Preparing for the Next Pandemic

Dr. Thomas J. Lewis
5 days ago
7 min read

We know one is on the way - and we know who is planning it. However, due to the botched COVID pandemic, they need to let the dust settle for a while. Do NOT get complacent. Plan or Fail?

Pandemics are primarily about pathogens, or synthetic pathogens. Let's call them toxic GMOs. Our best defense is our innate and adaptive immunity. But did you know....

The thymus gland shrinks with age, a process known as thymic involution. This shrinking leads to a loss of its ability to produce T cells, which are crucial for immune function. The thymus is larger in infancy and childhood, reaching its peak during puberty, and gradually shrinks throughout adulthood.

T cells are most active in mucosal and barrier sites, particularly in the lungs and intestines, as well as within lymphoid tissues such as lymph nodes, the spleen, and tonsils. They are also present in smaller numbers in peripheral blood.

Arguably, the most important action of T cells is in lymph nodes, where 10% of our blood is diverted and "cleansed" of pathogens by the T cells. Iodine supports immunity.

Iodine plays a crucial role in immune function, acting as both an activator and inhibitor depending on the specific immune cell and the overall context. It supports the innate immune system, particularly in combating bacterial and viral infections, and can modulate the behavior of immune cells, influencing both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses.

"It is widely accepted that iodine exerts important actions on the immune system [87]. The thymus, as well as many immune cells, have the ability to capture and metabolize iodine [88,89]."

IMHO, a great way to up your iodine intake involves a double-layer of protection. That is, barrier immunity AND systemic dosing. This can be done with Gene's products. His focus, below, is on a product he calls "Liquid Mask." I use three (3) of his products:

Liquid Mask - nasal spray: www.liquidmask.org
Iodine inhaler (much easier to use compared to a nebulizer): www.inhaler.me
Eye roll-on or drops (note, when you fill out the order form, you can select either delivery system - I opt for the drops): https://www.eyeodine.org/

A friend and colleague is a former Harvard guy - Gene Rosov. Gene is passionate about educating people about the power, safety, and utility of iodine. Sadly, too many people are iodophobic. The primary concern is how iodine may affect individuals with Hashimoto's disease. However, when iodine is taken with proper support, this is NOT an issue in many cases.

Here is some of the content on iodine that Gene has sent me.

Here is the updated dual-axis chart extending through 2025, comparing:

Iodine insufficiency in women of childbearing age (left y-axis, red line)
Autism prevalence in U.S. children (right y-axis, blue dashed line)

Resurgence of Iodine Deficiency in the United States During Pregnancy:

Potential Implications for Cognitive Development in Children

Kamsiyochukwu S Daniel, MPH, RDN, Kelsey M Mangano, PhD, RDN

Nutrition Reviews, nuaf025, https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuaf025

Published: 17 March 2025

Iodine is an essential trace mineral for thyroid hormone synthesis, metabolism, and neurological development, particularly during pregnancy and early childhood. Although salt iodization in the 1920s significantly reduced iodine deficiency, recent studies suggest a resurgence in the United States, particularly among pregnant women.

This review examines the resurgence of iodine deficiency among women in the United States while highlighting factors influencing intake, focusing on maternal iodine status during pregnancy, followed by its implications on cognitive health of children globally. Articles published from 2010 to 2024 were identified using PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases following PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Search terms included “iodine deficiency in women” and “maternal iodine deficiency and neurodevelopment.” Studies on urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in nonpregnant, pregnant, and lactating women in the United States, and maternal iodine deficiency impact on offspring neurodevelopment globally, were included.

Nine articles were reviewed addressing current iodine status among women in the United States, 4 of which used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). NHANES data (2011–2020) indicated declining median UIC (mUIC) among women of reproductive age and mUICs in pregnant women were below the World Health Organization recommendation (<150 µg/L). Prevalence of inadequate iodine status ranged from 23% to 59% in pregnant women. The primary contributing factor to declining iodine status is dietary changes, specifically reduced milk consumption.

Eleven additional articles examined maternal UIC and cognition in global populations, highlighting the association between low UIC during pregnancy, particularly in the first and second trimesters, and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes such as reduced IQ scores in offspring outside of the United States. Offspring born to mothers with iodine deficiency are at greater risk of poor cognitive health. Comprehensive nutrition policies are needed to raise awareness of adequate iodine intake during critical developmental periods and to support food-system changes, ensuring sufficient intake.

Here are Gene's comments wrt this article.

1. The Fix: These guys are dreaming. There will NEVER be any "food-system" changes" to result in "ensuring sufficient intake." (Final sentence.) Hell will first freeze over. (That's in about 10 billion years, btw.)

2. The Problem: Are we the only people reading this? I can 100% assure you that NOT A SINGLE OB/PED in the world reads "Nutrition Reviews," much less their own fields' journals. Too busy

avoiding lawsuits, paying off med school debt, and caring for the family. I speak with these folks all the time.

3. The Core Finding - read it and weep. This is AMERICA, our America:

Prevalence of inadequate iodine status ranged from 23% to 59% in pregnant women. The primary contributing factor to declining iodine status is dietary changes, specifically reduced milk consumption.

