TRUTH WARRIORS & THE MANDATES
The struggle for medical freedom
Covid Through my Eyes- Part 5,
TRUTH WARRIORS & THE MANDATES
“Men don’t follow titles. They follow courage.”—William Wallace in Braveheart (motion picture 1995)
In May of 2021, the University of Pennsylvania Health System was one of the first major healthcare systems to require all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. Many healthcare corporations and private employers followed suit shortly, thereafter, issuing mandates of their own. These gross violations of privacy, bodily autonomy, and patients’ rights to make their own decisions with their doctor, became widespread throughout our country and across all industries. Even pregnant women were included in those required to get vaccinated, despite there being no clinical safety or efficacy studies of the effects on the COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy.
On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order [1] mandating that all Federal employees become vaccinated against COVID-19.
These vaccine mandates did not take into consideration or exempt those who had natural acquired immunity from previous infection, despite decades of science and mounting real-world clinical evidence. Washington University researchers found the presence of long-lived bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) in individuals who had recovered from mild- moderate Covid-19 lowering their risk of reinfection [2]. It had been reported that levels of anti-Covid -19 antibody levels decrease rapidly a few months following infection. This was used by vaccine mandate advocates to falsely claim that immunity was short lived following a naturally acquired infection. Following acute infection, it is natural course for antibody levels to be quite high shortly after recovery and then gradually fall in concentration as time passes. This is precisely how a normal immune system is supposed to function. Did Anthony Fauci and other public health officials suddenly forget this well-known fact? Or was it part of a greater nefarious plan?
This is exactly what happens following the Covid-19 infection with anti S-specific Covid-19 antibodies. Researchers from Washington University found, following Covid-19 infection, anti S-specific antibody levels did indeed decline rapidly in the first 4 months and then more gradually over the following 7 months.[3] Antibodies remained present for at least 11 months following even mild asymptomatic infections.
Bone marrow aspirates from 18 individuals 7-8 months post recovery from Covid-19 were studied and revealed the presence of quiescent S-specific BMPCs (which later, when exposed to viral infection, rev up producing a robust humoral (antibody) response.) BMPCs are long lasting and are an essential part of robust immune memory. Circulating resting memory B cells directed against the Covid 19 S-protein were seen as well in these convalescent (recovered) individuals. This strongly supports that, following even mild infections, the presence of a long lived and robust humoral (extracellular) immune memory. Yet these facts were ignored by mandate advocates.
In a longitudinal study [4] published in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers looked at 254 patients with mostly mild to moderate symptoms from Covid-19 infection over a period for more than eight months (250 days). They also found that their immune response to the virus remained durable and strong.
Another study [5] by the Cleveland Clinic found that those who were previously infected with COVID-19 were unlikely to get infected again, even if they were not vaccinated. “The study was conducted on 52,238 employees at the Cleveland Clinic. A positive RT-PCR test was defined as a COVID-19 infection. Among those in the study, 2,579 were previously infected, and 54% of that group remained unvaccinated. None of those 2,579 employees were reinfected.” [6]
It has long been known that immunity from natural infection is superior to vaccine-induced immunity for several reasons. The Covid19 virus contains 29 different surface proteins. The mRNA vaccine targets antibodies against just one of those proteins: the pathologic spike protein. This spike protein that sits on the viral surface, mutates readily and easily, avoiding neutralization from these mRNA induced antibodies. Indeed, that is what has happened. There have been several mutations since the original Wuhan viral strain. The current predominant variant, Omicron BA. 5 escapes neutralization by these vaccinal antibodies.
