My Bout with COVID. Should we have taken the hit?

November 21, 2020
Lead Article, Date; November 21, 2020
Website; www.rapidcooling.net
Lead Author/Credit; Ray Langella

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I would like to start out by posing a question that has been on my mind for quite sometime now. The first question and I think one that is most important is; Should We Have "Taken The Hit?" This of course is in regards to whether or not we should have gone on about our business as much as possible and let the chips fall where they may. In other words, instead of Wearing Masks, Social Distancing and Sheltering in Place; the alternative to this very destructive plan, which was the closing down of the economy, would have been to take care of the most vulnerable among us while the rest of us go on with our lives. In other words: Live our lives as normally as possible. Sure, possibly some mask wearing as well as some Social Distancing. But not anywhere to the extent we have done including all this Sheltering in place nonsense. Obviously, I am asking this question in hindsight. Hindsight they say is 20-20! Hopefully 2020 will also be a distant memory very soon! But it is a question that still needs to be asked. Reason being, that this is likely not the last Bio Weapon we are gonna face now that those using such weapons of mass destruction know they can get away with it and shut down the worlds economy. Of course there would be a number of details to also consider but that generally speaking is something that has been considered from the beginning. I am also going to ramble on a bit more today than usual in order to give you a flavor of where I'm coming from. So, please forgive me in advance. This will likely be the longest article short of a paper I would do on one aspect of Climate Change or another.

Audio/Video; Take The Hit, Requiem - Take The Hit

However, before we answer the above question the first thing I need to do is briefly mention something about my little bout with COVID-19. To be honest with you there was really no Bout to speak of at all. I personally expected a lot worse based on how my body reacts to allergies. My symptoms which were extremely mild, lasted from about Wednesday, Veterans Day with a slight scratch in my throat, a very mild headache Thursday and then on that Friday I lost my smell and taste which lasted for about 36 hours give or take. By Saturday late afternoon the worst, for lack of a better term was over and things were getting back to normal. Now, many people might say, Ray! You are one lucky guy! But it is also possible I fared well because of some of the things I was doing to take care of myself throughout this whole Coronavirus episode. A few people I know had this much worse than I and unfortunately I lost a few of my Karaoke friends and family to COVID-19. They, as usual, had Underlying Conditions. You also hear that most people get very mild symptoms and some don’t even know they even had it. While this may be true I can only speak for myself. Yes, I do know a wide range of people who have tested positive with an equally wide range of symptoms. conditions and degrees of how serious their condition was. However, if I were to compare my allergies to COVID-19 my allergies are many times worse and last a lot longer. In fact, in January thru March there are times I can barely speak. I get so sick from what I believe are the Mango Trees Blooming that I have wanted to jump off the Deerfield Pier as the Bull Sharks swim by. Some may have also noticed in other articles here on Rapid Cooling I have been preaching antiviral supplements, supplements that may have an direct affect on how COVID attacks the body and of course lots of Alkaline Water. This I hope is what has kept me from getting a serious case of The Dreaded Coronavirus. I have also tried to push some of my ideas on supplements on Facebook and in person. But, for the most part most people believe that Modern Day Medicine is the answer and will save them. Sorry, but I am not putting all my eggs in one basket. I believe a more diverse approach.

In the early days of this crisis and Pandemic I had been mostly adding Baking Soda to Water which tasted horrible but it's goal is to increase Alkalinity in the body. Yes, I was taking a few other supplements also and have added more as we went along. I also need to point out that Baking Soda and Water tastes like crap unless the water was very cold! Even drinking it in Cold Water does not turn it into Pinot Grigio. While I was using Baking Soda as part of my COVID-19 Defense I did notice that it also had a fantastic affect on my joints. Much less pain and stiffness. This is something I may revisit and even add it to the Alkaline Water which I now purchase as a matter of convenience. One thing I need to point out is that neither supplements or Alkaline Water kill COVID-19 or any other virus. The whole point is to take such items in order to create an environment the virus cannot survive and thrive in. I did find another supplement that is a pH Alkalizer which had a similar effect on me. Together the Baking Soda and pH Alkalizing Product is really something that did very well for me. While I did run out of it for quite a while I am now back on the pH Alkaizer and again I am finding less joint stiffness and pain.

