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Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 15: Reinfection and Risk of Long COVID and Severe Outcomes - COVID Reinfection Outcomes Are Not Good (Preprint Study) This study shows that a reinfection increases the risk of hospitalization, death and sequela regardless of the vaccination status. Let's review. DrBeen: Medical Education Online https://www.drbeen.com/ FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care...

#064 (July 13, 2022) All About Autophagy and Clearing Spike Protein: FLCCC Weekly Update This week’s eye-opening weekly update was all about ‘autophagy’. What is it, and why is it so important? Well, ask Dr. Paul Marik. “There is only one way to get rid of spike protein, and that's by stimulating autophagy. That is the only way.” Basically, autophagy is the body's garbage truck. It's a...

#063 (July 06, 2022) Your Questions Answered: FLCCC Weekly Update After last week’s lively discussion with frontline doctors from Brazil and South Africa, many viewers had questions for our doctors. So this week Pierre Kory and Dr. Keith Berkowitz answer your questions about BA.4 & BA.5 and your questions around the FLCCC protocols. Formed by leading critical care specialists in March 2020, th...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 15: Reduced Risk of Long COVID from Omicron As Compared to Delta Zoe app study printed in the Lancet demonstrates that in some cases the risk of long COVID in the Omicron era is 76% less than the long COVID in the Delta era. Let's review the data. DrBeen: Medical Education Online https://www.drbeen.com/ Home - FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Allianc...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 14: Brain Fog and Neurogenesis Neurogenesis is the process of the formation of new neurons, their maturity, and their integration into the brain circuits. Let's review what causes a disruption of neurogenesis and what the outcomes of reduced neurogenesis are. As the pandemic of neurological and neuropsychiatric issues continues to expand because of long COVID...

#062 (June 29, 2022) Perspectives on BA.4 and BA.5 From USA, Brazil and South Africa: FLCCC Weekly Update This week, the topic was BA 4/5, and what shone through in the discussion was the message of the need for individualized and aggressive early treatment. Dr. Flavio Cadegiani of Brazil said, “My approach is patient by patient,” and “COVID-19 is anything but one-size-fits-all.” Dr. Robert Rapiti...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 13: Dandelion Leaf Extract Reduces Spike Binding | In-Vitro Study In this in-vitro study researchers from the University of Munich show that dandelion leaf extract has a potent inhibitory effect on the SARS-COV-2 spike binding to ACE2. Let's review. DrBeen: Medical Education Online  https://www.drbeen.com/ Home - FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 12: Chronic Inflammation (Part 4) - T Regulatory Cells An important lecture in the chronic inflammation series that discusses T Regulatory cells (TRegs) and their function. Let's review this promising area of immunology. DrBeen: Medical Education Online  https://www.drbeen.com/ Home - FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance  https://covid...

#061 (June 15, 2022) Women's Health and COVID-19: FLCCC Weekly Update Dr. Pierre Kory and Dr Paul Marik are joined by special guest and new FLCCC clinical advisor, Dr. James Thorp. He is an OB/GYN and specialist in maternal/fetal medicine with 42 years experience, and he cares for 6,000-7,000 high-risk patients per year. The focus of this episode is on women's health, particularly during p...

#060 (June 08, 2022) The Global War on Repurposed Drugs, a European Perspective: FLCCC Weekly Update This week two brilliant guests, Dr. Andrea Stramezzi from Italy and Dr. Thomas Binder from Switzerland, joined Dr. Pierre Kory and Dr. Paul Marik to discuss Europe's reaction to the use of repurposed drugs. Dr. Stramezzi has treated over 5,000 COVID patients, never charging a penny, because he...

#059 (June 1, 2022) Post-vaccine protocol follow-up and Q&A: FLCCC Weekly Update Last week's webinar introduced the new I-RECOVER: Post-Vaccine Treatment protocol. This week Dr. Marik and Dr. Kory were joined by special guest Dr. Peter McCullough for an information-packed follow-up and Q&A session. Formed by leading critical care specialists in March 2020, the Front Line COVID-19 Criti...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 11: Chronic Inflammation (Part 3) - Immune Regulation Mechanisms Continuing with the chronic inflammation series, we will now do a deeper dive in order to understand the regulatory mechanisms of the immune system. In this episode of Long Story Short, we will demonstrate a few examples including persistence of the antigen, negative feedback mechanisms for the...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 10: Chronic Inflammation - Pathogen Elimination and Important Inflammatory Cytokines (Lecture 2) In this talk we will discuss how the inflammatory process is executed to contain microbes, repair tissue damage and to remove microbes, damaged tissue cells, worn out cells and irritants. We will look at: • Sentinel cells (mast cells, macrophages, neutrophils) and...

