Briefly Noted: More Good Mandate News
Plus, Vitamin D
Zerohedge has republished an article from the Epoch Times on developments in the US Senate with regard to the regime’s “ultimate workaround”—the injection mandate for private businesses through OSHA:
Tester To Join Manchin In Striking Down OSHA Vaccine Mandate
The key to Tester and Manchin publicly announcing that they will vote to strike down the mandate is threefold:
All Republicans are already on board with this move;
A vote to overturn federal regulations under the Congressional Review Act can pass with a simple majority and is not subject to filibuster;
This announcement may also embolden other Dems to get on board, and
It will certainly send a message of support to courts that are inclined to challenge the regime’s abuse of administrative measures.
From the article:
Manchin and Tester joining Republicans comes in a concerted effort to overturn the private sector mandate through a congressional power formulated and made law under President Bill Clinton.
All Republicans in the upper chamber joined with Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Nov. 18 to challenge the measure under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
The CRA, approved in the 1990s under Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, allows Congress to review and, if necessary, to overturn new federal regulations put into place by federal administrations such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). If a rule is overturned under this procedure, federal administrations are forbidden from issuing the same or a substantially similar rule.
Under the rules of its charter, a CRA motion can be passed by a simple majority, without the risk of a filibuster.
Overall, this appears to be very good news.
Also, a highly recommended article regarding Vitamin D, with a focus on Covid—although Vitamin D’s importance runs far beyond just that disease:
Vitamin D supplements might have saved thousands of Americans from dying with COVID
Seeing vitamin D as crucial to surviving COVID is supported by solid medical research.
The article actually contains a range of interesting information. Examples:
Vitamin D is an accurate predictor of COVID infection. Its deficiency is just as significant, and perhaps more so, than more commonly discussed underlying medical conditions, including obesity.
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In the German study, fifteen other studies were cited that showed low vitamin D levels were related to cases of severe COVID infection, and seven studies that found positive results from treating ill patients with the vitamin.
The German study noted: “The finding that most SARS-CoV-2 patients admitted to hospitals have vitamin D3 blood levels that are too low is unquestioned even by opponents of vitamin D supplementation.” …
Why does this vitamin work so well? The German study explained: A main cause of a severe reaction from COVID results from a “cytokine storm.” This refers to the body’s immune system releasing too many toxic cytokines as part of the inflammatory response to the virus. Vitamin D is a main regulator of those cells. A low level of the vitamin means a greater risk for a cytokine storm. This is especially pertinent for lung problems from COVID.
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From Israel came work that showed 25% of hospitalized COVID patients with vitamin D deficiency died compared to just 3% among those without a deficiency. And those with a deficiency were 14 times more likely to end up with a severe or critical condition.
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A Mayo Clinic study said this: “Vitamin D deficiency is more common than previously thought. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that the percentage of adults achieving vitamin D sufficiency as defined by 25(OH)D of at least 30 ng/mL has declined from about 60% in 1988-1994 to approximately 30% in 2001-2004 in whites and from about 10% to approximately 5% in African Americans during this same time. Furthermore, more people have been found to be severely deficient in vitamin D [ <10 ng/mL]. Even when using a conservative definition of vitamin D deficiency, many patients routinely encountered in clinical practice will be deficient in vitamin D.”
Follow the link for more, including recommended protocols.
Praying that the mandate madness ends one way or another. My employer (a state university) just announced a Jan 18 deadline to get jabbed. I will not. I could request an exemption for “sincerely held” religious belief (presumably about the use fetal tissue). I find that option distasteful for a number of reasons. For one, what qualifies H.R. to judge the legitimacy of my religious beliefs? Besides, the fact that the jab is (a) ineffective and (b) dangerous is more than enough to warrant non-compliance. I will not eke out an exemption based on a technicality when the stakes are actually life or death, liberty or slavery. My wife and kids are (understandably) worried about the future, but presently my conscience is telling me that I have no choice.
I just finished reading a short book called "Simplyfing the Covid Puzzle: How Two Essential Vitamins Fortify the Immune System," and it's as good a read as you'll find on how and why both D3 and, critically, K2 are so essential not just to fighting off covid but to health overall.
Written by a pair of medical doctors, the kindle version is only 95 cents, and it can be read in a single setting. I had already bought a liquid D3-K2 combination supplement after hearing Dr. Richard Urso go on and on about the importance of the two vitamins together, and after reading this book, I know see why he's so adamant in his medical opinion.
Some personal experience in case anyone cares:
The D3-K2 combo I'm using is here: doublewoodsupplements.com/products/vitamin-d3-k2-liquid-drops (it's at Amazon, also).
It delivers 125mcg (5,000 IU) of D3 and 200mcg of K2 in two squeezes of the eyedropper (though you can meter less from the eyedropper if you want less), and since it's already dissolved in a tasteless oil, you can take it anytime, even on an empty stomach. Super easy. I like it so much, I'm going to go ahead and get the 3-pack delivered every three months, which brings the monthly cost down to about 14 bucks. Cheap health insurance, in my book.
I looked and looked for pills that would do the same thing, but I couldn't find any (except in Europe) that give both 5,000 IU of D3 AND 200mcg of K2 - they all offer only 100mcg of K2. You can of course take the two vitamins separately and then get any ratio you want - I just like the convenience of the combo. Lastly, the key to any K2 purchase is for it to be "all-trans" K2 as Mk7 - not "cis" K2 and not Mk4. The cis won't get absorbed and the Mk4 has a half-life of only a few hours. I also do a combo pill of 15mg zinc-1mg copper, 500mg of vitamin C, 250mg quercetin phytosome, a teaspoon of black seed oil and 500mg of fermented turmeric curcumin. And drink water throughout the day.
As far as over the counter covid prophylaxis plans go, that lineup of D-K-Zinc-Copper-quercetin-black seed oil-turmeric + lots of water is about as strong as it gets (unless you want to add in NAC and/or the twice-daily povidone-iodine nasal rinse + cetylpyridinium chloride gargle, which are things I'll save until I think I've actually been infected. If I were high-risk, I'd probably do them, but I'm not).