Tag: Boise

  • Considering the Natural Immunity of COVID Recovered

    In this clip from October 15, 2021, at the Central District Health Meeting, Dr. Ryan Cole answers the question of natural immunity COVID recovered.

    Central Health District Board discusses the rate of vaccination and natural immunity COVID recovered posing the question are we close to reaching herd immunity?

    Should those with natural immunity/previously infected be exempt from vaccination?

    *Health Board Member was unable to provide statistics readily available to the public. These were added by HFI as a screenshot overlay from the coronavirus.idaho.gov website. According to Idaho’s government website: https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/ 1/3 of the Ada County population is Air Force (mandated vaccinations) 809,091 People fully vaccinated* statewide with 276,862 Cases (Total includes confirmed and probable cases) out of a population of 1,839,106.

    Comments at this meeting said that further discussion would be added to the agenda for December is a more thorough discussion of COVID recovered and vaccinations. *The next scheduled meeting is actually November 17 but the discussion is not on the current agenda. (as of November 6, 2021)

    The next Board Meeting is Friday, December 17 | Boise – 8:30 a.m.

    Board of Health Meetings

    Board of Health Bylaws | Board of Health Members | COVID-19 Directory

     BOARD OF HEALTH INFORMATION:

     Submit Written Comments: If your comments are in response to an agenda item for a specific meeting date, please note that comments must be received 24-hours in advance of the applicable meeting to allow for routing and board member review. All messages will be shared with the Board and included in public record.

     Submit Public Comments: People wishing to speak will have a maximum of three (3) minutes. People providing comments need to be present ahead of the board meeting to sign-up on CDH’s sign-in sheet. The sign-in sheet needs to be completed and signed prior to the start of the board meeting. Time will be allowed to provide public comment at the end of the commenting period for those who weren’t able to sign-up on the sign-in sheet before the start of the meeting at the discretion of the board chair.

    • Email: boh@cdh.idaho.gov
    • Mail to: CDH Board of Health, Attn: Russ Duke, 707 N. Armstrong Place, Boise, ID 83704

     View Meetings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LJ1BM5Jv3zczecnYkXarw/

     In-Person: CDH Office, 707 N. Armstrong Place, Boise 83704 | Bluebird conference room. Public comment will be accepted as noted on the agenda. People wishing to speak will have a maximum of three (3) minutes.*

  • Homeschool Teen Medically Kidnapped in Idaho

    Idaho resident Kristine, a homeschooling mother, brought her very sick child Brandon to the ER numerous times, and they keep sending him home. Tired of repeated trips to the ER and extremely worried about her son, Kristine says she urgently insisted that they provide other treatment for him. She knew something else was going on other than just the flu. Little did she know that urging for her son to be treated for more than the flu would involve CPS, accusations of medical neglect, educational neglect, and criminal charges against her. Its been six months, only limited weekly visits this single mom and her son want to be reunited.

    UPDATE July 16 Hearing

    Brandon still doesn’t get to go home. In fact, the court case has been continued until OCTOBER 2019. Mom was grateful that 


    Brandon, aged 15, was admitted to St. Alphonsus in Nampa and then transferred to St. Alphonsus Pediatric Center in nearby Boise, Idaho. Medical records show that he was admitted with Influenza A, a positive result for Mono, abdominal pain, recent weight loss, as well as thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet count), and leukopenia (low white blood cell count).  

    Over the next two days, Kristine watched her son suffer. It was often necessary for her to help him out of bed and walk to the bathroom. Brandon was given a walker so that he could navigate the hallways and receive some exercise.

    Brandon was then transferred to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital in Boise. Mom was told that it was because there was nothing else St. Al’s could do for him, and he needed testing for cystic fibrosis, a respiratory disorder that can result in extreme malnutrition due to digestion issues.

    However, according to medical records of Dr. Amy Barton, a child abuse specialist that works for St. Luke’s through their Children At Risk Evaluation Services (CARES), the actual purpose for the transfer was to put Brandon into her care of Dr. Barton to determine whether or not his condition was medical abuse vs. medical neglect.

