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Dr. Kevin Stillwagon's avatar

Dr. Ben Edwards mentioned fire for cooking as an environmental factor. In the centuries when people relied on wood-burning fireplaces and coal-fired stoves, indoor air was thick with soot and fine particulates. Respiratory infections, tuberculosis, influenza, pneumonia—were major killers during that era. While overcrowding, malnutrition, and lack of medical treatment played major roles, the air itself may have acted as an unseen accomplice in disease transmission. Inhaled particulates from smoke irritate and inflame the respiratory lining, damage cilia (the clearance mechanisms in airways), and impair immune responses including macrophage activity. These effects increase vulnerability to infection. Even recently, a Harvard study found that a small increase in airborne particles corresponded to an 8% increase in covid mortality. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7277007/

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Barbara Charis's avatar

People, including doctors, in centuries past, viewed insane people as possessed by spirits. They were locked up in institutions...and people came to look at them and laugh. Nobody, knew anything about nutrition...and these people had no nutrients to feed their brain, no decent shelter or rest. It is really pathetic that doctors today are so ignorant that they give their mental patients toxic drugs that wipe out their minds further; instead of knowing anything about nutrients to feed the brain right. Lack of sleep is another factor that deprives the brain of the ability to function. Doctors need to study Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, he helped bring about cures advising natural foods and a healthy lifestyle.

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Anna Quandt's avatar

So Bill Gates decided the solution to infectious disease in developing countries is vaccines! No thought of investing in water treatment facilities, sewerage systems, clean water. 🧐

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AMV's avatar

And now vaccines are causing massive illness and neuro issues. Admit it, it’s true. It’s logical. Tired of the propaganda!

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Pat's avatar

Hello. I can’t seem to get this link open. Just thought I’d let you know.

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