mRNA vaccines, a primer ....

 

Spike protein .... it's in all the covid vaccines (by design)

 

Invloed van nutriënt tekorten op virusinfecties.

Aanleiding

Uit diverse studies komt naar voren dat de vatbaarheid, het verloop en de uitkomst van virusinfecties een samenhang lijkt te vertonen met tekorten aan mineralen, vitamines en andere essentiele nutrienten.

Daarnaast zijn er studies die concluderen dat het nemen van supplementen om deze tekorten op te heffen leidt tot een milder verloop danwel dat het helpt om te voorkomen dat een virusinfectie zich voordoet.

Bijwerkingen van deze supplementen (ook wel nutraceuticals genoemd) zijn er vaak niet in tegenstelling tot pharmaceuticals.

De 4 meest voorkomende tekorten worden hieronder behandeld en hangen samen met het feit dat veel voedingspatronen eenzijdig zijn en bovendien vaak geprocessed voedsel bevatten. Verder is er ook een verband tussen tekorten en leeftijd, chronische ziekten en life style.

Soms is het nodig om met behulp van medicijnen de toegang tot een cel voor een virus te blokkeren, gelukkig bestaan er goedkope en vrij (zonder doktersrecept) verkrijgbare middelen.

 

 

Zink

Zink is zeer belangrijk voor het immuunsysteem (0).

Een chronisch of acuut zink-tekort kan ontstaan vanwege meerdere redenen:

o    Het zink-absorptievermogen van mensen neemt af naarmate men ouder wordt (1).

o    Zink-tekort kan ook ontstaan wanneer men een chronische aandoening heeft waardoor er meer zink wordt verbruikt (2).

o    Een slordige life style kan oorzaak zijn van een zink-tekort (bijvoorbeeld alcoholisme kan leiden tot een zink-tekort) (3).

o    Er is een hoger verbruik van zink tijdens een infectie wat kan leiden tot een acuut zink-tekort (4).

Bij een chronisch zink-tekort is een aanvulling middels zink-supplementen op het dagelijks dieet noodzakelijk.

Over de positieve effecten van het innemen van zink-supplementen op:

o    long ontsteking bij kinderen (5).

o    long ontsteking bij ouderen (6).

o    COVID-19 “Wij stellen dat het menselijke immuunsysteem perfect is uitgerust om het SARS-CoV-2-virus aan te pakken en dat het COVID-19-geassocieerde sterftecijfer (C.F.R.) grotendeels kan worden verminderd door de zink dieet inname te verbeteren en de zinkvormige absorptie (via Zn2+-ionoforen voor ouderen – chloroquine, eventueel kinine of clioquinol) te verbeteren” (7).

o    “Kan zink-correctie in SARS-CoV-2 patiënten de resultaten van de behandeling verbeteren?” (8)

o    COVID-19 “Behandeling niet-IC patiënten met zink vs zonder zink is 2x zo effectief”(9) 

Een zink-correctie kan plaatsvinden middels supplementen echter naast een zink-supplement is er een zogenaamde zink-ionofoor nodig om zink in de cel te krijgen.

Voorbeelden van zink-ionoforen zijn: Chloroquine (CQ), HydroxyChloroQuine (HCQ), Kinine, Quercetine (QCT).

 

Quercetine

Quercetine heeft geen heftige bijwerkingen en is voor iedereen als supplement te koop terwijl de meeste andere zink-ionoforen, zoals CQ, HCQ en Kinine, alleen op doktersrecept verkrijgbaar zijn (deze zijn dan vaak wel krachtiger maar geven wat meer kans op bijwerkingen).  

·         Quercetine gaat ontstekingen tegen (10).

·         Quercetine is een zink-ionofoor en verbetert de zink-absorptie (11).

·         Vitamine C stimuleert de opname van Quercetine (12).

 

Vitamine C

Bij infecties zijn supplementen van Vitamine C nuttig voor het optimaal functioneren van het immuunsysteem (13).

Samen met Zink speelt Vitamine C een belangrijke rol in het immuunsysteem (14).

 

Vitamine D

Ook Vitamine D is een belangrijke speler voor het immuunsysteem (15).  

Uit een drietal studies blijkt de belangrijke rol die een vitamine-D-tekort speelt in het verloop van COVID-19 :

·         “Vitamine D-tekort verhoogt de incidentie van luchtweginfecties. Meer dan 1 miljard mensen wereldwijd hebben een tekort aan vitamine D. Als een vitamine D-deficiëntie wordt geassocieerd met incidentie of ernst van de SARS-CoV-2-infectie, zou een wereldwijde oproep kunnen worden gedaan voor vitamine D-supplementatie om de pandemie te beperken.” Conclusie uit een Belgisch onderzoek onder 186 COVID-19 patiënten is dat met name bij mannen een vitamine-D-tekort sterk samenhangt met de incidentie en het stadium van de ziekte zoals zichtbaar op een CT-scan (16).

·         Conclusie uit een Fillipijns onderzoek onder 212 COVID-19 patiënten is dat een negatief verloop sterk samenhangt met het vitamine-D-tekort (17).

·         Conclusie uit een Indonesisch onderzoek onder 780 COVID-19 patiënten is dat mortaliteit en vitamine-D-tekort sterk samenhangen ook wanneer gecontroleerd wordt voor leeftijd, geslacht en co-morbiditeit (18).

·         Conclusie uit een Israelisch onderzoek onder 7807 personen is dat 782 COVID-19 positief testen juist met een hoog vitamine-D-tekort (18a).

 

 

Broomhexine – OTC-medicijn

 

Broomhexine is een goedkoop en bovendien zonder recept vrij verkrijgbaar medicijn een zogenaamd Over-The-Counter-(OTC)-medicijn. Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat Broomhexine de celtoegang voor een virus blokkeert (19). In combinatie met HCQ werkt het nog beter (20). Ook HCQ kent een virusblokkerende werking maar is in Nederland door het NHG nog niet positief geadviseerd, zie ook ons nieuwsblog hierover.

Deze onderzoeken zijn zogenaamde Randomised Control Trial (RCT) en maken gebruik van laag gedoseerd HCQ wat nodig is om als zink-ionofoor te dienen. Omdat HCQ in Nederland door het NHG negatief wordt geadviseerd bij COVID-19 kan een vervangende zink-ionofoor gebruikt worden in de vorm van Quercetine (zie hierboven).

 

 

Voor een advies over supplement en OTC-medicijn doseringen afhankelijk van uw situatie lees verder op de pagina over Zelfzorg

Behalve via supplementen kunnen bovenstaande mineralen, vitamines en nutrienten ook via voedingsmiddelen ingenomen worden. Een uitgebreidere beschrijving van deze voedingsmiddelen vindt u op de pagina over Voeding.

 

Geplakt uit <https://zelfzorgcovid19.nl/> 

Vitamin D could have prevented 90% of coronavirus deaths

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 by: Ethan Huff

Tags: CCP, China Virus, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Virus, coronavirus, covid-19, deaths, goodhealth, goodmedicine, goodscience, Origins Nutrition Center, pandemic, Peter Osborne, Plandemic, prevention, Study, vitamin D, Wuhan coronavirus

 

(Natural News) People everywhere are dropping dead from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), we are told, and the only solution is to get an “Operation Warp Speed” vaccine – except this is not the only solution. A much safer and more effective alternative remedy is to simply take vitamin D.

 

The latest scientific research shows that nine out of 10 “COVID-19 deaths” could have been prevented if only the victims had supplemented with vitamin D3 or gotten out in the sun more rather than listening to Anthony Fauci and panicking.

Vitamin D deficiency, it turns out, significantly increases a person’s risk of dying with COVID-19, and most Americans are vitamin D deficient, sad to say.