As far as Alkalinity goes you cannot change the Alkalinity of your Blood. Your Blood pH balance is what it is and resides between 7.35 and 7.45. It is not something you can change directly. While disease may have an effect on Blood pH it is mostly the Lungs and Kidneys which maintain Blood PH. Now as far as the rest of your body is concerned there are several arguments that Alkaline Diets and supplementation are useless and a waste of time. Other believe they work great against viruses, cancer and of course other ailments like my aches and pains. To be honest with you this is not why we are here today. I can only say I noticed a huge difference when taking these supplements religiously. However, it does tie into the question: Should we have "taken the hit?" As previously mentioned, a pH Alkalizer I was taking made a big difference in my joints in just a few days! But when this Pandemic first broke out my intention was to create an environment in the body in which the Virus could not survive nor thrive in. The unknown in all this is how it made my entire body feel great inside and out. A topic possibly for another day. In any event as of late I had slacked off my supplement routine a little because I got lazy and too comfortable but as soon as I had a suspicion that someone close to me was sick I got real serious and believe me I went right back to a serious regiment. Especially, since 3 People close to me in my Doo Wop Group tested Positive and while all are now OK and on the mend they did not fare nearly as well as I did thus far. Could age and other variables have played a role in in my ability to ward off serious affects? Possibly! But one thing is certain is my approach to supplements definitely played an important part! 

Viruses are pH Sensitive

Before I get into the question of whether or not we should have "taken the hit" I would like to thank all my Classmates back home as well as my Karaoke Friends and Family for their understanding, support, prayers, text messages and phone calls. While I have had to postpone my Karaoke shows once again during the time I am still COVID-19 Positive I have been assured by The Broward Department of Health I am no longer Contagious. After you have not had a fever for 24 Hours and do not show any signs you should not be shedding the Virus any longer. But then again I have never had a fever. In any event, many of the aforementioned above still have no idea that I have a Blog or know my feelings toward The Man Made Global Warming Scam. This blog, in case you are here for the first time, is supposed to be an opposing argument to the idea that CO2 Drives Climate. Which of course CO2 does not "Drive Climate". Yes, I have few other articles of interest here and there related to other Science here on Rapid Cooling. However, all this COVID-19 stuff was never supposed to be part of this blog. Unfortunately, the reality is life is like facing a junk ball Pitcher. You never know what pitch is coming next! Yes, I love the subject of Climate Change, however I still have to work, eat, sleep and pay bills. It’s sad to say but this gives me very little time to work on a subject I am very passionate about for over 24 years give or take. But, you never know I am always just one Lottery ticket away from being here full time at Rapid Cooling! I would also like to shout out to some people I have never met (but hope to some day) but have only corresponded with or interacted with through the World Wide Web. I consider them friends because they share a similar passion as I that The Sun Drives Climate and that Climate Change is an ongoing process and is of course cyclical. So, without further ado Shout outs go to Diamond, from The Oppenheimer Ranch Project; Robert W Felix, Ice Age Now, Mr. Patrick Moore, Eco Sense Now; Ned Nikolov PHD, Nikolov Science and yes there are a few others. I hope someday to be able to spend as much time as they do in order to make Rapid Cooling an open platform for myself and others to shed much needed light on the subject of Real Climate Change. Not the Al Gore version!

