Over 4th of July weekend, I came down with Covid-19.  Given the statistics at the time, it is likely I was infected with BA4 or BA5.

I haven’t been a big user of masks, but I haven’t often put myself in crowds, except for my ventures to Saratoga Race Track last summer (which I will be doing again this week!).

That weekend, I had work in PA… two appraisals involving small multifamily properties.  I entered a couple units at each property, but most of my time at each was spent outside.

The closest I got to anyone was when I shook the owner’s hand when first meeting. I immediately licked my palm afterwards… just kidding!

Later that evening, I met with a couple of my adult children for dinner, and ended up driving one of them home with her boyfriend (they were visiting from Philly, and my other daughter drove them to dinner, then bugged out early).

I returned to Maryland the next morning.  Sunday evening I began developing symptoms, and by Monday morning, I was pretty sure I had the Rona.

None of my children ever got sick, and neither did my parents, with whom I stayed overnight.

By about Wednesday, my wife began experiencing symptoms, and tested positive a couple days later.

How I dealt with Covid

So, how did I deal with the Rona?

I prepared myself mentally by expecting to get it.  I was vaxxed in April 2021, boosted a few weeks later, and again in December.

My motivations last year in the Spring were primarily that I accepted the reality that some jurisdictions would limit access to restaurants and events if not vaxxed.

I was also motivated by the fact that a good friend of mine from college spent two weeks in the hospital with the virus in February 2021.  He had been exposed by his father, who was dying from another disease.

My friend is a vegan power lifter, and in better shape than 99% of the population.

By December, when I received my booster, I had already become skeptical of the efficacy of the vaxxes.  It was clear they were losing effectiveness over time, and it just made no sense to me to continue getting vaxxed every few months.

We now know that Omicron has spread due to immune escape, and it spreads far more easily than the other variants.

As a result, I expected to get infected at some point.

Therefore, I worked on boosting my immunity.

I started conducting some research, and found that Vitamin D3 was playing a significant role in reducing hospitalizations.  While it is best to acquire Vitamin D3 naturally through exposure to the sun, supplements are helpful over time.

I then learned that FLCCC protocols recommended Vitamin C, Zinc, Quercitin and some other supplements to help deal with infection once I was exposed.

Therefore, beginning in the Spring, I began taking a multi-vitamin, Vitamin D3, Quercetin and black cumin seed oil.

Once I realized I was infected, I upped the dosage of Vitamin C and Zinc, and began taking a small amount of aspirin.  I had ordered Ivermectin from India, but it had not yet arrived.

So, Sunday night July 3rd, I started to feel the symptoms in the form of congestion in my throat.  Overnight, I developed a very mild fever, but that was basically gone by Monday afternoon.

On Tuesday, I had a mild headache all day, and had the congestion in my throat and head, with the occasional cough.

Wednesday evening, I began to develop a sore throat, and by Thursday, it got a bit nasty.  Therefore, I started gargling warm salt water in addition to three Listerine gargles per day.

I also used a Neti Pot with a small amount of Iodine Povidone.

By Friday, the sore throat had improved significantly, and I had almost all my energy back.  By Saturday, I was about 95%.  On Monday, July 11th, I had my first workout since the infection.  My Ivermectin arrived that day as well.

Since then, I still get a tiny amount of congestion in my throat that requires a cough now and then.  Otherwise, I feel great.

The issue with the original Wuhan virus, then the Alpha and Delta variants was the so-called Cytokine storm, which is a severe immune reaction that can lead to multiple organ failure.

These initial variants also resulted in many cases of hypoxia, which is why so many hospitalized people were put on ventilators.

Most people who suffered from these issues had some sort of comorbidity, or they were in the most vulnerable age group (over 75), which has a more compromised immune system.

I have no explanation for my very healthy friend, but perhaps he was lacking in Vitamin D3, who knows?

One of the issues I have with the much of the medical profession now is that few seem to be interested in these protocols put out by FLCCC.

A few days prior to my infection, my stepdaughter was infected.  She went to an urgent care and they simply prescribed Paxlovid, Pfizer’s new product.

My wife also went to an urgent care, and that is what they gave her as well (she has not necessarily bought into the protocols I use, but did start upping the Vitamin D3 in the Spring).

No mention of taking Vitamin C or Zinc, or anything else.

Meanwhile, I watched a video yesterday of a discussion between two doctors who follow FLCCC protocols.  They are having few issues with patients, because they’ve educated them with these protocols.

The bottom line is that these work, and it really makes no sense for people to spend their lives trying to avoid Covid.  It will be with us for the rest of our lives and for millennia, just like the common cold, as they are both coronaviruses.

The best thing to do is to become more healthy, and understand how to boost your immunity.  That will take you much further than these vaccines and other medications pushed by big pharma.