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A silent disruption of population health and human potential is causing a decline in economic growth and increased poverty worldwide. The number of citizens losing trust in leaders from public-private partnerships that ruled and mandated public health and climate policies and are responsible for eroding human capital is rising. Recovery via improved investments is urgently needed. Creating healthy generations and rebuilding a flourishing economy both require trusted independent business leaders from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who uphold finding truth and not doing harm as bedrock principles. Human Capital is the Key Driver of Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Every business leader and politician knows that absence and poor mental health drain business. The true problem business leaders need to face is the increase in unexpected deaths at all ages, a rise in frequent and long-term sick leave, and more people experiencing lifelong disabilities. Together, they lead to a considerable loss in productivity and high costs, a rise in bankruptcy of small and medium enterprises, and an increasing number of people in poverty. Analysis of a Covid-19 Policy Score Card in the US shows a negative health effect for about 10% of the population and 30% of the civilian labor force. Business analysts are warning that this alarming negative trend is expected to continue over the next several years. Moreover, those under 25 years of age, who will make up 90% of the prime-age workforce in 2050, experienced at critical moments in the lifecycle a derailing of developments by lockdowns and school closures. This amounted to a hidden but massive loss of unmet potential with a decline in lifetime earnings as high as $21 trillion globally. The economic loss by the disastrous Covid-19 pandemic response and unneeded climate measures will exceed far beyond the $16 trillion virus . Soon, human capital will be the number one topic in risk management for business owners and investors for years to come. Skyrocketing Sickness Hits the Heart of Business Sickness hasn’t been this prevalent in decades. Independent investigators and insurance companies all point to similar observations, noticing a sharp decline in general health and well-being and an increase in sudden unexpected deaths of people in the workforce since 2021. According to Randstad 1.27 million employees miss work every day. The absenteeism rate rose to 6% in Q3 2023. The growing number of people not able to work because of long-term illness is reflected in the economic data of many countries. Moreover, mental health problems among the youth have almost doubled. Insurance companies in various EU countries, the UK, and the US have started to sound the alarm bell over the risk of recession and an increasing number of businesses that face bankruptcy due to high costs of human capital and poor performance. Switzerland Switzerland had a previous low sick leave rate of 2.4 days per year. This has changed. In the Swiss economy, absence from work due to mental illness has reached a record level and is 20% higher as compared to the previous year. Never have absences due to mental illness, burnout, post-traumatic stress syndrome, fatigue syndrome, or Long Covid syndrome been this high, with young people affected disproportionately. In the 18-24 age group, seven out of 10 people who are unable to work suffer from mental illness. This is four times higher than 25 years ago. These data reflect a structural trend. A survey by AXA Insurance among SME found that almost two-thirds are confronted with absenteeism due to mental health issues. Workplace absenteeism weighs heavily on the activities of companies. Extended employee absences can have detrimental consequences for the company’s operation. Among the most frequent repercussions are overtime and increased workload from the remaining staff (54%), costs related to recruiting additional personnel (38%), loss of production or failures in services (37%), and costs related to continuous salary payments. Germany Germany’s true economic disease, recession , includes rising sickness and declining productivity. In 2023 each employee had 19.4 days of sickness leave, almost equal to one month per employee and two times higher than in 2010. The highest increase was observed in 2022 and 2023. Filling open vacancies has become a headache for each business owner.

The news that Northern China is dealing with a mystery pneumonia outbreak in children was headlined in many news outlets worldwide. Chinese health officials failed to alert the world about a former novel coronavirus outbreak in 2003 (SARS) and 2019 (SARS-CoV-2). The WHO has stated: Chinese authorities claimed there has been no detection of any unusual or novel pathogens or unusual critical presentations so far, but only multiple known pathogens.

In many countries worldwide over the past three and a half years the health and financial situation of the population has been falling downhill in a way that has never been seen in the past decades. Trend analysis shows increasing numbers of excess mortalities in all ages and a steep rise in a decay of people’s health and workability, especially women. Pandemic measures, repeated vaccinations and a rising number of people including children and pregnant women suffering from hunger have weakened people’s immune systems.

The Netherlands has been chosen as a pilot area in the EU to be climate neutral with a transition in protein food and a transformation of healthcare into a telemedicine, data, and AI-driven connected system approach led by Public Private Partnerships. A closure of 55-70 percent of traditional farming is foreseen to be replaced by tech-driven vertical farming, gene-edited crops, edible insects, veganism, 15-minute cities and a CBDC passport covering personal health data.