    Read full details at Medical Kidnap

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    Educational Neglect Alleged Due to Homeschooling

    Another allegation that CPS suddenly decided to throw at Kristine is that Brandon has been homeschooled for his entire life. The Department now alleges that Brandon’s education was neglected, because he was homeschooled, and has requested an educational evaluation, despite that he has a history of being in the gifted and talented programs through his online homeschool in Oregon.

    The Department is also requesting that Brandon begin high school again as a freshman at Homedale High School this September, despite that he has graduated through homeschool with the appropriate amount of credits at the end of this last school year.

    Read the full history with doctors and staff names at Medical Kidnap Homeschooled Teenager with Celiac & Scoliosis Medically Kidnapped at Idaho Children’s Hospital – Mother Wrongfully Accused of Medical Abuse & Educational Neglect.

    Mom is fighting for her son and NEEDS YOUR HELP

    Kristine has filed for a new evidentiary hearing and a new adjudication, asserting that misinformation and hearsay is perverting the court record. Kristine hopes that maybe her voice will finally be heard by Judge Tucker this time around. If not by the judge, then at least by someone with the power to do something about what is happening with her son.

    Kristine appears in court next on July 16th, for the 6-month review hearing, and to hear the motions she has recently filed. She expects that this will be a battle, but isn’t afraid. She says,

    “I will not quit fighting until my son is home again, where he belongs.”

    His own words! This boy wants to go home! 

    Listening to the full interview between CARES and Brandon, it is very obvious that key information was left out of Dr. Barton’s report, perhaps intentionally. 

    In the almost hour-long interrogation with Michelle Borgquist, Brandon states several times that nothing is wrong at home, his mother takes care of him, they do things outside of the house, and that he has plenty of access to food. 

    The interview begins with Michelle telling Brandon that they are in her “Talking Room” so that she can ask him questions and he can feel safe answering them. She makes him promise that he will tell the truth. Brandon agrees and then proceeds to answer her questions.

    When asked about things that he enjoys doing, Brandon answers include badminton, bowling, golf, chess, video games, board games, as well as several other outside activities. 

    At approximately 8m:45s into the interview, Brandon is asked if he can think of anything that has happened recently that made him sad or unhappy. Brandon answers, “Not being able to be with my family.”

    How you can help

    Support the Family – www.facebook.com/bringbrandonmccreeryhome .
    Financially Support Brandon’s desire to have a new attorney who will advocate on his behalf. 

    Change.org Petition – https://www.change.org/p/idaho-cps-bring-brandon-home

    Court Support & Rally – July 16th 2019 1:30 to 5:00 PM
    Juvenile Justice Center
    222 N 12th Ave, Caldwell, Idaho 83607

    SEND AN EMAIL:

    This article originally appeared at: https://hfi.designbyparrish.com/homeschool-teen-medically-kidnapped-in-idaho.

  • Be Heard

    BE HEARD BY JULY 3rd! RIGHT NOW THE CITIZENS CAN COMMENT! We have an unprecedented opportunity to have our voices heard on ANY state rule that we have concerns about! State law requires that the public receive notification when a state agency initiates proposed rulemaking procedures and be given an opportunity to comment to that rulemaking. Due to the lack of vote at the end of Legislative Session last year the rules department has published ALL the temporary rules and they must provide us opportunity to comment on them.
    However, COMMENTS CLOSE July 3rd (10 days!). 

    #BeHeardbytheThird 

    Now is the time to have a real and meaningful impact on the 8200+ pages of Idaho Rules and Regulations up for public input. Remember that the Legislature did not automatically approve all the rules at the end of last session. Review how this happened read an overview on page 2>

    It is really that simple to make a difference. Complaining and getting angry with government will not fix government; only involvement and civil communication will.  I hope you get involved in this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! – Heather Scott

    There are THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of pages of rules. 

    HINT START AT PAGE 1900 
    to find a search using KEY WORDS using CNTL F – find – search keywords

    HFI Concerns with IDAPA RULES…

    IDAPA 16 Department of Health and Welfare Docket 16-0000-1900

    IDAPA 16 Department of Health and Welfare Docket 16-000-1900f

    **You can choose to send public comments on these rules and other areas that cause you concern!
     Don’t limit yourself! 

