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MERCEREAU REPORT # 10 – Winter COVID Update, CoEnzyme Q10 Boost for Hearts and Brains

[ez-toc] Latest Update on COVID Hospitalizations and Winter Incidence of COVID and Flu The CDC has issued the most recent prediction of COVID for the winter. “According to CDC’s respiratory disease outlook, the agency expects a “moderate” COVID-19 wave with about as many peak hospitalizations as last winter. Last winter’s COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked at about 44,500. While it’s a significant number, it is less than a third of the all-time peak in January 2022 of more than 150,600 weekly hospital admissions.” ...

Medical Errors

Medical Errors are now the 3rd leading cause of death in the US according to a study by Dr. John T. James published in the Journal of Patient Safety

  An article in September’s Scientific American described this issue in depth. We all need to take note.  This is a problem of the medical system itself and does not mean that doctors and nurses have become substandard.  They have not.  The system itself is broken and not working to our advantage. How many die from medical mistakes in US hospitals?  In 2010, the Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services reported that bad hospital care contributed to...