First standard medicine needs to come up with an effective flu treatment, and then they can have the hubris to have this discussion. Right now, once you get sick with the flu it’s up to God, not your doctor, whether you survive.
Those of us who take 2000 IU of vitamin D daily feel somewhat protected from the flu. God helps those who help themselves.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51913.php
What brand of Vitamin D supplement do you take?
The effective treatment was to have closed the effing borders in the first place.
Thanks for the link.
True only God decides if you live or die. But supportive care in an ICU can treat secondary infection and provide temporary mechanical ventilation while the lungs heal. This is life saving and life sustaining in cases of severe influenza. However, we do not have the resources to do this for everyone. In an overwhelming epidemic, unfortunately, decisions about who gets such care will have to be made. The current system of first come first serve may not be the best. All the ICU beds available will be full within the first hours to days of an epidemic, and the rest of us are out of luck.
Actually, making the list gets people thinking about rationing care, but the truth is there is so little reserve in the system in terms of ICU beds and ventilators, that the system would be quickly swamped, and only a very tiny percentage of the critically ill would receive care. I would bet that in a city the size of Denver on any given day during cold and flu season, there are probably not 10 extra ICU beds in the entire city. You see the scope of the problem.
I take vitamin d supplements and still get sick every year.
I am taking 5000 units of Vitamin D3 daily, and I also get a dose of Semplar weekly while on dialysis. So I imagine my dosage is in the right direction.