The Atlantic published an article well worth reading, “End the Hygiene Theater.” To summarize, SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19’s official name) is an aerosol and does not survive in the outdoors or on surfaces. Just like 99.9% of all viral infections. Consider how much money the government mandates had wasted on power cleaning surfaces since August 2020 when the scientific peer-reviewed journals began publishing the science of aerosol viral fighting tips.
15 April 2020 was a high watermark day for me; I was forced to go to the Sandra Day O’ Connor Federal Courthouse to fight three citations for not physically being able to wear a mask at the VA Hospital here in Phoenix. My injury at the hands of the VA Police was not allowed as evidence; the policy that continues to hinder care at the VA Hospital was not allowed as evidence. However, it was used frequently as an excuse, and my being erroneously declared a behavior problem at the VA was inadmissible as that is an internal policy of the VAMC. The end result, I lost more money to pay the fines.
In the US Republic of America, you have the right and freedom to wear a mask if you choose. Suppose you desire that face diaper as a safety blanket, even though peer-reviewed science has found zero evidence that masks help; feel free to wear a mask. Please understand that thousands of people cannot wear a mask due to medical conditions, medications, and other breathing problems, which means alternative health measures are needed. Medical policies should never be written as one-size-fits-all. The policies writers are discriminating and putting people’s health at risk.
As my breathing has become more labored since my spinal injuries in 2002, at the hands of a First-Class Petty Officer, I have had to exercise more healthy options to keep myself safe. I take vitamin supplements, including C & D, at both a medical professional’s request and my wife’s knowledge. I drink tonic water, which has quinine in it, specifically the tonic water sold at Trader Joe’s, for it has no high-fructose corn syrup and less sugar than soda, so my diabetes does not take a hit. I was told by my primary care provider, at the VA almost 10-years ago that quinine will help my nighttime leg cramps, it worked for me.
I am not a medical professional, and am not saying everyone will have the same benefits; the quinine in tonic water has helped me, and overtime I have experienced less sick time from common colds, flues, and other aerosol borne sicknesses. Always discuss with your doctor the vitamins and drugs being taken, this is also your right and freedom!
Historically, quinine has been used as an anti-malarial drug, and is effective in calming muscle cramps, leg restlessness, and is a base ingredient in chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. “Use of chloroquine (tablets) shows favorable outcomes in humans infected with coronavirus including faster time to recovery and shorter hospital stay. US CDC research shows that chloroquine also has strong potential as a prophylactic (preventative) measure against coronavirus. Chloroquine is an inexpensive, globally available drug that has been in widespread human use since 1945 against malaria, autoimmune diseases, viruses, and various other conditions.” Facts are coming from multiple peer-reviewed resources since 1950, including Dr. Fauci.
To arrive at court, I had to walk more than ¼ of a mile from the closest parking spot to the 2nd floor mezzanine of the Federal Court House. By the time I got through the US Marshall security buttress, I was completely out of breath, and the first words out of security’s mouth, “Where is your mask?” I explained I have breathing problems, and they insisted I at least carry a mask to meet the “stringent judge mandated legal requirements for mask policies.” Thankfully, they did not insist I wear the mask, as I would have become an emergency right then and there.
Leaving me with an incredible question, “How can the US Marshall’s in charge of security at a Federal Courthouse use common sense and keen observation and make executive decisions, but the VA Police on Federal Property cannot do the same?”
The answer to that question lies with the draconian leadership and the egos inherent in the VA. Same Federal Policy regarding masks but applied with 180-degrees of separation. The VA Police Officer who oversaw my asset forfeiture/remediation did not have a problem with my not wearing a mask the entire time we spoke. We maintained 6’ of separation and conducted business like adults. Yet, in the VAMC, this officer would have been under obligation first to arrest me, which always leads to me being injured, cite me, then kick me off the property. All Federal Property, all handled by sworn legal officers possessing arrest authority, and we have two different outcomes.
As a point of reference, there are more than several hundred thousand people like me in America right now who have breathing conditions that preclude wearing a mask for personal health and safety. Polio victims with lung scarring are especially susceptible to COVID and should not wear a mask. I know veterans who are missing a lung, who struggle to breathe, they cannot access the VA for medical care; this is mask discrimination! I know cancer patients who, due to the drugs and cancer, cannot wear a mask and cannot access the VA for cancer treatment; this is mask discrimination. I am one of several thousand people on a steroid to help breathing problems, where a mask is warned against wearing for physical safety and personal health. However, I am still denied VA Medical Care over the mask policy. The list of medical conditions and breathing issues is endless. Still, the policy from the Federal VA Director’s office, supposedly, does not come with a line, “except for those with approved medical conditions.” I claim allegedly, as I have yet to receive a copy of this mask mandate policy or find a copy anywhere online. I have even gone so far as to use an FOIA request for the policy and never have received a response.
I asked a supervisor about the policy at the VAMC and was pointed to a marketing sign. I asked a hospital director, in fact, the patient advocate director, and was told there is no official policy. Because that would require writing things down, and the VA refuses to document anything for fear of reprisal and recrimination. Also, a topic I have covered ad nauseam and ad infinitum in these articles to no avail, as an excuse for designed incompetence.
Ask yourself this question, “Who is the primary person responsible for my health, myself, the media, the insurance companies, or the government?” For how you answer that question will determine how you approach situations where your health is jeopardized. We have programmable vaccines being passed off as a cure-all for a virus that makes up the common cold, yet people are still catching the common cold and testing negative for COVID. We have had flu vaccines around since the 1930s, with mass vaccination campaigns since 1945; yet until COVID came along, we still had people dying from the flu every year! By the way, an interesting fact, no one has caught the flu since February 2020; do you believe the COVID testing works?
America has witnessed years when the flu guessers guessed the wrong flu variant strain, and the flu vaccine people got was 100% ineffective. Yet magically, this COVID vaccine comes along to end all those problems without long-term testing and in-depth research, and how many are lining up to get their COVID shot? After getting the COVID jab, how many still are forced to live under COVID mandates? See, the problem is not COVID; the problem is who controls your health decisions, the government, the media, the insurance companies, or you?
The discrimination we have been told all through school is “bad,” but the VAMC can mask discriminate against the population they are duty-bound to serve, and there are no legal consequences; where are the lawyers? We have people who have been and are suffering from COVID-related vaccine sicknesses who lost their legal rights to sue the pharmacological manufacturer; where are the lawyers? I would think the ACLU would be head over heels angry at this blatant abuse of people’s rights, except they are silent on these issues. We have hundreds of thousands of veterans who cannot access their medical center, their doctors, and so forth due to a policy that isn’t a policy and are dying; where are the lawyers?
Who controls your healthcare choices, you or the government? I know my answer!
Reference
Sturrock, B. R., & Chevassut, T. J. (2020). Chloroquine and COVID-19–a potential game-changer? Clinical Medicine, 20(3), 278.
Todaro, J. M., and Rigano Esq, G. J. An Effective Treatment for Coronavirus (COVID-19). In consultation with Stanford University School of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine, and National Academy of Sciences researchers. Retrieved from: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR1adodKPhWalV9djnerI2x_v1LGgGyhZZxpl0O5r-ZNyDdagqFq1rTCxXBqaeicfxgvypDOqKCZVyV/pub (Google is blocking access to this information)
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