So, let's now look at the question: should we have "taken the hit?" That is in regards to this virus. Right up front! The answer to that is absolutely yes. I believed we are here today in the position we are in because we were sold on the idea that if we wore a mask, locked up, locked down and sheltered in place that we by some miracle could stop the spread of this Chinese Virus or wherever in the Universe it came from. So, like good little Wooden Soldiers we did all that. It didn't work. Sorry! I hate to tell you that but if it worked this virus would have been over or at least under control in a month. As mentioned earlier I also believe this particular Virus to be a Half Baked Bio Weapon. Something that may have not only come from a lab in Wuhan but more than likely was an unfinished project. There is also another scenario that this Virus may be just another Coronavirus but is actually being affected by the Sun and TSI. However, we are not going there today. In fact that argument while feasible is not relevant because in either case we are still not willing to have "taken the hit" up front so for now who cares. As for now we can go with it came from China either by accident, on purpose and still possibility naturally occurring. Another important question is what exactly are my feelings on this idea regarding "taking the hit?" The way I see it is if we had not worn these masks and not tried to hide from this virus we would be much further down the road of recovery than we are now. Could or should I ask: would more people have died early on? I would venture to say yes. That would be more likely the case. But now, the action we took to flatten the curve has only exponentially pushed the end of this event out months and more than likely 3-5 years from now! It pains me to say this but that is a very likely outcome. By the way, there is an article right here on this Blog regarding a Sequence of this Virus which has learned to work its way around Masks and Washing your hands 20 times a day. That sequence is D614G and you can bet it is not the only one out there. It is just the only one we have identified so far with this new ability. You can also bet every time we come up with a new dumb idea to put a barrier in front of this virus, the virus will find a way around it. Again, sorry!

COVID-19 mutation may be evolving to bypass mask-wearing, hand washing

So, who or what created this Sequence known as D614G? Now I hate to be honest with you but I did. Yes, that is a fact! I take full responsibility! But so did you! In fact all of our friends and family did. We did this by wearing Masks which are not 100% effective. We did this because we believe that a flimsy, loosely fit diaper on our face at best was going to somehow stop this Virus. So, in effect we all need to take responsibility. Remember what General George S Patton said; “fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.” This is also true for these masks. These masks are nothing more than a teaching aid for COVID-19 so this virus can learn to get around barriers we put up in front of it! So the next time you look at your friends, family, acquaintances and yes possibly even your enemies please thank them for me! You can also thank all the Scientists and Politicians who also made us wear these masks. Please also understand something about a Virus. It falls in the Gray Area of a living Organism. But for all intent and purposes a virus wants to live so to speak. It wants to carry on. Like every other organism which may infect you. If a virus kills its host it dies with the host. Yes, some hosts (People) are going to die. But most of the hosts who acquire such a terrible organism are going to live. The virus gets pleasure by irritating people and making them sick. It learns and finds ways to jump and make its way from host to host. While I am sure all of this makes you the reader unhappy the virus itself is having a grand old time! Yep, as far as viruses go COVID-19, is having a party and we are all invited to the dance! Don’t believe me? Check out the numbers! At some point I would like to compare COVID-19 to The Swine Flu. However, I am not going to do that today! That needs to be a whole other article. I will say this however: the Incompetence to which the Obama Administration handled the Swine Flu actually worked out for the better!

As far as sheltering in place is concerned, with some exceptions we should have never Sheltered in place! The only thing sheltering in place did was to create new Sequences of COVID-19. This goes right along with what I have said that we should have also never worn Masks to the extent we have. Wash our hands 20 times per day and run the Country Dry of Lysol Wipes and Toilet Paper. (editors note; as of this writing it looks like there is gonna be another run on toilet paper.) These were bad ideas on a long list of bad ideas. Yep! We were told to flatten the curve and that we did. What happened? Exactly what I said would happen on my Facebook Page. Again, all we did was to help create new Sequences. Thank you, very little! The so called experts made this untrained Scientist look like a Genius! What common sense and history should have taught us Science seemed to overlook. Lets not also forget. They have tried the same thing in Europe. You know, flattening the curve and COVID-19 keeps coming back like Mike Tyson looking to bite off someone’s ear! 

