Dont know where to begin in responding to daft ideas. We are not Sweden - more like America with poor diet, too much obesity and an incompetent leader. Sweden has many times the deaths of its neighbours despite a population who voluntarily follow restrictions British people are too stupid to accept. Sweden has lower rates of obesity and it takes vitamin D deficiency seriously, and eats lots of oily fish. It is doing far worse than its neighbours. We are not Finland either. Yes immunity is not all about antibodies - but for anyone as old as I suspect you are T cells are not terribly effective, For younger people T cells dont activate without adequate vitamin D. You'll find many studies suggesting it is important, the most recent from America suggest that levels need to be higher than currently considered adequate in the Uk. There is even one small study using it as a treatment, with great success.
Yes some people get it badly - I know of one 25 year old who died which is why I bother to spread the news about vitamin D and its likely benefits in reducing severity. There are many people suffering the continuing after effects of Covid, they call it long covid. They can include the so called "mild" cases. Those who survive ICU may require long term rehabilitation.
We are not Sweden - much more like Brazil, with its mass graves, or America, with its high deaths - and not to the end of them by a long way.
The claims that herd immunity can be achieved at low levels is contradicted by the high levels of infection seen in some places like the mumbai slums. We are nowhere near herd immunity, the second wave has started in the north. People can not get tests, the government wont even allow the NHS to buy tests in, they cant test enough staff or patients. That is what happens when you give a job to an incompetent chum, rather than building on existing expertise.
We are also beginning to see reinfection.
Take your vitamin D supplements this winter, stay away from people as much as you can bear, wear a mask when you cant - and next time you can vote - vote out incompetents, because this will not be the last pandemic.
Yes some people get it badly - I know of one 25 year old who died which is why I bother to spread the news about vitamin D and its likely benefits in reducing severity. There are many people suffering the continuing after effects of Covid, they call it long covid. They can include the so called "mild" cases. Those who survive ICU may require long term rehabilitation.
We are not Sweden - much more like Brazil, with its mass graves, or America, with its high deaths - and not to the end of them by a long way.
The claims that herd immunity can be achieved at low levels is contradicted by the high levels of infection seen in some places like the mumbai slums. We are nowhere near herd immunity, the second wave has started in the north. People can not get tests, the government wont even allow the NHS to buy tests in, they cant test enough staff or patients. That is what happens when you give a job to an incompetent chum, rather than building on existing expertise.
We are also beginning to see reinfection.
Take your vitamin D supplements this winter, stay away from people as much as you can bear, wear a mask when you cant - and next time you can vote - vote out incompetents, because this will not be the last pandemic.
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