How many people here are both isolated and alone and also have the Christian faith?

Depends what you mean by isolated. I am married, but we are covid hermits, though he is increasingly reluctant about that. So we can't currently attend church in person and don't see many other people. Why are you asking? (meaning that as a genuine question not in any  passive aggressive sort of way, reading it back it seems abrupt but I don't know how else to put it!)

I’m interested in your description of yourselves as ‘Covid hermits’. Can I ask what you mean by that? Because in some ways I feel we are. 

I’m interested in your description of yourselves as ‘Covid hermits’. Can I ask what you mean by that? Because in some ways I feel we are. 

During the early investigations into covid it was found the the severe respiratory part that was killing so many chinamen was due to their increased number of ace2 receptors which the virus was using to get a hold in the lungs.

It was found that Zinc blocked the virus propagating that way, but it needed an Ionophore to get it where t needed to be, that was hydroxcloroquonone (not 100% sure I have ever spelling right)

Later is was found out in india's uttar pradesh province that a more effective general remedy was found in Ivermectin, a common deworming medication that already has other off label uses. BOTH medications were thoroughly "discredited" by false testimony (which was eventually officially retracted long after the argument had been lost) and supporting information actually was censored  which I didn't think we were supposed to do in our "free democratic" countries... 

Weird times, they really are...

That nearly did happen. In Madagascar. Antibiotic resistence is making us a lot more vulnerable to bacterial diseases again 

If I do give it a go I'll try and remember to tell you, but with my poor executive functioning I might not get to it right away and may well forget to let you know even if I make a note to... I do apparently have ADHD as well!

I have been taking vitD for a while now but not really noticed any effects. Must make a note of the Vicks tip for my husband!

I Sperg said:

having the actual useful (but prohibited) meds to hand

Which ones and how might they be obtained? Without resorting to the dark web... or is it not possible? Send me a pm if you don't want to say here.

My mum took supplements religiously for her low energy and breathlessness till the day her heart gave out. Nothing she took would have done her as much good as giving up smoking though.

I'm in a similar situation, numerous forms of arthritis and other diseases (including lung diseases) put me in the official high risk category. Then I got cancer, I'm still having treatment. I especially need to avoid catching Covid because the effects would be terrible for me.

Therefore, I'm still shielding. I only go out for medical appointments that cannot be handled over the phone because I need to be examined, plus I go for scans and tests. I always wear a mask, sanitise my hands and observe social distancing. I just went to a major hospital in London and I was appalled and anxious because nearly all people (hospital staff and patients) were not wearing masks. Two women sitting near me were not wearing masks - and coughing!

Stay safe  

I have been buying Holland and Barrett supplements, religiously, since 2020; even before, I popped in; occasionally.

I did seven, or eight, COVID tests. All negative. All done au naturelle.

I'm grateful that I kept a low profile, during the madness.

Give it a go and TELL ME how it works for you, please.

We people who try to pass on little known truths (whether medical or not) have a bad reputations (sometimes deserved) for glibly passing false information.

I need a bit of honest feedback both positive or otherwise, sometimes just to be sure I'm not one of those. I've only ever had positive or no feedback for my seatone recommendations. 

Vicks "vapor rub" IME also works way better than Canestan for foot fungus... 

Vitamin D (which I started as part of my personal Covid prophylaxis strategy, which seems to have worked so far) has reduced my propensity for mouth infections.

There's a whole list of stuff that works, that the "professionals" never tell you about. 

It's the same with your car and all sorts of fields dominated by the "professionals" and their rituals.I only ever pass on anything that I've personally proven or closely observed for myself unless I add a great big disclaimer.

During COVID the "professionals" never told you just how damn useful it is to replace your hall light bulb with one that emits UV-C light did they?

You walk in, take off your coat and and hang it up, turn on the light, close your eyes and rotate a few times just to burn off the stragglers, then go wash your hands, leaving your coat et al to "sunbathe" for a bit longer". it's a ridiculously short time (depending on which published figures your believe and how good your bulb is) to burn off the virii and so easy and cheap to do. By having a (hastily assembled) plan, upping my vitamin D and having the actual useful (but prohibited) meds to hand and of course reducing my exposure to people and places, I was able to largely ignore Covid-19 and all the shenanegans and idiocy around it, but it has left me with a reduced respect for the general publics ability to think critically, and I see more clearly why you are all so quick to look to "authorities" to provide "solutions". (Which has always mystified me up until Covid in combination with attaining the insight that I'm Autistic showed me how little the average man relies on his own mind & experience to make critical decisions). 

I'm terrified about what horrors we will accept next... But I think there have always been people like me and just because I know a few often hidden things doesn't really mean I'm any better than the provable idiots and criminals we have running things now. But I have over, and over again, shown myself to be "a safe pair of hands"... All I can do I guess is peddle low cost remedies that work, and tinker with our table top fusion device...

Ironically we could probably deal with bubonic plague better now. Unless it developed an antibiotic resistant strain of course...

I am same, avoiding covid like the plague. online shopping from Waitrose, and online orders. 

Thanks, that's one I'd not come across before.

Ah ha! Arthritis!

My nan was a seamstress.

When it started to take her fingers she thought she was gonna have to give it up, but then a friend told here about Holland and Barrett's "Seatone" capsules.

She was able to resume work after a short time, and continue literally into her late eighties, making curtains and swags and tails for her many clients.

Other people in my life who have actually gone away and tried it report similar results, although it aint cheap and DO NOT SMELL THE BOTTLE!.

For medical reasons I really don't want to catch covid because I have a higher than average risk of getting long covid and it has a higher than average chance of causing more than a little inconvenience. I don't want my arthritis made any worse and I don't have any energy to spare. I am not afraid to die, but the thought of my existence being reduced to being trapped in a pit of pain without even the distraction of study due to brain fog and being even more useless than now is worse than living a half life where I can still cycle and study and at least do online church and see friends online and outside. And it's not as if catching it once gives any protection, but rather the opposite, each time you catch it increases the chance of long covid, and also seems to make any colds worse too. Even long covid itself doesn't stop someone getting covid again and setting back any recovery from long covid even further!

So it's online shopping and still washing what can't be quarantined, and avoiding going inside with others unless it is medically unavoidable, like blood tests, urgent dentistry and the vet now the cat is sick.

Dad also doesn't want long covid. My husband would probably be OK himself but if he got it I don't see how I could avoid catching it from him.