More evidence 1918 pandemic deaths were likely more "iatrogenic" than "influenza"
For several year now I’ve been trying to understand what happened during the 1918 pandemic, the pandemic we’re supposed to be so fearful will repeat.
My journey into the historical documents awakened me to the role that aspirin likely played in causing the high death toll in 1918-19, deaths that were attributed to “influenza” or pneumonia. Eye witnesses accounts from the time revealed that there was a bad flu going around, but the medical interventions of the time were more deadly, especially the over-the-counter drug Aspirin, which was said to have killed more tham did the “grippe”.
Dr Clare Craig happened to mention the death by toxic doses of aspirin, though didn’t provide a reference in her interview. I don’t have her book…yet.
But just today I came across a 2009 paper by Dr Karen Starko who hypothesises the tragic role Salicylates (aspirin) likely played in the 1918 death toll. She wrote the first publications about Reye syndrome in the early 1980’s, which identified aspirin as the major contributor to death in kids following influenza and other infections. So her knowledge on the topic of aspirin toxicity from symptoms to typical autopsy findings, together with her research led her to hypothesise aspirins role in the 1918 pandemic.
The hypothesis presented herein is that salicylate therapy for influenza during the 1918–1919 pandemic resulted in toxicity and pulmonary edema, which contributed to the incidence and severity of early ARDS-like lungs, subsequent bacterial infection, and overall mortality. Pharmacokinetic data, which were unavailable in 1918, indicate that the aspirin regimens recommended for the “Spanish influenza” predispose to severe pulmonary toxicity.
Four lines of evidence support the role of salicylate intoxication in 1918 influenza mortality: pharmacokinetics, mechanism of action, pathology, and the spate of official recommendations for toxic regimens of aspirin immediately before the October 1918 death spike.
In the paper she describes the “confluence of events” that “created a ‘perfect storm’ for widespread salicylate toxicity”. It’s packed with information that I’m sure the establishment doesn’t want us to know or believe. Her evidence adds further support to the eye witness accounts from the day. You can read the paper HERE.
November 15, 2009 - Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 49, Issue 9: Salicylates and Pandemic Influenza Mortality, 1918–1919 Pharmacology, Pathology, and Historic Evidence by Karen M. Starko
Logging 1918 Pandemic data points
At Totality of Evidence I have been logging data points relating to the history of the 1918 pandemic leading up to today. The toxic medical interventions of the day, including aspirin, plus mass vaccination with “bacterial soup”, poor nutrition and sanitation, together with the stress of war and fear of the killer “Spanish Flu”, all contributed to the high death statistics. Can we trust the cause of death statistics of the time? How many deaths should have been iatrogenic? Death by aspirin overdose?
That’s all for today…
Nicely put, thank you!
May I point you in the direction of the 1921 paper
'Homeopathy in Influenza - a chorus of fifty in Harmony'
(available from https://www.ecampnd.com/homeopathy/A_Chorus_of_Fifty_in_Harmony.pdf )
which lends additional weight to your outlined points.
And, for more on the power of correctly prescribed homeopathy (I hope it's ok to pop this in here)
https://sarahpenrose.substack.com/p/homeopathy-and-the-epidemic-genius
Good work - keep it up!
Sarah
What causes a cold or respiratory dis-ease?
The establishment’s model of blood and lung physiology fails under scrutiny. I’ll explain why.
We breathe air not oxygen.
Air is measured by its moisture or humidity Eg its at 45% humidity today
Oxygen is measured by its dryness Eg medical oxygen has 67parts per million or less of water contamination.
The lung alveoli requires air reaching it to be at 100% humidity, that is dew point.
Can you comprehend the mis-match?
Oxygen is manufactured by stripping air of moisture. Oxygen is a product of air NOT a constituent of air.
There is no wild/natural oxygen in air. Oxygen becomes nitrogen with the addition of carbon particles to become a non-flammable version of oxygen. I have a link to a demonstration of this on my stack, a home oxygen concentrator is used.
The lungs are responsible for re-hydrating the red blood cells as they pass through the alveoli capillaries with salt water. The red blood cells are salt water sponges.
The saline intravenous drip rehydrates red blood cells and aids the lungs.
The insult that causes respiratory dis-stress is dehydration. It’s seasonal because cold air holds the least moisture and indoor room air often dries out with heating.
The dry mucosa must re-establish itself and the production of mucus goes into overdrive. The mucosa requires salt and moisture and it will move both from any bodily reserves. This causes pain as the extraction process goes into motion.
Now you know why the old remedies are successful.
Salt water gargles, nasal irrigations/inhalations and chicken soup / bone broth soups.
Sanatoriums were built along coastlines to take advantage of sea spray because it was known to heal injured lungs.
It is time the COMMONS reclaimed the knowledge of hydration and healing.
Hydration equals salt plus water.
Healing begins with hydration.
Oxygen’s toxicity is directly related to its power to dehydrate. Reactive oxygen species ROS describes damage due to dehydration.
Oxygen on release from a container will extract moisture from its surroundings to become air, its natural state. Oxygen released inside the respiratory tract extracts moisture from the mucosa and the delicate alveoli causing dehydration. This can kill.
Oxygen is a prescribed drug. It is primarily prescribed for the terminally ill. Palliative care is not kind.
You need to comprehend the difference between air and oxygen. Read the material safety data sheets for oxygen and nitrogen. Both have unconsciousness and not breathing listed under inhalation.