**"Denmark to continue suspension of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines over ‘possible harmful effects"**
Denmark announced on Friday that it will continue to suspend its use of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines, citing “possible harmful effects” which are too much of a concern compared to the benefits.
The Danish Health Authority declared in a statement that the “balance between possible benefit and possible harmful effects is still not favorable” with the two vaccines, “even when we include assumptions in our analyses that are in favor of the vaccine.”
It went on to say that based on US and EU data, along with other health authority assessments, the Danish Health Authority can say “with certainty” that both the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines – known officially as Vaxzevria and Janssen respectively – can cause VITT syndrome, or thrombotic thrombocytopenia.
"How long have people been using medicinal plants?"
Evidence exists that plants were used for medicinal purposes some 60,000 years ago. A burial site of a Neanderthal man was uncovered in 1960. Eight species of plants had been buried with him, some of which are still used for medicinal purposes today.
By 3500 BC, Ancient Egyptians began to associate less magic with the treatment of disease, and by 2700 BC the Chinese had started to use herbs in a more scientific sense. Egyptians recorded their knowledge of illnesses and cures on temple walls and in the Ebers papyrus (1550 BC), which contains over 700 medicinal formulas.
Hippocrates, 460-380 BC, known as the “Father of Medicine,” classified herbs into their essential qualities of hot and cold, moist and dry, and developed a system of diagnosis and prognosis using herbs. The number of effective medicinal plants he discussed was between 300 and 400 species.
A full 40 percent of the drugs behind the pharmacist’s counter in the Western world are derived from plants that people have used for centuries, including the top 20 best-selling prescription drugs in the United States today. For example, quinine extracted from the bark of the South American cinchona tree (Cinchona calisaya) relieves malaria, and licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) has been an ingredient in cough drops for more than 3,500 years. The species native to the United States, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, has a broad range from western Ontario to Washington, south to Texas, Mexico, and Missouri. Eastward, there are scattered populations. The leaves and roots have been used for treating sores on the backs of horses, toothaches, and fever in children, sore throats, and cough.
**"Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response"**
The rapid spread of COVID-19 underscores the need for new treatments. Here we report that cannabidiol (CBD), a compound produced by the cannabis plant, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection. CBD and its metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, but not congeneric cannabinoids, potently block SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells.
CBD acts after cellular infection, inhibiting viral gene expression and reversing many effects of SARS-CoV-2 on host gene transcription. CBD induces interferon expression and up-regulates its antiviral signaling pathway. A cohort of human patients previously taking CBD had significantly lower SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence of up to an order of magnitude relative to matched pairs or the general population.
This study highlights CBD, and its active metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, as potential preventative agents and therapeutic treatments for SARS-CoV-2 at early stages of infection.
**"Cannabis compound inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in human lung cells"**
Researchers in the United States have conducted a study showing that a cannabis plant compound inhibited infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in human lung cells.
SARS-CoV-2 is the agent responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that continues to sweep the globe posing a threat to global public health and the worldwide economy.
Marsha Rosner from the University of Chicago in Illinois and colleagues found that cannabidiol (CBD) and its metabolite 7-OH-CBD potently blocked SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells.
The CBD inhibited viral gene expression and reversed many of the effects the virus has on host gene transcription.
The compound also induced the expression of interferons – cell signaling proteins that are produced by host cells as an early response to viral invasion.
Furthermore, the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was up to an order of magnitude lower in a cohort of patients who had been taking CBD, compared with matched patients who had not been taking CBD.
“This study highlights CBD, and its active metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, as potential preventative agents and therapeutic treatments for SARS-CoV-2 at early stages of infection,” says Rosner and the team.
A pre-print version of the research paper is available on the bioRxiv* server, while the article undergoes peer review.
The number of so-called intelligent individuals obviously ignorant to the fact that many top medicines are derivatives of plants or synthetic versions of plants is astounding!
Worldwide, between 50,000 and 80,000 flowering plants are used medicinally (IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2007; Marinelli, 2005). In the United States, of the top 150 prescription drugs, at least 118 are based on natural sources: 74 percent come from plants, 18 percent from fungi, 5 percent from bacteria, and 3 percent from vertebrate species such as snakes or frogs (Ecology Society of America, 1997).
Contrary to PM Minnis's totally irresponsible, very stupid, misleading, statement that "bush medicines don't work on COVID-19", the Ministry of Ayush (India) has collaborated with the U.K.'s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ (Withania somnifera) for promoting recovery from covid-19.
a Ministry release said that the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, and the LSHTM recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ on 2,000 people in three U.K. cities — Leicester, Birmingham, and London (Southall and Wembley).