In addition, these vaccinal antibodies only occur in the bloodstream and extracellular spaces. This means they only work once the patient has been infected. When a person is infected naturally, the virus enters the body though mucosal surfaces such as the nose, mouth, and respiratory tract. This triggers our immune system to produce an Immunoglobulin E (“IGE”) antibody response. IGE resides in these mucosal surfaces and is extremely important in preventing and fighting infection locally in the respiratory mucosal lining. Immunoglobulin M (“IGM”) and Immunoglobulin G (“IGG”) antibodies (the ones that circulate in the blood and extracellular spaces) are also produced in large amounts. IGM is known to be an acute phase immunoglobulin (antibody), is produced early in the body’s response to a pathogen but does not persist. IGG is produced weeks to months later and persists for longer periods of time. T cells (a type of white blood cell that can destroy infected cells or assist B cells in producing antibodies) are produced in a robust manner following natural infection. In summary, natural infection is followed a robust immunologic response that is multi-faceted and lasting.
In August of 2021, Dr. Martin Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, stated that data from Israel [7] revealed that natural immunity appears to be 6.7x more effective than being vaccinated when it comes to fighting off Covid-19.[8]
Natural immunity is also superior at protecting individuals against variants. [ 9] Naturally acquired immunity recognizes all surface proteins of the Covid virus. If there are significant alterations to the spike protein, as there were with the Delta variant, vaccine-induced immunity can be evaded. For these reasons, prior to the Omicron variant, it was very rare for an individual who had recovered from covid to test positive for the virus again. Whereas data was showing that MANY fully vaccinated individuals were testing positive for COVID-19. This is exactly what I was seeing in my clinical practice. Prior to Omicron, if someone thought they had been infected twice by Covid-19, it was highly likely that at least one of the perceived infections was a false positive. As a rule, to confirm an acute Covid infection, I normally suggest an antibody test at least 4 weeks following a positive test to verify prior infection.
In summary, natural infection is followed by a robust immunologic response that is multi-faceted and lasting. The mRNA therapy induced immunity is much narrower in focus and duration. The virus can simply mutate the spike protein and avoid neutralization. This is simple immunology and taught in introductory level courses. The fact that public health officials ignored this basic science raises the question of whether those in charge of the pandemic response are stupid? Or corrupt?
Because of these coercive mandates, many of my patients became distraught over the fear of being forced to choose between their God-given freedom, body autonomy and health or lose their job or be denied admission to universities. I was inundated with requests to write letters supporting vaccine exemption. These requests came from healthy, working adults and college students, all with very low risk of severe COVID illness, hospitalization, and death. Many had already survived the disease and possessed durable and lasting natural immunity. Yet, none of this mattered to the US government, private employers, and universities. Mass formation at its worst! After evaluating each person’s medical history, physical examination, and risk of serious infection vs risk (known and unknown) of mRNA therapy, I was more than willing to help!
WORD TRAVELS FAST
It was not long before Ann and I became known as compassionate providers that would stand up for our patients against the madness and harmful policies enacted by our government, corporations, private entities, and universities. We not only provided early treatment and preventative care (despite all the road blocks) but, also were advocates for our patients’ best, long-term health interests. Needless to say, we were inundated with requests for these much needed services.
Ann and I were also given a vaccine mandate. As with so many people, this caused tremendous stress in our lives and weighed heavily on our minds. We, like our patients, were being forced to choose between our job and our freedom, liberty, and self-determination of what was best for our long-term health! We contemplated and prayed about our decision for weeks as neither of us took this matter lightly. We came to a mutual decision that if it came down to taking this experimental therapy or losing our jobs, we would start a new private practice somewhere, somehow.
If we had felt that in anyway, we were endangering our patients by refusing the mRNA shots, we would have willingly taken them. However, it was becoming obvious that these shots would not prevent us (or anyone else for that matter) from contracting or spreading COVID-19. We have spent a lifetime following healthy eating habits and rigorous exercise programs. Taking care of our bodies and mind so they will take care of us has always been a high priority. We trusted our strong and healthy immune system, which previously had easily handled Covid-19 creating an even more robust and durable natural immunity. These shots would only put us at risk for the many known and many unknown long-term adverse events. For us, the shot was all risk and of no medical benefit. (Like so many others in the world.)
