Coronavirus concerns?

Yes I'm also tired of talking about the coronavirus but I feel this should be addressed. I've been to 2 gatherings, in 2016 & 2017 and each time I came back with a summer cold. And in 2017 there was a stomach bug that ravaged the gathering! Let's face it, it's not just the spirit of goodwill that's contagious at Rainbow Gatherings. And now with coronavirus spreading so fast I'm concerned people could catch it there. Hopefully the hot weather will cause the virus to subside like it generally does to flu bugs, but we don't know if it will. I'm wondering what the people organizing it are doing to fight the spread of it?

 

Yes, I think if we can hold on till summer, the virus will subside and be controlled better.

I think people can also focus on increasing their immunity. I am personally taking herbal and ayurvedic medicines for better immunity and for preempting any flus or colds. Yoga, meditation helps to lower stress hormones that reduce the effectiveness of the immune system.

Same goes for reiki, pranic healing,tai chi and other alternative healing practices which one can do in the privacy of your home to boost immunity levels.

 

Working to increase your immunity is all well and good, in fact I've been increasing my intake of vitamin C to help boost it. But thousands of people attend the gathering each year and you can't expect them all to do likewise.

We must encourage people to bring hand sanitizer to help avoid the spread, assuming it's not sold out by then. Try to discourage them from smoking pot with strangers while there, yes I know that will be difficult. Perhaps some medicated lip balm will keep it from transmitting. Try to get people to do what they can to stay healthy and safe.

 

But nobody knows this. To me, this is in the same category of behavior as those evangelicals who are still holding mass religious gatherings in the expectation that their faith will protect them from the virus. Rainbow gatherers face a couple of challenges this year: coping with the virus under circumstances that make social distancing impossible; and coping with the locals, who may resent a bunch of hippies from all parts of the country descending on them during a pandemic.Not to mention the folks in their home states when the hippies return from socializing in Idaho. Let's hope the virus is under control by then!

The Rainbow Family has no centralized leadership, but we do have focalizers and elders who organize the thing. I hope they're addressing the real possibility that Covid-19 may still be a thing in July.

 

Spring Council meets on the land in early June in a high and lonesome place . That's it .
See what happens . Projected anxiety should have no relation to Rainbow Warrior spirit .

 

Any word on a gathering this year? No updates yet on the website. Rainbow Family of Living Light Unofficial Home Page (welcomehome.org)

 

Two years on and nobody wants to talk about the huge increase in clots leading to heart attacks and strokes.

 

Many virologists now believe that the nasty flue virus in 2017 was a mutation from the corona family of animal viruses. In fact their is growing belief that the spanish flue in 1918 was another example.
Viruses can not mutate across species from body fluids alone. They mutate mainly in the stomach, so in order to mutate the host as to eat raw infected meat. These days, this mainly happens in the poorer areas of China. During WW1 troops ate raw meat, hence the suspicions re spanish flue. Since viruses die following death, this can never be proven.

Back to 2017
That nasty viral outbreak caused scarring, mainly to the eustachian tubes causing deafness and to the walls and muscles of the heart resulting in an ectopic arrhythmia. Both these condition took around 36 months to fully heal.
Blood clots blocking the aortic of pulmonary valve in the heart have resulted in death since the dawn of time. This has become worse over the years due to us eating junk food containing trans-fats, along with eating too much food altogether. This has been made worse by eating junk food BETWEEN meals, where it does not have time to break down.
If you are concerned about blood clotting, 75mg of Aspirin per day is an excellent anticoagulant, which also helps in the prevention of TIA (intermittent loss of short term memory). However, do not take it if you are suffering from Haemophilia, or bleeding in the stomach or bowel.

 

I was at the gathering in Colorado in 2022 and some people had to leave early after coming down with covid. I was also at the one in northern California this year and didn't hear of anyone getting covid, though it might have happened. While the coronavirus should never be taken for granted it appears to be much less of a threat today.