An antihistamine known as diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and used in sleep medications over a period of many years has now been tied to less brain activity and smaller brains because of shrinkage, verified through PET scans and MRI. I guess that explains my issues!
This is certainly serious, but not as serious as a world-wide pandemic: Smallpox, Black Death, Polio and recently, HIV AIDS which was discovered in the early 1980s, initially labeled the “Gay Plague.” And now, COVID 19.
COVID 19 is interesting because so many believe it is fake; believe every death certificate is now attributed to COVID; believe it is a Democrat conspiracy to oust Trump, which means 184 countries are in on it; and believe the numbers are inflated. Yale Medical released a report recently claiming the death figures are underrated.
The common flu kill-rate among those infected is less than .2%. COVID 19 kill-rate, world-wide is 5-7%, about the same as the Spanish Flu.
There have been many epidemics throughout history, but full-blown pandemics are relatively rare. Since 165 AD and the Antonine Plague, thought to have been ...
