Posted on 05/15/2020 9:11:54 AM PDT by grundle
Scott Adams: just brought up this really great point at Twitter. This is what he said:
Is every risk factor for #COVID19 a Vitamin D deficiency in disguise? Google it: old, overweight, black, diabetic, smog dwellers, nursing homes, prisons, shaded NYC streets, Chinese urban dwellers, covered body parts (Iran). All would have vitamin D issues.
Maybe we only think the heat and sunlight and humidity are what makes most viruses fade in summer. I believe science is not entirely sure why summer helps. All four variables seem promising, including Vitamin D. But the latter explains more observations.
Does the Vitamin D correlation work In reverse too? Who is doing unexpectedly well at keeping COVID19 at bay? Texas, Florida, other outdoorsy states. How about kids. Do your kids wear sunscreen every time they go in the backyard or street? Probably not.
Prisons are showing high infection rates but low deaths. Just learned that prison meals are engineered with vitamin D supplements. Makes sense.
I think each and every one of those points is excellent.
And people laugh at me for living in Florida and thriving in the humidity! Mwa ha ha !
Not a very professional clinicians if they let a "slang" word close their minds. Look up "medical (or clinical) slang". Here's one of several:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77618/17-secret-slang-terms-your-doctor-might-be-using
How about this one from the following list - "Hammer - local anesthetic." Here is an amazing list:
A lot of animals migrate to the south for the sunlight that keeps them healthy. That’s also the appeal for “snowbirds” among humans. For those who can’t afford the luxury of travel, the tanning booth once a month/week during the winter season is sufficient to get that boost to avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder.
However, I’m certain the WHO and CDC are advising people to avoid the sunlight at all costs. How else are they going to maintain their own self-importance (wealth) if nobody ever gets really sick? They have to cause them.
There is no getting rid of germs, bacteria, fungus, mold, mildew, viruses, forever. We have to learn to live with them. They don’t live in our world, we live in theirs.
“And people laugh at me for living in Florida and thriving in the humidity! Mwa ha ha !”
Just jealous.
Thank you for the Doctor’s lecture. That was very informative. I really appreciate it.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Joe Rogan’s podcast talking about Vitamin D.
https://youtu.be/tBSfIckPV44
No, not even close. But you can believe that if I start experiencing symptoms that I think might corona, I will consider it.
Probably a good policy, but in this case, Mr Adams is using logic. Your typical Hollywood Star wouldn’t know logic if it carjacked them on Sunset Boulevard.
The amount added to milk is 100 IU- just enough to prevent rickets. If you want to avoid the flu or the kungflu, you need to take 50-100 times as much (5000 to 10000 IU).
It would have to be extensive use of a broad spectrum sunscreen that filters UVA and UVB tp drastically reduce D synthesis.
UVA is the DNA damaging ultraviolet— the melanoma causing wavelength. So most screens focus on that, and the UVB which is the wavelength that activates subdermal conversion reaction, can still get through generally. UVB causes the sunburn (based on intensity and skin type)— and it is also UVB that causes the photochemical reaction making D3 from the cholesterol in the skin, ironically.
Need to correct something think i said— “overdosing on Vit D from too much sun”.... should have added, when drinking a lot of milk (which is Federal law required to have D enrichment in the milk), and getting a lot of sun— then the milk D3 adds to the already sufficient D from the sun— and voila headache city. Can’t “overdose” on the sun caused vit. D— there is a natural feedback reaction that degrades excess D3 created in the skin— at that location. Drinking in excess D on top of the steady state— that’s what can cause overdose. Didn’t make that clear.
Darker the skin/complexion the more time of exposure to sunlight (and the strength of that sunlight) is needed to provide enough reaction/creation of vit. D. Have read that 4-5 minutes on the face (unscreened am guessing) is enough for normal daily. The D vitamin addition to milk is from way back in blackened overcast skies like in Pittsburgh of old and coal/steel towns. Really don’t need it if get enough sun.
Many sunscreens do not block UVA radiation well at all—and are of little use in shielding against the DNA damage. Need to have a good UVA shield at least or a spectrum UVA/UVB type screen). Personally more worried about the melanoma of too much UVA... so, lather up with a top end one. Work keeps away from outdoor fun the last few years.
The article predates the pandemic. It is a description of the protocol used to keep the flu out of nursing homes. The term “hammer” is not mine, but per Dr. Schwalfenberg was invented by one of his colleagues. The author is a well respected expert on Vitamin D supplementation.
Read later.
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