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Found this old interview with him, it's sad to see someone with so much energy taken down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DG2LOj8Upw

His long-covid google doc survives him, which I guess is what happens these days

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X3dNPgEuQ2j8x7w8OqLEDP7l...

(PDF) https://docs.google.com/document/export?format=pdf&id=1X3dNP...




I wonder how much of what he was taking added to his distressed state. There's a ton of supplements listed there. I understand wanting to get better as I'm also dealing with long covid symptoms (histamine issues, inflammation, etc.) and understand the extreme internal discordance it can cause - I just want to get back to normal! But it's necessary to be cautious with what you throw at yourself, I've personally experienced several negative reactions (sometimes catching them quite late) from supplements I have experimented with in efforts to get well.


That vaccination timeline is... interesting. But it would be a wild conspiracy to say more.


The PDF document starting on page 102 has the timeline including vaccination and symptoms. It also contains:

- A family history of ME/CFS and schizophrenia

- The author's own experience with ME/CFS

- Successful self-treatment of ME/CFS and pre-schizophrenia

It puts the rest of the document in context.


That document is incredibly long and I didn’t find any mention of vaccination in the sections I skimmed. What is the timeline you’re referring to?


From the Google doc, he had COVID in 2020 and made a quick and full recovery.

On May 6th 2021 he had his second vaccination and, almost immediately, all of his bizarre health issues began.

Search "COVID-19 January 11th 2020" to jump to this section.


This gets ignored alot in the discussion about long covid.


It starts on page 102 on the PDF. I am not sure what's interesting about his vaccination timeline.

What is interesting is on page 105:

As of April 5, 2023 ... And overall, it’s clear from the data of what I can do in a day that I’m starting to recover, now already surpassing average walking from October of 2022.

I only read the timeline and he doesn't describe being anywhere near organ failure over the 2 years described. He also states he had been cleared from multiple specialist physicians which suggests he did not have signs of end-organ dysfunction.

It's hard to understand how this seemingly positive timeline ended in rapid decline and untimely death from multiple organ failure over 3.5 months unless something significant happened.


in the document the author said: Moderna Vaccine as soon as I could get it First dose MODERNA COVID-19 VACCINE April 8th, 2021 ... Second dose MODERNA COVID-19 VACCINE May 6th, 2021 ...

Interestingly as well, his family seems to have a very strong genetic propensity for ME/CFS.

After I wont comment on the timeline, very hard to make a conclusion on a single case, and need to read all the document too.

overall, that document is very interesting, It wont be possible to really conclude anything from it, I think. But surely it could be integrated to other study case to look for correlation or others stuff.


if you come with facts, without generalisation on one case, we might listen and discuss. But with this kind of speech of 5 words, yup! That won't go far.


Curious where you're seeing that?


So sad, we were born in the same year. Interview was great




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