By Paulino Jose Misa
After waiting 6 months for the DOH to tell me something new, it is quite obvious that we need a NEW PLAN that does not depend on anyone but OURSELVES.
The big question - Why we are not gaining ground despite doing everything the most successful countries are doing? Two answers. A) We are not doing it properly and B) There is something they may be doing but are not saying.
FACT: COVID is most contagious during the first 5 days of showing symptoms of infection.
Not having a plan-- not knowing what to do other than have a swab test, is actually the main problem. This is mainly due to the fact that it takes several days after feeling the symptoms just to get over the fear of COVID and the initial reaction of DENIAL. You basically don't want to know or get tested until it is too late, especially if you are told that YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING but wait for the inevitable. By that time you may have already infected many other people. Having a plan will at the very least keep that to a bare minimum.
So what is the DOH recommended protocol? After hand-washing, mask-wearing and social distancing, all you can do is WAIT for the symptoms, WAIT until you can overcome your fear of finding out and get a swab test, WAIT for the swab test results, WAIT to find out if yours is a mild (90%) or a severe (10%) case, and if it is indeed severe, WAIT again while you cross your heart and hope not to die.
Operative word: WAIT. And, that my friends, is WHAT IS REALLY KILLING US rather than the virus itself.
But WAIT! Is there really nothing you can do, as the DOH seems to think? Well, the good news is OF COURSE NOT! This is the plan:
ANYTIME you feel even the slightest throat itch, if you can get herbal eucalyptus oil or rub WITHOUT CAMPHOR (CAMPHOR is dangerous), just apply it on your mask. Breathe in through your mouth and exhale through your nose and vice versa, By the time the eucalyptus starts to fade in a minute or two, the itch should be gone. This is the first line of defense, perhaps not even against COVID but rather from stressing out. The best thing is that you can do this anytime, anywhere. This should work up to 99% of the time. Instant relief from itch, even more relief from stress and worry!
If you still feel any symptoms, then try to do TUOB ASAP regardless of what the DOH might say. It is at least infinitely safer than being a guinea pig for some new drug or vaccine, costs NOTHING, and can be done in 15-30 minutes. Put a few drops of eucalyptus oil too. Repeat a few hours later if you still don't feel normal.
If you still feel COVID symptoms after doing that, then you probably might have COVID and should follow the protocols as you will then already have begun to be contagious, if ever. Is this a cure for COVID? Who knows and who cares? (WHO and the DOH apparently DOESN'T care) If it does, great! Your worries will be gone in an instant.
BUT if it doesn't it is still quite useful because it will tend to eliminate other reasons and also be the early warning signal to take precautions to stop contaminating others as well as to more actively try to strengthen your immune system. This might also help avoid the infection from becoming severe. Might? Well, don't you think "might" is way better than NOTHING?
If this can be done on the first day, by the second day you can already isolate yourself and avoid infecting others as you become more contagious. The main reason the virus spreads so easily is that most are in denial for the first 3 or 4 days when they are actually already contagious. This alone may be the key to stopping the spread. It is free. You need no one but yourself and the willingness and determination to stay alive. How hard is that?
The key is to be able to do it at the slightest sign or suspicion when the virus is at the gates and has yet to enter your body. This is the last chance to apply external methods to get rid of it (or other viruses as well) if ever.
AGAIN, is this a cure for COVID? WHO knows? (Actually WHO might know but is not interested) Even if it isn't, it is a cheaper, faster, DIY method that anyone can do IMMEDIATELY at ANY TIME that may possibly just as accurate in diagnosing COVID by process of elimination. If only EVERYONE could do it, it would ELIMINATE 95% of the stress, fear & worry for having to constantly wonder. It would drastically cut the costs of dealing with the virus in so many ways by perhaps just as much and MOST IMPORTANTLY , regardless of whether it really works to kill the virus or not, it would REDUCE the SPREAD by warning the people to isolate themselves SOONER THAN LATER.
Certainly sounds much more reasonable than bike shields, don't you think? All it takes is for ALL of us to simply DEPEND ON OURSELVES, SPREAD THE WORD regardless of what any authorities and "experts" might say, and make a UNITED EFFORT to take our lives in our hands to protect our lives and that of our loved ones and fellow citizens. It COSTS practically NOTHING. All it takes is IMMEDIATE ACTION by EVERYONE.
Now, does this sound like a plan or not?
If you agree, kindly share on your wall as well as PM your friends. If we can make this viral we might be able to stop this virus much sooner than later simply by making a really small effort. Certainly much easier than going out to rally or lining up for ayuda. LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
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