Today Central District Health (which encompasses Ada, Boise, Valley, and Elmore counties) voted 6-1 to force masks on all school children in Ada county. In addition to the fact that they have no authority to issue orders, CDH again violated Idaho’s open meeting laws today.
This is a board of appointees. None of them are elected by the people to fill this role. Using the virus as an excuse, they are usurping the authority delegated by the people to our school boards and county commissions. A group of citizens who wanted to be heard by this board were treated very poorly today.
The employees of the facility, which is funded with public money, did all they could to keep the people away from the Director, who was the only person physically in the building at the time of the meeting. The rest of them meet virtually, so as to avoid the public.
There is no accountability.
These people are meeting in private, making decisions about medical devices for our children, with no way for the people to remove them from this post, or even speak to them directly. This is NOT the Republic form of government we are guaranteed in the Idaho and US Constitution. This is an outrageous overreach by an out-of-control bureaucratic board that has zero authority to force its edicts upon the people. We will not stand for it.
Please listen to the meeting recording for yourself here:
They need to hear loudly from the people. We must stop this tyrannical and outrageous power grab by people who have zero ability to stop abusing power they don’t even have. It was never delegated to them by the people.
The one no vote (and she has voted no several weeks in a row) was Representative Megan Blanksma. Please thank her for being the one and only voice of the people and of freedom.
Ryan Stirm Boise County Commissioner Representing Boise County rstirm@co.boise.id.us (208) 781-1635
Ted Epperly Representing Ada County 2180 Ribier Drive Meridian, ID 83642-5130 (208) 846-8222
Diana Lachiondo Ada County Commissioner Representing Ada County PO Box 454 Boise, ID 83701 Lach4Ada@gmail.com Dlachiondo@adacounty.id.gov
Jane Young Representing Ada County 1075 N Curtis Road Suite 100 Boise, ID 83706-1300 (208) 377-5166 Contact@FHCBoise.com
Betty Ann Nettleton Representing Elmore County 18542 SE Wilson Road Glenns Ferry, ID 83623 (208) 366-7364
Megan Blanksma State Representative Representing Elmore County Mblanksma@house.idaho.gov (208) 332-1054
Elting Hasbrouck Valley County Commissioner Representing Valley County 50 Hasbrouck Lane Cascade, ID 83611-5306 elting.hasbrouck@yahoo.com (208) 382-4681 (208) 870-5719
Concerned father and son using air protection masks
Concerns about Masking Our Children
Even though there hasn’t been a SINGLE DOCUMENTED CASE of a child passing the virus to a teacher in the world and only a few documented cases of child to parent transmission our public schooled children will be forced to wear masks the entire school day.
You might be surprised to know…
Childcare centers remained open during lock-downs to support families of those workers deemed ‘essential’. There were NO OUTBREAKS among the 40,000 children between the ages of 1 and 14 at 1,100 separate sites for daycare.
“there is converging evidence that the coronavirus doesn’t transmit among children like the flu — that it’s a lower risk.”
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
There are two related reasons for this, Sharfstein explains: One is that children seem to be less likely to get infected, and the second is that when they are infected they are much more likely to be mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic. If they’re not coughing or sneezing, it’s harder for them to spread the virus to others. The New Yorkerreported that Iceland, which did extensive contact tracing, found only two examples of child-to-parent transmission. (SOURCE)
Numbers show Children are Less Susceptible to COVID 19
Rosalind Eggo, an assistant professor of mathematical modeling from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and her colleagues have tried to answer the question “Are kids less likely to get COVID?”.
“What we found was that people under 20 were about half as susceptible to infection as people over 20,” Eggo says.
So kids and teens appear far less likely than adults to actually get infected with the virus.
“And then we also found that the probability of showing clinical symptoms … so getting ill enough that you report the infection… that rose from around 20% in 10- to 19-year-olds, up to around 70% in those over 70,” she says.
Eggo’s research was published in the journal Nature. It uses mathematical models to examine coronavirus data from six countries — China, South Korea, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Canada. The results are similar to an April study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which found that while kids under age 18 make up 22% of the U.S. population, they’ve accounted for fewer than 2% of reported cases.
Mark Woolhouse, professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, told the PA news agency there are three main risks associated with children returning to school.
He described these as the risk to children, the risk to teachers, and the risk of transmission in the community increasing.
Speaking as an independent researcher, and not in an advisory role, he said:
“Covid-19, though a very unpleasant virus, and capable of causing illness, on occasion in any age group, in fact, is very, very very rarely a serious problem in children.
“Staff are of course adults so they are more vulnerable to infection, more vulnerable to symptomatic infection.”
But he added that how vulnerable teachers are in school depends on whether they are considered a major source of outbreaks.
“And so far, the indications from around the world are they are not,” said Prof Woolhouse.
Prof Woolhouse said he knows of no evidence that suggests school staff are at greater risk in the workplace than any other adult in the workplace. (SOURCE)
The implications of how SARS-CoV2 plays out in children are huge and were NOT taken into account when the Idaho Board of Health made their decision to mask our children.
Mental Health and the Impact of mask mandates on our children
Dr Lucy Wenham, lecturer of education at the University of Bristol, said the mask measures may prove difficult to enforce with very young children, and could also also be traumatic.
She told PA: “I don’t want to say, it’s child abuse, but it seems it’s a very, it’s a traumatic thing to put children through.”
Dr Wenham said there was no guarantee the young children would be returning to the same teacher, adding: “So, they won’t even be going back to a known teacher so I think it’s usually harrowing, and that’s a bizarre to want to do.
