{"id":43192,"date":"2020-12-28T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=43192"},"modified":"2021-03-22T16:49:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:49:54","slug":"when-i-was-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/when-i-was-hungry\/","title":{"rendered":"When I was Hungry","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-43208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wheniwashungry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wheniwashungry.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wheniwashungry-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wheniwashungry-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wheniwashungry-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wheniwashungry-640x411.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as a primary means of control of the virus\u2026 We may well have a doubling of world poverty by early next year. This is a terrible global catastrophe, actually. And so we really do appeal to all world leaders: stop using lockdowns as your primary control method.<\/strong>\u2014Dr. David Nabarro, World Health Organization (WHO) special envoy, October 10th, 2020; <em>The Week in 60 Minutes<\/em> #6 with Andrew Neil; <a href=\"https:\/\/gloria.tv\/post\/NGCjACeyupY92oANNmpWhqwoj\">gloria.tv<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026we were already calculating 135 million people around the world, before COVID, marching to the brink of starvation. And now, with the new analysis with COVID, we&#8217;re looking at 260 million people, and I&#8217;m not talking about hungry. I&#8217;m talking about marching toward starvation\u2026 we literally could see 300,000 people die per day over a 90-day period.<\/strong> \u2014Dr. David Beasley, Executive Director of The United Nations World Food Program; April 22nd, 2020; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/coronavirus-famines-united-nations-warning\/\">cbsnews.com<\/a><em><!--more--><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026For I was hungry and you gave me no food\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026<\/span><em>because all you could hear was \u201cCOVID\u201d,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>and not my hunger cries\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026<\/span><em>because you were obsessed<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>with vaccines, not clean water\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>A stranger and you gave me no welcome\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026<\/span><em>because you masked my face<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>and stopped eye contact with me\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Naked and you gave me no clothing\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026<\/span><em>because you destroyed the supply chain<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>and spoke only of my health, not my wellbeing\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Ill and in prison\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;<\/span><em>in nursing and senior homes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>where you left me to die alone\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>And you did not care for me\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026<\/span><em>because you were so consumed with your fears,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>that you failed to consider my happiness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Then they will answer and say, \u2018Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty\u00a0<\/strong><strong>or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?\u2019 He<\/strong><strong>\u00a0will answer them,\u2018Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.\u2019<\/strong> (Matt 25:41-44)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">What, then, is the solution?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">WE ARE NOT HELPLESS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gbdeclaration.org\">The Great Barrington Declaration<\/a>\u00a0was spearheaded by doctors from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford Universities. They warn that current pandemic policies targeting the healthy are having \u201cdamaging physical and mental health impacts\u201d and recommend letting the healthy \u201clive their lives normally to build up immunity through natural infection,\u201d while improving safeguards for the elderly and others at greater risk of death from COVID-19.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">October 8th, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/oct\/8\/thousands-scientists-urge-end-devastating-lockdown\/\">washingtontimes.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The Declaration has been signed now by over 33,000 scientists and doctors from around the globe.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And it&#8217;s backed by recent studies. In August, the <em class=\"ContentPageBodyEm-module__em\">Lancet <\/em><a class=\"Hyperlink2-module__link--political Hyperlink2-module__link--political--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/eclinm\/article\/PIIS2589-5370(20)30208-X\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published an analysis<\/a> of data from 50 countries that found lockdowns to be ineffective. The researchers found that full lockdowns were &#8216;not associated&#8217; with decreased mortality from COVID-19.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Since March 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/01\/23\/30-studies-since-march-2020-finding-covid-lockdowns-had-little-or-no-efficacy\/\">over 30 studies<\/a> have concluded that lockdowns have provided little or no efficacy in the prevention of spreading SARS-CoV-2<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> States Dr. Matt Strauss: &#8220;These are hard outcome data; reality cannot be waved away with theories or projections.