2019 Novel Coronavirus (CoVID-19): Part XXIII
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV (first named); COVID-2019 (later named disease); SARS-CoV-2 (final name of the virus causing COVID-2019), COVID-2019 Pandemic:

 

August 30, 2021 update Part 23
Paul Herscu ND, MPH
Herscu Laboratory 

 

Entering the third phase of this pandemic (Part 2 of 5)
A piece for those who have not been vaccinated

 

Hello and welcome. It has been a while since I have written. We have just now arrived at the third phase, of my understanding of the 5 phase stage of this pandemic. I imagine many of you are feeling frightened, angry and frustrated, as well as simply confused. Things have not gone as well as they should have, as we are experiencing the next increase of incidence in the USA. The question is how to proceed from where we are. I am bombarded by questions from family, friends, patients and students. I would like to discuss several major aspects to help the general discourse. This is a difficult task as at this time as there are two paths, one for those who have been vaccinated and one for those who have not been vaccinated. As a result, I would like to break down the writing into 5 separate posts. They are:

 

1. A piece for those who have been vaccinated
2. A piece for those who have not been vaccinated
3. A piece on effective natural therapies
4. A piece on other pharmaceuticals
5. A short recap

 

Herein, I begin with the second piece, for those that have not been vaccinated:

While this seems like a simple category, it is far from simple. There are many reasons why someone has not gotten vaccinated. Here are some: Individuals who have a religious prohibition to all vaccinations, those who have had severe adverse events from prior vaccines, people younger than 12 years for whom the vaccine is not yet tested, those undergoing medical treatment where vaccination is not recommended at this time, people who cannot afford the vaccine, people living in regions of the world where the vaccine is not widely available, people who are too old or too infirm to mount a proper response, those who have a philosophical opposition to all vaccinations, people who do not want to be forced by the government to get vaccinated, people confused by a variety of misinformation and are therefore afraid of getting vaccinated, people who already caught the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and people who are averse to anything new.

 

2019 Novel Coronavirus (CoVID-19): Part XXII
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV (first named); COVID-2019 (later named disease); SARS-CoV-2 (final name of the virus causing COVID-2019), COVID-2019 Pandemic:

 

August 23, 2021 update Part 22
Paul Herscu ND, MPH
Herscu Laboratory 

 

Entering the third phase of this pandemic (Part 1 of 5)
A piece for those who have been vaccinated

 

Hello and welcome. It has been a while since I have written. We have just now arrived at the third phase, of my 5 phase stage of this pandemic. I imagine many of you are feeling frightened, angry and frustrated, as well as simply confused. Things have not gone as well as they should have. The question is how to proceed from where we are. I am bombarded by questions from family, friends, patients, and students. I would like to discuss several major aspects to help the general discourse. This is a difficult task as at this time as there are two paths, one for those who have been vaccinated and one for those who have not been vaccinated. As a result, I would like to break down the writing into 5 separate posts. They are:

1. A piece for those who have been vaccinated
2. A piece for those who have not been vaccinated
3. A piece on effective natural therapies
4. A piece on other pharmaceuticals
5. A short recap

 

Herein, I begin with a piece for those that have been vaccinated:

I include here all people who have been vaccinated with one of the four vaccines, produced by Pfizer, Moderna, Johnnson & Johnson, or AstraZeneca. I have some experience with several other vaccines, but my experience is too limited to discuss here. I am not avoiding those other vaccines, or being western-centric. I just do not have enough personal, clinical experience to discuss them in a practice-based fashion. For those who have taken one of those other vaccines, I hope that this discussion may still be of use to you. Also, I am leaving out adverse effects here, as that is a different topic that I have covered exhaustively for the past 30 years, and specifically again in April, May, and June of 2020, almost a year before the vaccines became widely available. Please refer to that previous writing to read about how both viruses and vaccines impact people based on underlying susceptibility.