We both submitted medical and religious exemption letters. Despite all the prevailing scientific evidence supporting the strength and durability of naturally acquired immunity (as well as the mounting evidence that these shots were neither preventing infection nor transmission), our medical exemptions were denied. Thankfully, our religious exemption requests were approved, and we were able to continue caring for our patients. I often tell people, “While science, logic and reason let us down, GOD pulled us through.”
In August of 2021, I was asked by community members and parents to address our local school board, which was considering the topic of masks for the upcoming school year. The students had been studying virtually for most of the prior year and efforts were being made to return to in-person teaching/learning.
While hesitant to speak out at that time, (I, like so many physicians in medicine, was an employed physician for a large healthcare organization and did not feel comfortable speaking my mind.) I felt it was my moral and civic duty to give my comments and opinion in this very public forum. With the strength and support provided by Ann and my good friend, Mattie Leto, I agreed to give my testimony that THE SCIENCE failed to support the use of masks as a deterrent to the spread of viral illnesses in a community setting. There were only two randomized clinical trials [10] dealing with this topic at that time (that I was aware of) and neither showed any statistically significant benefit of masks with regard to prevention of COVID-19 [11]. I also spoke of potential harms of masking healthy, low-risk, children. It is well documented that masking can lead to developmental, learning and speech delays in young children, and anxiety and depression in older children and teens. My comments received tremendous support from the parents, students, and citizens in attendance. A very telling sign of our community’s sentiment was that only 2 people in attendance wore a mask.
During this school board meeting, I also clearly stated that if anyone could show me objective scientific data that refuted my position, I would consider said evidence and potentially change my opinion and comments. To this day no one has presented me with any data to show that masks are effective and should be used in schools. The risk of serious illness, hospitalization and death in healthy school age students is almost zero. I have never seen or heard of a documented case in this group of people. The known potential harms of masking these students, however, are quite profound. Again, tremendous downside risk comes with masking children with no benefit.
Unfortunately, those public comments got me in very hot water. Someone in our community wrote a scathing letter to our hospital CEO calling for my termination. They stated that I was impairing the community’s effort at controlling the pandemic. Keep in mind, as a physician in a medically underserved, rural community (I was and am the only fulltime physician for our county), I provide healthcare services to an area in which I have grown up and raised my family. I was actively treating patients to prevent disease and its spread, using the best available unbiased scientific evidence. And someone with no medical knowledge or experience was trying to get me fired! This was mean spirited, ignorant, hurtful and difficult for me to understand. If I were fired, there would be no one to take my place and our community would suffer. This blatant attempt at censoring my opinion and stifling the free flow of medical thought and discussion is yet another example of the widespread coercive censorship that has occurred locally, nationally, and worldwide during the pandemic.
Not long thereafter, I received a formal letter of reprimand and was instructed not to speak publicly on any medical topic without prior approval.
Ann and I continued to treat our patients aggressively with multidrug protocols achieving great success. But, in early September of 2021, I received a phone call from a local pharmacist at a chain pharmacy. He was quite apologetic but told me that “corporate” had instructed their pharmacists to no longer fill prescriptions of Ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19. All the other big box chain pharmacies in our area had already instituted this harmful and misguided policy. This reckless act by a large corporate pharmacy put hundreds of thousands of patients’ lives at risk. There is no telling how many lives could have been saved had Ivermectin, an age-old drug with multiple studies supporting its safety and efficacy, been made readily available to physicians across this country.
This news was simply devastating. The Delta variant was surging in our community—what would this mean to our patients? The JAB was neither preventing COVID nor was it lessening the severity (despite the CDC claims). High risk, obese, type 2 diabetics with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance were still falling quite ill, regardless of vaccination status. And now, large corporations took it upon themselves to deny physicians the ability to prescribe an extremely effective medication that was used for the prevention and early treatment COVID-19, as well as a treatment for long COVID and vaccine injury. I felt helpless and hopeless.
