https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzRbq9XJ7mA
Is testing actually making things worse? A doctor charges that a common Covid test carries a false positive rate in excess of 80 percent.
Of course, Dr. Andrew Kaufman does not address the just-reported antibody testing (see previous post) used by Stanford researchers, which does seem to indicate widespread exposure to the Covid virus.
Kaufman holds no degrees in virology, epidemiology or infectious disease. But not altogether implausible is the psychiatrist's opinion on the potential for mass hysteria to balloon a public health problem into a pandemic.
In the linked video, Kaufman outlines his theory that exosomes, which our cells deploy to fight infections, are being mistaken for the virus.
He cites many diseases and disorders that might induce the Covid syndrome. In addition, Kaufman speculates about whether electromagnetic radiation from 5g networks might be one of the culprits.
Kaufman notes that the fear factor can have a substantial effect on some people, inducing or worsening diseases as is seen when stress triggers a flood of exosomes. We cannot be sure how many people, in response to journalistic hysteria, may have died -- really of fear -- when they were afflicted with a cold or flu (which is also dangerous if you need to be hospitalized for it).
Is it possible the crush of patients at hospitals resulted from the fear factor actually making people sick? I doubt that. But I don't doubt that the fear factor may have had a substantial impact -- as seen by the sudden drop-offs in hospitalizations, a fact which could reflect that people are, to quite a degree, calming down.
But not being an expert, I am unable to endorse or dismiss Kaufman's contrarian views.
Yet, I do not think that Kaufman's observations should be brushed off, either. It is quite possible that America's Covid fears are exaggerated as a result of bad data being used by public health officials.
Kaufman is in private practice in the Syracuse, N.Y., area and is accredited at the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse.
Is testing actually making things worse? A doctor charges that a common Covid test carries a false positive rate in excess of 80 percent.
Of course, Dr. Andrew Kaufman does not address the just-reported antibody testing (see previous post) used by Stanford researchers, which does seem to indicate widespread exposure to the Covid virus.
Kaufman holds no degrees in virology, epidemiology or infectious disease. But not altogether implausible is the psychiatrist's opinion on the potential for mass hysteria to balloon a public health problem into a pandemic.
In the linked video, Kaufman outlines his theory that exosomes, which our cells deploy to fight infections, are being mistaken for the virus.
He cites many diseases and disorders that might induce the Covid syndrome. In addition, Kaufman speculates about whether electromagnetic radiation from 5g networks might be one of the culprits.
Kaufman notes that the fear factor can have a substantial effect on some people, inducing or worsening diseases as is seen when stress triggers a flood of exosomes. We cannot be sure how many people, in response to journalistic hysteria, may have died -- really of fear -- when they were afflicted with a cold or flu (which is also dangerous if you need to be hospitalized for it).
Is it possible the crush of patients at hospitals resulted from the fear factor actually making people sick? I doubt that. But I don't doubt that the fear factor may have had a substantial impact -- as seen by the sudden drop-offs in hospitalizations, a fact which could reflect that people are, to quite a degree, calming down.
But not being an expert, I am unable to endorse or dismiss Kaufman's contrarian views.
Yet, I do not think that Kaufman's observations should be brushed off, either. It is quite possible that America's Covid fears are exaggerated as a result of bad data being used by public health officials.
Kaufman is in private practice in the Syracuse, N.Y., area and is accredited at the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse.
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