‘Ashwagandha’ (Withania somnifera), commonly known as ‘Indian winter cherry’, is a traditional Indian herb that boosts energy, reduces stress and makes the immune system stronger. It is an easily accessible, over-the-counter nutritional supplement in the U.K. and has a proven safety profile. The positive effects of ‘Ashwagandha’ have been observed in Long COVID, which is a multi-system disease with no evidence of its effective treatment or management.
Instead of looking down on and dismissing the Rastafarians' report, we should be hurriedly investigating what they are doing differently that protect them from COVID-19! Had this man been of a lighter hue, with blue eyes, the response would have been markedly different!
Even more astounding is the number of people that willingly swallow hook, line, and sinker, anything from a so-called leader's mouth without questioning or 10-minute self-investigation to find the truth for themselves. **You people are dangerously scary!!**
In Iceland half of those hospitalised have been vaccinated. Some US states report up to 74% of those vaccinated are infected, BUT in the Bahamas they really expect us to believe the opposite is happening here!
While government is trying to shove the vaccine down everyones throats, the most egregious thing is the one sided reporting that totally omits the deaths and injury caused by the vaccines and the huge ongoing protest against it in Europe!
This lop sided reporting causes a lot more hesitancy than anything else because it makes people believe even more so that the government isn't being honest.
Trusting government has ALWAYS proven to be a bad idea as evidenced by the state of our country and majority of citizens.
SP says...
**"Denmark to continue suspension of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines over ‘possible harmful effects"**
Denmark announced on Friday that it will continue to suspend its use of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines, citing “possible harmful effects” which are too much of a concern compared to the benefits.
The Danish Health Authority declared in a statement that the “balance between possible benefit and possible harmful effects is still not favorable” with the two vaccines, “even when we include assumptions in our analyses that are in favor of the vaccine.”
It went on to say that based on US and EU data, along with other health authority assessments, the Danish Health Authority can say “with certainty” that both the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines – known officially as Vaxzevria and Janssen respectively – can cause VITT syndrome, or thrombotic thrombocytopenia.
On 228 new cases of COVID-19
Posted 7 August 2021, 9:03 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Your ignorance is only surpassed by your hate!
"How long have people been using medicinal plants?"
Evidence exists that plants were used for medicinal purposes some 60,000 years ago. A burial site of a Neanderthal man was uncovered in 1960. Eight species of plants had been buried with him, some of which are still used for medicinal purposes today.
By 3500 BC, Ancient Egyptians began to associate less magic with the treatment of disease, and by 2700 BC the Chinese had started to use herbs in a more scientific sense. Egyptians recorded their knowledge of illnesses and cures on temple walls and in the Ebers papyrus (1550 BC), which contains over 700 medicinal formulas.
Hippocrates, 460-380 BC, known as the “Father of Medicine,” classified herbs into their essential qualities of hot and cold, moist and dry, and developed a system of diagnosis and prognosis using herbs. The number of effective medicinal plants he discussed was between 300 and 400 species.
A full 40 percent of the drugs behind the pharmacist’s counter in the Western world are derived from plants that people have used for centuries, including the top 20 best-selling prescription drugs in the United States today. For example, quinine extracted from the bark of the South American cinchona tree (Cinchona calisaya) relieves malaria, and licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) has been an ingredient in cough drops for more than 3,500 years. The species native to the United States, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, has a broad range from western Ontario to Washington, south to Texas, Mexico, and Missouri. Eastward, there are scattered populations. The leaves and roots have been used for treating sores on the backs of horses, toothaches, and fever in children, sore throats, and cough.
On Rastafarian community says no members caught virus
Posted 7 August 2021, 8:27 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**"Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response"**
The rapid spread of COVID-19 underscores the need for new treatments. Here we report that cannabidiol (CBD), a compound produced by the cannabis plant, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection. CBD and its metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, but not congeneric cannabinoids, potently block SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells.
CBD acts after cellular infection, inhibiting viral gene expression and reversing many effects of SARS-CoV-2 on host gene transcription. CBD induces interferon expression and up-regulates its antiviral signaling pathway. A cohort of human patients previously taking CBD had significantly lower SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence of up to an order of magnitude relative to matched pairs or the general population.
This study highlights CBD, and its active metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, as potential preventative agents and therapeutic treatments for SARS-CoV-2 at early stages of infection.
On Rastafarian community says no members caught virus
Posted 7 August 2021, 8:17 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**"Cannabis compound inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in human lung cells"**
Researchers in the United States have conducted a study showing that a cannabis plant compound inhibited infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in human lung cells.
