Posted on 03/04/2020 2:09:47 PM PST by Red Badger
I use to hear that about HIV/AIDS, and they are under control aren’t they? they are virus
“Under control” is not a ‘cure’...................
True.
Until our science can attack the viruses on the molecular level and destroy them all we can do is immunize and treat the illness symptoms.................
There’s a anti-DUI commercial PSA on the radio here about ‘probably’..............
This is America. We can just spend money and throw resources at a problem. We built 35 liberty ships in a day!
Of course, we all remember lining up for our Spanish Flu shots in grammar school.
Oh, wait. We never cured that either.
The pool is full of chlorination chemicals [assuming it’s not salt water] and is safe to pee in....................
When it comes to viruses, we are still in our infancy as to how to destroy them.
In time, our science will be able to target viruses at the molecular level.................
Which is actually a good thing. The common cold, caused by over 200 different rhinoviruses, is what keeps our immune systems alert and ready to fight more capable enemies like pneumonia, which is everywhere and on everything, even inside you................
——In time, our science will be able to target viruses at the molecular level——
that day is already here
“The pathology of influenza involves a complex interaction between the virus, acquired immunity, and innate immunity. Macrophages rapidly release cytokines into infected respiratory tissue while virucidal antimicrobial peptides attempt to prevent viral replication [33]. The release of proinflammatory cytokines, as much as the virulence of the virus, may determine the clinical phenotype of influenza infection. Recent research confirms that the clinical phenotype of influenza correlates well with amount of cytokines released [34, 35]. Furthermore, the severity of the illness induced by genetically reproduced 1918 influenza virus also correlates with the ability of the virus to induce macrophage production of cytokines [36]. In avian influenza, the innate cytokine immune response can be overwhelming; levels of such cytokines are significantly higher in those with a fatal outcome [37, 38].
Recently, vitamin D has been found to modulate macrophages’ response, preventing them from releasing too many inflammatory cytokines and chemokines [39, 40]. Vitamin D deficiency also impairs the ability of macrophages to mature, to produce macrophage-specific surface antigens, to produce the lysosomal enzyme acid phosphatase, and to secrete H2O2, a function integral to their antimicrobial function [41, 42]. The same authors found that the addition of 1,25(OH)2D increased expression of macrophage-specific surface antigens and the lysosomal enzyme acid phosphatase while stimulating their ‘oxidative burst’ function.”
The whole article from NIH......
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870528/
Maybe that would explain why they did a Vitamin D deficiency test on me while I was in the hospital last week.
Either that, or they were stuffing the Medicare bill............
OOOOOOOOOOOOooo, now i’m scared...……….
That’s not a “no, I don’t look like Papa Smurf”...
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