02-11-2021, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2021, 08:46 PM by confusedseeker.)
(02-11-2021, 08:07 PM)Glow Wrote: Re ivermectin
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/ass...review.pdf
The anti parasitic is being studied because invitro it appears to stop the virus but that doesn’t necessarily translate within a body or organ, just cells. So we will see.
The vitamin D thing is often recommend for immune system function. To much incidentally can cause organ damage so some caution is needed.
I take it as soon as light levels diminish every year as I am up north. However the Covid link isn’t clear.
Correlation does not prove causation, so while vit D supplementation is a good idea it really isn’t a sure fire either.
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/vitamin-d-covid-19
“In this study, vitamin D levels were not measured in COVID-19 patients. Instead, they used historical vitamin D deficiency rates for those countries and correlated them with mortality rates from COVID-19,” says Dr. Suozzi. Elsewhere, a study from the University of Chicago focused on patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 and looked at their vitamin D levels from the past year, including which vitamin D deficient patients received a supplement. The study concluded that vitamin D deficiency that is not sufficiently treated is associated with COVID-19 risk.
“When considering the results of these studies, it is important to assess potential confounding variables,” says Dr. Suozzi, speaking of variables not accounted for in a study that may lead it to suggest correlations that don’t really exist. “Vitamin D deficiency is more common in the elderly population and in African American patients, and we also know COVID-19 morbidity and mortality is worse in these groups. In addition, vitamin D deficiency is associated with numerous chronic diseases, which we know also affect COVID-19 severity.”
In other words, there could be a connection, but we don’t yet have enough information to say that one causes the other, Dr. Suozzi adds.
Great info. Also hydroxychloroquine as well, as now the medical journals are FINALLY admitting it works (no more political risk...could've saved millions).