Paradigm Change Covid-Like Illness Survey Initial Results – Treatments
May 14, 2020
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D.
In March-May 2020, Paradigm Change conducted a survey of individuals who suspected that they had had the viral illness Covid-19.
Overall results of the survey are summarized on the following page of the Paradigm Change blog.
Initial Case Reports From The Paradigm Change Viral Illness Survey
A total of 111 individuals participated in the survey.
Of these, 79 reported having had symptoms and illness course that seemed consistent with having had Covid-19 and also responded in terms of how helpful or harmful various treatments that they tried seemed to have been to them.
For each listed treatment, respondents could choose from the following assessments:
Critically Important
Very Helpful
Somewhat Helpful
No Effect
Harmful
Don’t Know
Didn’t Try
Participants also were given the opportunity to list additional treatments that they believed had been Critically Important or Very Helpful for them.
Critically Important
Following are the percentages of triers for each treatment who stated that the treatment had been Critically Important for them.
Treatments that had less than 10 triers total are listed in parentheses.
50%+: Avoid moldy buildings (Less than 10 triers: Alinia)
30-39%: Rest
20-29%: Medicinal mushrooms; Reduce stress; Spend time outdoors in good locations; Rinsing sinuses (Less than 10 triers: Coffee enemas)
10-19%: Vitamin C; Quercetin; Zinc; Melatonin; Citrus fruits; Electrolyte beverages; Azithromycin; Other antibiotics; Cough drops; Bathe and change clothes frequently; Stay warm; Sun exposure; Warm/hot baths; Gargling; Nebulizer
5-9%: Vitamin A; Vitamin D; Berberines; Curcumin; Elderberry; Garlic essential oil; Marijuana; Onions; Raw honey; Prescription cough syrup; Aspirin; Vicks VapoRub
1-4%: Iodine; Selenium; Other essential oils; Colloidal silver; MCT or coconut oil; Fresh garlic; Ginger; Non-prescription cough syrup
0%: Vitamin E; CBD; Echinacea; Oregano oil; Garlic pills; Monolaurin; Probiotics; Alcohol; Hot peppers; Antifungal drugs; Acetaminophen; Ibuprofen (Less than 10 triers: Transfer factor; Cortisol or cortisone; Hydroxychloroquine; Lopinavir/Ritonavir; Onion poultice; Ozone therapy; Rife; Salt pipe with iodine)
Critically Important or Very Helpful
Following are the percentages of triers for each treatment who stated that the treatment had been Critically Important or Very Helpful for them.
Treatments that had less than 10 triers total are listed in parentheses.
60-69%: Rest; Avoid moldy buildings (Less than 10 triers: Coffee enemas)
50-59%: Spend time outdoors in good locations; Sun exposure (Less than 10 triers: Alinia)
40-49%: Vitamin C; Reduce stress; Stay warm; Warm/hot baths; Rinsing sinuses
30-39%: Vitamin D; Other essential oils; Medicinal mushrooms; Electrolyte beverages; Raw honey; Azithromycin; Antiviral drugs; Non-prescription cough syrup; Vicks VapoRub; Bathe and change clothes frequently; Nebulizer (Less than 10 triers: Ozone therapy; Rife)
20-29%: Iodine; Quercetin; Zinc; CBD; Elderberry; Marijuana; Melatonin; Monolaurin; Probiotics; Citrus fruits; Fresh garlic; Ginger; Onions; Other antibiotic drugs; Prescription cough syrup; Acetaminophen; Aspirin; Cough drops; Gargling
10-19%: Vitamin A; Vitamin E; Selenium; Berberines; Curcumin; Echinacea; Garlic oil; Oregano oil; Garlic pills; Colloidal silver; Hot peppers; Ibuprofen; (Less than 10 triers: Transfer factor)
5-9%: Alcohol; MCT or coconut oil; Antifungal drugs
0%: (Less than 10 triers: Cortisol or cortisone; Hydroxychloroquine; Lopinavir/Ritonavir; Onion poultice; Salt pipe with iodine)
Critically Important, Very Helpful or Somewhat Helpful
Following are the percentages of triers for each treatment who stated that the treatment had been Critically Important, Very Helpful or Somewhat Helpful for them.
Treatments that had less than 10 triers total are listed in parentheses.
90-99%: Acetaminophen
80-89%: Electrolyte beverages; Prescription cough syrup; Aspirin; Vicks VapoRub; Rest; Spend time outdoors in good locations; Gargling; Rinsing sinuses (Less than 10 triers: Coffee enemas)
70-79%: Medicinal mushrooms; Ginger; Cough drops; Non-prescription cough drops; Reduce stress; Avoid moldy buildings; Sun exposure; Warm/hot baths; Nebulizer
60-69%: Vitamin C; Garlic oil; Oregano oil; Other essential oils; Raw honey; Azithromycin; Other antibiotic drugs; Ibuprofen; Stay warm (Less than 10 triers: Salt pipe with iodine)
50-59%: Vitamin D; Zinc; CBD; Curcumin; Garlic pills; Marijuana; Melatonin; Monolaurin; Probiotics; Fresh garlic; Hot peppers; Antifungal drugs; Antiviral drugs; Bathe and change clothes frequently (Less than 10 triers: Alinia)
40-49%: Vitamin A; Vitamin E; Echinacea; Elderberry; Colloidal silver; Citrus fruits; MCT or coconut oil; Onions
30-39%: Iodine; Berberines (Less than 10 triers: Cortisol or cortisone; Ozone therapy; Rife)
20-29%: Selenium
10-19%: (Less than 10 triers: Transfer factor)
5-9%: Alcohol
0%: (Less than 10 triers: Hydroxychloroquine; Lopinavir/Ritonavir; Onion poultice)
Harmful
Following are the percentages of triers for each treatment who stated that the treatment had been Harmful for them.