The vitamin D prohormone helps to prevent the type of hyper-inflammation that comes about from a COVID-induced cytokine storm, the latest data shows. Vitamin D also helps to protect against the need for a ventilator, a high-risk Western medicine intervention that has been known to kill patients who are admitted to the hospital after testing positive for the novel virus.

 

“I think that’s probably one of the smartest things that a person could do right now, with an unpredictable role of a relatively unknown illness,” says Dr. Peter Osborne from Origins Nutrition Center in Sugar Land, Tex., about vitamin D supplementation.

“What we do know at this point about vitamin therapy, particularly about vitamin D, a new study has come out and a new analysis has come out on what we know about vitamin D and COVID.”

 

Dr. Osborne recommends taking not just D but C, but zinc and quercetin too

Having to go on a ventilator is “not a good thing,” Dr. Osborne warns. The outcomes “aren’t great,” and there really is no reason to use a ventilator at all when “we can keep their immune system supported really well with nutrition.”

“That ideally makes the most sense,” he contends about the use of vitamin D as a natural treatment.

The number of COVID-19 “cases” could be on the rise simply because the Northern Hemisphere is now in the throes of winter, which means people who live there now have minimal exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun, which naturally produce vitamin D in the skin.

UV light, by the way, is already being used in some hospital settings to treat patients without drugs or vaccines, and with incredible success. Some hospitals are also administering vitamin D to their sick patients and seeing positive results.

“At the East Virginia School of Medicine, there’s a COVID protocol that includes vitamin D,” Dr. Osborne says.

At this particular facility, patients are given a daily regimen of between 20,000 and 60,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D as part of their standard care protocol.

“With vitamin D, there’s a therapy that can be done that I recommend, and it’s 1,000 international units of vitamin D per pound,” Dr. Osborne says.

“So, if you’re 100 pounds, you would take 100,000 international units of vitamin D for three days. After that, you don’t have to keep taking those higher doses, but three days of high-dose vitamin D will elevate your serum vitamin D levels to adequate levels.”

Dr. Osborne also recommends supplementing with vitamin C, zinc and quercetin, the latter bioflavonoid nutrient effectively opening up the cells inside the body so enough zinc can get inside.

Other natural sources of vitamin D that Dr. Osborne recommends include cod liver oil, fatty fish and mushrooms, though getting enough vitamin D from these sources requires their heavy consumption.

“Vitamin D is very inexpensive,” Dr. Osborne notes. “You can buy it at the local nutrition store, and it might just save your life, should you get sick.”

 

To learn more about how vitamin D and other natural supplements can help you heal while keeping you healthy and protected against disease, be sure to check out NaturalCures.news.

 

Sources for this article include: 

FoxNews.com

NaturalNews.com

Bron: https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-12-29-vitamin-d-prevents-90-percent-coronavirus-deaths.html

 

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Vitamin D deficiency is the primary cause of covid hospitalizations and deaths

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 by: Lance D Johnson

Tags: badhealth, covid-19, exposure, immune system, infection recovery, malnourishment, melanin, nursing homes, nutrients, outbreak, outdoor living, pandemic, Public Health, risk factors, sendentary life, sunlight exposure, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D levels, vitamins

 

(Natural News)

A board-certified pathologist is speaking out about the underlying cause of covid hospitalizations and deaths. Dr. Ryan Cole is the founder of Cole Diagnostics, one of the largest independent laboratories in Idaho. He has studied the real reasons why people suffer from infections. Vitamin D deficiency, which plagues approximately 70 percent of the world’s population, is the real public health issue at hand.

“Normal D levels decrease your COVID symptom severity risk for hospitalization by 90 percent. There have been a lot of placebo-controlled trials that show this all around the world. It is scientific fact, not just a correlation,” said Dr. Cole. “Data shows what kills people. Cytokine storm. If you are in (Vitamin D) mid-level range, you will not die from COVID because you cannot get a cytokine storm.”

 

Vitamin D deficiency (and covid severity) is prevalent for these groups of people

Some specific groups have more vitamin D deficiency than other people.

African Americans and people with dark skin

Vitamin D deficiency is disproportionate among different races and ethnicity. The melanin content of the skin is a determining factor for how well people absorb the sun’s rays, leading to varying levels of vitamin D production within the skin. Vitamin D deficiency affects roughly 47 percent of Caucasians, 70 percent of Latinos, 72 percent of Native Americans and 83 percent of African Americans. Covid-19 has adversely affected African Americans because their skin is not adept to assimilate vitamin D efficiently. This is not a social disparity, as the media advertises. This is a biological issue, one that should prompt every health authority to encourage the African American community to get more sunlight and supplement with vitamin D during the winter months.

 Obesity and old age

Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent for people who are obese, which is one of the other risk categories for severe covid illness. Because vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, it is readily stored in fat cells. Circulating vitamin D levels are higher in people who have a healthy weight.

Vitamin D levels are low for elderly people who live a sedentary life or for those who are confined to a dark nursing home environment. “Ninety percent of deaths in the state have been over 70 years of age. That’s the at-risk population,” said Dr. Cole. “We have stopped our society for something that’s taking people that are already at that death risk age anyway.” He added, “96 percent of people in the ICU are Vitamin D deficient.”

People living in the Northern Hemisphere

Vitamin D deficiency also affects more people in the Northern hemisphere because these populations typically spend less time in the sun. One reason hospitalization will remain high in the North is because people spend more of their time indoors, avoiding the long cold winters and staying away from the sunlight.

Florida, despite its high density, aging population, continues to handle covid-19 more effectively than all the northern states that are locked down, holding people in bondage. Even though Florida has been criticized for being a free and open state, the population was able to have a lower hospitalization and mortality rate because the people have more access to sunlight throughout the year. The warm temperatures are an opportunity for people to get more sun and have a stronger immune system naturally. The spread of viruses is of little concern if healthy people are overcoming the infection more rapidly, as their immune systems become equipped with higher vitamin D levels.

Public health authorities are taking the wrong approach to public health

No one is entitled to live in a virus safe space, nor is this avoidance approach the most effective and safe approach for overcoming infectious disease. Raising the vitamin D level of people and encouraging exposure could more rapidly help the population overcome the virus. The inevitability of virus exposure is not something anyone can completely control anyway. Public health authorities haven taken the wrong approach to public health by restricting, socially ostracizing, and shaming people for spreading infections they do not have, for which there is no evidence, for which no viral load exists in their body. People with normal vitamin D levels overcome the infection and gain immunity.

No one can vaccinate their way out of a vitamin D deficiency. If vitamin D deficiency was adequately addressed, then the demand for vaccines would be nil. The science of vitamin D is often ignored because vaccines need to be profited from and worshiped as the end-all, holy grail of science. Anything else that is more helpful to the body is suppressed and censored to coerce submission to a false savior (vaccines) that carries their own set of risks. There’s no vitamin D mandate, no vitamin D passport system, and no distribution of vitamin D across the country, even though clinical and hospital settings are having tremendous success treating deficiencies and helping patients recover from infection.

 Sources include:

LifeSiteNews.com

VitaminD.News

VitaminD.News

VitaminD.News

VitaminD.News

 

Geplakt uit <https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-03-31-vitamin-d-deficiency-cause-covid-hospitalizations-deaths.html>

 

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GET OUTSIDE: Sunlight inactivates Wuhan coronavirus 8 times faster than previously predicted, researchers found

 

Monday, April 05, 2021 by: Virgilio Marin

Tags: anti-viral, covid-19, discoveries, goodhealth, goodmedicine, goodscience, infections, natural antibiotics, prevention, radiation, research, sunlight, Ultraviolet light, UV disinfection, UVA radiation, UVB radiation, virus, virus inactivation, Wuhan coronavirus

 

(Natural News)

 

Researchers found that sunlight inactivates the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) more than eight times more quickly than predicted. Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara), and his colleagues reviewed recent studies that explored the effects of different bands of ultraviolet (UV) light – namely, UVA, UVB and UVC radiation – on SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19.