“Mental health has to come first. They’re not going to read or they’re not going to learn anything if they’re traumatized by being in a very unusual situation.”
That’s right! Professionals, experts, doctors are saying – our kids are not the ones driving the infection. Yes, we can send the kids back to school without fear! We need to normalize the life of our children and forcing them to breathe their own exhaust an entire school day is NOT NORMAL. Contact the Board of Health and your Legislators TODAY!
I have to say, as the meeting went on I became quite unimpressed. In fact, it sounded like I was listening to high schoolers.
Most surprisingly, when the topic turned to masks, the board didn’t ask for any hard data on their efficacy.
Let me explain.
During the meeting. Jim Sousa, Chief Medical Officer of St. Luke’s Heath Care System, was one of the guests on hand to give information and answer questions.
Sousa said it was important we do something, because earlier in the year, their hospital in Idaho’s Blaine County had to shut down because half the staff went out sick and under quarantine with Covid, and it looked like Covid cases in Ada County (home of Boise / the State Capitol) might resemble what happened in Blaine County.
Sousa then gave anecdotal evidence as he advocated for masks.
For example, he told a story about a couple of hairdressers in a southern state who had COVID, but because they wore masks, none of their clients became infected.
At that point, the question I wanted to ask was, “If masks work that well, why didn’t they prevent the hospital staff in Blaine County from catching Covid?” But it was a virtual meeting and there was no opportunity for questions.
Souza also stated that none of the recent spike in Covid cases came from the George Floyd protests, “because from what I saw, over half of the protesters were wearing masks.”
How’s THAT for science?
I should point out that this is the same Jim Souza who wrote an op-ed that appeared earlier this year in many Idaho papers, informing us that the virus “lies in wait. It likes crowds. It picks on the vulnerable. It waits for us to lose our focus. And then it moves in,” as if the virus were sentient.
No evaluation of the pros and cons
Amazingly, NONE of the CDH board members asked ANY tough questions of the hospital representatives on hand.
And like I said, no hard science on masks was presented. One would expect a board of this stature – making a decision that will impact 500,000+ people – to demand (& evaluate) hard data on the PROS & CONS of wearing masks.
Nope. Nothing.
Also, during his time speaking to the CDH board, Souza said that treatment for Covid in Idaho hasn’t changed much. He listed all the drugs & treatments being used, and NEVER ONCE mentioned hydroxycholoroquine, zinc, or azithromycin. The HCQ/zinc/azithromycin treatment, also known as the #ZelenkoProtocol, has been proven to clear Covid symptoms in people within 8 – 12 hours of starting the protocol.
This begs a deadly serious question. WHY are Idaho’s doctors NOT using the Zelenko Protocol? Do they still think “orange man bad?” Do they not realize that all the articles slamming HCQ as dangerous have been proven wrong & that multiple studies have shown HCQ to be safe & effective for treating Covid?
If Idaho’s doctors are letting Covid patients die without putting them on the #ZelenkoProtocol, and if our Central District Health board isn’t recommending that Idaho’s doctors look into the Zelenko Protocol, then both the doctors and the CDH board have blood on their hands.
Could it be that these hospitals would rather admit a Covid patient and collect large sums of cash for doing so instead of prescribing a valid, $20 treatment?
They will no doubt vehemently deny any such motivation, but the way Idaho’s government went all Jekyll-Hyde since $1.25 billion came our way in March / April, I have serious questions.
So what’s the next step?
The CDH board voted for CDH Director Russ Duke to draft a Mandatory Mask recommendation for Ada County, and possibly Valley County.
Yes, Idaho’s Central District Health board plans on making facemasks mandatory in Ada County, Idaho because a chief medical officer gave anecdotal stories yet had ZERO hard evidence for mask efficacy.
The Board didn’t examine any other evidence at the board meeting. None. Zip. Ziltch. Nada.
It really was like listening to high schoolers. There were so many holes in Souza’s talking points, a high school debate coach would have laughed him out of the room. And the fact that the board didn’t seek to weigh evidence from both sides of the issue was equally laughable if it weren’t so sad.
It was obvious most of the CDH board had already made up their mind to vote for mandatory masks, evidence be damned. Without waiting for the board to discuss or make a motion, CDH Director Russ Duke eagerly said he would write up a mandatory mask rule if the board wanted it.
Almost immediately after him saying that, board member District 1 Ada County Commissioner Diana Lachiondo gushed over the fact that Duke spent so much time on the phone with her this past week. At that point, it became quite apparent that this meeting was merely a formality to invoke a decision they had already reached.
Only one board member, Representative Megan Blanksma, seemed to want more consideration of facts. Thankfully, when it became obvious the board was getting carried away and about to make a decision on a far-reaching mandate concerning schools, Blanksma wisely jumped in to curtail it.
CDH Board Faux Pas
As a side note, earlier in the meeting the board went offline for a while to confer with legal counsel in executive session, because last week’s private board meeting (when they first voted to take Ada County back to Level 3) was in violation of the state’s open meeting law. As a result, when they came out of executive session, the board voided the minutes of their last meeting!
Of course, then they had to vote again to put Ada County back into Stage 3, but in so doing they also added the rule that no meetings of more than 50 people would be allowed. So much for church services!
And I think there was less than 60 seconds of discussion on this issue.