The World Health Organization, United Nations, UNICEF, non-governmental organizations and governments are all publicly promoting equity, inclusiveness and diversity. At the same time, these organizations were leading lockdowns and mandates that disadvantaged women disproportionately, especially those with a low salary, in health and income. Many of the women who lost paid work have not returned to paid work.

In an increasing number of countries all over the world chaos and despair is rising. People are more frequently ill and dying at higher rates than the past 50 years. At the same time health systems are deteriorating. We need to rethink humanness of health systems versus cold technological solutions. More than a seasonal problem The pandemic measures have accelerated public health systems to the brink of collapse. In many Western countries these systems are facing severe problems, an inferno of pressures, including staff shortages from pandemic burnout, underpaid salaries, discrimination and a cost-of-living crisis, with many health professionals leaving the workforce while the demand for care from the community is rising. The often-used explanation for the current situation in healthcare, a tripledemic after two lockdowns resulting from a surge in winter viruses (RSV, Flu and Covid-19), does not hold. Current data do not represent an outlier season. Political ideology and catastrophic leadership costs healthy years of lives The health system in the UK is collapsing because of a decade or more of underinvestment in the National Health Service and other public services. The indicators for the health service are all red. Increased ambulance times and people waiting for a hospital bed, stranded outside overflowing hospitals, have spiked since December 2022. The overstretched system , with the longest delays on record for millions of treatments for cancer and operations, has left patients in pain, people enduring unnecessary suffering, and has led to 300-500 people a week dying avoidably because of the unsolved current crisis. The roots lie in political choices made, not cold weather or a seasonal flu. On January 5, 2023 the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought together the current advisors about the pressure of increasing demands. Yet, the response of top and senior managers in health services and politicians is silence , denial, disengagement, and delay, while health professionals are crying out on social media, mainstream media and the British Medical Journal to be heard. Other countries like France , Canada , and the US and The Netherlands are facing similar problems in the collapsing health system with shortness of staff and increased demands. A fall in life expectancy Excess disabilities among those aged 16-64 years , and excess mortality among all age groups is noticed in a way that has never seen before. In the US excess mortality is 40 percent up amongst working age people. Cardiac health problems and sudden deaths increased most. Undercooled and malnourished elderly people are filling hospital beds and keep them filled as they have no place to go. But also, more newborn babies and young children need hospital care. Stillbirths have skyrocketed to levels never seen before and birth rates around the world have dropped dramatically. Concern regarding a long-term increase in demand is widely spread and worrisome. A fall in life expectancy is noticed, with the greatest fall in Spain, Italy, Belgium, the US and the UK. This is of a magnitude which has not been seen since World War II. Life expectancy in the US fell by 2.7 years from 2019 to 2021 due to increased mortality and premature deaths. Covid deaths worldwide from 2020-2022 were estimated at 6,653K , which is 3.86 percent of total deaths. The number of people that survived Covid is 99.914 percent, with the highest percentage in developing countries. UK figures published this week showed that more than 650,000 deaths were registered in 2022 – 9 percent more than in 2020. Roughly 38,000 deaths involved Covid compared with more than 95,000 in 2020. Covid is one of the factors rather than the main explanation. Excess deaths in 2022 is among the worst in 50 years. A call for independent investigations is growing all over the world though they are kept on hold by Public Health ministers. The real pandemic policy More and more medical doctors and scientists are speaking out for an immediate halt of the mRNA vaccines until proven otherwise. German pathologists investigated people who died within 14 days after vaccination and observed that in certainly 30 percent of the cases but possibly 70-93 percent there was a relation. The more you vaccinate the worse the immune system gets. Recently, mandates on Covid-19 vaccines for employees in private sector NYC, healthcare workers in NYCity, and the US military have been lifted. As the tipping point of reality of the Covid pandemic policy is near, there are many within and outside Parliament and healthcare for whom questions about the coercive nature of the mandates, lockdowns and the catastrophic situation are now increasingly uncomfortable. