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Marshall James's avatar

I wrote up a very basic "business plan" for a "Hero Hotel". Anyone could take it and run with it. Anyone could probably do it following something like the Dan Pena QLA process. Do some due diligence and it might turn out to be profitable and could probably save a lot of lives.

Variolation and plasma antibody transfusion clinic business plan. It's a crazy idea, but maybe it needs to be done.

Vision:A world where people don't have to worry about COVID anymore. ASAP.

Mission:Variolation and plasma antibody transfusion. Premium luxury health services. Immune boosting therapy online and on site. Outpatient services.

Values:Health safety for our clients is our highest value.Legal operation and liability protection for clients and company.

CEO:Visionary, entrepreneur. Asks "How can we do this?"

CHO:Chief Health Officer. Concerned with health risks for clients. Leads health team. Says "We can't do that!" CEO asks CHO "How can we do this?" And they work together to find solutions.

Legal team:Jurisdiction selection. Liability protection. Insurance. Look world wide for jurisdictions in any country.

Financing:Business credit? Private equity? Must be arranged with legal entity setup for protection of investors and company in all jurisdictions.

Take pre-order payments? For initial funding of the business? Non-refundable, or partially refundable if the business doesn't work out. Allow scalable pre-order/investments for people with more demand to fund the business and get preferential treatment. Maybe investments for equity and then they can pay for treatment with equity. If the business fails then their investments go to zero and they don't get treatment, if the business is wildly successful then they might end up getting a treatment and making money from it.

Business Process:Test on animal models first. Then start human volunteer trials.

Physical location for isolation of clients. An existing resort, hotel, cruise ship, clinic, hospital, etc. Lease or buy depending on financing and liability.

Variolation should cause asymptomatic infection while antibodies are built up. Treatments to reduce the viral replication and treat symptoms can be used to ensure safety. Zinc, zinc ionophore like hydroxychloroquine, quercetin, green tea extract, etc. and proven herbal anti-virals like elderberry, echinacea, etc.

People that have cleared the COVID infection can donate plasma for antibody transfusions. Donors could be paid for transfusions. Clients could bid for the price of transfers from different donors to incentivize and compensate and for price discovery.

Test donors for all possible blood diseases. Multiple tests to be sure? Limit number of donors per receiver to limit possible disease risk.

Sell online immune boosting courses and counseling, Wim Hof Method, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, meditation, etc.

Online store for immune boosting supplements and treatments.

Potential outpatient services for patients isolating in a different location. Must be within legally cleared jurisdictions. This may be offered as a premium service.

Basic Client Process:Qualify clients with questionnaires.Pre-pay for the service.Informed on how to be prepared for the travel and treatment.Send appropriate immune boosting supplements to start taking.Send online immune boosting courses to start learning and practicing.Travel to the location. Check in to isolation lodgings.Health check up and measurements. Sleep and immune tracking.Administer dose of variolation.Provide water, food, high speed internet.Provide appropriate immune boosting supplements and anti-viral treatments.Measure health. Monitor for abnormalities.Provide care for complications.Isolate until COVID is cleared and antibodies are established.Decide on donating antibody plasma.Leave location and don't worry about getting infected with COVID anymore.Monitor COVID strains for mutations.Notify pasts clients in case of a mutated strain that the antibodies will not protect against.Clients can get another treatment for the new strain.

Antibody transfusion process:Come to treatment location. Alternately, staff go to client location in cleared jurisdiction.Measure client health. Sleep and immune tracking.Supplements and courses for immune boosting as necessary.Donor travels to treatment location.Staff perform antibody transfusion.Measure client antibodies to ensure immunity.

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Diogo Lago's avatar

What if exposure to the virus does not lead to effective immunity? Maybe it could even make the situation worse through antibody-dependent enhancement, seen in hemorrhagic fevers such as dengue.

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