One needs to ask the question, why was war waged on this medication and the physicians that advocated for its use? Too often we’ve heard of dying patients in hospitals across America begging to be treated with this potentially lifesaving medication only to be callously denied by corporate medicine! The propaganda war against ivermectin is one of most heart wrenching and cruel things I’ve ever experienced. I often tear up when thinking of all the lives lost that could have been saved.
Despite this setback, we continued to treat COVID with other tools in the toolbox, including the use of monoclonal antibodies. Thankfully we found another, privately owned (BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS) pharmacy nearby that was more than willing to fill our prescriptions. We were back in business!
The Omicron surge came in late December 2021 and early January 2022. The virus had become more infectious but, thankfully, less deadly. Our high-risk patients that were vaccinated and boosted were still high-risk (regardless of their vaccination status). COVID-19 continued to claim lives, but not at the rate we had seen with the original Wuhan strain and the Delta variant.
In January of 2022, Ann and I attended MARCH AGAINST THE MANDATES in Washington, D.C. It was a bitter cold and windy day, but we were excited to participate in this peaceful protest of unlawful, unconstitutional, and draconian policies.
At a time when the government, bureaucratic agencies, and legacy media were trying to silence, discredit, and disparage doctors, it was truly moving to see the masses of people who turned out to support freedom and the American heroes who were leading the fight against medical tyranny. At the march, we met many like-minded patriots while on the mall and the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, including Richard Urso, Lynn Finn, and Aaron Kiarharity. Dr. Paul Marik, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Robert Malone, and Dr. Ryan Cole were also there, as were numerous other doctors who publicly denounced vaccine mandates at great personal risk. Robert Kennedy, Jr. gave one of the most moving speeches I have ever had the pleasure to witness. With so many great minds working together, it became apparent to me we would win, for as Samuel Adams once declared, “It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men”.
“I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of fear. My weapons are peaceful, for it is only by peace that peace can be attained. The song of freedom must prevail.”
— Paul Robeson
In February 2022, I was honored to be invited to participate in a panel discussion with Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Dr. Robert Malone at CPAC, Orlando. Moderated by Jason Rantz, the panel was titled “The Government is Harmful to Your Health [12].” This opportunity to voice my opinion on the Covid pandemic was the first I had been given on a national stage. Leading up to our time on stage, I was admittedly nervous.
Dr Oz is a very smooth and likeable showman. Backstage he put me at ease just by observing how comfortable and enthusiastic he navigated the bright lights and high-profile surroundings. I did not mention it to him at the time, but I am very thankful to Oz for his calming influence making the experience even more enjoyable.
At first, I found Dr. Malone to be quite intimidating. I had never met someone so intellectually astute in so many subjects. Here I was, a small-town family physician, getting ready to go on stage with Dr Oz, the famous and intelligent showman, and Robert Malone, one of the greatest scientific minds of our time! But Robert also put me at ease with his down to earth personality and warmth. (That and the fact that he and wife, Jill, own a horse farm only about 20 miles from our cattle ranch. He had to be a regular guy!)
The discussion was intellectually stimulating and very well received by our audience. With their overwhelming applause and approval, you could see they appreciated our willingness to speak out against medical tyranny! The audience easily connected with our panel as they had lived and experienced the insanity that we spoke about. Ann and I will fondly remember this positive experience and all the great people we met at CPAC for years to come. I am also happy to report that Robert and Jill Malone have since become great friends and fellow TRUTH WARRIORS.
Ann and I have frequent conversations during this human health crisis and decided early on that we would treat our patients with all our energy directed by our hearts, minds, souls, and God, no matter the personal consequences.
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
We aggressively treat each patient and their family with protocols of multidrug, vitamin and supplement regimens that we have found successful. Through this entire pandemic we have not lost a single patient from COVID that has followed these early treatment protocols. We have been able to keep nearly everyone out of the hospital, regardless of risk factors.
