I took a flight across country last month. The first went okay. But 4 days after the flight back I had some distinctive symptoms: persistent low-grade headache, slight nasal drip, slight cough, slight bowel upset, and severe sleepiness.
Still, though, the symptoms weren't bad, and it seemed possible I was imagining it all. Also, spring was busting out and I have severe allergies to a few things in abundance that day. So I took a small amount of ivermectin (4x 6mg), a few other things.
And the next day (day 5) all seemed gone.
Which had me thinking I must have jumped to conclusions about it being Covid -- maybe it was just lack of sleep the night before + allergies.
But late day 6 the symptoms came back: especially the unbelievable sleepiness.
So today I am taking a much larger dose of ivermectin...7x6mg=42 mg with a body weight of ~155 lbs. I may burn through my remaining stock to get through this. Might as well conduct an experiment, although too bad I DIDN'T prophylactically take ivermectin (nor anything else) before the flight back (I was very meticulous about that during many fights during the Delta wave and I developed strong confidence only the ivermectin could explain my not ever developing Covid).
Getting rid of Covid is much harder after you get it, of course, as with any other illness. So not prepping before the flight back was really poor of me. Hopefully I will learn my lesson. Also, hopefully, I will knock out the fatigue and other symptoms pretty quickly with much higher doses. I will let you know (I think I am still -- just barely -- within the window of opportunity, 7 days after flight).
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SO, TODAY I ALSO DECIDED TO CHECK IN ON EXCESS MORTALITY in 2024:
'Excess Mortality' means 'Mysterious' statistical departures from normal death rates FROM ALL CAUSES. Life Insurance Companies have a lot riding on Actuarial data being VERY accurate in predicting the overall amounts of death and their causes. And its really hard to fake a dead person being alive. So, even during the GREAT COVID MIND-FV@X, actuarial data contradicted the Official Narrative of 'Scientists', 'Doctors', and Our Masters. This is the statistic we need to watch carefully going forward.
I found what I think is a good article. I'm sure more articles, better summarizing the year 2024, will arrive over the course of this year and next, but this was the only statistical analysis of 2024 I thought had sufficient focus and dispassionate clarity (actuary data) to be worth giving credibility to.
Mortality being 2% higher than statistically expected is HUGE -- very significant. Remember, by 2024 few where still getting 'VAXXED' for Covid (although there are some persistently brain-dead).
The statisticians tried to allow for Covid deaths, to get to the underlying solid trends: Covid deaths remain way higher than they should be (given how 'safe and effective' our vaccines and other tech is). Even non-Covid deaths show a surge in, particularly, other lung conditions (pneumonias, etc.)
The Grift and increasingly poor US medical outcomes keeps on giving, no doubt.
http://www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/mortality-in-first-eight-months-of-2024-2-higher-than-predicted/
Mortality in First Eight Months of 2024 2% Higher Than Predicted
Mortality in First Eight Months of 2024 2% Higher Than Predicted
by Mortality Working Group
Posted 17 December 2024
covid-19, Excess Mortality
In their latest article, the Mortality Working Group shares excess mortality analysis for the first eight months of 2024.
In summary
For the first eight months of 2024, against a baseline that includes anticipated COVID-19 deaths:
total mortality was 2% higher than predicted;
COVID-19 mortality was 70% higher than predicted;
Non-COVID respiratory mortality was 8% higher than predicted, with pneumonia deaths 14% higher; and
these outcomes are all statistically significant.
There have been five deaths from COVID-19 for every death from influenza.
Mortality from non-respiratory causes has been close to predicted.
We projected mortality for 2024 to include two waves of Covid-19, both lower than 2023, and all other mortality to be an improvement on 2023.
In the year to August 2024, rather than lower levels of mortality than in 2023, Covid-19 has led to about the same level of deaths as 2023 in aggregate, with the winter wave being significantly worse than projected, lasting longer and peaking at higher levels of deaths than predicted.
Other deaths from respiratory illnesses have also been worse than expected, with all other mortality in line with predictions to date.
Covid-19 continues to be a significant new source of mortality in the Australian population, with no signs that it is replacing deaths from other causes, leading to overall deaths being 2%, or more than 2,000 deaths higher than expected in the eight months to August 2024.
Excess deaths to 31 August 2024
We measure excess deaths by comparing actual deaths each week to a baseline. For 2024, this baseline is our predicted values, based on 2023 mortality and expected improvement rates, and including COVID-19. This is different from our baselines for previous years, which were based on the absence of a pandemic. Note that our allowance for COVID-19 is necessarily a much more approximate estimate than other potential causes of death, because of the limited data from which to estimate both the timing and severity of waves of COVID-19.
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