[Hidden-tech] A Strange Cold Going Around?

Mon Mar 30 01:53:28 UTC 2020

Hi All,

Thanks for the feedback. I planned to write more today, but alas the darn illness had me bed-bound again.

The symptoms noted here and in my other conversations are close enough to assign high-ish probability that they stem from the same infective agent. I spoke with my friend who got tested, and unfortunately there's less overlap that I thought--mainly, his passed quickly, and less fatigue, while it seems this one comes and goes over at least two weeks. Two days ago I thought I was done, and, wow, full vibrancy is so remarkable when it returns, but the affliction has returned, heading into three weeks now.

I wanted to supply more links to reliable science in this email and spend time confirming the stats below, but I lost more time to sleep. Upshot is that the biases emerging from corruption at the WHO (mostly earlier) and at the CDC, the biases of great financial and political interests, and the huge forces of denial to which we are all variously subject, make it crucial to get a good cheat sheet of facts as established by qualified researchers who are subject to minimal financial incentives towards one conclusion or another.

A big fork in current science has occurred in the last week or so. The prevailing science shows, for example, that the US peak is weeks away, at least 60% of our population will be infected within a year, of which 13% to 20% will need hospitalization, and 1.5% to 3.5% of infected will die. The new fork holds that the SARS-2 virus actually spread much more already, which lines up with the RO range of 4 to 6.7 (average # that one person infects) posited by a major brain trust at Los Alamos in mid to late February. This fork argues that therefore substantially less hospitalization and death are coming. An excellent but rather demanding video put a big torpedo in this new fork, but the ship isn't sunk and can withstand, barely, the second torpedo from understanding the above-noted forces of bias. If this new fork is true, then this peculiar illness we discuss here could be Covid-19 or an expression of one of the many (not just the main 2 or 3) mutations circulating now. In the last few days, slight but worrisome data has emerged suggesting that recovery does not prevent re-infection, but assuming that that data does not pan out, I too rather hope I have covid-19, and won't get worse. If this is the case, once tests are available to detect antibodies, I'd be cleared to help at the hospital or wherever. However, all things considered I lean towards the conclusion that this peculiar illness some of us have now is just a strange cold. I've known of other colds that come and go like this, and I and my brother had one once that lasted close to two months.

If you don't already, I advise that you follow the two excellent daily ~25 minute videos summarizing the science and resulting best practices:

Dr. John Campbell<https://www.youtube.com/user/Campbellteaching/videos>. A wonderfully avuncular, totally qualified British doctor.

Peak Prosperity<https://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisMartensondotcom/videos>. This local (Montague, MA) PH.D. in pathology has for years run a "doom porn" site. He did called the housing crisis 2 years before it, but then got the financial markets and economy dead wrong (to be fair, most investing pros don't understand that this time it really is true that "This Time is Different" in financial markets because of Fed money printing institutionalized). For the pandemic he was pretty much 100% right in his predictions in late January. He surfaces excellent research and shows how egregiously wrong are some official and even scientists' publications.

Be Well,

Rob Laporte

Chief Business Development Officer | Founder | Chairman

DISC, Inc. - Making Websites Make Money

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From: Mitch Anthony <mitch at clarity-first.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:48 AM
To: Rob Laporte <rob at 2disc.com>
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Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] A Strange Cold Going Around?

Rob, I have had very similar symptoms. 3 weeks ago I came down with a raging sore throat, chills and super low energy, but no fever. I went to bed for 1 1/2 days and the symptoms subsided - except for the low energy. It feels like the first 8 hours of a cold or flu, the feeling that precedes getting sick.

But it doesn’t really impact my performance. I am still working 8-10 hours a day, and last week I xc-skied in VT with the manager of our ski area (the trails were groomed but the lodge was closed and we all kept 6 ft. apart.) He is a monster skier and I had no problems keeping up wit him. However, that evening I did feel unusually low energy and experienced minor chills. Thursday I considered skiing again (likely the last snow of the year) but decided not to because I felt so low juice. I NEVER turn down a day of swing if there is snow on the ground, especially the end of the season.

The good news is that even these symptoms seem to be subsiding. They are still noticeable, but they are lessening.

Debbie and I are practicing 100% social isolation, with our son doing our shopping for us.

All three of my adult kids are convinced that I’ve had the virus all along, before I started to isolate (just 1 week ago). If there were a simple test I’d like to do it. I wouldn’t be surprised to find antibodies there. If this is as bad as it gets then I would consider myself very, very lucky.

Mitch Anthony

On Mar 28, 2020, at 10:27 AM, Rob Laporte via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net<mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>> wrote:

Hi Hters,

Of course colds and flues continue, and I'm curious if people know of a strange, weak cold that, for me anyway, just makes me tired, and has been going for about 2 weeks now. Had a very minor sore throat for 2-3 days in the first, and brief minor fevers coming and going in the first week. Also bouts of Tinnitus. A friend working at a high security, Fed-related job had the exact same symptoms, and was immediately double tested to find no Covid-19, so I'm quite sure I'm clear. Anyway, I'd be curious if you;ve had or know people who have had something like this.

Best Regards,

Rob Laporte
Chief Business Development Officer | Founder | Chairman
DISC, Inc. - Making Websites Make Money
413-584-6500
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