No that isn’t my question
I accept it is quite likely I can be infected
the key is keeping the viral load as small as possible so my body can fight it off..ESPECIALLY since no one seems to know how thalassemia and my oxidative stress is going to react to it.
Even the specialists in Italy who are experts in thalassemia and watched the cases in Italy say there a lot of unknowns. At least in the webcast I listened to which is a few weeks/months old
Perhaps my thalassemia will make it easier for my body to react to it as one medical person here theorized as my body is used to oxidative stress
In any event, it would be CRAZY for me not to try to lessen the viral load and it disgusts me that anyone would denigrate me trying to lessen the viral load
The Hong Kong study with hamsters showed that barrier protection(surgical mask material in that study) resulted in less severe symptoms in those that did get infected with COVID-19. Barrier protection also reduced the number that got infected.
A doctor on this website was cautioning people against Vitamin D supplementation during flu season a couple of years ago. That’s stuck in my memory for some reason.
i don’t denigrate people who think they have a medical reason fur wearing a mask. i have said many time if you want to wear one wear it. just don’t expect others to do so. I would add i wouldn’t count ok the mask to protect you and souls take whatever other precautions you thought reasonable