One of the basic assumptions today regarding the latest health and medical emergency, this Coronavirus, is that it is highly relevant and reminiscent of the Black Death of the 12th and 13th centuries. During the early Middle Ages, personal hygiene was almost non-existent, sanitation was non-existent, and the close proximity of people in towns and cities, such as London and Paris, made the Black Death such a virulent and deadly plague.
The similarity between the coronavirus and the Black Death is too amazing not to ignore. The cause of the Black Death was the rats and the fleas they attracted. We have long known that animals are incubators for germs and disease-carrying insects. The 13th century plague remains one of the deadliest pandemics in history, killing more than 200 million people worldwide.
Today, we face a similar threat to humanity. Both the Black Death and this coronavirus are highly contagious, both infect the immune system, both target the respiratory organs, both originated in animals, and both originated in China. But unlike in the Middle Ages, most personal hygiene is more health conscious and sanitation is current in all industrialized nations, including China. Unfortunately though millions still live in close proximity to each other. And as in the 13th century, people were very mobile. Nowadays, although the mobility of people is much faster, which makes the transmission of the virus such an important health problem.
That old saying that you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth has relevance not only from the 13th century but also today. In the 13th century, the nobility had access to royal silverware and often ate from silver plates that helped protect them from the plague. They were also able to live in and avoid the poor and populated areas of towns and villages. They were also aware of somewhat better methods of hygiene.
Today, what the media and health professionals are not telling us is that silver worked in the middle ages. That is why colloidal silver in small amounts will help the immune system and protect many from succumbing to this latest virus. There are other natural remedies that are effective in providing help in protection and protection against infections. Yet medical professionals keep the public unaware of what we can do to protect ourselves without being told by the so-called medical and pharmaceutical industry what might work.
In many parts of the country, we have the means to reduce exposure to this new health threat. Unfortunately, though, the media hype in many ways has scared the public. This instead of educating everyone on the proper procedures to decrease the chances of coming into contact with an infected person. What the media is continually doing is failing to inform the public about the steps needed to minimize the cold or flu, which is known to be very dangerous for our very young, our seniors, and those with current health issues.
Quarantines are effective measures to isolate infected people and those who have been in contact with infected people, but the virus is still spreading. We cannot wait for the medical community to come up with an expensive vaccine. We must be educated as a society in the availability of other methods to avoid getting infected. And, if we are infected, we should educate ourselves on what works like colloidal silver or natural herbs like Chinese bupleurum. This is a plant that has natural antibodies that would nullify the effects of pneumonia and this Coronavirus. In this way our society will be able to resist this latest health emergency.