UVA is weakest among the three while UVC is the most energetic and has been shown to inactivate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. Nearly all of the UV radiation that reaches the surface is UVA since all of UVC and most of UVB rays are absorbed by Earth’s ozone layer.

Sunlight’s ability to inactivate viruses is often attributed to UVB, which can kill microbes. One of the studies analyzed by the researchers, for example, shows that SARS-CoV-2 becomes inactivated because UVB damages the RNA of the virus.

This study showed that UVB light could inactivate the virus in simulated saliva in around 20 minutes. But a study published a month later than the previous showed that sunlight alone could inactivate the virus in the same amount of time. This led the researchers to suspect that UVB-induced RNA inactivation “might not be the whole story.”

 Sunlight may be able to prevent infections

The second lab study showed that sunlight inactivates viruses in saliva within 10 to 20 minutes of exposure, just like UVB. Luzzatto-Fegiz and his team noted that the upper limit of this range is more than eight times faster than predicted by the first study’s theoretical models. Meanwhile, viruses cultured in a growth medium are inactivated more than three times faster than predicted.

 

In an article published in February in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the researchers wrote that SARS-CoV-2 would have to be several times more sensitive to UVB than any currently known virus to make the theoretical models fit the lab study’s findings.

Alternatively, the researchers suggested that there could be another agent involved besides UVB. UVA, for example, might be playing a more active role than initially thought.

“People think of UVA as not having much of an effect, but it might be interacting with some of the molecules in the [saliva],” Luzzatto-Fegiz explained. Those molecules, in turn, could become highly reactive and interact with SARS-CoV-2, accelerating virus inactivation. This process is commonly applied in wastewater treatment. In a 2013 study, for example, researchers used UVA to disinfect wastewater.

Luzzatto-Fegiz and his team noted that if SARS-CoV-2 turned out to be sensitive to weaker wavelengths of light, then sunlight might be better able to mitigate virus transmission outdoors over a broader range of latitudes and daytime hours than previously thought. Areas far from the equator tend to receive little amounts of solar radiation while the amount of sunlight that trickles in the daytime decreases during dusk and dawn.

(Related: Homeland security scientist confirms that natural sunlight kills coronavirus.) 

UVA radiation can also provide more accessible and safer methods of UV disinfection. Though UVC radiation can be manufactured, it is the most damaging form of UV light, raising safety concerns and limiting its practical applications. 

“UVC is great for hospitals,” said Julie McMurry, a professor of environmental and molecular toxicology at Oregon State University and a co-author of the article. “But in other environments – for instance, kitchens or subways – UVC would interact with the particulates to produce harmful ozone.” 

Yangying Zhu, a professor of mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara and another co-author of the article, noted that there are now widely available LED bulbs that are many times stronger than sunlight. These lightbulbs can be used to accelerate virus inactivation while UVA rays can be potentially used to augment air filtration systems at a relatively low risk for human.

 Overall, the researchers recommended additional experiments to fully ascertain the effects of different wavelengths of UV light on viruses placed in different mediums.

Learn more about novel strategies to prevent COVID-19 at NaturalHealth.news.

Sources include:

RT.com

CDC.gov

ScienceDaily.com

TAndFOnline.com

Academic.OUP.com

 

Bron: https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-04-05-sunlight-inactivates-coronavirus-8-times-faster.html

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Homeland security scientist confirms that natural sunlight kills coronavirus

Friday, May 01, 2020 by: Ethan Huff

Tags: China, Chinese Virus, coronavirus, covid-19, disease, global emergency, Global Pandemic, infection, infections, kills, novel coronavirus, outbreak, pandemic, sunlight, temperature, Ultraviolet, virus, William Bryan, Wuhan, Wuhan coronavirus

(Natural News)  The best and simplest cure for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) might just be going outside, as natural sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) rays that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) science and technology advisor William Bryan says easily destroy viruses.

During a recent press briefing at the White House, Bryan explained how UV rays from the sun are powerfully antagonistic against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), inhibiting its ability to survive, let alone take hold and spread.

A study that looked at the three different types of UV light given off by the sun – A, B, and C rays – found that UVC in particular destroys certain types of genetic material in humans, including viral particles. Based on this, the study found that UVC light can effectively inactivate microbes like the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).

“Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus, both on surfaces and in the air,” Bryan is quoted as saying about the study’s findings.

“We’ve seen a similar effect with both temperature and humidity as well, where increasing the temperature and humidity or both is generally less favorable to the virus,” he added.

In an ordinary 70-75 degree (Fahrenheit) environment with 20 percent humidity on a non-porous surface, the half-life for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) is about 18 hours. Increasing the humidity to 80 percent, however, decreases that half-life to six hours, while adding natural sunlight into the mix decreases it to just two minutes.

This would all suggest that simply being in the sun more can help to reduce the risk of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and transmission, as viruses simply cannot coexist with natural sunlight.

Listen below to The Health Ranger Report as Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, talks about how to make antiviral colloidal silver at home using silver coins:

 Hospitals already use artificial UVC light to sterilize equipment

Artificial UVC light is already used in many hospitals to sterilize surgical equipment and surfaces. It is also used to clean airplanes and factories, as the science shows that potentially harmful microbes are unable survive in its presence for any substantial length of time.

In the case of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), the rhetoric will surely be that more testing is needed to determine how much UVC light is necessary to destroy it. It also remains to be seen how much time one would need to spend in natural sunlight to obtain these benefits.

At the same time, Bryan is still encouraging Americans to follow stay-at-home orders – probably because he has to say this in order to stick with the script.

“It would be irresponsible for us to say that we feel that the summer is just going to totally kill the virus and then if it’s a free-for-all and that people ignore these guides,” he stated in a somewhat discombobulated way.

 The World Health Organization (WHO), which just like Bill Gates only supports pharmaceuticals and vaccines for disease, is of course warning against UVC light, which it claims can burn the skin and cause eye damage.

 Previous studies have identified that UVC light is effective against other coronaviruses such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), and that this particular type of radiation prevents viral particles from replicating. Researchers are also tinkering around with LED light, which may also be effective against viruses.

“One major application is in medical situations – the disinfection of personal protective equipment, surfaces, floors, within the HVAC systems, et cetera,” says materials doctoral researcher Christian Zollner about UVC.

 “UVC light in the 260 to 285nm range most relevant for current disinfection technologies is also harmful to human skin, so for now it is mostly used in applications where no one is present at the time of disinfection.”

 To keep up with the latest news about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), be sure to check out Pandemic.news.

 Sources for this article include:

Newsweek.com

NaturalNews.com

Bron: https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-05-01-homeland-security-scientist-natural-sunlight-kills-coronavirus.html

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 Over 200 doctors call for global vitamin D distribution because it inexpensively reduces covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths

Sunday, April 25, 2021 by: Lance D Johnson

Tags: #nutrition, b vitamins, covid nutrients, Cures, goodhealth, goodmedicine, goodscience, healing, immune deficiency, immune system, infection recovery, ivermectin, nitric oxide, nutrients, pandemic, prevent hospitalization, prevention, remedies, selenium, supplements, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, zinc

 

(Natural News)  Over two hundred doctors and scientists have come together in support of worldwide distribution of vitamin D to help treat covid infections and reduce hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths. The doctors are calling on all governments and healthcare systems around the world to immediately recommend and distribute vitamin D to adult populations.