To wrap up their meeting, the CDH board voted to instruct CDH Director Russ Duke to draft an order that all of Ada County, Idaho MUST wear masks when in public and in enclosed places. No timeline was discussed for how long that might last, and board member Ted Epperly included plenty of undefined terms in his motion. And they will include masks for children, too, because even though their infection rate is phenomenally low, Souza thought it would be a good idea.
Bottom line, the board came off looking like a rubber stamp for whatever Jim Souza recommended.
It would be good to get the CDH board to CONSIDER ACTUAL SCIENCE at their next meeting. Maybe – JUST MAYBE – Idaho’s CDH will act like professionals & carefully consider both pro and con evidence before deciding any rule that will affect 500,000+ Idahoans.
Treat Our Covid Patients Better!
Idaho also needs to stop the politics and get our Covid patients treated with the Zelenko Protocol. There is rarely a reason for people to be hospitalized for Covid if they begin the Zelenko Protocol within five days of symptom onset. And with that, the hospitals would NOT be dealing with Covid patients, and there would be no need to consider mandatory masks.
Per the peer-reviewed research, there’s no need to wait for a test result to start the Zelenko Protocol, just prescribe the protocol on clinical suspicion. If our Idaho doctors and our CDH board cannot fathom that this protocol works, then we need more open-minded doctors and a better-informed Central District Health board.
As it stands, this board meeting was unimpressive. We’ve had enough knee-jerk decisions the past four months. I hope to see more professionalism and a more balanced examination of facts at their next meeting.
Health Freedom Idaho wants to thank author Daniel Bobinski for allowing us to share his report of the virtual meeting by the Central Health Department
Health Freedom Idaho encourages readers to TAKE ACTION.
Start by EMAILING your Mayor and those of your surrounding cities. The Health Departments have failed to consider the lack of safety and effectiveness of paper masks, bandanas, and face coverings as protection from a virus. Tell them you do not want them to mandate masks allowing each citizen their own body autonomy and the freedom to maintain their personal responsibility when it comes to health. Here are some resources to review and share: https://hfi.designbyparrish.com/mask-mandates
For 30 years, Daniel Bobinski has been a management / leadership coach and corporate trainer. He’s also a certified behavioral analyst, NYT best-selling author, and long-time columnist on workplace issues.
In 2019 Daniel decided to start writing about news & politics, penning a weekly column for UncoverDC. He also writes for RedState.
Daniel is a veteran and a self-styled Christian libertarian who believes in the principles of free market capitalism while standing firmly against crony capitalism.
The normal breathing process is when you inhale, you are breathing in oxygen. When you exhale, you are breathing out carbon dioxide/CO2. By prolonged use of masks, you are disrupting the normal airway, breathing process, and inhaling excessive carbon dioxide/CO2 instead of oxygen.
Carbon dioxide is classified as an asphyxiant gas. Are these required face coverings safe? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration here are safe CO2 level working conditions.
Carbon dioxide levels and potential health problems are indicated below:
250-350 ppm: background (normal) outdoor air level.
350-1,000 ppm: typical level found in occupied spaces with good air exchange
1,000-2,000 ppm: level associated with complaints of drowsiness and poor air
2,000-5,000 ppm: level associated with headaches, sleepiness, and stagnant, stale, stuffy air; poor concentration, loss of attention, increased heart rate and slight nausea may also be present.
> 5,000 ppm: This indicates unusual air conditions were high levels of other gases also could be present. Toxicity or oxygen deprivation could occur. This is the permissible exposure limit for daily workplace exposures.
What are the CO2 levels for an 11 yr old child wearing different types of masks and face shield, not exerting himself, just sitting?
– N95 mask – 8,486 and then up to 10,000 and beyond, so high it went to an immeasurable range for the device. – Surgical mask – 8,934 + – Face Shield – 1,541 + – Bandana – 9,557 +
From OSHA website “Carbon dioxide is classified as an asphyxiant gas. In the atmosphere, CO2 normally exists at concentrations between 300 and 700 ppm. Larger gas-phase concentrations of CO2 may produce signs and symptoms of increased respiratory rate, lassitude, sleepiness, headache, convulsions, dyspnea, sweating, dizziness, or narcosis. Literature citations reveal a wide variation in the physiological response to exposures at certain CO2” From The Highwire with Del Bigtree.
Countries where schools opened. There was no spike. Children are very unlikely to contract or transmit the virus.
Thank you Betsy Ball Clark
Watch Del Bigtree of the Highwire’s episodes on this.
No field trips. No playground. No community lunches. No assemblies. Everyone wears a mask- at all times. Daily temperature checks of staff and students, social distancing, follow proper prevention hygiene, such as washing your hands frequently and using alcohol-based (at least 60% alcohol) hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available.
Physical distancing suggestions:
Space seating/desks at least 6 feet apart when feasible.
Turn desks to face in the same direction (rather than facing each other), or have students sit on only one side of tables, spaced apart.
Create distance between children on school buses (g., seat children one child per row, skip rows) when possible
TELL OUR SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR CHILDREN! (see email list at the bottom of this article)
The CDC does not have the authority to enforce its guidance, which is intended for public information only; the actual policy decisions are up to state and local governments. Our state school board and the Idaho Health and Welfare Department closely follow the CDC guidelines and implement them as rules for daycares and schools.
Today the West Ada County district sent out a survey to parents regarding some of these CDC recommendations and how they will handle COVID 19 and reopening schools. One of the questions is would parents feel more comfortable sending their kids back to school under selected conditions a few of those include students and staff masks, mandatory temperature screening of students and staff and many more.
It is imperative we tell our school, and make our voices heard.
