Fact - correlation does not equal causation. Also a fact that sunbathing and social distancing are not mutually exclusive - far from it. Restricting exercise and outdoor activity is arguably compromising the health of everyone who CHOOSES a healthier lifestyle. Like the infirm are hateful of the healthy and want them to be forced on the same level?
What is up with the inability to go out in public without licking each others faces and humping each others legs? JFC personal space shouldn't need a damn pandemic to be an actual thing. Hand washing is not new to anyone I know b/c I wouldn't hang around a bunch of filthy pricks - I mean really, it shows no respect for anyone including yourself to be that gross. But please wear that mask - that will save us all.
1. Correlation not causation - Isn't that my point?
2. Restriction - Ready for opening gyms, eh? They better not restrict the football season, but I, for one, could understand it if they did. Nothing wrong with walking with (sun) protection (mask, distancing).
3. The "infirm" are not those with low Vitamin D levels.
4. Choice in the age of a virtually unprecedented pandemic brings personal responsibility. You've indicated that and that you would continue mitigation measures. I imagine that in taking you and your family to the beach you would take extra precautions in the bathrooms and not go to bars. Or not go? That doesn't mean that those who choice not to are rejecting "a healthier lifestyle".
5. My post on the 1918 Spanish flu showed that the same mitigation measures were instituted then. Nothing there changes in public health. The difference is only that today we have more people willing to disregard them. Overall, many are like pre-1918 mentality.
6. My post on the spread of COVID on the Roosevelt demonstrated that two weeks after the first sailor showed symptoms, sixty percent of the crew was infected. Up to twenty percent were asymptomatic. Testing was available for all in an enclosed environment.
7. It is well known that low levels of vitamin D and susceptibility to acute respiratory tract infections. Further studies need to be done on Vit D and COVID. One study found that 75% of people in institutions, such as hospitals and care homes, were severely deficient in vitamin D. Perform dedicated studies looking at vitamin D levels in COVID-19 patients with different degrees of disease severity.
8. It's established that Vit D insufficiency (VDI) and severe COVID-19 share numerous associations including hypertension, obesity, male sex, advanced age, concentration in northern climates, coagulopathy, and immune dysfunction. We hava a retrospective study and need a prospective, randomized controlled studies of VDI in COVID-19 patients are warranted.
9. Until there is confirmation of a correlation, I'll stick with what we know puts people into the high risk category and increases mortality rates. Physicians regularly check the Vit D levels in nursing home patients and may well be checking those in COVID hospitalized patients. Does a normal Vit D level protect you in any way from the virus?
10. All of us want to get back to some degree of our normal behavior, including healthy lifestyles. For some, all of this Vit D stuff is just an excuse and will increase transmission.