You may have also noticed I did not go into quoting a recent study done by the CDC that shows that 70.6% of People who got COVID-19 wore the mask all the time and 14.4% of the People who got COVID-19 wore the mask most of the time. These kinds of numbers as well as some other new ones coming out would be better suited for another article or paper more geared to that type of discussion. Today however, I only wanted this article to be more of a Heart to Heart discussion. But Diamond, I digress! In any event all of the above leads me to one last question: How many more years do all of you want to wear a diaper on your face? I ask that question because many believe this to be a short term solution to what otherwise may be a long term problem. I also ask this question because many people think that we are actually going to knock this virus out with these great new Therapeutics and Vaccines. I hope we do! That would be great! Then I can go back to running my Karaoke shows by night and Rapid Cooling by Day! But I don't think so! I don't think the Left in this country will allow that to happen. Not too mention what if the Virus at some point gets around these pharmaceuticals? I think that too is a question that needs to be looked at very carefully.

Finally, I would like to give credit where credit is due. I think President Trump has done a spectacular job behind the scenes with all of these drug companies. It is amazing how the Government and the Private Sector can actually work together if absolutely necessary. What is even more amazing this was almost an impossible job to do from the start with these Alinskyites attacking this President all day every day and twice on Sunday! While you may not agree, The President has done a better job than anyone else in this country could have ever done by far. He was the right guy for the job at the right time. But, there is also a suspicious side of me. I often wonder why drug companies and countries all over the world are now so concerned about cooperating with each other because of this Virus. The sense of urgency we have seen to have to come up with Vaccines and Therapeutics for a Coronavirus is mind blowing? Seriously, Mankind has been dealing with Coronaviruses for Thousands of years! All of a sudden we are now on a War Time Footing to fight this Virus. The answer I believe is very simple! In fact, there can only be one answer. Because under normal conditions a Coronavirus would not act this way. Our leaders are doing all of this because they know this Virus is a Bio Weapon. I hope and pray this got out by some mistake. A mishap lets say. But if you look at how World Leaders are acting and responding to this crisis anyone with common sense must at least be thinking there is something more to this. They are working so feverishly because Winter is coming in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of Earth's Population resides in the Northern Hemisphere! People will be staying indoors like they did during the Little Ice Age. As they do this virus will go haywire! Our leaders know this. That’s what the rush is all about. Except of course if you are Nancy Pelosi and need to get to the Beauty Parlor or Governor Newsom having dinner with lobbyists. But if we have to go through a full winter locked up with Coronavirus a lot more people are going to die. This Virus will follow us indoors and set up shop in every air duct in the Northern Hemisphere. Sorry about the bad news! But this virus is smarter than every Scientist out there. It was designed that way. Get the picture? We had a chance to let this thing kill and make more people sick up front which sounds harsh but we did not have the Onions for it! It would have burned this virus out a lot quicker and made the Virus even more Sensitive to Vaccines and Therapeutics. That my friends is the risk we should have taken. We should have "taken the hit." Instead we came up with old ideas like we always do! You know. 5 Quarter Basketball Games so Sissy Sally’s feelings don’t get hurt because she sucks and couldn’t dribble a Basketball down a court with Michael Jordan on one side and God on the other. Or, take Dodge Ball out of Gym Class so little Peters Panty doesn’t get bunched up in case he is the last person standing and gets knocked out of the game. This is what happens when you worry about feelings. But, what if Little Pete catches the ball and his teammates come running back on the court yelling and screaming. He is now becomes the hero! No, we have brought up generations of our youth now to be touchy-feely and not know what it is like to "take the hit". There will surely be another virus down the road. Time will tell. The question is: Are we going to close up shop every time a virus goes haywire? God help us! I hope not! But if we do: Good luck with that and let me know how it works out for you! I hope to move to the country so I can work on my blog full time in the near future!