The Coronavirus pandemic has engendered a lot of fear in people. The media reports and tracks daily the number of cases and deaths which are growing exponentially. Social distancing and self-isolation (quarantining) are reliable practices that can dramatically lower the total number of people infected. The death rate from the seasonal flu (influenza) is about 0.1% (1 in 1000 ) while the Covid-19 appears to be about 1% (1 in 100). Please note that the 3% sometimes reported in the news refers only to those who get an extremely severe case (most people do not). Even though 99 in 100 people survive this virus, there hasn't been much attention paid to how they do it. It all centers on our immune system and how we can strengthen it so we avoid serious cases which can turn into pneumonia.

Glycobiology scientists know that cell surface sugar structures resembling little antennas allow proper communication to take place between cells. These cell surface sugar structures are critical for a healthy immune system. These sugar receptors form a sugar shroud around the outside of cells called the glycocalyx. It is like having a beard of sugars covering the face of the cell. The whiskers of the beard are these sugar receptors.
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There can be confusion about how glycobiology relates to apoptosis. Glycobiology is the science that studies glycans or sugars in the body. These sugars hold cells together, they allow cells to communicate together and they allow the immune system to function. In our A Wellness Journey class we share two quotes from the 2012 National Academy of Science publication on Glycoscience.

​The Autism Science Foundation (ASF) has a strong pro-vaccine agenda. On their website, they list 27 studies they claim prove vaccines and autism are not related. When you read all 27 studies you find they actually only "study" one vaccine (MMR) and one vaccine ingredient (thimerosal). There are 38 ingredients and 11 other vaccines they should have studied also. It's even more disturbing when reading the studies to see they are clearly biased. For example, a premier study (Verstraeten) touted by pro-vaccine supporters and published in Pediatrics in 2000, is seriously flawed. 

​An interesting paradigm: How can a woman have soft bones and kidney stones at the same time? The bones are the biggest depository for calcium in the body. Women with osteoporosis can lose calcium from their bones and have it be deposited in her kidneys. From there it is flushed out as hard, jagged crystals that are excruciatingly painful to pass. Bones are actually made from 17 essential nutrients including magnesium which is the most important mineral along with calcium.

​The first published evaluation of electrodermal activity (EDA) involving a galvanometer made by Zyto was published in the journal Missouri Medicine (114:238-244, 2017). Galvanometers pass a weak current between electrodes pressed to the skin and measure the resistance between them. The traditional theory of EDA proposes that skin resistance varies with the state of sweat glands located in the skin. Sweating is controlled by

The Coronavirus has been in the news. As of January 2020, nearly 10,000 cases and over 200 deaths have occurred. It is thought to have originated in bats in the Wuhan area of China but has mutated enough to affect humans.
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Over 5,000 different viruses are known to exist but many more are discovered every month so this number is only the tip of the iceberg. There are cold viruses, Herpes, influenza or flu viruses, Hepatitis B, HIV viruses, and many others. There are no vaccines for most viruses.

More and more doctors have spoken out about the lack of real vaccine safety testing. Vaccines are only tested as single doses. The effect of administering multiple doses is never considered. The heavy metal load of vaccine adjuvants like aluminum are never assessed. In addition, observations for single doses are conducted for only a matter of a few days after the vaccine is given. 

​The vaccine industry is built on the reputation of the polio vaccine. Images from the 1940s and 1950s of children in iron lungs or relying on crutches to move around are depicted anytime a question about vaccine efficacy is raised. However, a study of the disease reveals a far less frightening story for most patients than what the scare tactics and fear mongering engendered and employed by the pharmaceutical industry lead us to believe.