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Definitions by mlhiss

cytokine storm 

Medical slang for a severe immune reaction in which the body generates an over production of immune cells and their activating compounds (cytokines) and releases them into the blood too rapidly. A cytokine storm is on the opposite end of the spectrum from an under active response by the immune system.

Treatments during a COVID-19 pandemic may be very different depending on one's body's response, especially since some of the most vulnerable over respond with a cytokine storm or under respond because of a hypo immune disorder. So before taking fish tank cleaner you need to be able to get a professional to tell the difference between a cytokine storm and a hypo immune disorder, and get your medicine prescription from a read medical doctor and pharmacy vs politician-pet store.

A cytokine storm is typically activated by an infection, dysfunctional autoimmune conditions, and/or disease. Symptoms include severe fever, nausea, headache, inflammation (eg rash - redness/swelling), rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, trouble breathing , and fatigue. In a mild cytokine storm the response may be temporary but a severe storm may cause multiple organ failure.

A severe cytokine storm is also know as hypercytokinemia.
The problem of a cytokine storm is compounded such as the response to the flu when lung inflammation caused by the rapid response of the immune system and fluid buildup lead to respiratory distress, especially when contaminated by a secondary bacterial such as pneumonia.
cytokine storm by mlhiss April 8, 2020

Science Fiction denier 

A person that denies hoaxes, fake science based news, science fiction (even by the best writers who won the Pulitzer Prize), science fiction reported by commentators on Fox News, or Russian Scientists (especially during US elections).
Some people don't believe the War of the Worlds even happened. The science fiction deniers don't even believe it happened after reading the book or watching the movies, or when peer reviewed on the internet.
One's auto-response to a person with a C-19 sneeze, is becoming like an auto-reaction to a gun shot.
C-19 by mlhiss April 6, 2020

C-19 Death Panel 

The public decision making body that that is unofficial and largely invisible that decides strategies that spread or stop the spread of C-19 and specially who gets treated for C-19 and who does not. The C-19 Death Panels can be comprised of different types of people in all levels of gov and private sector but not limited to public heath or medical experts. In some cases it is politicians and some cases business owners or religious leaders.

C-19 Death Panel decisions range from Politicians and Public Health Agencies deciding on strategies to prevent the spread of C-19, Public Health Agencies and Medical Administrators planning (or lack there of) to assure medical people do (or don't) have proper PPE, medical equipment, hospital capacity to heal patients or to protect even to protect patients with our without it from C-19. And there are some on the panels that make individual decisions on which medical people get adequate PPE (to protect them and/or patients), who gets tests and tested, and who gets treated for C-19, especially when there is limited capacity for prevention or care.
Criteria used by the C-19 Death Panels can be well thought out and based on data and analysis by public heath and medical professions or made on the fly by politicians or their advisers that are trained in financial and economics and whatever else they think is relevant.
The greatest innovation of the C-19 Death Panel is that it not only makes decisions on who gets treatment like other medical death panels but it is largely responsible for who and how a person gets exposed to the disease that can kill the future patient. In a lot of cases there is more than one C-19 Death Panel acting, often with completely different logic and counter strategies. Some prioritizing the economy over your grand parents and some your grand parents over the economy.

It should be noted that the C-19 Death Panels can develop strategies that create enough people with the C-19 illness to overwhelm not only everyone's medical care and medical insurance rates.
C-19 Death Panel by mlhiss April 6, 2020

Humanity distancing 

Individuals with significant advantages who distance themselves from the rest of humanity by advocating policies that create unfair advantages for themselves and multiple barriers to others such as those in the middle and lower classes and/or minorities. Instead of playing fair and getting their share based on effort they want unfair advantages for themselves when dividing up the pie, when taking risks, and when needing to be bailed out. They also want distance themselves from the rules and to rig the systems of justice and rules against the collective body of humans.
Humanity distancing policies favoring a few of the richest of the rich narcissists to maintain a safe distance above the others in society to assure that the downward pressure from above and a trickling supply downward to those below them have only enough to get by and have a significant number of constraints to prevent the majority from rising above and improving their situation.
Humanity distancing by mlhiss April 6, 2020
Code words used by woman in France and Europe suffering to from domestic violence to alert their pharmacist of domestic violence especially during lockdown times during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
In France, during the COVID-19 Pandemic drug stores and pharmacies are open. Victims of domestic abuse are even more threatened during the current lockdown and have few places for which they can provide an excuse to go to. Many victims of domestic violence have started using the code words "mask 19" to convey their situation to their pharmacists since "mask 19" conveys the domestic violence massage and is a cue to report the problem to authorities. In the US it would be important to make sure that the pharmacist understood what "mask 19" means, especially if they look and act clueless and present you with a mask.
mask 19 by mlhiss April 2, 2020

voter insemination 

When someone plants the idea that candidates that have no chance of winning, who are not very popular except as potential cult figures are the only legitimate choice to vote for. They really don't take into account the fact that these candidates are often narcissistic and only put in enough effort to spoil and election. The voter inseminaters often play to one's guilt and plant the idea that a person will be going against their better angels if they don't vote for these no chance of winning candidates.

Sadly the most popular presidential candidates have actually won the popular vote but lost the general election and were later considered to be losers because they did not win the electoral college. The cult candidate only getting enough votes to through the election is often considered a villain.

Sadly inseminated voters often slowly watch much of what they took for granted dismantled and things get worse - wars, broken economy, their jobs, environmental deterioration, human rights violations, justice system failure, pandemics, racism, homophobia.
In many cases very derisive candidates employ the practice of voter insemination to siphon a popular candidates votes off. Many times the voter inseminaters are able redirect the most extreme activist to volunteer tirelessly for some fringe extreme cult figure who they feel better represents their concept of utopia.

In extremely rare cases voter insemination has a positive benefit if people are inspired to actually vote in an election that they may not have otherwise bothered to do. While their vote of the non-viable candidate may be clearly wasted they may vote in other elections on the ballot for candidates that would not have occurred otherwise and so make a big difference in close elections that have candidates that are more closely aligned with their values.

In some cases voter insemination fails completely and the voter instead becomes overly apathetic and refuses to vote for any candidate because they don't want to participate in a corrupt system. This can have a really negative effect on all levels of government especially when good people don't participate.
voter insemination by mlhiss March 29, 2020