SARS-CoV-2 is the agent responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that continues to sweep the globe posing a threat to global public health and the worldwide economy.
Marsha Rosner from the University of Chicago in Illinois and colleagues found that cannabidiol (CBD) and its metabolite 7-OH-CBD potently blocked SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells.
The CBD inhibited viral gene expression and reversed many of the effects the virus has on host gene transcription.
The compound also induced the expression of interferons – cell signaling proteins that are produced by host cells as an early response to viral invasion.
Furthermore, the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was up to an order of magnitude lower in a cohort of patients who had been taking CBD, compared with matched patients who had not been taking CBD.
“This study highlights CBD, and its active metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, as potential preventative agents and therapeutic treatments for SARS-CoV-2 at early stages of infection,” says Rosner and the team.
A pre-print version of the research paper is available on the bioRxiv* server, while the article undergoes peer review.
On Rastafarian community says no members caught virus
Posted 7 August 2021, 8:12 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
The number of so-called intelligent individuals obviously ignorant to the fact that many top medicines are derivatives of plants or synthetic versions of plants is astounding!
Worldwide, between 50,000 and 80,000 flowering plants are used medicinally (IUCN Species
Survival Commission, 2007; Marinelli, 2005). In the United States, of the top 150 prescription drugs, at least 118 are based on natural sources: 74 percent come from plants, 18 percent from fungi, 5 percent from bacteria, and 3 percent from vertebrate species such as snakes or frogs (Ecology Society of America, 1997).
Contrary to PM Minnis's totally irresponsible, very stupid, misleading, statement that "bush medicines don't work on COVID-19", the Ministry of Ayush (India) has collaborated with the U.K.'s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ (Withania somnifera) for promoting recovery from covid-19.
a Ministry release said that the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, and the LSHTM recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ on 2,000 people in three U.K. cities — Leicester, Birmingham, and London (Southall and Wembley).
‘Ashwagandha’ (Withania somnifera), commonly known as ‘Indian winter cherry’, is a traditional Indian herb that boosts energy, reduces stress and makes the immune system stronger. It is an easily accessible, over-the-counter nutritional supplement in the U.K. and has a proven safety profile. The positive effects of ‘Ashwagandha’ have been observed in Long COVID, which is a multi-system disease with no evidence of its effective treatment or management.
Instead of looking down on and dismissing the Rastafarians' report, we should be hurriedly investigating what they are doing differently that protect them from COVID-19! Had this man been of a lighter hue, with blue eyes, the response would have been markedly different!
Even more astounding is the number of people that willingly swallow hook, line, and sinker, anything from a so-called leader's mouth without questioning or 10-minute self-investigation to find the truth for themselves. **You people are dangerously scary!!**
On Rastafarian community says no members caught virus
Posted 7 August 2021, 12:52 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
This is why the Bahamas could never have an effective Freedom Of Information Act while the PLP or FNM rule the country.
Both parties are equally corrupt, so resolving corruption is an impossibility that would mean too many "elites" past and present would end up in jail!
We must as a country vote in independents and, or 3rd parties regardless.
One thing we know for sure is the PLP and FNM have unquestionably failed us, so anyone else certainly cannot do much worse!!
On US says efforts to tackle corruption are not enough
Posted 6 August 2021, 8:11 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Lol....cry, point fingers, play stupid, dodge, duck, & hide all they want. PLP and FNM are unquestionably equally corrupt!
I wouldn't vote for either gang of pirates!!
On Bahamas ‘not doing enough’ to fight corruption perception
Posted 5 August 2021, 9:06 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
In Iceland half of those hospitalised have been vaccinated. Some US states report up to 74% of those vaccinated are infected, BUT in the Bahamas they really expect us to believe the opposite is happening here!
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 4 August 2021, 9:44 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
While government is trying to shove the vaccine down everyones throats, the most egregious thing is the one sided reporting that totally omits the deaths and injury caused by the vaccines and the huge ongoing protest against it in Europe!
This lop sided reporting causes a lot more hesitancy than anything else because it makes people believe even more so that the government isn't being honest.
Trusting government has ALWAYS proven to be a bad idea as evidenced by the state of our country and majority of citizens.
On Five more deaths and 334 confirmed cases since Friday
Posted 4 August 2021, 7:47 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
People are partying and mingling like COVID was over! The numbers should skyrocket in another 2 weeks.
On Five more deaths and 334 confirmed cases since Friday
Posted 3 August 2021, 10:23 p.m. Suggest removal