Treatments that had less than 10 triers total are listed in parentheses.
60-69%: (Less than 10 triers: Ozone therapy)
50-59%: Alcohol
10-19%: Marijuana; Other antibiotic drugs (Less than 10 triers: Cortisol or cortisone)
5-9%: Berberines; Elderberry; Oregano oil; Other essential oils; Medicinal mushrooms; Citrus fruits; Aspirin; Ibuprofen; Vicks VapoRub
1-4%: Vitamin C; Iodine; Zinc; Probiotics; MCT or coconut oil; Ginger; Prescription cough syrup; Stay warm; Sun exposure; Warm/hot baths
Total Number of Triers Per Treatment
Rest – 70 triers; Vitamin C – 62 triers; Stay warm – 62 triers; Avoid moldy buildings – 59 triers; Reduce stress – 58 triers; Vitamin D – 54 triers; Bathe and change clothes frequently – 53 triers; Sun exposure – 51 triers; Spend time outdoors in good location – 50 triers; Zinc – 48 triers; Probiotics – 47 triers; Warm/hot baths – 44 triers; Ginger – 41 triers; Electrolyte drinks – 39 triers; Onions – 37 triers; Cough drops – 37 triers; Raw honey – 36 triers; Rinsing sinuses – 34 triers; Fresh garlic – 35 triers; Elderberry – 33 triers; Other essential oils – 32 triers; MCT or coconut oil – 31 triers; Acetaminophen – 31 triers; Gargling – 31 triers; Selenium – 29 triers; Melatonin – 29 triers; Colloidal silver – 28 triers; Vitamin A – 27 triers; Iodine – 23 triers; Non-prescription cough syrup – 23 triers; Vitamin E – 22 triers; Ibuprofen – 22 triers; Curcumin – 21 triers; Echinacea – 20 triers; Quercetin – 20 triers; CBD – 20 triers; Oregano oil – 20 triers; Vicks VapoRub – 20 triers; Alcohol – 19 triers; Azithromycin – 18 triers; Other antibiotic drugs – 18 triers; Hot peppers – 17 triers; Berberines – 16 triers; Antiviral drugs – 16 triers; Garlic pills, 15 triers; Aspirin – 15 triers; Monolaurin – 14 triers; Nebulizer – 14 triers; Medicinal mushrooms – 13 triers; Garlic essential oil, 12 triers; Marijuana – 12 triers; Antifungal drugs – 12 triers; Prescription cough syrup – 11 triers; Cortisol or cortisone – 9 triers; Coffee enemas – 9 triers; Transfer factor – 6 triers; Hydroxychloroquine – 3 triers; Ozone therapy – 3 triers; Rife therapy – 3 triers; Salt pipe with iodine – 3 triers; Alinia – 2 triers; Onion poultice – 2 triers; Lopinavir/Ritonavir – 1 trier; Ventilator – 0 triers
Additional Treatments
This question allowed participants to write in their own responses of treatments that they believed had been critically important or very helpful for them.
Activated charcoal
Albuterol inhaler
Andographis (2)
Biocidin
Black seed oil
Cabbage
Castor oil pack with essential oils
Chiropractor (pressure points and manipulation)
Coconut water
CoQ10
Cooked onions and mushrooms
Doxycycline
Earthing
Environmental ozone (2)
Epsom salt/baking soda baths
Eucalyptus essential oil
Forsynthia suspensa fruit tincture
Getting out of my house and area
Ginger ale
Glutamine
Glutathione
Glycine
Guaifenesin (2)
Herbal remedies
High-quality air purifier
Iceland moss tea
Infrared sauna with cold plunge
Inhaling steam with essential oils or ACV
IV Vitamin C
IV Magnesium
HOCl (2)
Homemade chicken noodle soup
Homeopathy (Bryonia, Antimonium Tartaricum, Belladonna)
Hot teas
Iron supplements
Kenyon Keily herbs
Kombucha
Liposomal glutathione
Lemon/ginger/honey tea
Lemon tea
Limiting food intake
Liver support supplements
Lonicera japonica tincture
Lots of water (4)
Low histamine diet
Lysine
NAC (2)
Nettle infusions
Oregano oil on feet
Organic green tea with manuka honey
Osha tincture
Phosphatidyl choline
Postural lung drainage positions
Potassium
Propolis
Rebounding
Sauna
Scutellaria baicalensis tincture
Severely limiting activity
Sleep
Sliced onion next to bed
Soaking feet in very hot salt water
Stephen Buhner Herb Protocol
Theanine
Tulsi
Ventolin inhaler with spacer
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Walking on the beach
Walking outdoors
Warm drinks
Xofluza
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