Some Intresting Observations From Covid-19 Death Statistics

Post by **tex** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:15 pm

Some statistics from deaths attributed to Covid-19 are beginning to appear in news releases. They suggest some very interesting probabilities. Here are some facts:

1. The highest infection rates (so far) have mostly been in cities at higher latitudes, and southern cities in which blacks constitute a high percentage of the population.

2. At higher latitudes, the angle of the sun offers less opportunity for vitamin D production by human skin.

3. Though blacks are a minority in the population in NYC, for example, their death rates have been the highest. If I heard right, in NYC, 30 % of cases were black, but 70% of fatalities were black.

4. Published research shows that darker skin is less capable (than lighter-colored skin) of creating vitamin D from sun exposure.

The takeaway here appears (to me at least) to be that vitamin D blood levels are surely a major factor in Covid-19 deaths, (and possibly infection rates) despite the fact that our so-called medical experts seem to be oblivious to that possibility.

Also, if I heard the news correctly, in NYC, fatalities were associated with these underlying conditions:

2/3 had hypertension
40 % were diabetic

Note that these are both symptoms of a chronic magnesium deficiency.

Therefore, it appears (to me at least) that Covid-19 is just one more disease among many for which a significantly higher risk is associated with chronic deficiencies of vitamin D and/or magnesium.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Tex

Grahm · Post by **Grahm** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:53 am

Tex,

I think you are spot on!!! Thank you for always telling us to keep a watch on our vit d and magnesium.

Where would we be without you?? I honestly don’t think I’d be in this world.

Love you,
Connie

Post by **tex** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:25 pm

Thanks Connie, for sharing your thoughts. You know, I find it interesting that no authorities have associated an increased risk with autoimmune diseases in general, or IBDs, specifically. There are enough patients being treated with so-called biologics (that suppress the immune system), that one would think that this would be noted as an underlying condition in the statistics about the risks.

But perhaps the fact (as others have posted here) that IBDs (or AI diseases) may provide enough increased resistance to the virus that this may be offsetting the risk (for those who don't use biologics), so that the combined effect on the statistics may be about neutral.

There has to some reason why the increasing use of biologics hasn't been found to increase the risk of coronavirus infection (or increased mortality). Or perhaps it has, but they're hiding this fact, so that they don't all get sued for prescribing biologics. As usual, they only tell us what they want us to hear, whether it's relevant or not.

Love,

Tex

Marcia K · Post by **Marcia K** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:54 pm

Thanks, Tex. You're always spot on!

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:04 pm

Thanks as always for your inspiring observations. I suspect you're onto something. I heard on the news this morning that blood pressure drugs could cause a worse reaction for those with Covid 19. Something to do with using the same receptors?? Sorry, I don't have a link. Deb

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:03 pm

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/ ... 15e3-H.pdf

A small study but still pretty interesting.

Post by **tex** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:09 pm

Deb,

That's very interesting. I wonder if they're still giving those drugs to hypertension patients in intensive are. That might actually be a primary reason why hypertension increases the mortality rate — the treatment might raise the rate more than the hypertension itself.

Brandy,

Thanks for that link. It's nice to be able to see some solid data. As bad as the virus has been in New York city, I find it very interesting that during the month of March, there were almost twice as many hospitalized patients in Connecticut, as in the entire State of New York, and almost as many hospitalizations in Maryland, Tennessee, and Georgia. Yet all we heard on the news (down here in Texas, at least), was coronavirus news updates by NY Governor Cuomo.

Tex

Post by **tex** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:34 pm

Deb,

That position on certain hypertension medications might be referring to an article published in the Lancet. Here's a quote of the opening paragraph:

Lei Fang and colleagues1 extrapolated results from a molecular study of coronaviruses, which showed that this group of viruses uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to target cells on the epithelium of the lungs, intestine, kidneys, and blood vessels.2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), would probably share these properties.

The name of the article is:

Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19?

and here's the url, but you'll have to copy and paste the url into your browser, because most browsers probably will not convert this url into a working link automatically.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanr ... 2/fulltext

This refers to ACE inhibitors such as Lisinopril. But naturally, the American Heart Association recommends that people continue to take them, because there's no evidence that they make conditions worse (meaning there's no published medical research showing specifically that they increase the risk of the Covid-19 virus entering lung cells). Apparently common sense (err on the side of caution) is not an attribute of the American Heart Association.

Tex

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:52 am

Thanks for the links, Tex. Stay well!

Greengoddess · Post by **Greengoddess** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:44 pm

Vitamin D and Covid
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/c ... 03100.html

Post by **tex** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:59 pm

Tex

Erica P-G · Post by **Erica P-G** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:55 pm

I completely agree, I feel the VitD hormone has a lot to do with how a human body works its immune system. I've seen it in myself over these last few years, the healing comes in spurts, but over time it has been a huge difference in my general overall health.

I don't take nearly as much Magnesium as I once did, but I still maintain 5000 iu VitD and 200-400 Mag Glycinate daily now.

I have felt that any virus, this one included could have been beaten if more people had healthier cells and took less medication, sure you'll get sick and feel terrible but you wouldn't die from it. I get sad when I learn so many people have such terrible health. I can't say mine has been perfect since I got LC, unbeknownst to me, but I sure didn't just let myself go and give up. I try to maintain as good of health as I can on a daily basis.

I've learned a much different way of life since I have been a part of this group

jlbattin · Post by **jlbattin** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:05 pm

Thanks Tex for your insight as usual! I feel like if I got the virus that I might be pretty sick for awhile, but probably could fight it off. Not that I want to find out by any means, but I do feel that since I eat pretty healthy and take my vitamins that I'm doing ok.

I think as a nation that many people have become a victim of fast food (my husband and I used to do that a lot before I was diagnosed) and Erica, you are right, it's sad to see people so unhealthy. So this virus gets ahold of them and many of them have died because they are so unhealthy!

I hope when this is over that many will be eating a little healthier and getting a little more exercise (that's something my husband and I do every day now - we got out and walk and I wasn't doing much of that at all before this) and it'll be a nicer, kinder world!

Hope this finds all of you well! Marcia, stay safe as you go about your work on a daily basis (I believe I read in another post that you were working with the elderly? but I can't find that post right now), and any of the rest of you that are going out on a regular basis!