FoundMyFitness · 2021-03-03 · Rhonda Patrick (host), Roger Seheult
Dr. Roger Seheult from MedCram on COVID-19 Vaccines, Vitamin D, and Heat Hydrotherapy
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In a 1919 study by Dr. Ruble reviewing the 1918 influenza epidemic across 10 northeast sanitariums, only 2% of 446 flu patients treated with hydrotherapy, fresh air, and rest developed pneumonia, compared to 16% in army hospitals.
"When they did that, and this was a number of about 446 uh subjects, only 2% of those subjects went on to develop pneumonia. Only 2%. He was able to get the data from the s from the army hospitals and in the army hospitals about 20% of the camp came down with the flu. How many of those patients with the flu went on to develop pneumonia when they got aspirin and they got all of these other things? 16%." (said at 1:25:43)
No published record matching the specific 1919 retrospective report by Dr. Wells Ruble comparing pneumonia incidence rates (2% across 446 sanitarium patients treated with hydrotherapy versus 16% in army hospitals) was located; this does not prove the claim false.
corroborated by web sourcesIn the May 1919 report "Sanitarium Treatment of Influenza" published in Life & Health, Dr. W. A. Ruble compiled data from 10 sanitariums during the 1918 pandemic. The report documented that approximately 2.5% of 446 flu inpatients treated with hydrotherapy and supportive care developed pneumonia, compared to 16% among flu patients in U.S. Army camps.
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During the 1918 influenza epidemic, the infection fatality rate in northeast sanitariums using hydrotherapy was 1.1% compared to 6.4% in army camps.
"And so when you look at the infection fatality rate in the sanitariums, it was about 1.1%. Whereas the infection fatality rate in the army camps was about 6.4%." (said at 1:26:48)
No published record matching the claim that infection fatality rates during the 1918 influenza epidemic were 1.1% in northeast sanitariums using hydrotherapy compared to 6.4% in army camps was located; this does not prove the claim false.
corroborated by web sourcesHistorical medical literature—specifically Dr. Wells A. Ruble's 1919 survey of sanitariums that utilized hydrotherapy and supportive regimens during the 1918 influenza epidemic—reports a fatality rate of approximately 1.1% to 1.3% among treated patients, compared to roughly 6.4% to 6.7% in U.S. Army camps.
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