aches, and I want a doctor." –Journal of Discourses, Volume 15, Number 15, Page 224.” Sadly, as he so prophetically pointed out, we now live in a society where most people run to a doctor for literally everything. These people will be lost without what they believe is their literal "lifeline." So, as we all continue to march forward into this extreme state of non-emergency, we have an important message. Are you ready? YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! How do I know this? Personal experience. Years ago, my wife and I started taking our health into our own hands. We became vegetarian, started avoiding GMOs (back when people didn't believe that was even a real thing!), stopped blindly allowing people to inject pharmaceuticals into our children, and started learning to use herbs for our illnesses. We have even delivered most of our nine children at home, all by ourselves. The most recent one being born only four days ago, completely healthy and, of course, cuter than yours ;) And guess what! We're still alive, after all these years. Did you know you could even DO such things? We didn't. We were raised just like most people – believing that going to the hospital was the only way, that no one could safely attend to their own sicknesses. But somewhere along the way, we began to realize that doctors are people, too, and that hospitals are just businesses that make business decisions affecting your life and well-being. Think about that last one. It is exactly what the governor decided for you today: THEY will decide who is important enough to get treatment, and possibly who will live or die! This isn't an extreme claim. It is already happening in other countries! And it is unnecessary. YOU can take care of yourself! And, unless you know someone who knows someone, you MUST now take care of yourself because the hospitals won't let you in. What will you use? I don't know, but I will tell you what we have used successfully over the past decades: homeopathy, essential oils, herbs, and chiropractic care, among other things. You will find that most of these things are inexpensive and easy to use, which is a threat to the existing medico-pharmaceutical paradigm. You have probably also been told that these things are "quackery." Who told you that? Probably a doctor. But what do I know? I'm just a guy who has used these things, and seen them work often enough to keep using them as my main method of staying healthy, like billions of other people throughout thousands of years. My ancestors did it. So did yours. You will learn that many "modern medicines" are simply synthetic versions of things that can be found in nature. Why? So they can be patented and sold for profit. What have we treated with these things? Just off the top of my head: migraines, head wounds, seasonal allergies, eczema, pink eye, colds, flu, sore throats (up to, and including, strep), staph infection (!), oral infection associated with cavities, and the attendant issues arising from childbirth, labor, and delivery. This final point is important, so pay attention: We are normal people. We have many more children than the average family, yes, but we aren't geniuses or weirdos. We try to eat healthy, which stops many problems at the source, and we try to figure out how to do things before we turn to others for help. It's a little thing our forefathers once called self-reliance. And you can do it, too. Don't know where to get started? We will be publishing articles on this subject in the coming weeks, but for now, feel free to contact us, and we will try to point you in the right direction.