Prevention of Coronavirus (Medical Doctor with 20 Scientific References)

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Just going to drop this here. We never had to shut down economy. Lives could be saved yearly from any virus if more medical practitioners and health agencies would look at the literature and support testing and supplementation to appropriate levels. 20 scientific references in her description to further review if desired.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQkx06k7AKk&ab_channel=RenuMahtani

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YouTube along with other social media likes to take down science, so her video at this time is no longer available. Here's that doctor's website with information on Vitamin D3 and its role and protection. http://www.renumahtani.com/vitamin-d-therapy

[disneysteve]

YouTube along with other social media likes to take down science

Uh yeah, that's clearly the problem.

[ua_guy]

The key issue here has nothing to do with vitamin D.

The world had to shut down. The reason for that is because the virus appears to be transmissible without symptoms. If you look at the MERS and SARS responses, distancing and isolation was imposed on those with symptoms, along with those who were identified in contact tracing. Without symptoms, it's much harder to contain and those protocols are less effective unless literally everyone follows them. And that's what led to the shutdown.

There are many other factors which played into the shutdown including a late and ineffective response, but transmissibility without symptoms is one of the biggest, if not the most defining factors of why this outbreak is different from MERS or SARS, which were contained.

[kork13]

YouTube along with other social media likes to take down junk science, so her video at this time is no longer available. Here's that doctor's website with information on Vitamin D3 and its role and protection. http://www.renumahtani.com/vitamin-d-therapy

I noticed you had a minor typo -- don't worry, I fixed it for you.

I say that a bit tongue-in-cheek, and I don't mean to offend... I live in Alaska, and I fully believe in the therapeutic use of D3 -- my entire family has used it to reduce the effects of SAD during the Alaskan winters. But there is so much pseudo-science (junk science) out there, getting proliferated by quasi-"experts" -- predominantly over social media (facebook, youtube, blogs, whatever else). It's no different than the idea from traditional Chinese medicine that tiger bones (or whatever) increases men's virility. It's ludicrous, and in some circumstances, can be dangerous. I can't even tell you the number of friends I've got who bought whole-hog into the essential oils craze. In some cases, it's just that XYZ oil blend will cure the common cold. But in some cases, it goes to unhealthy, dangerous extremes.

I know this is an extreme example, but a friend disclosed over social media that she had been recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, was feeling beat up by her treatments, and was seeking some moral support. Some loon of a "friend" had the gall to argue (at length...with her & a few others) that some magical blend of essential oils would give her gobs of energy & some other mix could even shrink her tumor. After a few hours (and something like a couple dozen posts) of it, my friend finally deleted the posts & blocked the "friend". The fanatical belief in junk science truly can and does cause people to avoid and/or disregard sound medical advice.

My wife unfortunately buys into some of it as well.... For example: DW is currently stuck on the idea that Red 40 food dye causes hyperactivity in kids, and therefore anything with Red 40 is evil & shunned -- most of the stuff it's in is candy, or sugary drinks, or whatever else... so I don't really care much. But when she started on this kick, I did some research on it and there's absolutely ZERO reliable science & experimentation (either way, really) to prove the theory. This (and some others she's latched on to in the past) has caused more arguments between us than I'd care to admit.

I hate junk science. It's a harmful distraction from legitimate efforts by medical & scientific experts to resolve some of our society's most challenging problems.