Tell the Superintendents that you do not want your child in this type of environment!
QUESTIONS TO ASK:
Are these recommendations reasonable and healthy for our children?
Consider the decrease of oxygen and increase of toxic cleaners in their environment?
How will this impact their learning environment?
What sort of distraction will the mask be on your face hours on end?
How will children be able to learn with muffled voices and being unable to hear instructions clearly?
How will this impact their mental health?
Physically distanced from everyone in the room?
No community activities?
Can socialization happen in this type of environment? What does this do to child development?
RESOURCES TO CONSIDER:
The CDC just came out with a report of vital data and information about the virus that is not getting out to the public.
May 2020, For the first time, the CDC has attempted to offer a real estimate of the overall death rate for COVID-19, and under its most likely scenario, the number is 0.26%.
Officials estimate a 0.4% fatality rate among those who are symptomatic and project a 35% rate of asymptomatic cases among those infected, which drops the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) to just 0.26% — almost exactly where Stanford researchers pegged ita month ago.
(As opposed to the 3.4% estimate of the World Health Organization, which helped drive the panic and the lockdown.)
Scientists have known that SARS-CoV thrives in indoor environments, since 2010 (probably earlier).
“Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus, both surfaces and in the air,” he said. “We’ve seen a similar effect with both temperature and humidity as well, were increasing the temperature and humidity or both are generally less favorable to the virus.” https://www.newsweek.com/sunlight-kills-coronavirus-scientist-1500012
So what are our governors doing?
Trying to force everyone to stay in their homes. And all of the people needing treatment for COVID-19?…are being kept inside hospitals where the virus thrives.
Playgrounds are closed. Campgrounds are closed. Hiking is being discouraged. River rafting has been shut down.
Every animal on Earth requires sunlight and oxygen to live and thrive. Being outside is ESSENTIAL.
Yet, we are expected to stay INDOORS and to literally restrict the supply of oxygen to our lungs, brain, and every other organ in our bodies via wearing ineffective masks.
A parent is faced with many choices to make before as well as after the baby is born. Whether it is finding the best daycare or choosing the right equipment for your baby, expenses for new parents tend to add real fast.
In an attempt to save money, new parents could be wondering if buying organic food for their babies is worth it. It is not unusual for parents to go for a lower-cost conventional baby food option to save the few extra pennies they would have to pay for organic food.
The benefits of consuming organic food are widely known and, most notably, for toddlers. Hence, for baby development it is crucial to consider organically grown food. Food that is certified organic in the US is grown without the use of bioengineered genes (GMO), synthetic pesticides, sewage sludge-based fertilizers, and petroleum-based fertilizers.
According to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), organic animals should also be raised in a way that naturally supports their health and behavior. They must be fed a 100% certified organic diet, they must live on land that has been certified organic, and where they get year-round access to the outdoors, they shouldn’t be treated with hormones, antibiotics, or other prohibited ingredients.
Organic crop growers must also avoid using any genetically modified seeds and instead utilize other methods like crop rotation, to preserve fertility and soil quality. In place of herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides, USDA emphasizes those organic growers strongly rely on the PAMS (Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, and Suppression) strategy for safe pest management.
But why is organic food more expensive? Well, because providing safe and better living surroundings for domestic animals, obtaining and maintaining organic certification, and employing other useful organic practices cost more than the methods conventional farmers use.
This is why organic foods are slightly more expensive than non-organic food. The organic price tag is a way that closely reflects the real cost of growing food: the intensive management for chemicals, substituting labor, environmental, and health costs that are borne by society.
So is organic food better for your baby? Is it worth to pay a little more for organic food? We look at the benefits of organic food to your baby:
Limited Chemical Exposure
Organic food is a better choice for your baby because of the lack of chemical exposure. There are toxins in pesticides used on crops that could cause a host of health problems that could affect the baby’s growth rate, brain development, and overall health.
Pesticides may be linked to an increased risk of developmental and behavioral issues, hormonal and neurological issues, cancer, and other health problems.
There is adirect correlation between disease and diet, which means that the risks of ADD, concentration problems and depression can be lowered by feeding your baby organic baby food.
Better Physical Health
Based onthis nutritional study, it was discovered that two-year-olds who were fed exclusively organic dairy products developed fewer incidents of wheezing and eczema. This helps reduce the chances of your baby being diagnosed with asthma.
Conventional foods or non-organic foods are sprayed with chemicals like pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides. These chemicals have been designed to remain on the plant, but when it rains, a portion of them will wash off and be absorbed in the surrounding groundwater and soil, which eventually affects even the wildlife.
Better Taste
Even with all the research surrounding organic foods, there is no denying that organic food tastes better than conventional food. When you start your baby on solids, organic food will allow your baby’s palate to enjoy what is in the mouth.
A good number of parents prefer organic baby food because it simply tastes better with others, prefers it because it is environmentally friendly.
However, what is most important is a balanced diet. Giving your baby homemade organic baby food from the beginning will help set your kids up for a lifetime of healthy eating.
Contributed Author Nancy Baker – a founder of childmode.com
When my son was newly diagnosed it felt as though the ground opened up and swallowed ME. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t stand. Shortly thereafter I couldn’t sleep. Food lost its appeal. It was a moment by moment struggle to fight off the demons of depression, guilt, shame, and rage. All this, and I wasn’t even the one fighting for my life. It was worse – I was fighting for my son’s life.
