Summer Fear Mongering and Tropical Diseases

Chikungunya, Yellow Fever, and the Treatment You’re Not Being Told About

Summer is here especially in sunny Florida where we have hot weather, long days, and yes, the usual mosquito madness. This year, the fear is louder than ever because they have to sell more vaccines. Headlines are hyping the spread of Chikungunya across the southern U.S. and Yellow Fever potentially making a comeback. Panic is building, and the predictable calls for more surveillance, more vaccines, and more fear are everywhere, which makes me itch more than a yellow fly bite.

The Real Threat: Viral Inflammation, not Just Infection

Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that causes sudden high fever, severe joint pain, rash, fatigue, and in many cases, lingering inflammatory issues. Unlike many viral illnesses, it tends to leave people with prolonged joint pain and fatigue—even after the virus clears.

Yellow Fever, by contrast, is often asymptomatic or mild, but in a small percentage of cases, it can lead to jaundice and hemorrhagic symptoms. While there’s no specific antiviral drug for either, the real threat in both diseases is oxidative stress, not just the virus itself.

Chikungunya is Treatable with vitamin C

Dr. Thomas Levy, MD, JD—renowned expert in redox medicine and author of Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins—has documented the successful use of high-dose Vitamin C in Chikungunya infections.¹ Patients who took high dose vitamin C experienced rapid reduction in fever and joint pain, shortened recovery times, and decreased viral symptom severity. Vitamin C works by neutralizing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and suppressing the cytokine storm that drives pain, inflammation, and tissue damage. In the case of Chikungunya, the body's inflammatory response is often more damaging than the virus itself. Vitamin C interrupts that cycle.

As Dr. Levy notes:

"Vitamin C, properly dosed, has eliminated the need for nearly all other antiviral therapies in acute infections."²

In documented cases, patients who received IV or high-dose oral vitamin C saw near-total resolution of symptoms within days.³

What About Yellow Fever?

While we don’t yet have published clinical data on Vitamin C directly treating Yellow Fever, we do know this:

• Yellow Fever induces high oxidative stress

• vitamin C mitigates oxidative stress in nearly all viral infections tested

• The mechanism of damage in Yellow Fever—just like Dengue, Ebola, and Chikungunya—is heavily redox-driven

So while formal studies are lacking, it is reasonable to deduce that high-dose vitamin C may significantly reduce symptom severity and speed recovery in Yellow Fever as well.

Why This Matters

Chikungunya is spreading. Yellow Fever is being whispered about. And the public is being told they’re defenseless without a vaccine—many of which are still experimental or unavailable. But your body has powerful tools when supported correctly. Vitamin C is affordable, accessible, non-toxic, and clinically proven to work in viral illnesses like Chikungunya, Because it isn’t profitable, it’s ignored. You won’t hear any of this in the news or dictated by the alphabet agencies.

You are absolutely not powerless, and your wellness doesn’t need to be dictated by fear and summer bugs. Here are your options instead:

1. Eat a nutrient-dense diet

2. Keep sodium ascorbate or liposomal Vitamin C on hand

3. At the first sign of symptoms, dose frequently and consistently

4. Know that your body, with the right support, is built to heal

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1. Levy, T. (2011). Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins. MedFox Publishing

2. Levy, T. (2021). “Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases.” Peak Energy.

3. Levy, T. “Rapid Resolution of Viral Infections with High-Dose vitamin C.” Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, 2020.