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Another Year of Wearing Masks?
/in Memos/by Chet Zelasko“What do you think? Will we be wearing masks another year?” That’s the question that someone asked me at the health club. I shrugged and said “Maybe. But you know in reality, it isn’t all that bad. My grandson’s kindergarten class wears masks all day, and they seem to manage just fine.” He agreed it […]
Ideas for Long-Hauler Recovery from COVID-19
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoThere is currently no research on ways to recover faster if you have chronic symptoms after your initial COVID-19 infection. When this occurs, the best thing we can do is to use what we know to help restore the body as long as it does no harm. That’s the approach I used when putting this […]
The COVID-19 Long-Haulers
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoI’ve spent most of my time on COVID-19 talking about how to prevent getting the infection, but I haven’t talked about what happens if you get the infection and recover from it. I hope you have a mild case, and in a week or two, you’re back in business. Your body has built up antibodies, […]
Why We Need Hope
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoI hope you all had a good Thanksgiving and were as safe as possible. The COVID-19 seven-day average continues to stay over 150,000 cases per day. We’ll find out in a couple weeks how we did during the Thanksgiving holiday related to masking and social distancing. It’s difficult to be without family and friends, especially […]
Another Path to Trained Innate Immunity
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoThere is one more action that may give a person a way to enhance trained innate immunity short of catching COVID-19 itself, and that’s to catch a cold. Specifically, a coronavirus cold. I read a great article in the New Scientist that I’ll summarize for you. I urge those of you who want to know […]
How to Train Your Immune System
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoHere’s where we stand: healthcare workers in the Netherlands who got last year’s flu vaccine had fewer cases of COVID-19 than their unvaccinated counterparts. In addition, white blood cells treated with the flu vaccine, with or without the tuberculosis vaccine, demonstrated enhanced immune responses when exposed to the COVID-19 virus. Where does this lead? It’s […]
How Vaccines Can Affect COVID-19
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoIn vitro studies, more commonly called test-tube studies, are used when you want to see if there’s a relationship between cells and microorganisms. In the case of the researchers in the Netherlands, blood cells, vaccines, and the COVID-19 virus were used. While the laboratory techniques were complex, here’s what they found. The researchers isolated peripheral […]
The Flu Shot and COVID-19
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoThis week, I’m going to review a series of studies that outline a strategy that includes getting the current flu vaccination. The first study is an observational study. In my opinion, it’s the way research should begin: look for relationships between factors first, and then conduct experimental trials. Researchers in the Netherlands used the medical […]
Taking Charge of Your Health
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoFlowers and trees have been winterized. The mulch has been spread throughout the yard. The leaves remain a continuing problem, but in short order the snow may take care of that. The one thing that I like about working in the yard is it gives me an extended opportunity to think. There are two things […]
Swiss Cheese COVID Protection
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoYou’re probably thinking “First, zeptoseconds, then speeches and dancing, and now Swiss cheese? How are they related?” I’ve used the concept of discrete time intervals to make a point. Each discrete time interval of seemingly separate tasks can be put together to make up something that can be greater than each individual part—in this case, […]