Long before covid-19, most of the world’s population was physically primed to suffer from infections. This is because 70 percent of the world’s population is deficient in vitamin D and have subpar immune function. All current medical research shows that vitamin D deficiency is the common denominator behind covid hospitalization, ICU admission, severe illness and death.

Vitamin D is both inexpensive and nontoxic. It could have already been delivered worldwide to people throughout the pandemic, but public health authorities from the NIH to the CDC shamefully took the opposite approach, leading to needless suffering and death.

Addressing vitamin D deficiency should be top priority for governments around the world

 Vitamin D deficiency is medically defined as less than 20ng/ml (50nmol/L) and affects over 33 percent of the population. Vitamin D insufficiency is defined as less than 30ng/ml (75nmol/L) and affects over 50 percent of the population. In order to get circulating vitamin D to a minimally sufficient level (30ng/ml), most people are recommended to consume 6,200 international units (IU) of vitamin D each day.

 Vitamin D deficiency is more common in people with dark skin, due to their high melanin content, which blocks sunlight absorption. Deficiency is also common for people who are overweight or obese. Vitamin D is fat soluble; therefore, circulating vitamin D levels are higher in people who have a healthy weight. People who live in the Northern Hemisphere are commonly deficient, especially in the winter, when they are indoors and away from the sunlight. The elderly population is also deficient, especially if they are stuck in nursing homes that cordon them off from sunlight.

 The doctors .have analyzed over 188 scientific papers on vitamin D and concur:

• Higher vitamin D blood levels are associated with lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

• Many papers indicate that vitamin D affects COVID-19 more strongly than most other health conditions, with increased risk at levels less than 30ng/ml (75nmol/L) and severely greater risk at levels less than 20ng/ml (50nmol/L).

• Higher D levels are associated with lower risk of a severe case (hospitalization, ICU or death).

• Intervention studies and randomized controlled trials indicate that vitamin D can be a very effective treatment.

• Many papers reveal several biological mechanisms by which vitamin D influences COVID-19.

• Causal inference modelling, Hill’s criteria, the intervention studies & the biological mechanisms indicate that vitamin D’s influence on COVID-19 is very likely causal, not just correlation.

• COVID-19 pandemic sustains itself in large part through infection of those with low vitamin D, and that deaths are concentrated largely in those with deficiency.

 

Addressing underlying immune deficiency is the most important health responsibility

The doctors and scientists agree that all adults should take 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 every day for at least two weeks to get circulating vitamin D levels to a sufficient level in their blood. They also recommend that every adult take 4,000 IU of vitamin D3 every day afterward to maintain a healthy level. They recommend that high risk groups (dark skin, excess weight) should take double that amount. Patients who are hospitalized with covid-19 should be administered a higher dose, which was instrumental in helping patients recover in two important 2020 studies.

Patients who received 60,000 IU vitamin D daily for 7 days were more likely to recover without complications or death.

 The doctors also recommend vitamin C intake at 500 mg, twice daily. Since vitamin C is water soluble, it’s best to ingest it intermittently throughout the day. Whole food sources include citrus fruits, camu camu, and amalaki berry.

Most people are also deficient in the mineral selenium. These doctors suggest 200 micrograms of selenium per day.

Zinc is equally important for stopping viral replication and can be consumed in doses of 30 mg per day.

 Quercetin, a natural plant pigment and antioxidant, can help zinc assimilate in the cells. The doctors recommend 250 mg, twice daily. Because severe covid illness shows signs of blood coagulation and thrombosis, the doctors recommend aspirin (325 mg/day) while symptoms lasts. Nitric oxide is also important for keeping oxygen levels up in the blood. The doctors recommend whole food B-complex vitamins, which are highly concentrated in foods like beet root and spirulina. For further treatment, the doctors recommend a prescription of ivermectin, a proven antiviral.

 For more on conquering infection, check out VitaminD.News.

 Sources include:

VitaminDForAll.org

VitaminD.News

NaturalNews.com

BMJ.com

ScienceDirect.com

NaturalNews.com

PubMed.gov

NaturalNews.com

 

Bron: https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-04-25-200-doctors-call-for-global-vitamin-d-distribution.html

 

Over 200 Scientists & Doctors Call For Increased Vitamin D Use                                 To Combat COVID-19

#VitaminDforAll (for questions or fact checking assistance, contact press@vitaminDforAll.org)

 Scientific evidence indicates vitamin D reduces infections & deaths

 To all governments, public health officials, doctors, and healthcare workers,

[Residents of the USA: Text “VitaminDforAll” to 50409 to send this to your state’s governor.]

Research shows low vitamin D levels almost certainly promote COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Given its safety, we call for immediate widespread increased vitamin D intakes.

Vitamin D modulates thousands of genes and many aspects of immune function, both innate and adaptive. The scientific evidence1 shows that:

 

·         Higher vitamin D blood levels are associated with lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

·         Higher D levels are associated with lower risk of a severe case (hospitalization, ICU, or death).

·         Intervention studies (including RCTs) indicate that vitamin D can be a very effective treatment.

·         Many papers reveal several biological mechanisms by which vitamin D influences COVID-19.

·         Causal inference modelling, Hill’s criteria, the intervention studies & the biological mechanisms indicate that vitamin D’s influence on COVID-19 is very likely causal, not just correlation.

 

Vitamin D is well known to be essential, but most people do not get enough. Two common definitions of inadequacy are deficiency < 20ng/ml (50nmol/L), the target of most governmental organizations, and insufficiency < 30ng/ml (75nmol/L), the target of several medical societies & experts.2 Too many people have levels below these targets. Rates of vitamin D deficiency <20ng/ml exceed 33% of the population in most of the world, and most estimates of insufficiency <30ng/ml are well over 50% (but much higher in many countries).3 Rates are even higher in winter, and several groups have notably worse deficiency: the overweight, those with dark skin (especially far from the equator), and care home residents. These same groups face increased COVID-19 risk.

It has been shown that 3875 IU (97mcg) daily is required for 97.5% of people to reach 20ng/ml, and 6200 IU (155mcg) for 30ng/ml,4 intakes far above all national guidelines. Unfortunately, the report that set the US RDA included an admitted statistical error in which required intake was calculated to be ~10x too low.4 Numerous calls in the academic literature to raise official recommended intakes had not yet resulted in increases by the time SARS-CoV-2 arrived. Now, many papers indicate that vitamin D affects COVID-19 more strongly than most other health conditions, with increased risk at levels < 30ng/ml (75nmol/L) and severely greater risk < 20ng/ml (50nmol/L).1

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^{1 The evidence was comprehensively reviewed (188 papers) through mid-June [Benskin ‘20] & more recent publications are increasingly compelling [Merzon et al ‘20; Kaufman et al ‘20; Castillo et al ‘20]. (See also [Jungreis & Kellis ‘20] for deeper analysis of Castillo et al’s RCT results.)}

^{2 E.g.: 20ng/ml: National Academy of Medicine (US, Canada), European Food Safety Authority, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Nordic Countries, Australia, New Zealand, & consensus of 11 international organizations. 30ng/ml: Endocrine Society, American Geriatrics Soc., & consensus of scientific experts. See also [Bouillon ‘17].}

^{3 [Palacios & Gonzalez ‘14; Cashman et al ‘16; van Schoor & Lips ‘17] Applies to China, India, Europe, US, etc.}

^{4 [Heaney et al ‘15; Veugelers & Ekwaru ‘14]}

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 Evidence to date suggests the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic sustains itself in large part  through infection of those with low vitamin D, and that deaths are concentrated largely in those with deficiency. The mere possibility that this is so should compel urgent gathering of more vitamin D data. Even without more data, the preponderance of evidence indicates that increased vitamin D would help reduce infections, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, & deaths.

