02-11-2021, 08:07 PM
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.
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.