Scott Adams: Is every risk factor for #COVID19 a Vitamin D deficiency in disguise?

Wordpress and Twitter ^ | May 8 and May 15, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill commenting on comments by Scott Adams

[rarestia]

And people laugh at me for living in Florida and thriving in the humidity! Mwa ha ha !

[Right Wing Assault]

Any physician who uses the word "hammer" in any description of a viral treatment has lost the attention of all other clinicians in the room.

Not a very professional clinicians if they let a "slang" word close their minds. Look up "medical (or clinical) slang". Here's one of several:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77618/17-secret-slang-terms-your-doctor-might-be-using

How about this one from the following list - "Hammer - local anesthetic." Here is an amazing list:

http://messybeast.com/dragonqueen/medical-acronyms.htm

[MikeHu]

A lot of animals migrate to the south for the sunlight that keeps them healthy. That’s also the appeal for “snowbirds” among humans. For those who can’t afford the luxury of travel, the tanning booth once a month/week during the winter season is sufficient to get that boost to avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder.

However, I’m certain the WHO and CDC are advising people to avoid the sunlight at all costs. How else are they going to maintain their own self-importance (wealth) if nobody ever gets really sick? They have to cause them.

There is no getting rid of germs, bacteria, fungus, mold, mildew, viruses, forever. We have to learn to live with them. They don’t live in our world, we live in theirs.

[TexasGator]

“And people laugh at me for living in Florida and thriving in the humidity! Mwa ha ha !”

Just jealous.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Thank you for the Doctor’s lecture. That was very informative. I really appreciate it.

[ironman]

Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Joe Rogan’s podcast talking about Vitamin D.
https://youtu.be/tBSfIckPV44

[fr_freak]

I do wish he’d change his blog back to the written format instead of the podcast. Or at least get his podcasts transcribed. I prefer reading over listening.

I do, too, mostly because the podcasts are too slow. I can read much faster than these people talk, and I can go back and look at something again if I need to. One thing I've learned to do, though, to make the podcasts more useful and less time-wasting, is use the speed setting on the player. I'll set the speed to 1.25 or even 1.5 times normal, and skip around occasionally. Sometimes they talk so slow that 1.25 times the regular speed makes them sound normal.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

[z3n]

No, not even close. But you can believe that if I start experiencing symptoms that I think might corona, I will consider it.

[fhayek]

Probably a good policy, but in this case, Mr Adams is using logic. Your typical Hollywood Star wouldn’t know logic if it carjacked them on Sunset Boulevard.

[Ragnar54]

The amount added to milk is 100 IU- just enough to prevent rickets. If you want to avoid the flu or the kungflu, you need to take 50-100 times as much (5000 to 10000 IU).

[John S Mosby]

It would have to be extensive use of a broad spectrum sunscreen that filters UVA and UVB tp drastically reduce D synthesis.

UVA is the DNA damaging ultraviolet— the melanoma causing wavelength. So most screens focus on that, and the UVB which is the wavelength that activates subdermal conversion reaction, can still get through generally. UVB causes the sunburn (based on intensity and skin type)— and it is also UVB that causes the photochemical reaction making D3 from the cholesterol in the skin, ironically.

Need to correct something think i said— “overdosing on Vit D from too much sun”.... should have added, when drinking a lot of milk (which is Federal law required to have D enrichment in the milk), and getting a lot of sun— then the milk D3 adds to the already sufficient D from the sun— and voila headache city. Can’t “overdose” on the sun caused vit. D— there is a natural feedback reaction that degrades excess D3 created in the skin— at that location. Drinking in excess D on top of the steady state— that’s what can cause overdose. Didn’t make that clear.

Darker the skin/complexion the more time of exposure to sunlight (and the strength of that sunlight) is needed to provide enough reaction/creation of vit. D. Have read that 4-5 minutes on the face (unscreened am guessing) is enough for normal daily. The D vitamin addition to milk is from way back in blackened overcast skies like in Pittsburgh of old and coal/steel towns. Really don’t need it if get enough sun.

Many sunscreens do not block UVA radiation well at all—and are of little use in shielding against the DNA damage. Need to have a good UVA shield at least or a spectrum UVA/UVB type screen). Personally more worried about the melanoma of too much UVA... so, lather up with a top end one. Work keeps away from outdoor fun the last few years.

[Ragnar54]

The article predates the pandemic. It is a description of the protocol used to keep the flu out of nursing homes. The term “hammer” is not mine, but per Dr. Schwalfenberg was invented by one of his colleagues. The author is a well respected expert on Vitamin D supplementation.

[NetAddicted]

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