As word spread of our willingness to aggressively treat COVID-19, we continued to develop a faithful, thankful, and grateful patient following throughout our small community, state, and region. Life (and work) became extremely busy, but we turned no one away. We received calls and referrals to treat patients not only for acute COVID-19, but also a broad spectrum of illnesses associated with COVID, long COVID, and vaccine injury.
While we often felt the weight, stress, and pressure of mounting responsibilities, I’m proud that Ann and I remained strong in our conviction to God, our fellow man, and to the truth. Our patients put their faith and trust in our hands, and it was our responsibility to treat them to the best of our ability, even in the face of mainstream coercion and tremendous public backlash. By staying true to ourselves, and refusing to play into the government, and big pharma narratives, we found freedom and purpose.
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Educating and treating patients has become our purpose. In doing so, we are rewarded with tremendous happiness and satisfaction. To that end, and to practice medicine with independence and autonomy, Ann and I are happy to announce the recent opening of Miller Family Health & Wellness PLLC in my hometown of Washington, Virginia.
To conclude this opinion piece, I will summarize the advice that we give our patients: it is apparent that the current vaccines are ineffective at preventing infection and the spread of COVID-19. There is no objective evidence to support the claim that they reduce disease severity. There is mounting evidence that they do the opposite. Studies and statistics coming in from all over the world now point to the fact that, the more mRNA shots you receive, the greater the risk of serious disease and death. The risks and potential side effects of these mRNA are very real, and include, but are not limited to, significant illnesses such as myocarditis, abnormal clotting, SADS (Sudden Arrythmia Death Syndrome) heart attack, stroke, and unusual neurologic disorders. There is also evidence mounting that these shots impair patients’ immune systems on multiple levels. We have safe and effective treatment and prevention protocols especially when used early. I do not recommend these vaccines in any healthy children or adults—in fact I adamantly discourage it! The SARS COV-II virus mutates at a rapid rate. With our current understanding of this virus and our existing technology, the virus will always be one step ahead. The Covid vaccines are a horrible failure, dangerous and, in some cases, deadly. We must continue to focus on prevention and early treatment as well as improving the overall health of our body, mind, and immune system.
I encourage every patient to take the steps to improve metabolic health through good food choices, healthy habits, and lifestyle. This can be achieved by eliminating all processed foods, seed oils and high fructose corn syrup. I recommend a high protein, high fat, low carbohydrate diet combined with intermittent fasting, regular exercise (provided no existing health contraindications) and eight hours of sleep. I also check and optimize vitamin D levels.
Finally, get out in the sunlight, breath fresh air, live life to its fullest….and become a fellow TRUTH WARRIOR!
God Bless,
D. Brooke Miller, MD
Amanda Miller Kita, Esq.
Amanda, Katherine, and Louisa
I want to acknowledge and thank my loving daughter, Amanda, for her help and significant contribution to the series:
Covid-19, Through My Eyes.
Your contribution as a skillful writer, editor and content has been invaluable. Thank you, sweetheart! Your Dad loves you!
[1] Executive Order on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees | The White House
[2] Good news: Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (wustl.edu)
[3] Id.
[4] Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells: Cell Reports Medicine; see also COVID-19 survivors may possess wide-ranging resistance to the disease | Emory University | Atlanta, GA
[5] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.01.21258176v2
[6] Study: No previously infected Cleveland Clinic employees who remained unvaccinated were reinfected (news5cleveland.com)
[7] Natural infection vs vaccination: Which gives more protection? - Israel National News
[8] Dr. Makary Says Natural Immunity Is More Effective Than Vaccine Immunity | The Daily Caller
[10] Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers, H. Bundgaard, et. al, Nov. 18, 2020, Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers : A Randomized Controlled Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)
[11] COMMENTARY: Masks-for-all for COVID-19 not based on sound data | CIDRAP (umn.edu)
[12] The Government is Dangerous to Your Health ft Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Oz at CPAC 2022 in FL (rsbnetwork.com)