Vitamin D reduced the rate of ICU admission from 50% to 2%. Do black lives matter?

[Elderberry]

JoNova 9/10/2020

Given that people with dark skin are more likely to be deficient in Vitamin D, wouldn’t studies like these be the best way to show that black lives actually matter? Would you like training in cultural sensitivity or to avoid the intensive care unit?

In the Castillo study in Spain, 76 patients were randomly assorted into Calciferol treatment ( 0.532 mg Vitamin D ). Of the 26 who didn’t get it, 13 were admitted to the ICU. Of the 50 who got Vitamin D doses on days 1, 3, and 7 — only one ended up in the ICU. It’s worth noting that all patients got HCQ as well, and azithromycin too.

A second study tested 500 people to find out if they were deficient and followed them to see if they caught Covid.

Why has it taken 6 months of pandemic to do these small studies?

Before the pandemic came there was already ample evidence suggesting that it mattered.  Vitamin D influences over 200 genes. Its levels also correlate with lower rates of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, heart disease, dental caries, preeclampsia, autoimmune disease, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders. One recent long German study showed half the people who died of respiratory illnesses might not have died if they had enough Vitamin D. Even Indonesia managed to do a study and publish results by May 1.

The West spends billions looking for vaccines and new antivirals, but hasn’t even done the basic studies on cheap and easily available nutrients?

First Castillo et al:
 Effect of Calcifediol Treatment on Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Pilot Randomized Clinical study”

Conclusion

Our pilot study demonstrated that administration of a high dose of Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a main metabolite of vitamin D endocrine system, significantly reduced the need for ICU treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to proven COVID-19. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the disease, but larger trials with groups properly matched will be required to show a definitive answer.

People who were seriously deficient in Vitamin D were nearly twice as likely to get sick

Could Boosting Vitamin D Cut COVID-19 Risk?

More: http://joannenova.com.au/2020/09/vitamin-d-reduced-the-rate-of-icu-admission-from-50-to-2-do-black-lives-matter/

[Gefn]

 

[Smokin Joe]

I think all avenues of approach should be explored, not just for the suppression of SARS CoV-2, but to find simple and inexpensive means to combat viral infections in general. By identifying and removing as many risk factors as possible which can be removed through nutrition or supplementation, the impact of any disease could be lessened in the future.

However, there is no major profit in existing medications adapted to use for COVID-19 (or as antivirals otherwise), and even less in using simple supplements sold OTC to reduce risk or the severity of the disease.

As with other common viral infections in the US and abroad, remedies aimed at reducing the severity of symptoms have been the focus, not the disease itself (except when vaccines are involved for specific diseases).

The evidence is plain to see, in that the less expensive the treatment ("cure"), the more it has been attacked as ineffective, as if expense (or patentability) alone is the determining factor in efficacy.
 
Hydroxychloriquine, a macrolide antibiotic (Azithromycin or Erythromycin) and zinc, for one, Ivermectin with a macrolide antibiotic and zinc, were two such regimens which were studied without the critical zinc, only the ionophore and (sometimes) the macrolide to produce "evidence" that the regimens were ineffective.
To say the least, this was bad science.

Not only was scientific inquiry soiled by the rush to prove the regimens ineffective (instead of to test the full regimen), even though the full regimen was commonly NOT used, or used when least effective (since it is a proactive preventative, stopping viral reproduction, and not a regimen intended to reverse damage done nor deal with the late stage disease, but credibility of the medical community severely damaged (imho) when even social media platforms were used to suppress information about treatments that did not require extensive hospital involvement or a vaccine (which could be patented)--both of which held great promise for a return on investment, unlike drugs that have been on the market for up to 70 years and are available over the counter in many countries.

Unfortunately, political factors seem to be a key factor as well, and the maintenance of fear in the masses, and the requirement of questionable preventative measures against a BSL-4 pathogen persist.