Decades of safety data show that vitamin D has very low risk: Toxicity would be extremely rare with the recommendations here. The risk of insufficient levels far outweighs any risk from levels that seem to provide most of the protection against COVID-19, and this is notably different from drugs. Vitamin D is much safer than steroids, such as dexamethasone, the most widely accepted treatment to have also demonstrated a large COVID-19 benefit. Vitamin D’s safety is more like that of face masks. There is no need to wait for further clinical trials to increase use of something so safe, especially when remedying high rates of deficiency/insufficiency should already be a priority.

 Therefore, we call on all governments, doctors, and healthcare workers worldwide to immediately recommend and implement efforts appropriate to their adult populations to increase vitamin D, at least until the end of the pandemic.

Specifically to:

1.      Recommend amounts from all sources sufficient to achieve 25(OH)D serum levels over 30ng/ml (75nmol/L), a widely endorsed minimum with evidence of reduced COVID-19 risk.

2.      Recommend to adults vitamin D intake of 4000 IU (100mcg) daily (or at least 2000 IU) in the absence of testing. 4000 IU is widely regarded as safe.⁵

3.      Recommend that adults at increased risk of deficiency due to excess weight, dark skin, or living in care homes may need higher intakes (eg, 2x). Testing can help to avoid levels too low or high.

4.      Recommend that adults not already receiving the above amounts get 10,000 IU (250mcg) daily for 2-3 weeks (or until achieving 30ng/ml if testing), followed by the daily amount above. This practice is widely regarded as safe. The body can synthesize more than this from sunlight under the right conditions (e.g., a summer day at the beach). Also, the NAM (US) and EFSA (Europe) both label this a “No Observed Adverse Effect Level” even as a daily maintenance intake.

5.     Measure 25(OH)D levels of all hospitalized COVID-19 patients & treat w/ calcifediol or D3, to at least remedy insufficiency <30ng/ml (75nmol/L), possibly with a protocol along the lines of Castillo et al ‘20 or Rastogi et al '20, until evidence supports a better protocol.

 

Many factors are known to predispose individuals to higher risk from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, such as age, being male, comorbidities, etc., but inadequate vitamin D is by far the most easily and quickly modifiable risk factor with abundant evidence to support a large effect. Vitamin D is inexpensive and has negligible risk compared to the considerable risk of COVID-19.

Please Act Immediately

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^{5 The following include 4000 IU within their tolerable intakes in official guidelines: NAM (US, Canada), SACN (UK), EFSA (Europe), Endocrine Society (international), Nordic countries, The Netherlands, Australia & New Zealand, UAE, and the American Geriatrics Soc. (USA, elderly). No major agency specifies a lower tolerable intake limit. The US NAM said 4000 IU “is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals.” See also [Giustina et al ‘20].}

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 The signatories below endorse this letter. Affiliations do not imply endorsement of the letter by the institutions themselves.

This letter takes no position on other public health measures besides vitamin D. Personal views of individual signatories on any other matter do not represent the group as a whole.

All signatories declare no conflicts of interest except as noted.

To emphasize: The organizing signatories have no conflicts of interest in this area (financial or otherwise), nor have they done research in this area prior to 2020.

 

Signatories (220 total; other counts at the end)

Dr. Karl Pfleger, PhD AI & Computer Science, Stanford. Former Google Data Scientist. Biotechnology Investor, AgingBiotech.info, San Francisco, CA, USA. (organizing signatory)

Dr. Gareth Davies, PhD Medical Physics, Imperial College, London, UK. Codex World’s Top 50 Innovator 2019. Independent Researcher. Lead author of “Evidence Supports a Causal Role for Vitamin D Status in COVID-19 Outcomes.” (organizing signatory)

Dr. Bruce W Hollis, PhD. Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.

Dr. Barbara J Boucher, MD, FRCP (London). Honorary Professor (Medicine), Blizard Institute, Bart's & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK. (significantly contributing signatory)

Dr. Ashley Grossman, MD FRCP FMedSci. Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology, University of Oxford, UK. Professor of Neuroendocrinology, Barts and the London School of Medicine. 2020 Endocrine Society Laureate Award.

Dr. Gerry Schwalfenberg, MD, CCFP, FCFP. Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Giovanna Muscogiuri, MD PhD. Associate Editor, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Section of Endocrinology, University "Federico II" of Naples, Naples, Italy..

Dr. Michael F. Holick, PhD MD. Professor Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics and Molecular Medicine, Director Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, USA. (6000 IU) Disclosure: Consultant Biogena and speaker's Bureau Abbott Inc.

Dr. John Umhau, MD, MPH. CDR, USPHS (ret). President, Academy of Medicine of Washington, DC, USA. Ex-NIH: co-author of the first peer-reviewed report linking vitamin D deficiency with acute respiratory infection. (significantly contributing signatory)

Dr. Pawel Pludowski, MD, dr hab. Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Radioimmunology and Experimental Medicine, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland. Chair, European Vitamin D Association (EVIDAS) [non-profit].

Dr. Cedric F. Garland, DrPH. Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, USA.

Dr. Jose M. Benlloch, PhD. Professor, Director of the Institute for Instrumentation on Molecular Imaging, CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain.

Dr. Samantha Kimball, PhD, MLT. Professor, St. Mary's University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Research Director, GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute [non-profit]. (significantly contributing signatory)

Dr. William B. Grant, PhD Physics, U. of California, Berkeley. Director at Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center [non-profit], San Francisco, CA, USA. Disclosure: Receives funding from Bio-Tech Pharmacal, Inc.

Dr. Carol L. Wagner, MD. Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.

Dr. Paul Marik, MD, FCCP, FCCM. Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Dr. Morry Silberstein, MD. Associate Professor, Curtin University, Australia.

Dr. Vatsal Thakkar, MD. Founder, Reimbursify, NY, USA.  Former faculty, NYU and Vanderbilt.  Op-Ed writer on Vitamin D and COVID-19. (significantly contributing signatory)

Dr. Peter H Cobbold, PhD. Emeritus Professor, Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, UK.

Dr. Afrozul Haq, PhD. Professor Dept of Food Technology, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India.

Dr. Barry H. Thompson, MD, FAAP, FACMG. Clinical Associate Professor (Pediatrics), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Dr. Reinhold Vieth, PhD, FCACB. Professor, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Canada. Director (retired), Bone and Mineral Group Laboratory, Mt Sinai Hospital. Disclosure: Receives patent royalties from Ddrops (an infant vitamin D supplement).

Dr. Linda Benskin, PhD, RN, SRN(Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA. Independent Researcher for Tropical Developing Countries and Ferris Mfg. Corp, Texas, USA. (significantly contributing signatory)

Jim O’Neill, CEO, SENS Research Foundation. Former principal associate deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, USA.

Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, PhD. Epidemiologist & Health Economist. Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists. USA.

Rt Hon David Davis MP, Member of Parliament (Conservative Party). BSc, Joint Hons Molecular Science / Computer Science, Warwick University, UK.

Dr. Rupa Huq MP, Member of Parliament (Labour Party). PhD, Cultural Studies, University of East London, UK.

Dr. Susan J Whiting, PhD. Professor Emerita, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dr. Richard Mazess. PhD. Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Dr. Helga Rhein, MD (retired). Sighthill Health Centre, Edinburgh, UK. (significantly contributing signatory)

Dr. Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, PhD. Professor of Infectious disease genetics and modelling, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Dr. Ute-Christiane Meier, Dr med habil, PhD (Oxon), Dipl-Biol. Visiting lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK and Privatdozentin, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. Disclosure: Patent 20160131666: "Biomarkers for inflammatory response."

