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COVID-19: a synthesis? A possible trial: MASSIVE red blood cell transfusions for some ill patients

Synthesis: noun, plural syn·the·ses  [sin-thuh-seez] . the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis,) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements. a complex whole formed by combining [disparate data elements]. If nothing else, I spend most of my day reading a LOT …

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COVID-19 – causing death by cutting off oxygen and oxidation of the lungs?

Steve’s post that linked to a piece on Medium I would now label as cutting edge – the first time I had seen the angle that COVID-19’s real attack is to free up the iron ion located within the heme molecule that binds oxygen into the heme (e.g., hemoglobin) within your red blood cells.  No …

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