Lower levels of vitamin D, higher rates of death Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Adult Patients With Existing Cardiovascular Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496747/ Observational study, non-interventional Background Vitamin D, lower levels, common in patients with…
High infection rates in UK, going down in US https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/19/people-must-cautious-day-to-day-interactions-covid-cases-climb/ Lower functional immunity in our population than most other Western European countries Early vaccine roll out AstraZeneca protects slightly less well than Pfizer against infection and transmission, particularly delta variant…
Runny nose, 76%. Headache, 75% Sneezing, 66% Sore throat, 52% Loss of smell, 52% https://covid.joinzoe.com/blog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoGqyFUoUSw Most common symptoms in vaccinated and children Runny nose, 76% Headache, 75% Sneezing, 66% Sore throat, 52% Loss of smell, 52% (Fever nor chronic…
Post infection natural immunity, debate and implications for mandatory vaccination https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2101 US as of 11th December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20210115184811/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burden.html US, Natural infection, Feb 2020 to May 2021 0 – 17 26.8 / 73 37% 18 – 49 60.5 / 138 44%…
The first lecture in the Fall 2021 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic Series, presented by the MIT Department of Biology. Bruce Walker of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard gave a talk titled “COVID-19 and the Pandemic.” For…
Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9701160/ Zinc is known to play a central role in the immune system and zinc-deficient persons experience increased susceptibility to a variety of pathogens It is clear that…