Dr. Luigi Gennari, MD PhD. Full Professor, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Dr. Ased Ali, MBChB, PhD, FRCS. Consultant Urological Surgeon, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

Dr. Pavel Kocovsky, PhD DSc FRSE FRSC. Professor Charles University, Prague, and Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.

Dr. Ace Lipson, MD. Endocrinologist. Clinical Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Dr. Attila R Garami, MD, PhD Multidisciplinary Medical Sciences. Senior Biomarker Consultant, Switzerland.

Dr. David S Grimes, MD (retired), FRCP, University of Manchester, UK.

Dr. Larry Callahan, PhD. Chemist, FDA, Maryland, USA.

Dr. Jeanne M Marconi, MD, Pediatrics. Vice President of PM Pediatrics, New York, USA.

Dr. Spiros Karras, MD. Endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism-Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dr. Joanna Byers, MBChB, University of Birmingham, UK.

Dr. Jaimin Bhatt, MBChB, MMed(Surgery) FRCS(Urol) FEBU. Consultant Urological Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, UK. (2000 IU)

Dr. Christiane Northrup, MD. Obstetrician/Gynecologist, USA.

Dr. Jörg Spitz, Dr med. Academy of Human Medicine, Schlangenbad, Germany.

Dr. Naghmeh Mirhosseini, MD, PhD, MPH. Research Associate, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Canada..

Dr. Iacopo Chiodini, MD. Associate Professor of Endocrinology, Dept. of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Head, Unit for Bone Metabolism Diseases and Diabetes, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Dr. David C Anderson, MD MSc FRCP FRCPE FRCPath. Retired Physician and Endocrinologist, Former Professor of Endocrinology, Manchester University, UK and Professor of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Colin Bannon, MBChB. GP (retired), Devon, UK.

Dr. Patricia S. Latham, MD EdD. Professor of Pathology & Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.

Dr. Teresa Fuller, MD PhD. Pediatrician, Owings Mills, MD, USA.

Dr. Omar Wasow, PhD, Harvard. Assistant Professor, Politics, Princeton University, NJ, USA.

Dr. Fabio Vescini, MD PhD. Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Italy.

Dr. Emily Grossman, PhD Molecular Biology, University of Manchester, UK. Science Author, Broadcaster and Educator.

Dr. David Carman, MBChB, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Dr. Kalliopi Kotsa, MD PhD. Professor, Endocrinology-Diabetes, Dept of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dr. Eva Kocovska, PhD, Queen Mary University of London. Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Medical College, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dr. Benjamin Jacobs, MBBS MD MRCP(UK) FRCPCH. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, UK.

Dr. Joan Lappe, PhD RN FAAN. Professor, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Dr. Ronald A. Primas, MD FACP FACPM DABIHM CTH. New York, NY, USA.

Dr. Cristina Eller Vainicher, MD. Unit of Endocrinology, Fondazione Ca'Granda IRCCS OSpedale Maggiore Policlinico Milan, Italy. Head of the outpatients clinic for osteoporosis.

Dr. Matthias Gauger, MD. General Practitioner, Switzerland.

Dr. David Warwick, DDS. Dentist, Alberta, Canada. Published Researcher.

Dr. Sunil J. Wimalawansa, MD PhD MBA FRCP FRCPath FACE FACP DSc. Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Nutrition, Cardiometabolic & Endocrine Institute, New Jersey, USA.

Perry S. Holman. Executive Director, Vitamin D Society [non-profit], Canada.

Sharon McDonnell, MPH. Biostatistician, GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute [non-profit], Encinitas, CA, USA.

Mike Fischer. Founder, VitaminDassociation.org [non-profit]. Director of Research, Systems Biology Laboratory, UK.

Dr. Lina Zgaga, MD, PhD. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland.

Dr. Irwin Jungreis, PhD, Harvard University. Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Dr. Jane Coad, PhD. Professor of Nutrition, Massey University, New Zealand.

Dr. Cedric Annweiler, MD PhD. Professor of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Health Faculty, University of Angers and Department of Medicine, Clinique de l’Anjou, Angers, France. Disclosure: occasional consultant for Mylan Laboratories Inc.

Dr. Salvatore Minisola, MD. Full Professor of Internal Medicine, "Sapienza" Rome University, Italy.

Dr. Mats B. Humble, MD PhD. Psychiatrist (retired), Senior lecturer, Department of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden.

Dr. Andrea Fabbri, MD PhD. Professor of Endocrinology, Head Endocrinology Division, Ospedale CTO A. Alesini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.

Dr. Steve Jones, PhD FRS. Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics, Dept of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, UK.

Dr. Hermann Brenner, MD MPH. Professor of Epidemiology, Head of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

Dr. Helder F. B. Martins, MD PhD (hon).Specialist & Emeritus Professor of Public Health. Former Minister of Health, Mozambique. Former WHO. Member, Mozambican Government COVID-19 advisory committee.

Dr. G. Siegfried Wedel, MD. Internist-Nephrologist (retired), Vierhöfen, Germany.

Dr. Robin Weiss, PhD FRCPath FMedSci FRS. Emeritus Professor of Viral Oncology, Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, UK.

Dr. Giancarlo Isaia, MD. Full Professor, University of Turini. President of the Academy of Medicine of Turin, Italy.

Dr. Susanne Bejerot, MD. Professor, Örebro University, Sweden.

Dr. Antonio D'Avolio, PhD. Professor of Pharmacology, University of Turin, Italy.

Dr. Gustavo Duque, MD PhD FRACP FGSA. Chair of Medicine & Director of the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS). The University of Melbourne and Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Giovanni Passeri, MD PhD. Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Dep. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Dr. Pankaj Kapahi, PhD. Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA.

Dr. Giuseppe Poli, MD PhD. Emeritus Professor of General Pathology, University of Turin, Italy.

Dr. Patrick McCullough, MD. Chief of Medical Services, Summit Behavioral Healthcare, Cincinnati, Ohio USA.

Dr. Prashanth Kulkarni, MD DM FSCAI FACC. Consultant Cardiologist, Hyderabad, India.

Dr. Klaus Badenhoop, MD PhD. Professor, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Dr. José-María Sánchez-Puelles, PhD. Senior Researcher, CIB Margarita Salas, CSIC, Spain

Dr. Carmelinda Ruggiero, MD PhD. Professor of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy. Head of the Orthogeriatric Unit, S Maria Misericordia Teaching Hospital, Perugia, Italy. Disclosure: Occasional consultant for UCB Pharma.

Dr. Jose Manuel Quesada Gomez, MD, PHD, Honorary Professor, University of Cordoba. Maimonides Research Institute, Cordoba. Spain.

Dr. Giovanni Minisola, MD. President Emeritus of Italian Society for Rheumatology. Scientific Director of "San Camillo - Forlanini" Foundation, Rome, Italy.

Christine French, MS. Research Analyst at GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute [non-profit], Encinitas, CA, USA.

Dr. Patrizia Presbitero, MD. Clinical and interventional cardiology, Cardio Center, Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

Dr. Ken Redcross, MD. Doctor and on-camera medical expert, New York, USA. Disclosure: scientific advisory board of the Organic & Natural Health Association.

Dr. Rajeev Venugopal, MBBS FRCS FACS DM. Consultant Plastic Surgeon/ Associate Lecturer in Surgery, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica.

Dr. Gianluca Isaia, MD PhD. Geriatrician, Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Molinette, Turin, Italy.

Dr. Piero Stratta, MD. Professor of Nephrology, University Piemonte Orientale, Italy.

