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The Hidden Truth About Post-Viral
Autoimmune Disorders:
A Natural Healing Journey
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 was a The same tactics were being used during
turning point for many, including myself. the pandemic—only this time, the stakes
As the world was told that there was no were even higher. The media and
treatment for the virus and that our only government-appointed experts
hope was a vaccine, I felt something was demonized doctors who refused to
off. My intuition and medical knowledge comply with the official narrative,
told me otherwise. When esteemed labeling them as “anti-science.” Later, it
doctors and natural health practitioners was revealed that many Ivy League
began speaking out, sharing their physicians, immunologists, and even the
successes in treating COVID-19, they CDC director had been silenced. What
were quickly silenced. This suppression was being presented as “following the
of alternative treatments was deeply science” was actually a set of shifting
concerning. I had seen firsthand how the rules dictated by powerful financial
medical system operated during my interests.
years as a practice manager for two
family medicine practices within a large As the pandemic unfolded, many people—
corporate medical center. Some doctors including myself and my family—suffered
upheld their ethical responsibility to their long-term consequences, either from the
patients, while others were swayed by virus itself or from the spike protein
financial incentives from pharmaceutical introduced via vaccination. The aftermath
companies. of COVID-19 led to a rise in autoimmune
disorders such as lupus, rheumatoid
This wasn’t new to me. Over the years, I arthritis (RA), and Sjögren’s disease. The
had watched as effective medications worst part was not the virus itself, but the
were discontinued or replaced with lingering symptoms that left many of us
whatever drug was being pushed by struggling to function normally.
pharmaceutical representatives at the
time. Lavish dinners, vacations, and My journey with post-COVID autoimmune
financial kickbacks were common tools symptoms was harrowing. I developed
used to influence prescribing habits.
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