Censorship: COVID's Co-Killer.

Election irregularities, Chinese spies seducing a congressman, and the shocking revelation that "Dr." Jill Biden is not a real doctor briefly let us turn our attention away from COVID-19. However, the Coronavirus remains with us and has made it to Antarctica. COVID continues--directly or indirectly--to hasten deaths. Along with the arrival of two much-anticipated vaccines is a new active variant. The effects of both remain to be seen.

For months, we have heard that COVID is not like the flu; it is a different animal. It may leave the infected person with long-term aftereffects. Given the potential problems, the FDA, CDC, NIH, HHS, and any other alphabet soup health agencies should be advocating for early pharmacological treatment and prevention. Instead, we are told to wash our hands, wear masks--which may or may not help--and stay away from one another. Indeed, as California's Health and Human Services Secretary admitted, the state's order banning outdoor dining and closing playgrounds was "not a comment on the relative safety" of the activity, but a tactic for keeping people at home.

By all means, stay home even though 66% of new Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York were in people who had not routinely left their residences. Stay inside even though there are studies echoing observations during the 1918 flu pandemic finding that people who went outside had better outcomes. A recent Spanish study showed that 80% of patients with COVID had low levels of vitamin D. Another study found that people with adequate vitamin D levels had a 51% lower risk of dying from COVID. The same individuals at-risk for vitamin D deficiency--those with dark skin, the elderly and overweight, and those who stay indoors--have been particularly hard hit by COVID.

Simply put, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any risk of taking proper doses of vitamins and minerals is dwarfed by the risks associated with COVID. Useful vitamins and minerals include zinc (inhibits viral replication), vitamin D3 and vitamin C, and quercetin (to help drive zinc into the cells). Additionally, melatonin, a hormone found naturally in the body that regulates our sleep cycle, also has significant anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and mitochondrial protective effects.

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