Answers to your coronavirus questions from Dr. Jen Ashton.
here is dr jen ashton with a new round of the questions you’ve been asking on social media first question dr jen since rates seem to be trending down is this a sign that we are nearing the end here’s what’s really important about this you guys and i’ve been speaking to epidemiologists who are cautioning strongly urging that we do not see these dip in rates and say we’re at this is the light at the end of the tunnel it’s almost behind us we should expect that this pandemic and this virus does more of this than straight up or straight down so yes this is a sign that our mitigation efforts are working part of it might be the virus most of it might be the human behavior and then we have the vaccine metrics coming into the mix as we change seasons we might see those rates continue to go down but we cannot take our foot off the gas this virus has shown us that since day one all right next question what are some vitamins to take on a daily basis to keep our immune system strong okay now so many people want to say i’m going to reach for this vitamin and i’m going to have this magical protection against this virus there’s no evidence or data to support that right now what vitamins can work vitamin s the sleep vitamin uh can have a powerful effect on our immune system we know that vitamin e for exercise absolutely can boost our immune system we have talked about many many times and our diet eating foods that are lower in added sugars less processed foods more healthy fruits and vegetables absolutely can boost our immune system and there is ongoing research particularly on vitamin d3 and zinc but not ready for prime time yet i’m all about that vitamin s i get a daily dose of that vitamin s 7 hours 36 minutes last night sleep but who’s counting yes even got applause what you do at night affects all of us the next day sorry guys sorry all right dr ashton you can continue to submit your questions to dr jen on our instagram at dr j ash well hey there gma fans robin roberts here thanks for checking out our youtube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the subscribe button right over right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from gma every day anytime we thank you for watching and we’ll see you in the morning on gma