As the days, weeks, and months wore on, I continued to focus on my son. Utterly and completely on my son. I tried to stay connected to people in the physical realm but it was hard. We were living at the hospital, fighting off unnecessary medications, pouring in necessary nutrients, and providing other supportive modalities (most against the doctor’s better judgement). But he was THRIVING! So, what I was doing was working – how could I stop… even for a minute?
It was second nature to put my self-care on hold. I mean, my world had been turned upside down and I could no longer tell you what made me happy or filled my soul. Everything I was, became about saving my son. THIS IS NOT OKAY.
Yes, it is a worthy thing to give your all to keeping your child alive! It is admirable. BUT, you cannot pour from an empty cup.
Very quickly the fervor with which you were once able to recognize a detail, address it, handle the situation, and move on is gone. It takes more intention to focus on that detail, even more time for it to register as something to address, etc, etc. How long does it take to get that fervor back? I don’t have an answer for you. Why? Because I’m still trying to get that fervor back for myself. I am slowly regaining my SELF. I can’t help but wonder if I would be struggling with this if I had implemented better self-care policies during my son’s treatment. I will never know.
Disclaimer: I speak from a mom’s perspective here. I in no way mean to diminish what fathers experience… I simply don’t have that viewpoint. So, when I talk about moms doing this or that I do not mean that fathers are absent or uninvolved. My world greatly revolves around cancer mommas and since I am one, that is the place from which I share. Moving on…
So, what self-care did I manage to practice? Well, I drank coffee or tea. Hey, it makes me happy and I will not feel guilty for those thousands of calories I drank over the years as I sought to hold onto ANYTHING that would make any part of me happy. Apparently my mouth was the easiest to satisfy.
I had a friend who was INSTRUMENTAL in helping my body not totally collapse under the crushing weight of stress associated with my child’s cancer journey. She is a massage therapist and her blessing to me was free massages as long as my son was in treatment. Oh, how I wish she had moved states with me. What a Godsend!
Another friend is a hairdresser and offered free hair cuts during treatment. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? But it was a HUGE blessing to know that I had that option available to me and I didn’t have to stress about the financial element of it either. Once my son was strong enough and I felt confident leaving him with my parents, I would sneak off for a date with my husband or even a date with a girlfriend.
I had to FORCE myself to go because the mom-guilt was always strong.
My main source of personal therapy came in the form of a blog. A log of the journey, if you will. While I would sit in the hospital room, monitors beeping, TV & Wii going, my boy sleeping… I would type. I would pour out my heart through the keyboard of my laptop. Some days the posts were dark, raw, transparent. Other days they were full of faith and Scripture and hope. Sometimes the post was solely photos so people could watch the journey unfold.
Regardless of the content, the daily habit of writing out updates was cathartic.
I had learned this technique 8 years prior when my family experienced a tragedy of another kind. The blog was a way for me to update everyone who was interested in one place at one time. I was not fielding calls and talking so much I lost my voice this time. Plus, now I have a log of the journey that I can revisit for many reasons. I have gone back to find facts about his treatment, emotions I dealt with during the various phases, and often times it serves as a way for me to continue grieving in a seemingly healthy way.
Transparent thought: it is still VERY HARD to look back and see that sweet little face facing the fight of his life and hearing that little voice share what was on his mind.
Toward the end of his treatment, I discovered MaxLove Project. I’ve mentioned them in previous articles so they might sound familiar by now. They were creating a pilot program called BE SUPER Boot Camp. It was a way for moms to connect online in a group and spend 21 days focusing on THEMSELVES. The BE SUPER Plan had 7 points, each scientifically backed and shown to help reduce the effects of stress. Isn’t that what every cancer parent needs during a journey like this? Yes, yes it is. I lunged at the opportunity to be a part of this pilot program, a sort of beta test, if you will.
It was incredible. I was introduced to things I hadn’t considered and I was revisiting things that I was already aware of. It had the added bonus of creating a personal community of like-“lifed” mommas who got it. They knew what I was feeling. Many had very similar journeys – children with the same diagnosis. Others were walking a different sort of journey BUT OUR EMOTIONS WERE THE SAME.
At the end of the Boot Camp, I knew I needed to be more involved with this organization and this sort of life-giving community. I went on to become a Momma Mentor with MaxLove Project and co-led a Boot Camp for blood cancer mommas. The program was still in a beta phase and each “glitch” was a beautiful learning opportunity. I loved this group of moms just as much as I loved the original batch. I am still connected to many of them today. This kind of community is what is severely lacking on a national level. It is my goal to change that. More on that later.
Back to self-care.
KEEP IT SIMPLE. Self-care does not need to look like a fishing trip off-grid for a week at a time or a lavish cruise in the Mexican Riviera. It can simply be curling up on the couch with a book for 20 minutes. Spending the time to blow dry your hair instead of throwing it up into a ponytail still dripping wet. It could be splurging for the large/ venti/ bigger cup at your local coffee/ tea chain.
KEEP IT FOCUSED. Most people think of self-care in only the physical realm – does it feel good to my body? Example: manicures, massages, etc. Do not forget about youremotional health. Does the self-care act bring you joy or anxiousness? We’re going for joy, in case you were confused. What about your spiritual health? Are you doing something that connects you to God? Prayer, meditation, worship music… all these can be self-care and they’re FREE. Your mental health. Does the self-care act require more mental energy? If you have to engage your mind a bunch your body will feel the effects and often not in a relaxing way. What about your social health? Is the self-care act connecting you to the community that you may need to lean into for strength and support or is it pulling you further away which will make it harder to get help when you need/ want it? These are just thoughts and ideas to get you thinking about how you can care for ALL OF YOU throughout the journey.