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has recently called for a statewide grand jury to investigate the alleged crimes and wrongdoing surrounding the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 mRNA vaccines and the CDC. The policy of the pandemic crisis ruined lives. The immune system in all age groups has been weakened in multiple ways , while the infection fatality rate of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pre-vaccination level is 0.007 percent for people aged 0-69 years, 0.003 percent for 0-59 years of age, and 0.0003 percent for children aged 0-19 years of age. The pandemic policy is acknowledged by wrong decisions and wrong investments based on poor studies, manipulated data, assumptions, incomplete or false communications and most of all, censoring voices of medical doctors and scientists questioning the policy. In past years the genuine concern of leading politicians, public health professionals, and journalists about the health and well-being of the population are shown to be very low or at some points even absent. Accountability The health system is turned into a money driven Public Private Partnership , selling sickness , with limited interest in promoting health and well-being, let alone considering the advice of Hippocrates ‘First do not harm.’ During the past decade huge investments of tax money have been transferred to technological innovation in healthcare and even increased further over the past three years with the aim to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals of the UN and Future Pandemic Preparedness , the proposed treaty of the WHO. Nevertheless, rising expenses for citizens on healthcare did not add years of a healthy life nor improved life expectancy. Even before the pandemic, the US, often referred to as having the best health system, already had the lowest life expectancy among large wealthy countries while it far outspends its peers on healthcare. CEO’s, senior managers and politicians are challenged to tackle glaring failings and accountability for current disasters which were predictable and could have been prevented. The Great resignation A recent Deloitte article reports around 70 percent of high-level executives are seriously considering quitting their jobs; 1 out of 3 executives are constantly struggling with fatigue and poor mental health, which influences firm performance. Women leaders are leaving companies at the highest rate ever. The National Rural Health Association Policy Paper reported a turnover rate of CEOs of 18-20 percent per year. Over 650 CEOs in the US left their jobs in 2022, an increase of 13 percent as compared to 2021. The complications of unstable leadership can have a significant short- and long-term impact on hospitals, quality of care and the broader community. Leadership is a vital enabler to address burnout from organizational collapsing. A need for strong and steady leadership has never been greater to prevent hospital closure and continue care, which is especially needed for hospitals in rural health . Many doctors and nurses are choosing early retirement or leaving the sector for alternative careers. Unfortunately, for people working in the frontline and supporting staff, increasing problems of burnout have been observed also. The tipping points of self-sacrifice or no longer being willing to deal with a moral conflict have passed. The monthly resignation rates in the US during 2021 were the highest in the 20-year history of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Preliminary findings of the International Council of Nurses suggest that the Covid-19 effect is highly likely to have a significant long-term impact as it contributes to a wave of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. Even if only 10-15 percent of the current nursing population quits because of Covid-19, the effect there could be a potential shortfall of 14 million by 2030. which is the equivalent of half the current nursing workforce. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic severe burnout was typically found in 20-40 percent of the healthcare workers. European Junior Doctors (with 300,000 junior doctors) said in a press release : “Healthcare in Europe is at a precipice. The situation is not new, it was predictable and preventable.” Alarming rates of burnout and other mental problems have resulted in many junior doctors leaving and considering leaving the workforce. Burnout , depression and anxiety are harmful for the healthcare system, healthcare workers , and patients and are characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and diminished personal achievement. Risk factors have been exacerbated during the pandemic. Also symptoms of Long Covid were found to be increased among healthcare workers as compared to people working in other sectors, resulting in an urgent need for intervention. The overall long-term effects of the Covid measures on people working in the healthcare sector are yet unknown. The symptoms that are contributing to Long Covid and burnout, depression and anxiety could be a result of pandemic measures and masking in particular. A crisis to speed the transformation to ‘smart’ hospitals The collapsing health system enables politicians and healthcare leaders to suggest a range of private market solutions to the healthcare crisis by technology and to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals to be realized in 2030, as quick fixes for healthcare workers and shortage of beds won’t be realistic. Burned-out doctors and nurses are being replaced by outsourcing at considerable cost . This will speed up the transformation to ‘smart’ hospitals advised by consultancies like McKinsey , KPMG and Philips NV , using AI, robotics, 3D printing, genomics, telemedicine, and precision medicine. 