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">October 14th, 2020; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/a-medic-s-case-against-another-lockdown\"><em>The Spectator<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>However, evidence for the harms of lockdown is now piling up. In the US, <a class=\"Hyperlink2-module__link--political Hyperlink2-module__link--political--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/a-worrisome-trend-rising-murder-rate-is-a-national-problem-data-shows-163859069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homicides are up 50 per cent<\/a>\u00a0compared to last summer. In France, <a class=\"Hyperlink2-module__link--political Hyperlink2-module__link--political--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/06\/world\/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">domestic violence calls are up 30 per cent<\/a>. In Canada, almost <a class=\"Hyperlink2-module__link--political Hyperlink2-module__link--political--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/cmha.ca\/news\/warning-signs-more-canadians-thinking-about-suicide-during-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three times more people are contemplating suicide<\/a>\u00a0compared to last year; and in British Columbia, <a class=\"Hyperlink2-module__link--political Hyperlink2-module__link--political--underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/resource-gallery\/Documents\/Statistics%20and%20Research\/Statistics%20and%20Reports\/Overdose\/Overdose%20Response%20Indicator%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overdose deaths have tripled<\/a> from pre-pandemic levels. When you deprive children of their education, adults of their livelihood, and elderly people of their social connections, desperation and despair quickly set in.<\/strong> \u2014Dr. Matt Strauss, October 14th, 2020; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/a-medic-s-case-against-another-lockdown\"><em>The Spectator<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And last month, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-19802-w\">massive study<\/a> of nearly 10 million people was published on November 20th, 2020 in the prestigious <em>Nature Communications\u00a0<\/em>journal. The study gave the strongest evidence yet that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/unmasking-the-facts\/\">mask-wearing by the healthy<\/a> (ie. asymptomatic) and lockdowns are unnecessary. It found that healthy people do <em>not\u00a0<\/em>spread the virus:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>All city residents aged six years or older were eligible and 9,899,828 (92.9%) participated. <em>No new symptomatic cases<\/em> and 300 asymptomatic cases\u2026 were identified. There were no positive tests amongst 1,174 close contacts of asymptomatic cases\u2026 Virus cultures were negative for all asymptomatic positive and repositive cases, indicating no \u201cviable virus\u201d in positive cases detected in this study.<\/strong> \u2014\u201dPost-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China\u201d, Shiyi Cao, Yong Gan et. al, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-19802-w\">nature.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Moreover, doctors need to educate themselves regarding continued emerging science of actual curative protocols. A\u00a0new study shows that there are 84% fewer hospitalizations for those treated with a &#8220;low-dose hydroxychloroquine combined with zinc and azithromycin.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">November 25th, 2020; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/study-finds-84-fewer-hospitalizations-for-patients-treated-with-controversial-drug-hydroxychloroquine\">Washington Examiner<\/a>,<\/em> cf. preliminary: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0924857920304258\">sciencedirect.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Vitamin D is now shown to reduce coronavirus risk by 54%.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2020\/09\/17\/vitamin-d-can-help-reduce-coronavirus-risk-by-54-boston-university-doctor\/\">bostonherald.com<\/a>; Sept. 17th, 2020 study: <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0239252\">journals.plos.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In fact, a new study in Spain has found that 80% of COVID-19 patients were Vitamin D deficient.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">October 28th, 2020;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/study-vitamin-d-deficiency-found-in-over-80-of-covid-19-patients\/A6W5TCSNIBBLNNUMVVG4XBPTGQ\/?fbclid=IwAR1ic-aOwO19hy7557JQZUJwm_HkPbe4eYe0HNIiUknLXV5YFcymaV1Gf7g\">ajc.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> On December 8th, 2020, Dr. Pierre Kory pleaded at a Senate hearing in the U.S. that the National Institutes of Health urgently review over 30 studies on the effectiveness of Ivermectin, an approved anti-parasitic drug. It was later approved.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mountains of data have emerged from many centers and countries around the world, showing the miraculous effectiveness of Ivermectin. It basically obliterates transmission of this virus. If you take it, you will not get sick.<\/strong> \u2014December 8th, 2020;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/article\/national\/susan-jones\/physician-tells-senate-ivermectin-covid-wonder-drug-if-you-take-it-you\"> cnsnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the meantime, British scientists from the University College London Hospitals NHS (UCLH) announced over Christmas that they are testing the drug Provent, which\u00a0could also prevent someone who has been exposed to coronavirus from going on to develop the disease COVID-19.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">December 25th, 2020; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/dec\/25\/uk-scientists-trial-drug-to-prevent-coronavirus-infection-leading-to-disease\">theguardian.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Other doctors are claiming success with &#8220;inhaled steroids&#8221; like budesonide.