Each day has opportunities for you to care for a different part of you.
If you are struggling with how to care for YOU, let me walk you through 7 actions that you can keep on a back burner for when you need help directing your self-care thoughts.
Positive thinking. I know this sounds gimmicky, but there is legitimate science to back up the importance and power of a positive mindset.
Eating. Again, this can sound simple but this isn’t about comfort food. This is about nutrient-dense foods that fuel your body which will help ease the stress impact on your body, keep you healthy, and so much more.
Sleep. You NEED good sleep. You need even more good sleep when you are stressed. Your body takes such a beating on a journey like childhood cancer parenting that your body needs all the time it can get to repair itself. Turn off tech, diffuse soothing essential oils, stretch before you try to fall asleep.
Exercise. It doesn’t have to be CrossFit. It does have to be movement. A little spurt of something that gets your heart pumping and your lungs working.
Meditation. This takes practice and it is one of the things that will positively impact you the most. Getting control of your mind is a huge task with great benefits.
Community. Humans are social creatures and a cancer journey is a scenario that can easily pull us out and away from our community. Your community should be healthy, stable, strong… if you need to prune your community “garden”, so be it. Your thrivership is worth it.
Detox your environment. You cannot heal in a toxic environment. Whether it be people, actual chemical toxins, or emotional toxicity… you need to address that, clean it up, and replace with cleaner options.
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How many drugs – approved by our government – have been recalled? How many have later been shown to cause cancer or increase the risk of dementia or any host of illnesses? Did we not ask enough intelligent questions maybe…when these drugs were approved?
Cancer, Simian Virus 40 (SV40), and Polio Vaccine Fact Sheet
SV40 is a virus found in some species of monkeys.
SV40 was discovered in 1960. Soon afterward, the virus was found in the polio vaccine.
More than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine from 1955 to 1963 when a proportion of vaccine was contaminated with SV40; it has been estimated that 10–30 million Americans could have received an SV40 contaminated dose of vaccine.
SV40 virus has been found in certain types of cancer in humans, but it has not been determined that SV40 causes these cancers.
The majority of scientific evidence suggests that the SV40-contaminated vaccine did not cause cancer; however, some research results are conflicting and more studies are needed.
Polio vaccines being used today do not contain SV40. All of the current evidence indicates that polio vaccines have been free of SV40 since 1963.
SV40 found in tumors
SV40 has been found in the tumors of children and grandchildren from around the world of the 100 million who received tainted Salk and Sabin Polio vaccines.
What are the consequences going to be for my grandchildren? Vaccines are not tested for mutagenesis or carcinogenic potential. Not to mention DNA insertion.
Vaccination is still a budding science and we are barely catching a glimpse of the consequences from vaccines administered 100 years ago.
Religious exemptions for vaccines. A topic that has been hotly debated. Should a parent with a firmly held moral objection to abortion-tainted vaccines have the right to deny vaccinations for their child in a country that values freedom of religion? Should the church support these families? Can an individual be considered PRO-LIFE and PRO VACCINE? This event was hosted by Dr. Rosie Main and Health Freedom Idaho to share the importance of preserving religious freedom from vaccine mandates.
https://youtu.be/u4ECPWbnXPI
As Christians, we were told in the scripture more than 100 times to FEAR NOT. Fear is a powerful force. We need to heed the warning.
Fear can make you do things you wouldn’t normally do– and silence you when you should be speaking.
I am guilty of staying silent – but I no longer can.
Christians are not only convinced that evil is no longer evil- but that evil is GOOD as long as the term “science” is attached to it.
As a pro-life Christian, I believe that human beings are created by God in His image. Therefore every person, from conception to natural death, possesses inherent dignity and immeasurable worth – including preborn children.As a Christian, then, I am called to defend, protect, and value all human life.
In the area of vaccines, some Christians and ministries have unknowingly taken positions in contradiction to their own core value of the sanctity of human life, and have based those positions on intentionally deceptive and incorrect information promoted by the industry itself.
Pro-life Pastors and Christians have told me, they don’t want to hear about abortion-tainted vaccines. Their excuses are:
It was only 2 aborted babies,
it was a long time ago
…vaccines have saved humanity.
We have been utterly DECEIVED by these lies.
For years I assumed that vaccines were a “dead virus” in a sterile saline solution. Is that what YOU believed? I had no reason to believe otherwise.
I didn’t have time to think about it much when my children were young. I was a busy mother of 4 sweet girls under the age of 7. I carved out time to research their strollers, cribs, cart seats, and our laundry detergent.
I wanted to protect them. So, I dutifully took my children to get their shots. I was just doing what I was told like all other parents. Listen to the doctor, who have years of training and knows better than their mother.
It wasn’t until the birth of my youngest that I found out the truth that was never disclosed by the doctor or church leader.
14 years of prayer and longing, God blessed me with my son. My Samuel was born at home, without medical intervention and almost without the midwife.
Coincidentally he was born during the epidemic outbreak of H1N1. You might remember it although it’s hard to keep up with the CDC fear-mongering epidemics.
I shared my concerns with my midwife. While I wanted to bring my son into the pediatrician to get his shots and protect him from these “preventable diseases” the flu shot was not recommended for newborns.
How could I protect him from this deadly flu epidemic?
After all, He might be exposed to it at the doctor’s office.
Her response – startled me.
She had just gotten over H1N1 flu virus which she treated it with goldenseal and other herbs. My mouth must have been hanging open. I was shocked. I thought (based on the media coverage) that she should be dead if she got the FLU.