5G technology is introduced to realize Hospital Intelligent Twins for all scenario intelligence healthcare which is already operating in Guangdong, China. These policies are focused on more money, technology, digitalization and robotization, preparing a revolution to transhumanism and a digital health passport with all information of each citizen available in a central system. The experience with the Covid pandemic has shown transhumanism is a ‘ utopia ’ that can only ever materialize in a dystopia embracing the limits of the world as well as those of the human condition. The way out will be the human factor, not Big Data . Humanity returns in the center of healthcare The loss of trust in government and health systems is bone deep for those who have lost loved ones, have become disabled, and lost their income. On Saturday January 7th 6 BBC buildings were covered with posters, stickers and pictures of people who were believed to be injured or killed by the vaccine: “BBC is the virus.” Heartbreaking situations urgently need support and care. Interventions are needed to prevent similar situations. Unfortunately, most of the interventions often suggested lack evaluation or evidence to support them. Experienced leaders in change are urgently needed to restore openness and transparency, resilience, and support the healing of people in sickness leaves and prevent more people leaving healthcare. As recently proposed by DeSantis, mask and vaccine mandates should be permanently banned as well as the controversial Covid-19 Hospital Immunity protocol. The highest priority is a focus on the well-being of all employees, and safe and cost-effective treatments including nutrition and lifestyle interventions strengthening the immune system to support all people in choices for a healthy life. Employees with natural immunity fired during the pandemic should be hired back. Processes need to be simplified and focus on human-centered care. Leaders of change in healthcare live the principles of universal public health coverage funded by taxation, being responsible and committed, and are not afraid to speak out, guiding organizations into empowering environments embedding a relationship of trust in the doctor-patient relation at the core of Medicine . Patients will be given optimal information of what healthcare workers know, so they can make informed choices . This will lead to positive change paving the road to a healthy economy making safe and effective, equitable, and human-centered healthcare affordable for all a reality. Author: dr. Carla Peeters First published at Brownstone Institute

An interview with dr. Carla Peeters

An underlying principle of public health is, or was, to provide the public with accurate information so that they can make good health choices for themselves and their community. The past 3 years have seen this paradigm turned on its head, with the public’s money being used to deceive and coerce them, forcing them to follow public health dictates. The public has funded their own incarceration and impoverishment through their taxes, with public funds driving the unprecedented nonpharmaceutical, and then pharmaceutical, response to a virus that kills mainly old sick people near the end of their lives. Children have had their education downgraded, and economies have been mangled, ensuring future generations will also pay. So, what did the public actually pay for?

Alingering disorder that can last for months or years is affecting an increasing proportion of the workforce. The symptoms that contribute to Long Covid could be a result of pandemic measures and masking in particular. Increased exposure to microplastics, nanoparticles, chemicals in masks and nasopharyngeal tests parallel many of the symptoms that define Long Covid. Surveys among thousands of people suggest 7% to 30% of people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus experienced one or more symptoms for a period longer than 12 weeks. Some people who got Covid-19 early in the pandemic still haven’t recovered. The syndrome Long Covid is complex as symptoms may fluctuate and people go through different stages. Symptoms have been protracted by patients at ICU and those with organ damage, but also occurred in people with only a mild infection. A list of sixty -two different symptoms define the syndrome of Long Covid. Fatigue, brain fog, breathlessness, anxiety, depression and a loss of smell and taste are among the most frequently found symptoms. Most scientists and medical doctors – including media – link Long Covid symptoms to the SARS-CoV-2 infection. This would be the first Coronavirus in history causing long-lasting chronic symptoms in a high percentage of the workforce. People with Long Covid can experience social isolation and stigma because of their inability to perform. The rise of Long Covid has created millions of new people with disabilities . The root cause of the disease is still mysterious. In several case studies and an excellent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that investigated many diagnostic parameters in people with and without Long Covid, no biological change could explain a link to Long Covid. Some scientists relate the symptoms of Long Covid to other complex diseases of multidisciplinary origin like Alzheimer’s disease, Lyme disease , Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or hyperventilation syndrome . Many countries have started special clinics and funded research especially for studying lingering effects. A one-sizefits-all successful treatment has not been found yet. Thousands or maybe over a hundred million are frustrated at the lack of treatment available. Doctors and scientists prefer a holistic