Dr. Ben Schöttker, PhD. Scientist, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Ageing Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

Dr. Roberto Fantozzi, MD. Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Dr. Sheryl L Bishop, PhD. Professor Emeritus, University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Nursing, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Dr. Wayne Jonas, MD. Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University. Former Director NIH Office of Alternative Medicine, USA.

Dr. Ferdinando Silveri, Medical Director of the Rheumatology Clinic of the Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.

Dr. Vatsalya Vatsalya, MD. Department of Medicine, University of Louisville. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIH, USA.

Dr. Rachel Nicoll, PhD. Medical researcher, Umeå University, Sweden.

Dr. Fausto Crapanzano, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Chief, MFR Department, Provincial Health Authority, Agrigento, Italy.

Dr. Raimund von Helden, Dr med. Family medicine. Institute VitaminDelta, Lennestadt, Germany. Disclosure: Institute VitaminDelta sells consumer advice including on vitamin D for modest cost, but with no ties to other commercial interests.

Carole Baggerly, Founder & Director, GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute [non-profit], Encinitas, CA, USA.

Dr. Edward Gorham, PhD MPH. Adjunct Professor, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Dept of Family Medicine and Public Health, USA.

Dr. David Verhaeghen, MD, Anesthesiology, Algology and Pain Medicine, Aalst, Belgium.

Dr. Silvia Migliaccio, MD PhD. Associate Professor at University Foro Italico of Roma, Italy. Secretary of the Italian Society of Food Sciences.

Dr. Vítor Oliveira, MD, Internal Medicine, Brazil.

Dr. Djamel Deramchi, MD. Functional medicine. GrassrootsHealth Certified Vitamin D*practitioner and Coimbra Protocol Certified Doctor. France.

Dr. William Shaver, MD. Physician, Gastroenterologist, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Dr. Wim Soetaert, PhD. Prof. Microbiology & Biotechnology, Ghent University, Centre for Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis (InBio.be), Belgium.

Dr. Mark S. Braiman, PhD. Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University, USA.

Dr. Mikko Paunio, MD PhD MHS. Adjunct Professor in General Epidemiology, University of Helsinki. Medical Counselor Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland.

Dr. Olaf Dathe, Dr med. OBGYN, Munich, Germany.

Dr. Manfred Eggersdorfer, PhD. Professor for Healthy Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands. Member of the Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Disclosure: Head of Nutrition Science and Advocacy, DSM Nutritional Products. Member of the scientific board of PM International.

Dr. Chris Newton, PhD. Research director, Centre for Immuno-Metabolism, Microbiome and Bio-energetic Research (CIMMBER), UK.

Dr. Doreen Brodmann, Dr med. Head of Nephrology, Spitalzentrum Oberwallis, Switzerland.

Dr. Srijit Mishra, PhD, Economics. Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.

Dr. Marco Infante, MD. Adjunct Professor of Endocrinology, UniCamillus - Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.

Dr. Jean-Marc Sabatier, PhD HDR. Director of research at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Institut de NeuroPhysiopathologie (INP), Marseille, France.

Dr. Mohsin Sidat, MD PhD. University Eduardo Mondlane, Mondlane, Mozambique.

Dr. Pallavi Devulapalli, MBBS MRCGP. Hospital Practitioner in Dermatology. GP, Vide Healthcare. Norfolk, UK.

Dr. Dimitrios T. Papadimitriou, MD PhD. Director, Department of Pediatric-Adolescent Endocrinology & Diabetes, Athens Medical Center, Greece.

Dr. Bodo Schertel, Dr med. Professor, Hochschule Mannheim, Germany.

Dr. Jahit Sacarlal, MD PhD MPH. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.

Dr. Espen Haug, Phd. Professor, School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway.

Dr. Martin Hewison, PhD. Professor of Molecular Endocrinology, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Disclosure: Received honorarium from Thornton Ross (UK) for online seminar.

Dr. Damien Downing, MBBS MRSB. President, British Society for Ecological Medicine, UK.

Dr. Linda A. Linday, MD. Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

Dr.  Rose Anne Kenny, MD FRCP FRCPI FRCPEdin FTCD FESC MRIA. Professor, Chair of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Dr. Mihkel Zilmer, Dr. med. Professor, Medical Biochemistry, Head of Department of Biochemistry, Tartu University, Faculty of Medicine, Estonia.

Dr. Jaan Eha, MD PhD. Professor of Cardiology, Tartu University, Faculty of Medicine, Estonia.

Dr. Anna Moore, MBBS PgDipNutrMed, London, UK.

Dr. Roger D. Seheult, MD. Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Associate Professor, UC Riverside School of Medicine. Cofounder, MedCram, USA.

Dr. Jean-Claude Souberbielle, PhD PharmD. Former head of Hormonology Laboratory, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.

Dr. Emmanuelle Faucon, MD, Toulon, France. Former Medical Affairs Director in Immunology and Virology, Bristol Myers Squibb.

Dr. Aida Santaolalla, PhD. Senior Data Scientist, Cancer Epidemiology, King's College London, UK.

Dr. Elisa Song, MD. Pediatrician, Belmont, CA, USA.

Dr. Mylene Huynh, MD MPH. Colonel (ret), USAF. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA.

Dr. Yosef Weisman, MD. Professor. Retired head of Bone Desease Unit and the Vitamin D Lab, Tel Aviv Souraski Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Dr. Andrius Bleizgys, MD PhD. Lector of Clinic of Internal Diseases, Family Medicine and Oncology, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Dr. Keshav Singhal, FRCS MS(orth) M.Ch(orth). Professor, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. Chair British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), Wales. Council Member & Trustee, Swansea University. Fellow of Learned Society of Wales, UK.

Dr. Gennadi Glinsky, MD PhD. Professor, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.

Dr. Eero Vasar, MD PhD. Professor of Human Physiology, University of Tartu, Estonia.

Dr. Frank C. Church, PhD. Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Dr. Michael J. A. Robb, MD. Physician, Oto-Neurologist, Robb Oto-Neurology Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona. Past President, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), USA.

Dr. Giles Duffield, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences & Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.

Dr. Harry Wichers, PhD. Professor in Immune Modulation by Food, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands.

Dr. Matthew A. Nehs, MD. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Program Director, Harvard Combined Endocrine Surgery Fellowship. USA.

Dr. Hana Fakhoury Hajeer, PhD. Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Fatme Al Anouti, PhD Biochemistry. Associate Professor, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, UAE.

Dr. José C. Tutor, PharmD PhD MB. Pharmacology Unit, Health Research Institute, University Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Dr. Wolfgang Schrott, PhD. Professor (retired), Chemistry, Hochschule Hof University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Dr. Brian Lenzkes, MD, Internal Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.

Dr. Ryan (Nguyen) Hoang, MD. Resident Physician, Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. Reddit Moderator & Editor at /r/science & /r/coronavirus.

Dr. Hayley A Young, PhD. Associate Professor, Nutrition and Behaviour, Swansea University, UK.

Dr. Luis Lugones, PhD. Assistant Professor Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Beth Ellen DiLuglio, RDN LDN MS in Human Nutrition from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Institute of Human Nutrition. Former Associate Professor of Nutrition, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Florida, USA. Disclosure: Researcher & writer for OptimalDx.com.

Dr. David Benton, PhD DSc. Professor, Swansea University, UK.

Dr. Ljubiša Mihajlović, PhD, Molecular biology. Professor, Academy of Technical and Educational Sciences, Niš, Serbia. CEO, Geneinfo, Niš, Serbia.