Research the vaccines.
The suggestion that changed the course of my life – research the vaccines.
She knew I intended to cocoon my newborn – to remain at home for the first 6 weeks and bond with son and his siblings.
I had time, she said, to research. There was no hurry to inject his healthy body. And so. I did.
Although she left me a book and a DVD – it was what I found on the internet that made me realize I was remiss in protecting my children.
My first discovery was an article, posted in a scientific journal, that detailed out the fact that aborted human beings were used in the manufacture of the vaccines. The article was written by the scientist in a tone of pride and arrogance.
It described in gruesome detail the acquisition of WI-38- was the label given to the 3 ½-month-old female- who was aborted and whose DNA made it into the final product of the MMR.
Her parents were interviewed to determine if their aborted child would be a good fit for medical research.
Dr. Stanley Plotkin who developed the Rubella vaccine by using the cells of this aborted baby girl testified recently in court:
“This fetus was chosen by Dr. Sven Gard, specifically for this purpose. The abortion was done because they felt they had too many children.”
These vaccine developers didn’t just passively sort through discarded baby parts. They were actively involved in aborting the babies in such a way as to maximize access to “fresh” tissue in order to develop their products.
An aborted baby boy was also used as spare parts in the production of vaccines. His designation is MRC-5 – let’s call him Michael. Michael’s 27- year old mother as ‘given an abortion’ for psychological reasons…
Did that mother suffering from mental health issues have a choice? Certainly – The babies didn’t.
Their bodies sacrificed at the altar of science and justified by our CHURCHES and Christian Organizations under the guise of the ”good for mankind.”
The Excuses continue
My Pastor said, “yes, but it was just those two abortions…”
As if the murder of just two is a lessor evil in the sight of a righteous God?
What lies!
The biotechnology industry – developing our vaccines didn’t use just two babies who “would have been aborted anyway” years ago. Quite the contrary. Hundreds of babies were aborted in the quest to develop human fetal cell lines for the purpose of producing live virus vaccines.
During the rubella outbreak in Philadelphia in 1964 doctors convinced pregnant women that they had been exposed to rubella – the 3-day measles and that their baby would be born horribly deformed if they continued with their pregnancy.
Mothers were exploited and manipulated by FEAR, and they allowed the murder of their child.
NOT 2 NOR 5, NOT 10 or 20 but 26 mothers aborted their babies at the direction of their doctors.
Their aborted babies’ bodies were immediately sent to the science labs of Dr. Stanley Plotkin.
When researchers dissected the aborted fetuses it was then determined that these precious human beings were HEALTHY -uninfected..sacrificed in vain…Unusable for their medical research and product development.
The 27th baby was infected. RA273. Rubella-abortus-27th – 3rd tissue sample that contained the live rubella virus.
And although he had successfully isolated the virus that would eventually be used in the rubella vaccine on the market today, it didn’t stop there. In subsequent research papers, Dr. Plotkin noted another 40 aborted babies were dissected to obtain further virus samples. 2
This means there were at least 67 babies electively aborted just to obtain the virusfor the rubella vaccine. And they STILL had to culture the virus – on the bodies of even MORE aborted babies.
The bodies of 32 ‘elective abortions’ produced the final WI-38 cell line.
Are you counting? 99 aborted babies were used to produce the rubella vaccine.
**As a mother – the lives of the innocent “two” were enough to stop vaccinating. Pastor, I ask you do the 99 sacrificial lives give you pause?
Pro-life Christians still attempt to JUSTIFY VACCINES…with the excuse “It was a long time ago…”
Time. We are finite beings created by a timeless God.
Time? How can we justify the evil of child sacrifice that we have built our vaccines upon using the excuse of time?
Evil doesn’t lessen because our human memories of it do.
We have been lied to – again…
These atrocious acts of taking the life of the unborn for vaccines
– This was NOT just an act “back then”.
They are continuing to abort human babies… – they have spent years perfecting their procedures -so that the baby is still alive when they harvest organs for medical research.
I discovered all these facts – and was left with a horrible dilemma…Just weeks old, I knew I could not inject my son with the abortion-tainted vaccines. Almost instantly after realizing I would not vaccinate my son- I was overwhelmed with dread and FEAR.
Fear – my son – who I had longed for – 14 years – would die of a vaccine-preventable disease. I was terrified I would cause the death of my son. I spent hours..begging God to protect my son.
It was during those six weeks of sheltering my newborn from the world – I began to reason…
WHO AM I?
To think that a product – created by humans would outmatch the knowledge and power of the Almighty God…the Creator of the universe.
Thoughts stirred-You either “trust in the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind,” or you don’t.
DO I truly believe that HE IS Omniscience – all-knowing?
DO I truly believe that HE is all-powerful?
If I believe that GOD IS ALL KNOWING. Then He knew that diseases – infections would arise that is why he incorporated an immune system into our fearfully and wonderfully made bodies.
GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL. He can protect my son, all my children, from the infection without the intervention of tainted vaccines.
Vaccines Did Not Save Us!
We continue to buy into their lies. Millions of lives have not been saved by vaccines. *Vaccines reduced the week-long acute illnesses but NOT the mortality rate.
Looking at mortality records, there is something that is never mentioned. The death rate for all infectious diseases had plummeted before the introduction of vaccines for all those diseases.
In the United States, the mortality rate for measles decreased by more than 98% before the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963.