approach, but medical and social services are often understaffed. Desperate patients with Long Covid symptoms are traveling abroad to private clinics for blood apheresis and the prescription of anti-coagulation drugs, though treatments are still experimental and evidence on effectiveness is still lacking. For some patients these treatments have been successful, for others not. Covid-19 vaccination has been a hot topic in speeches of politicians and advertising in the media as a motivation for preventing Long Covid. However, a large study among 13 million people published in Nature Medicine could only demonstrate a small effect. A study published in the Italian Journal of Pediatrics demonstrated that physical symptoms were restored much faster as compared to mental symptoms, suggesting Long Covid could be related to pandemic measures rather than a viral infection. The risks for Long Covid symptoms have shown to be increased for people with existing chronic diseases, increasing age, and lower income, women being more susceptible than men. Fear, social isolation, depression and worries for education and decreased income are thought to be related to the symptoms of Long Covid in children with and without a positive PCR test. As the emergency of the pandemic continues a worrying spike in chronic diseases , suicide and excess mortality are noticed at the global level. This indicates the deprivation of a resilient immune system with an increased susceptibility for lingering symptoms of Long Covid. Symptoms Long Covid link to MIES At this point there has been limited attention for a possible relation of Long Covid and exposure to chemicals in masks, nasopharyngeal tests and disinfectants. In a meta-analysis by an interdisciplinary team of German physicians, a potential risk of Mask Induced Exhaustion Syndrome (MIES) has been found. The most frequently observed symptoms (fatigue, headaches, dizziness, lack of concentration) as described for MIES overlap with important symptoms for Long Covid syndrome. The lack of smell and taste during Covid-19 seems to be different as compared to symptoms during the flu. A lack of taste and smell are frequently observed after chemotherapy in cancer treatments and has been linked to malnutrition, inflammation and depression. Also, brain fog is a symptom occurring after chemotherapy. It seems likely that harmful effects by long-term mask-wearing and frequent nasopharyngeal testing with increased exposure to chemicals (not naturally found products) can accelerate symptoms and contribute to Long Covid. Up to now, the safety of long-term and frequent wearing of masks and taking nasal swab samples in a delicate area in the nose, often by hardly experienced persons, have been poorly investigated. Severe nose bleedings (epistaxis), cerebrospinal fluid leakage , vomiting, dizziness and fainting have been reported. Most frequently used masks and nasopharyngeal tests are derived from China with less strict controls and measures for the presence of hazardous materials. In several countries masks and nasopharyngeal tests delivered by governments were taken from the market . Microplastics, nanoparticles (graphene oxide, titanium dioxide, silver, ethylene oxide, coloring compounds, fluorocarbon (PFAS) and heavy metals have been found in masks and nasopharyngeal tests. Unfortunately, not all masks and tests used during the pandemic are controlled. A report from the Dutch Public Health institute (RIVM) released in November 2021 stated “the safety of masks cannot be guaranteed.” The short- and long-term impact of frequent exposure on the physiology and physical and mental functioning of the human body is unknown. Harmful effects for children , who are less able to detoxify, could result in a compromised immune and nervous system resulting in repeated and rare infections with more chronic diseases during aging and less healthy future generations. Microplastics and nanoparticles withdraw proteins, vitamins and minerals forming bio- corona (microclots), accumulating in important organs (blood, liver, gut, lung tissue), and disturb important physiological and immunological processes The liver , lungs and gut are important organs in energy metabolism, detoxification and surveillance by the innate immune system. Disrupting a delicate gut-liver-brain axis can relate to fatigue and exhaustion. Seeking more answers for a Long Covid mystery The Belgium Public Health Institute, Sciensano, found titanium dioxide in 24 types of masks. A recent publication in Gut showed that exposure to titanium dioxide could exacerbate inflammation of the colon (Colitis Ulcerosa) weakening the innate immune system. Furthermore, titanium dioxide can enter directly into the brain and cause oxidative stress in glial cells (or mast cells), cells with an important role in the proper functioning of the innate immune system and nervous system . Maternal exposure to titanium dioxide during pregnancy may result in impaired memory in the infant. Long-term exposure and high concentrations could even cause DNA damage. Unfortunately, masks with titanium dioxide are still available on the market. Mental problems, anxiety and depression , have been linked to a change in the microbiome. Researchers from Stanford University observed in patients with gut inflammation (Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Colitis Ulcerosa) a link to missing gut microbes as compared to healthy persons. A significantly increased risk of a new onset of psychiatric illness is concentrated in the early post-acute phase of a