Long Story Short with Dr. Been Episode 9: Chronic Inflammation A High Level Overview (Lecture 1) 50% of worldwide deaths occur due to the diseases with underlying chronic inflammation. 60% of Americans have a chronic inflammatory condition and more than 20% have more than one chronic inflammatory disease. Therefore, it is important as clinicians and patients to understand the immunology of inflamm...

#058 (May 25, 2022) Introducing the FLCCC's newest protocol, I-RECOVER: Post-Vaccine Treatment: FLCCC Weekly Update As practising physicians, the FLCCC doctors see more and more patients with side effects from vaccines and from prior COVID infection coming to them for help. These patients have been disparaged and sneered at by healthcare workers who refuse to acknowledge that their symptoms ma...

#026 (Aug. 25, 2021) Ivermectin Saving Lives in the Amazon: FLCCC Weekly Update Dr. Flavio Cadegianni tells the remarkable story of a hospital—empty of COVID patients—in the Amazon.

#057 (May 18, 2022) What the @#$%! is going on in Canada?: FLCCC Weekly Update In this week's FLCCC webinar, we asked "What the @#$%! is going on in Canada?" Hosted by Betsy Ashton, Dr. Marik and Dr. Kory are joined by special guests Lena and Justine, as well as David Ross, the President of Canadian COVID Care Alliance (CCCA), and Dr. Daniel Nagase. Formed by leading critical care sp...

#056 (May 11, 2022) Post-vaccination syndrome, hepatitis in children, plus Q&A: FLCCC Weekly Update This week, the webinar was hosted by Betsy Ashton and featured Dr. Pierre Kory and Dr. Paul Marik. It's a lively Q&A-style discussion with topics including news about the latest protocol in development for post-vaccine syndrome, the reliability of Paxlovid as an anti-viral, cases of hepa...

Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. And Endocrine Perspective. In an article published in December 2021 researchers curate the studies that indicate a possible disruption of suprarenal (adrenal glands) and the resultant chronic fatigue. Let's review their findings. URL list from Thursday, May. 6 2022 COVID-19 and chronic fatigue syndrome: An endocrine perspective - PMC https://www.ncbi.nlm.ni...

How Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) in Vaccines May Cause Allergic Reactions PEG is an important part of the lipid nanoparticles based vaccines. Moderna COVID vaccine mRNA-1273 and Pfizer-Bio-n-Tech COVID vaccine BNT162b2 contain PEG2000 in abundance. Let's review why some people are getting allergic reactions with these vaccines, and the impact on the patient's immune system for the future PEGylated th...

FLCCC Lecture 6 - Long COVID Symptoms Title: Characteristics of Long COVID: An International Cohort with 7 Months of Symptoms. Description In this episode, Dr. Mobeen Syed discusses a study in which researchers from the UK and US collected data to present long COVID symptoms, how prolonged the symptoms were and the impact they had on patients. This discussion sets the stage for us to understand th...

Long COVID Prevalence and Most Common Symptoms Let's review the prevalence of long COVID in the UK. We will extrapolate for the USA. And, we will also review a study from 2020 demonstrating long COVID in acute COVID patients. Finally, we will also review a study for the characteristics of long COVID in France. Disclaimer: This video is not intended to provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or m...

The Long Story Short with Dr. Been Epstein Barr Virus Reactivation in COVID Dr. Been reviewed a study from China published in May 2021 concluding a high incidence of EBV co-infection in COVID-19 patients. EBV/SARS-CoV-2 coinfection was associated with fever and increased inflammation. EBV reactivation may be associated with the severity of COVID-19. The reactivation of EBV may also be the cause of...

The Long Story Short with Dr. Been Evidence of Epstein Barr Virus Reactivation in Long COVID Patients Dr. Been reviews a study published on June 17th 2021 that shows that 30% of COVID long-haul patients have EBV reactivation. He reviews the study and the evidence presented. Original video from Dr. Been posted in August 2021 Reference to the study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC82339...

The Long Story Short with Dr. Been Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Serology Dr. Been reviews the serology of the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). EBV causes Infectious Mononucleosis. This disease is usually benign and self limiting. However, in some cases it can become chronic, or reactivating. EBV can also cause cancers and other serious complications. Original video from Dr. Been posted in August 2021 Please...