Comments Thread For: Roberto Duran Hospitalized, Tests Positive for COVID-19

[Mindgames]

Reason being there’s still no general consensus on an optimal range of vitamin D intake. Check out this meta analysis on calcifediol levels associated with relative risks of both colorectal and DMII.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334681/

The results from this meta analysis (based off of 24 studies) indicate that there’s an optimal concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Although the function of concentration to RR is inversely proportional, at higher levels there isn’t a decrease in RR. Essentially the graph that visualizes the relationship is U shaped.

So unless you’re getting labs on your serum Vitamin D regularly it’s unlikely that you’ll be aware or be able to tailor your nutritional needs to optimize the benefits. Nutrition is critical to reduce the likelihood of developing certain disease states but in regards to how you’re immune system will respond to foreign pathogens, that picture is less clear.

SARS CoV 2 is an especially virulent respiratory pathogen. Aside from an increase in cytokines activity that is natural to any immune response there seems to be measurable increases in ESR and d-dimers levels which could explain an exacerbation in those who suffer from cardiac disease. An increase in both these markers can reasonably increase the risk of an ischemic episode.

SARS CoV 2 is still an unknown quantity in many ways, it’s ridiculous how so many people write it off. The individuals who seem to not take it seriously are laymen to science and healthcare. It may have had an integral part in destroying economies but to the families who’ve lost loved ones, I’m doubtful they were more affected financially than emotionally. In the end we’re all human and we need to be considerate of the welfare of others.

But surely a basic safety precaution would be to take a low safe dose, like 1000iu or double just to have a basic coverage. Look at the Indonesian studies into people who were deficient having a near 99% death rate. It makes alot of sense to at least have it covered, nobody is going to test everyone's vitamin D but it seems to be a simple precaution. I've seen a few accounts of people taking extremely high doses with different, but not acutely dangerous results, but never a studies showing a small coverage showing any dangers. It's very sad what's happening to people, particularly in care homes, criminal negligence in putting people who were infected back into them when there were alternatives. It seems that the expert advice changes, but there still little time spent on basic nutritional health advice. They only dared starting talking about the obesity link recently, but i saw doctors and surgeons talking about it when this was ravaging Italy in February.

[sicko]

Hopefully the Legend makes a full Recovery

[*TonyMontana*]

He was admitted 8 days ago so hopefully it means hes getting over it

Be a shame to end his story that way

[BodyBagz]

Yeah, i agree. But the vulnerable shouldve been told how best to protect themselves. In fact, Vit D can half the chance of colon cancer. So many benefits, so little interest from the media.

Our collective overreaction will come back to haunt us. The people who are/were most affected by COVID would have been affected by something.

[BodyBagz]

Well there’s probably some truth to that but then just try telling that to families who had babies that died from it.

But I know what you’re saying, as sad as those cases are they alright very unfortunate and tiny fraction, so do we close whole countries down for that Instead of just focusing on keeping the most vulnerable safe?

I don’t know, I guess that’s for another topic.

The bold is what I'm talking about.

Yes, onto hoping HOS ko's this *****.

[BodyBagz]

As of March..

COVID is taking out the old and sickly. Google age of COVID fatality.

[BodyBagz]

Produce these "stats." The elderly and infirm are in the cross-hairs, as with any disease. People on here are acting like Duran announced that he has HIV. Four months later and people are still ****ting their pants over the flu. Half the people who died from this were already in hospitals.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/racial-ethnic-**********.html

[NachoMan]

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...*********.html

Fair enough. I had heard something about this in the news in recent weeks and months. As I read through this and other sources, the correlation seems to be tied less to genetics than living circumstances. I think its more accurate to say that poor populations face of higher risk of contracting and getting sick from COVID-19, as they do with all public health threats.

[TonyGe]

COVID is taking out the old and sickly. Google age of COVID fatality.

I'm in the risk age bracket.Now with this talk of A blood types having a 45 percent higher chance of getting sick I'm wearing a mask.

[BodyBagz]

I'm in the risk age bracket.Now with this talk of A blood types having a 45 percent higher chance of getting sick I'm wearing a mask.

Don't let the hype get you thinking you're sick. COVID is a lame virus that somehow made the world turn into pu55ies.