In 1962, there were millions of cases of measles – a week-long infection with a fever and a rash- but the odds of dying from the infection were less than the odds of dying from drowning in a bathtub or; drowning in a swimming pool; less than slipping, tripping, or stumbling; or accidental suffocation in bed.
While the cases of measles had remained fairly steady over time, the mortality rate had already plummeted well prior to the introduction of the vaccine. That doesn’t mean there weren’t deaths because of measles in 1962. There were, but they were very rare.
They have skewed the figures intentionally FRIGHTEN parents into using their products.
The Fear of the DISEASE – I didn’t even realize I had been infected with it!
This grip of FEAR so entangled my heart and mind.., and then one day I simply REPENTED. I had put my trust in the religion of SCIENCE. I had misplaced my faith.
The deception by the industry has Christians placing their FAITH VACCINES as the Savior OF MANKIND.
Who is Our Savior?
As a Christian, a believer in God – a JUST and RIGHTEOUS GOD How can we expect He would honor our injection of a product – developed on the bodies of murdered children – to ‘protect us from infection?
It’s contrary to his nature – He can’t – He doesn’t.
Our children’s vaccines, the Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Chicken Pox are developed on aborted human beings and contain the DNA of those babies.
More than 4.5 Billion people have been injected the world wide the past 50 years with vaccines tainted with fetal DNA and Studies are just now showing that fragmented DNA that exists in the vaccines* from those aborted babies is being inserted into the nucleus of the cell of the vaccine recipient. (*source SoundChoice.org)
Humanity’s attempt to outsmart our Creator to ‘boost our immunity to disease’ is creating bodies that are weakened by mutagenesis. Damaging our very DNA.
Vaccines may have reduced the number of cases of week-long illness. The fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes. The evidence is clear – CHRONIC life-altering diseases are on the rise.** Since the advent of vaccines -that chronic childhood diseases have increased exponentially.
1 in 285 children diagnosed with cancer before their 20th birthday.
1 in 28 boys diagnosed with neurological disorders (*source) – Autism, ADHD, learning disabilities…
-1 in 12 have Asthma,
-Over a lifetime, 1 in 26 U.S. people will be diagnosed with epilepsy a seizure disorder,
now we have severe allergies…
When I was a child – chronic diseases affected about 12% of children. Today, chronic diseases – long term – life-shortening diseases – impact 54% of our children. (source)
I no longer fear disease-illness- by PUTTING MY TRUST IN GOD as my savior and protector. And NOT a human-made vaccine.
Yet for a long time, I still dealt with fear.
Fear of being labeled, rejected for my rejection of vaccines.
For a while remaining silent was easy.
Why should anyone need to know why I no longer vaccinate?
my handpainted signs made national news
I didn’t need to discuss it -…until VACCINE MANDATES.
I don’t vaccinate because of my firmly held moral objection to abortion tainted vaccines. Because of my religious beliefs.
They took away my children’s right to attend school – even a private Christian school. (SB277)
Vaccine mandates took away my livelihood – private, in-home – Christian family daycare. Their vaccine mandate requires the injection of tainted vaccines for all my children, the children in my care and for myself. (SB 792)
Vaccine Mandates affected the churches. It took away my child’s opportunity to attend the church preschool program. I spoke with the leaders about my concerns. Yet, the Church remained silent. They then forced vaccines on all participants of their program including the adults.
No. This wasn’t Idaho.
This was California… However, it is not going to stop in California
States across America have begun to remove religious exemptions to vaccinations. Mississippi, New York, West Virginia, and Maine have successfully removed religious exemptions.
I know the Truth.
Along with this knowledge comes the responsibility to act.
I created this postcard and personally sent it to 150 churches surrounding Sacramento during the legislation of SB 277 battle in CA. NOT A SINGLE CHURCH IN THE AREA SPOKE UP. *The vaccine contains DNA not full cell from aborted babies.
To accept and use vaccines built upon the flesh of innocent humans is not an inert act, but rather one of support. 4
It’s time for pro-life Christians to take a stand. How do we stand? How do we break the stronghold they built with FEAR?
We start by speaking the truth.
VACCINES ARE ABORTION TAINTED.
YOU CAN NOT BE PRO-LIFE AND PRO-VACCINE.
Consistent with the stand so many Christians have taken to defend the sanctity of life, we should also stand for these children who have no voice. Christians and Christian ministries should lead by example, particularly because of the strong positions we already take regarding the sanctity every of human life. The world is looking for integrity.
Unbelievers and believers alike rely on our commitment to the Lord, truth, and reliable content to help them make life-impacting decisions on behalf of their families.
Will taking a stand be hard?
YES.
Christians weren’t promised an easy life.
If the Almighty God is for us, who can be against us?
Let’s Pray.
All Mighty God, you created us – formed us in your image. You placed us in THIS TIME. Help us to do your will that you might be glorified in our words and deed. We humbly come to you seeking wisdom – in the decisions we must make regarding the topic of abortion tainted vaccines and the action we must take. We ask for protection against the ‘evil one’ the liar! We know that Fear is a Liar. Fear doesn’t come from you Lord. When we are afraid – to speak up, afraid of disease and illness, afraid of the reaction of peers and family.. Help us to put our trust in you, Lord. You reminded us in John who we are – and the source of our strength. You are from God, little children, and have overcome him BECAUSE Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. I John 4:4
AMEN.
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FAQ: How come WI38 is ‘only’ 32 abortions? In six of the abortions, multiple organs were dissected and numbered, hence the difference between the number of abortions (32) and the WI-38 designation.
