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Mike.Gibson
Ace Cruncher England Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Post Count: 12594 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Sgt. Joe, I was using British data, but don't have the actual figures available. It was particularly marked among employees of the National Health Service.
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7846 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Mr. Gibson:
----------------------------------------I did find a study by the British Office of National Statistics which does coincide with the information you have. Their study is very comprehensive and is interesting reading. You can find it here. If I can find similar information for the U.S. I will pass it on. This makes me wonder what the effect of geography and different health systems might have on morbidity. Cheers
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Jack007
Master Cruncher CANADA Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Post Count: 1604 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Suggestion - top up your vitamin D! Very good advice. They don't necessarily include it in a standard blood test, but your doctor can ask for it. I started taking supplements a few years ago. The small amount in a multi-vitamin pill was not enough. Taking it after you get to the hospital is too late. You have to build it up early to get the protection. Yeah vitamin D, that's kinda funny being in Canada. They stopped the testing, just started saying you live here, you're low, take the vitamin D. I don't care what color you are, we don't get enough sunlight to make vitamin D, unless we are already taking some. I was taking 1000 (International units), now I've upped to 3 or 4. About people of color, often they have lower economic income, hence poor nutrition, access to medical care, and jobs considered essential so more exposed to the virus. Living in more crowded conditions, now seeing news reports where people of color are less likely to want to take the vaccine EVEN when working in health care. I get it, the past was horrible to people of color in medical experiments. As a vet, I know they experimented on us as well, but I'm taking the vaccine. Stay safe ![]() |
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Jack007
Master Cruncher CANADA Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Post Count: 1604 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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The yanks aren't sharing either. You are getting at least the Moderna ones, and probably others too. https://modernatx.gcs-web.com/news-releases/n...a-covid-19-vaccine-canada A lot of governments are trying to excuse their failure to order early. "All Canada's doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are currently made in and shipped from Europe." Europe is promising to keep shipping to Canada but since pfizer had to slow down to retool, Europe is either keeping/threatening to cut exports. I will say Canada did order early and by a lot. They ordered like 100 million doses, and a population under 40 million. These from 6 different companies. Recently ordered more from Pfizer and Moderna I believe. My numbers aren't perfect, but you get the drift. So no, again the US isn't sharing, BUT, I get it, there is a shortage. The whole world needs to be vaccinated for this to work. P.S. I'm half yank, why I can use the term. ![]() [Edit 1 times, last edit by Jack007 at Feb 3, 2021 12:12:21 PM] |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I take a multivitamin that has 20ug of Vitamin D, which is 400% of the UK's NRV.
----------------------------------------Back in November, early days, I decided to give a couple of boxes to my 91 year old grandfather because of what I had read on Vitamin D and COVID-19. I also had a small hope that it would help with his vertigo, which had been increasingly serious recently. I thought maybe he needed some minerals that the multivitamin tablet could provide. It must have helped with that too since he has only had 1 (albeit serious) episode of vertigo ever since he started taking them. Other than his vertigo, he is an extremely healthy man for his age. In summary, supplementation can be useful, even if you eat well. ![]() - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz [Edit 2 times, last edit by Falconet at Feb 3, 2021 12:45:00 PM] |
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Jim1348
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 13, 2009 Post Count: 1066 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I will say Canada did order early and by a lot. They ordered like 100 million doses, and a population under 40 million. These from 6 different companies. Recently ordered more from Pfizer and Moderna I believe. My numbers aren't perfect, but you get the drift. Yes. I think the countries that are getting the supplies are the ones that built production capacity early. And production problems are limiting even that. |
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