bookmark_border#8 Worst Air Quality: Semi-rural Areas in Central Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Harrisburg)

A new study confirm an ongoing air quality problem not far from Philadelphia, PA — Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Lebanon, and Wyomissing.

“There is a lot of agriculture in the area, but it is also a transportation thoroughfare and is dotted with clusters of industry, including food processing plants, metals fabricators and plastics manufacturing.”

This also impacts quality of life and life expectancy. An indoor air exchange systems with well maintained filters is recommended. Wearing an N95 mask while outdoors will help reduce ill-health effects.

Health and Air Quality
Climate Change

bookmark_borderSongs for Ukraine (Пісні для України)

Local artists The Beatless Sense Mongers have put out a benefit album in support of Ukraine. Songs include:
No to War, Gremlin in the Kremlin, You Kraine, Putin Puttin’, If You Believe in God, Besiege, How Can We Get Out of Here?, Liar!, Sponsored by Monster, and S.O.S. (Save Our Souls)

Free MP3 song downloads and streaming music videos.

Songs for Ukraine

bookmark_borderCOVID is a Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Virus

COVID CHRONIC CONDITIONS

* Persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA in multiple organs and throughout the brain
* Epigenetic Modifications (Changes to DNA)
* Change in Cell Fate
* Tryptophan Deficiency
* Dysfunctional Kynurenine Pathway
* Neurological Damage
* Down Regulating NAD+
* Up Regulating IDO
* Rogue Antibodies
* Change in Pancreas Cell Function (Down regulation of Insulin)
* Increased Risk of Cancer
* Blood Clots
* Vascular Disorders
* Myocarditis and Heart Damage
* Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
* Dysregulation of the innate immune system, i.e. “cytokine storm”

“‘It is important to note that the severity of disease in humans is not determined only by virus replication but also by the host immune response to the infection, which may lead to dysregulation of the innate immune system, i.e. “cytokine storm”‘ (Omicron SARS-CoV-2 can infect faster and better)

These are some of the causes of long-COVID symptoms that have been identified. There are likely many more.

Everybody’s response to COVID is unique; however, most people are likely to develop several of these disorders. For instance, the genetic abnormalities were found in 1-3% of the prepandemic population. In the population of COVID survivors, 50-75% of individuals exhibit these genetic abnormalities. Currently, there is no cure for any of these ailments.