(For a table of "What's In Commercially Produced Milk" see table at the very bottom)

4. Ask the Question: Why/How does "reduced milk consumption" = "declining iodine status" ?

a. Because iodized salt (ask Prof. Dasgupta and review his several powerful articles on this problem) has little iodine these days. Sits on the supermarket shelf for too long; sits on the homes' shelves for too long; iodine sublimes out.

b. Because only OCEAN-arising clouds deliver iodine to growing plants, and most of our plants are river-watered (near-zero iodine content) or well-watered (in the U.S., near-zero iodine content).

c. Because the iodine in milk arises ONLY from cleaning milking equipment with iodophors. The amounts in milk are i) unpredictable; ii) adventitious; iii) uncontrolled; iv) inadequate in any case.

d. To say nothing of the fact that MILK IS FOR BABY COWS and not human babies or any other human.

5. Pop Quiz: What % of Black High-School teenagers go to jail while in HS? Answer: Oh, about 90%. And yup, you are paying for it. What about adult cognitive decline? Over 20% in those 60+.

Principal effect: inability to compare and logically evaluate two differing concepts. Yes, it affects voting choices.

6. Second Pop Quiz: What is the lifetime impact of the reduction in I.Q. (it's between 5 and 20 I.Q. points) on youngsters? About an 8X decrease in lifetime income. And that is TAXABLE income.

If we increased American I.Q. by 10 pts. or so, it would represent about $11 TRILLION in additional tax revenue in a generation. I haven't yet calculated the total cost, but it's way beyond the federal debt.

7. What am I going to do about it, besides yelling and screaming?

Gene's newsletter on how to minimize the health impacts from the next and inevitable pandemic.

What action can you take now? It's simple. Have Liquid Mask on hand, use it daily. That's 5 seconds that might - JUST - save a life. H5N1, for example, kills more than half the people who get it. It is one of the deadliest diseases on earth.

A quick solution is HERE. Just considering the seasonal flu, it is the worst in 15 years - with hundreds of thousands hospitalized. You can read about that HERE.

Experts and heads of health agencies are worried about the endemic H5N1 avian influenza infecting animals and humans across the United States. With 77 confirmed human cases of H5N1 - the deadliest version on record - the CDC says that this number is a large undercount - due in part to initial asymptomatic illness.

"Surveillance is inadequate," Lauren Sauer, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, said. "We're missing cases.

Liquid Mask, first recognized by the "Father of Virology" Dr. F. McFarlane Burnet as a 1% solution of iodine, is a recognized and accepted product. Inexpensive, quick, and used with confidence.

H5N1, typically spread among animals, is passed to humans through exposure to infected animals or carcasses. Symptoms range from mild to severe respiratory symptoms and conjunctivitis, and most result in hospitalization and death.

"This season is now classified as a high severity season for all age groups (children, adults, older adults) for the first time since 2017-2018,” the CDC said. 29 million sick with influenza this season, with 16,000 deaths and 370,000 hospitalizations. Youngsters have been hard-hit.

Consider Liquid Mask - for yourself and your youngsters. Inexpensive, useful, fast, used by tens of thousands of patients, recommended by hundreds of doctors. Easy to get HERE. Read about Liquid Mask HERE.

For more details on the H5N1 concerns of the CDC, click HERE.

If Nobel Laureate Dr. F. M. Burnet (the "father of virology") is right, a 1% solution of PVP-Iodine prevents/cures/forestalls/reverses H1N1 - the current top offender - and all other respiratory viruses. Including H5N1 - and noroviruses. Burnet is joined by dozens of subsequent researchers in encouraging the use of a highly dilute iodine mist.

Burnet's 1945 article on the extraordinary efficacy of iodine against all types of influenza is [found HERE]Stamford Medical: "Delaying viral entry, exit or spread with a locally applied, short-duration drug would help our immune systems catch up and arrive in time to stop full-blown infection and hopefully limit future pandemics." READ ABOUT IT HERE.

What about fast-acting, low-cost Liquid Mask? A 1% solution of PVP-Iodine. (Get it HERE.)

For starters:

ANTIBIOTIC: Iodine instantly destroys bacteria, viruses, parasites better than any other product known to man or medicine.

NO ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: In some 2,000 years of use (yes, Chinese physicians used it 2,000 years ago to prevent/cure goiter), iodine has demonstrated ZERO antimicrobial resistance development.

WORKS INSTANTLY: On 3 levels. First, it rapidly (in seconds) kills infectious disease organisms. Second, it is absorbed via the sodium-iodide symporter structures replete in the nasopharyngeal cavity and stored for later antimicrobial deployment. Third, it stimulates mucus/mucin production, which causes you to blow your nose - expelling millions of pathogens.

DEVELOPS/CREATES IMMUNE RESPONSE: iodine is more than a substrate for thyroid hormones. As a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger, iodine is the oldest known antioxidant in living organisms. Iodine, in mucus, converts to hypoiodite (IO−) and has strong bactericidal, antiviral and antifungal activity.

ANTI-CANCER FEATURES: Iodine exerts antineoplastic effects in human cancer cell lines. READ ABOUT IT HERE.