Covid-19 infection. A team of Japanese scientists discovered the presence of pathogens ( bacteria and fungi ) on the inner and outer side of various masks. In case of a disrupted growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi the body is exposed to a higher concentration of (myco)toxins that often leads to feeling fatigue and sickness. Overgrowth of facultative anaerobe bacteria (bacteria needing less oxygen) for example methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been related to mask acne and mask mouth . Staphylococcus aureus may cause pneumonia , sepsis and blood poisoning. Many of the exotoxins and secreted enzymes secreted by these bacteria suppress the T cell repertoire of the immune system. The excreted products can also cause aggregation of phagocytes, decreasing phagocytosis resulting in an impaired innate and adaptive immune system. A long-term albeit small change in the O2/CO2 gases in the inhaled air may influence an unfavorable change in the microbiome on the skin, mouth, nose, lungs and gut. Both oxygen and carbon dioxide are the primary gaseous substrate and product respectively, of oxidative metabolism in each cell. Variations in the levels of these gases outside the physiological range can lead to pathological conditions including respiratory and heart problems, permanent injury, immune suppression, increased aging, and altered gene expression for fertility and death. Carbon dioxide poisoning is recognized as an often-forgotten cause of intoxication in the emergency department. Several studies found an Increased level of carbon dioxide when wearing masks. This phenomenon was more pronounced during sports . The laboratory of a South Africa scientist has found significant microclot formation in Long Covid patients and acute Covid patients. Acute Covid-19 is not only a lung disease but affects the vascular and coagulation system. Unfortunately, inflammatory molecules are missed in normal blood tests as they are entrapped in the fibrinolytic resistant microclots. The presence of the microclots and hyperactivated platelets perpetuates coagulation and vascular pathology, resulting in cells not getting enough oxygen. Oxygen deprivation damages every single organ. Many Covid patients have low oxygen in the blood and are treated with oxygen therapy. Oxygen deprivation at the cellular level is also described for bio-corona that are formed in the human body when exposed to graphene-oxide and microplastics. Graphene-oxide and microplastics are found in masks and nasopharyngeal swabs and may enter the human body via airways, eyes or food. Two and a half years into the pandemic the immune system is disrupted by O2 deprivation and exposure to microplastics, nanoparticles and other toxic chemicals. This leads to an unfavorable change in the microbiome, brain damage, inflammation and the formation of microclots. Microclots could be amyloids formed by excreted bacterial products and/or biocorona, formed by nanoparticle and microplastics. The microclots cannot naturally break down by fibrinolysis and accelerates O2 deprivation in capillaries and at the cellular level. Wearing masks and nasopharyngeal swabs could lead to (sudden) death The results of Foegen’s observational study published in Medicine strongly suggest that mask mandates caused 50% more deaths compared to no mask mandates. Dr Foegen theorized that hyper-condensed droplets caught by masks are reinhaled and introduced deeper into the respiratory tract responsible for higher viral loads and an increased mortality rate ( The Foegen effect ). Exposure to microplastics may result in lung fibrosis. Also, a peer-reviewed study published in April 2022 on mask usage across Europe noted a moderate positive correlation between mask usage and deaths in Western Europe. Not harm, supporting lives is the purpose of life The policy of politicians and advisory experts promoting a reintroduction of pandemic measures is a high risk for a disastrous effect for a now chemically poisoned population with a weakened immune system . In many countries in the world excessive mortality and sickness is observed. Each of the measures including Covid-19 vaccination might have their own contribution to the weakened immune system. The observed microclots in patients with Long Covid and acute Covid, independent of Covid-19 vaccination, is indicating that any measure that may cause oxygen deprivation or inflammation is a risk for sudden death, and more severe infectious and chronic diseases (liver, heart problems and neurodegenerative diseases). At this moment it is not known which concentration of microclots and oxygen deprivation may result in severe symptoms or even death. Above all, after two and a half years into the pandemic, neglecting the basic principles of Public Health , the pandemic measures do not show benefits in reduction of Covid-19 infection and Covid-19 deaths. The policy of mask-wearing and frequent testing is ineffective, expensive, and causes harm to humanity and the environment. Therefore, mask-wearing and frequent testing should be halted immediately worldwide. The priority need is a political will and governmental funding to focus on strengthening the immune system, preventing malnutrition and famine for all. Moreover, millions of individuals suffering from Long Covid, or side effects of Covid-19 vaccines have the right for personal and financial support. Otherwise many people may become disabled as a result of poor management of this crisis. Also published at the Brownstone Institute, AUGUST 12, 2022