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Dr. Pierre Kory is one of the leaders in the movement to provide early treatment for COVID infection. Kory is a critical care physician (ICU specialist), triple board certified in internal medicine, critical care and pulmonary medicine, and is part of the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), which was among the first to publish COVID treatment guidance. McCullough et al. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020 Dr Pierre Kory spent most of his career at the Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, New York, where he helped run the intensive care unit. He also had a busy outpatient practice. About six years ago, he was recruited to the St. Luke’s Aurora Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he led the critical care service. “When COVID hit, I was in a leadership position,” he says. “I resigned, because of the way they were handling the pandemic.” Treatment Options Have Been Vehemently Opposed St. Luke’s, like most hospitals across th

The  World Health Organization  on November 26, 2021 classified the B.1.1.529 variant, or Omicron, as a SARS-CoV-2 "variant of concern," saying it may spread more quickly than other forms of coronavirus. The Delta variant remains dominant worldwide, accounting for 99.9% of U.S. cases, and it is not yet clear whether Omicron will be able to displace Delta,  said  Dr. Graham Snyder, medical director, infection prevention and hospital epidemiology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. But the new variant has over 30 mutations in the part of the virus that current vaccines target. It is also suspected of driving a spike in new infections in South Africa.  COVID-19 Omicron Variant Treatment? According to  WHO , individuals are reminded to take measures to reduce their risk of COVID-19, including proven public health and social measures such as wearing well-fitting masks, hand hygiene, physical distancing, improving ventilation of indoor spaces, avoiding crowded spaces, and g

With winter here and the holiday season fast approaching, it is important to increase your chances of staying healthy during the festivities associated with this time of year. Fortunately, our I-MASK+ protocol includes lots of wonderful ways to boost your immune system and avoid illness during this time of year in particular. So we put together a Healthy Holiday “Gift Guide” — think of it as a holiday shopping list for good health! Over the next few weeks we’ll be introducing you to some of the simple, over-the-counter items you can stock up on to help keep you #COVIDstrong. Check back often and keep an eye on our social media channels to discover the full list. Vitamin D Vitamin D is essential for optimal health. Only a few foods contain Vitamin D, and the other most common natural source of Vitamin D is sun exposure. That’s why we need to be extra mindful of getting enough of it in winter. Our protocol recommends 1000–3000 IU per day of Vitamin D3 (25-75 mcg). Studies have shown an a

For comprehensive information on the MATH+ protocol, please refer to their peer-reviewed publication:  MATH+ protocol for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: the scientific rationale and the included references. The authors and their affiliated hospitals include: Paul E Marik Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Virginia Pierre Kory President, Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC Alliance) Joseph Varon Department of Critical Care Medicine, United Memorial, Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA. Jose Iglesias Department of Nephrology and Critical Care, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, Nutley, NJ, USA. Department of Nephrology and Critical Care, Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ, USA. G Umberto Meduri Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA. You can find a listing of physi

The MATH+ Protocol Story January, 2020. Dr. Paul E. Marik, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, creates a COVID-19 hospital treatment protocol for the medical school. Called the EVMS protocol, it is based on Dr. Marik’s safe, effective treatment protocol for sepsis — the famous “Marik Cocktail” of intravenous Hydrocortisone, Ascorbic Acid, and Thiamine (HAT). CITRIS-ALI, a large double-blind placebo controlled trial of high dose ascorbic acid (AA) in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) found that mortality decreased and ICU length-of-stay were markedly reduced in the treatment group. The reasons for the lack of immediate adoption of this therapy in ARDS can only be explained by the fact that the original primary outcome analysis failed to account for all the early excess deaths in the control group, where no Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was assign