    You can send numerous emails on various topics. Just be sure to email the appropriate department. All Health and Welfare Concerns: go to dhwrules@dhw.idaho.gov 

    Make the MOST of your time and efforts 

    Be sure to CC your email all the Health and Welfare Committee legislators, your personal legislators <find them here> and Health Freedom Idaho) 

    <COPY/Paste EMAILS Addresses>

    WHAT ABOUT OTHER RULES? 

    There are a lot to choose from, such as the Department of Transportation, Fish and Game, Environmental Quality, Dentistry, Education, Board of Medicine, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Parks and Recreation, State Police, Attorney General and many more.  If you click on the rule you are interested in in the table of contents, it will take you to that section in the document where you can read what the rule says.

    • You do not like the way that the Department of Labor deals with unemployment insurance requirements.
    • You believe that the systems for pardons and parole needs improvement.
    • You do not like the Commission of Libraries condoning promotions of certain political agendas.
    • You believe the Department of Education should allow more charter schools.
    • You believe the requirements to get an occupational license for Sign Language Interpreters is restrictive.
    • You believe the Health and Welfare Department is denying parental choice when it comes to vaccinations.
    • You are tired of Common Core (re-branded as Idaho Core) and its agenda in the schools.

    HINT: Concerned about other department’s rules? You can find the department’s contact information by looking at the document pages 4 – 25 and click the hyperlinked “Notice of Omnibus Rulemaking – Temporary and Proposed Fee Rulemaking” there is a link under each docket. 

    We have this opportunity to make a public comment to the department on every state rule. This has NEVER happened in Idaho before, don’t squander it.

    RESOURCES:

    What’s the difference? Negotiated and Proposed Rules? <see page 8>

    Where did all these rules come from? Here is an index of all the rules https://adminrules.idaho.gov/cindex/16.pdf

  • Why I Won’t Be Missing This Important Event

    For 5 years I have been suffering from numerous autoimmune diseases and Lyme. My symptoms started before I was 30 years old and progressed each year. Despite being the healthiest I have ever been at that time, I was plagued with chronic fatigue, joint pain, mild depression, digestive issues, new food allergies, just to name a few. Having three children, meant that I didn’t have time to be down and out because of my symptoms…but that doesn’t mean my symptoms didn’t try. I kept getting worse, and allopathic medicine only wanted to prescribe medication for the symptoms.

    I knew enough about natural based healing to know this was the route I needed to take to actually begin my healing. I inherently knew my body had everything it needed to help me heal if given the right environment. So I researched… First, I started by eliminating inflammatory foods from my diet (gluten, dairy) and lowered my rheumatoid levels into the high normal range! Just from food alone! What was a great start! I started to feel a little better but was devastated when I had an autoimmune “flare up” a few months later…I thought I was in the clear because I had gone so long in between flare-ups! My shoulders ached so bad, it hurt to turn my steering wheel, I was too tired to play with my kids, and it took everything I had to continue to get through my master’s program and do what I needed to do as a mother, wife, student, and employee. Giving up was never an option. I wouldn’t let these unknown illness keep me down.

    It was at this point I knew I needed more than just a diet change; I knew I needed more help in fighting these diseases. Fall of last year, I began seeing a naturopathic doctor and a chiropractor. Both were focused on detoxing and treatment through targeted and personalized means; both services were very complimentary to each other. And the most fantastic part??? We got to the root of my issues! I’m still in my healing journey, but I am happy to report, I haven’t had a full-blown flare in a long time (since before I started treatment)…the longest span yet to be exact. I have more energy and significantly less pain. But the best part? My kids have their mom back! 
    I’m getting my life back.

    I hope you will join me at this event. It could be life changing. I know the “natural route” I took was – for me.

  • Why attend the Natural Health Symposium?

    We have an amazing community of holistic healers right here in Idaho! They want to share their expertise with you. Health Freedom Idaho has coordinated The Natural Health Symposium April 19 from 1pm – 5pm in downtown Boise. Listen to a variety of different holistic and natural practitioners sharing the methods that have successfully improved the health and well-being of families in the state. Miste Karlfeldt, executive director of Health Freedom Idaho is the driving force behind this inaugural event.

    Listen as she shares her passion about the Natural Health Symposium and its importance to your family.

    We look forward to seeing you on April 19th!

    Register now! 

    Questions? Please feel free to contact us.