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2020\/07\/14\/is-inhaled-steroid-budesonide-really-silver-bullet-for-covid-19\/\">ksat.co<\/a>m<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> And, of course, there are nature&#8217;s gifts that are almost entirely ignored, belittled or even censored, such as the antiviral power of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-real-witchcraft\/\">Thieves Oil<\/a>\u201d, Vitamins C, D, and Zinc that can boost and help protect our God-given and powerful immunity. In fact, researchers in Israel have published a paper showing that an extract of photosynthetically manipulated Spirulina (ie. algae) is 70% effective in inhibiting the &#8220;cytokine storm&#8221; that causes COVID-19 patient&#8217;s\u00a0 immune system to crater.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">February 24th, 2021; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/health-science\/israeli-researchers-say-spirulina-algae-could-stop-covid-19-deaths-660064\">jpost.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Finally\u2014on the control front\u2014researchers from Tel Aviv University have proven that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, can be killed efficiently, quickly and cheaply using ultraviolet LEDs at specific frequencies. The study published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1011134420304942?via%3Dihub\"><em>Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology<\/em><\/a> found that such lights, used properly, could help disinfect hospitals and other areas and slow the spread of the virus<em>.<\/em><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_43192_1('footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/health-science\/tel-aviv-research-999-percent-of-covid-19-germs-dead-in-30-seconds-with-uv-leds-653315\">The Jerusalem Post<\/a>,<\/em> December 26th, 2020<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43192_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>All this is to say that killing tens of million people in order to save relatively fewer who will die from COVID is utterly unnecessary, to say the least (the above does not even consider deaths by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/university\/colleges\/mds\/news\/2020\/05\/covid-global-surgery.aspx\">postponed surgeries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/japan-suicide-coronavirus-more-japanese-suicides-in-october-than-total-covid-deaths\/\">suicides<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/delivering-care\/opioids\/covid-19-surges-ama-sounds-alarm-nation-s-overdose-epidemic\">substance abuse<\/a>, which are all skyrocketing). Extended mass lockdowns of the healthy are simply immoral, and it is time that everyone from the lowest layman to the Pope to denounce this horrible practice, which is undoubtedly hurtling the world toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-reset\/\">global Communism<\/a> as\u00a0economies begin to buckle and supply chains crumble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Today, on this Feast of the Holy Innocents that recalls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/not-herods-way\/\">the genocide<\/a> of the young in Bethlehem, we ought to renounce the genocide taking place beneath our very noses by those who, in the name of &#8220;health care&#8221;, have forgotten the &#8220;least of the brethren.&#8221;<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Humanity today offers us a truly alarming spectacle, if we consider not only how extensively attacks on life are spreading but also their unheard-of numerical proportion, and the fact that they receive widespread and powerful support from a broad consensus on the part of society, from widespread legal approval and the involvement of certain sectors of health-care personnel&#8230; with time the threats against life have not grown weaker. They are taking on vast proportions. They are not only threats coming from the outside, from the forces of nature or the &#8220;Cains&#8221; who kill the &#8220;Abels&#8221;; no, they are scientifically and systematically programmed threats.<\/strong> \u2014POPE ST JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html\">Evangelium Vitae<\/a>,<\/em> n. 17\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">SHARE THIS IMAGE WITH OTHERS:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-43191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hungrycovid3blog-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/a-medic-s-case-against-another-lockdown\"><em>The Spectator<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_43192_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">November 25th, 2020; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/study-finds-84-fewer-hospitalizations-for-patients-treated-with-controversial-drug-hydroxychloroquine\">Washington Examiner<\/a>,<\/em> cf. preliminary: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0924857920304258\">sciencedirect.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_43192_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2020\/09\/17\/vitamin-d-can-help-reduce-coronavirus-risk-by-54-boston-university-doctor\/\">bostonherald.com<\/a>; Sept. 17th, 2020 study: <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0239252\">journals.plos.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_43192_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">October 28th, 2020;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/study-vitamin-d-deficiency-found-in-over-80-of-covid-19-patients\/A6W5TCSNIBBLNNUMVVG4XBPTGQ\/?fbclid=IwAR1ic-aOwO19hy7557JQZUJwm_HkPbe4eYe0HNIiUknLXV5YFcymaV1Gf7g\">ajc.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_43192_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">December 25th, 2020; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/dec\/25\/uk-scientists-trial-drug-to-prevent-coronavirus-infection-leading-to-disease\">theguardian.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_43192_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2020\/07\/14\/is-inhaled-steroid-budesonide-really-silver-bullet-for-covid-19\/\">ksat.co<\/a>m<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_43192_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_43192_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_43192_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">February 24th, 2021; 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