Dr. Huub Savelkoul, PhD. Full Professor, Head, Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Dr. Cicero Galli Coimbra, MD PhD. Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Federal University of São Paulo. President, Institute for Investigation and Treatment of Autoimmunity, Brazil. Creator, "Coimbra Protocol" for autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Parag Singhal, MD FRCP FACP. Professor of Medicine, University of South Wales, UK. Consultant Endocrinologist.

Dr. Meis Moukayed, PhD (Cantab), Professor of Health and Life Sciences, American University in Dubai, Dubai, UAE.

Dr. Linda Bluestein, MD. Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA.

Dr. Alex Bäcker, PhD, Biology, Caltech, USA.

Dr. Chad G. Kahl, MD SFS FAAFP. Clinical Assistant professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University. Chief Medical Officer, Pentagon Flight Medicine Clinic, USA.

Dr. Renu Mahtani, MD FMNM. Consulting Physician and Founder, Autoimmunity Treatment Center, Pune, India.

Dr. Andrea Deledda, PhD. Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari. Nutritionist, Obesity Center, University Hospital of Cagliari, Italy.

Dr. Alessandro D. Santin, MD. Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Dr. Kelly McCann, MD MPH. Physician and President, The Spring Center, Costa Mesa, CA, USA.

Dr. Alessandro Comandone, MD. Director, Dept. of Oncology, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital Turin, Italy.

Dr. Endrit Shahini, MD MSC FPO-IRCCS. Candiolo Cancer Institute, Candiolo (Torino), Italy.

Dr. Phillip C. Gioia, MD MPH FAAP FACPM, Certificate in Clinical Informatics. Medical Director of Cayuga County Health Department, NY, USA.

Dr. Edward Jude, MBBS MD FRCP. Professor of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK.

Dr. Jaimela J Dulaney, MD. Cardiology, Primary Care, Nutrition, Port Charlotte, Florida, USA.

Dr. Sudeepta Varma, MD DFAPA. Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY, USA.

Dr. Olga Louro, MD PhD. Clínical Laboratory, University Clínical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Dr. Joerg Velker, PhD. Chief Patent Counsel, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland. Former Senior Lab Head, Medicinal Chemistry, Actelion.

Dr. Maartje van Putten, PhD. Member of European Parliament 1989-99, Committee on Environment Heath & Consumer Affairs. Chair, OECD NCP, The Netherlands.

Dr. Maria Joana Pinto, Teacher (Docente), Medical Course, Pará State University (UEPA), Marabá Campus, Pará, Brazil.

Dr. Sergio Luis Menéndez Lucero, MD PhD. General Practitioner, Autoimmune Focus. Spain.

Dr. Jean-Michel Wendling, MD, Occupationnal Médecine, ACST, Strasbourg, France.

Dr. Georg Moessmer (Mößmer), Dr med., Hemostaseology, Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

Dr. Haladia Pessotti de Campos Simião, MD. Endocrinologist, Clinical Nutritionist, & General Practitioner, São Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Franklin Roy Long, MD MPH/TM ABOIM. Family Medicine, Vacaville, CA, USA.

Dr. Stelios Bekiros, PhD. Professor, European University Institute, Department of Economics, Florence, Italy. Affiliate Research Fellow, IPAG Business School. Senior Fellow, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA).

Dr. Farhad Zangeneh, MD. Medical Director & CMO, Endocrine, Diabetes and Osteoporosis Clinic, Washington, DC, USA.

Dr. Adrian F Gombart, PhD. Principal Investigator, Linus Pauling Institute, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, USA.

Dr. Sari Arponen, MD PhD. Internist and Infectious Diseases Specialist, Associate Professor, Camilo José Cela University, Madrid. University Hospital of Torrejón, Spain.

Dr. Naomi Parrella, MD FAAFP Dipl.ABOM. Assistant Professor. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Dr. Jens Freese, Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr rer nat, Germany). Dr. Freese Institute for Sport and Nutritional Immunology, Cologne, Germany.

Dr. Luciano G Nina, MD. Assistant Professor, Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Robert M Hansen, MD. Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology. Managing Partner, Redding Anesthesia Associates Medical Group, Redding, CA, USA.

Dr. Canan Karatay, MD. Professor of Heart and Internal Diseases, former Rector of Istanbul Bilim (Science) University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. David Brownstein, MD. Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Medical Director, Center for Holistic Medicine, West Bloomfield, Michigan, Michigan, USA.

Dr. Vassaras Alexandros-Charalampos, MD, NeuroImmunology. Papageorgiou General Hospital, Greece.

Dr. Sarfraz Zaidi, MD FACP FACE. Endocrinologist, Camarillo, CA. Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA, USA.

Dr. Maria Morello, PhD, Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Senior Researcher, Department of Experimental Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome University Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Dr. Bryan A Stepanenko, MD MPH IFMCP. Active Duty US Army, Member of Task Force Resilience, Army Public Health, Primary Care Physician, USA.

Dr. Yamile Mussa, MD. Pediatrician, Autism Specialist, Bolívar, Venezuela.

Dr. Joseph Parambil, MD. Pulmonologist, Cleveland Clinic, Respiratory Institute, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Dr. David Norman Grant, Former Consultant Neurosurgeon, Great Ormond St. Hospital and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.

Dr. Ellen C G Grant, MBChB, DObstRCOG, Retired Physician and Medical Gynaecolgist, Kingston upon Thames, UK.

Dr. Peter Moon, PhD. Professor Emeritus, Biomateriels Director, Department of General Practice, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Dentistry, Richmond, VA, USA.

Dr. Ram Yogendra, MD MPH. Anesthesiologist, Private Practice. Founder & Director, ECA Wellness, Rhode Island, USA.

Dr. Laura Di Renzo, PhD. Professor, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

Dr. Theo van Kempen, Dr Ir, PhD. Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University, USA.

Dr. Laurence S. Harbige, PhD CBiol FRSB. Deputy Director of the Lipidomics and Nutrition Research Centre (LNRC) and Senior Lecturer in the School of Human Sciences, London Metropolitan University, UK.

Dr. Björn Hammarskjöld, MD, PhD in Biochemistry. Assistant professor in Pediatrics at Strömstad Academy, Östervåla, Sweden.

Dr. Birgit Strodel, PhD. Professor, Computational Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, and Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Dr. Pearl Grimes, MD FAAD. Founder & Medical Director, Vitiligo & Pigmentation Institute of Southern California. Chief Dermatologist, Versicolor Technologies. Former Clinical Professor of Dermatology, UCLA, USA.

Dr. Julian Walters, MBBChir, DSc. Professor of Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, UK.

Dr. Patrick Chambers, MD. Laboratory Director (ret), Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

Dr. David Sinclair, PhD. Professor of Genetics, Co-Director, Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Disclosure: List of past & present affiliations.

 Signature statistics as of Feb 6, 2021:

 220 total signatories

115 professors

131 signatories with medical degrees

116 signatories with PhDs or equivalent or higher degrees

128 signatories with personal intakes of at least 4000 IU per day

29 signatories with personal intakes of at least 10,000 IU per day

33 countries

Our goal is to change policy and standard of care to save lives and help mitigate the pandemic, not to create the longest possible list of names. At this point, we have enough PhDs and medical doctors. We welcome additional signature requests from those especially well placed to help convince government decision makers to implement the calls-to-action enumerated in the letter, such as senior professors in areas such as immunology, infectious disease, endocrinology, or vitamin D research, or related areas, or such as officials at national or international public health bodies (CDC, WHO, etc.) or members of COVID-19/pandemic tasks forces for large jurisdictions. If you are such an authority, please fill out this form. If you are not but would like to help, please spread the word via social media, directly to your local public health and political leaders, and directly to the most senior people that you have a personal or professional route to that might be able to help.

info@vitaminDforAll.org

Bron: https://vitamind4all.org/letter.html