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TheBlackAdder

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11. Reinforce your immune system with good food, sunlight or a Verilux lamp and D3 supplements.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 02:18 PM
Feb 2020

Most all pandemics stem from winter low sunlight and sun exposure, or post a volcanic event that decreases sunlight and crop yields.

Also, canning helped the Spanish flu, as the canning process strips most vitamins out of the food, and while many foods look nice, many are lower in nutrients as they are grown in over-stressed croplands.

Vitamins work in compounds and many require a high stomach acidity. As a side note, low stomach acid is what triggers acid reflux, because the sphincter closes when the PH is below 3. Taking antacids not only prevents the sphincter from working properly, causing a need to keep taking them, but it prevents many of the vitamins and minerals from being broken down before they enter the small intestines and they don't get absorbed. So while someone might be taking vitamins, they are just flushed out of the body and do no good.

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Great.. HipChick Feb 2020 #1
I am a firm believer in hand washing as a preventive measure. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #2
+1 happybird Feb 2020 #5
Pretty much the same here. My hands get the 20-second routine. Hortensis Feb 2020 #35
I have taken to moving waste baskets near the doors in public restrooms. 33taw Feb 2020 #3
Live animals? marlakay Feb 2020 #4
My question also. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2020 #7
see my update in reply 31 on cats and dogs abqtommy Feb 2020 #32
see my speculative post #8 n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #9
Dead ones are OK, then? CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #10
According to the information provided in the details at the link it appears that the advice to abqtommy Feb 2020 #13
This info came up today on coronavirus in cats and dogs...protect them and yourself... abqtommy Feb 2020 #31
see my update in reply 31 on cats and dogs abqtommy Feb 2020 #33
These are excellent tips. defacto7 Feb 2020 #6
THIS IS A GUESS (and only a guess) Coventina Feb 2020 #8
I wondered about that but I thought it was from defacto7 Feb 2020 #12
Apparently it's the capturing and selling the live animal for food that leads to infection. Coventina Feb 2020 #14
Thanks, sounds like a point. I also had the idea defacto7 Feb 2020 #19
Ew. Yeah, that doesn't sound safe either! Coventina Feb 2020 #23
See my reply #13... and stay safe! abqtommy Feb 2020 #17
Reinforce your immune system with good food, sunlight or a Verilux lamp and D3 supplements. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #11
comet C/2019 Q4 arrived late last year from interstellar space librechik Feb 2020 #20
That's an interesting thought but I'm not equpped to confirm or debunk it. I do know abqtommy Feb 2020 #22
spot on! Good luck! n/t librechik Feb 2020 #26
You could check and see if there were any passing objects defacto7 Feb 2020 #28
Astronomer Fred Hoyle was a proponent ThoughtCriminal Feb 2020 #30
Here's a big question.... What about Cash? defacto7 Feb 2020 #15
I haven't used cash for years but I can see how using the credit/debit card machines at stores abqtommy Feb 2020 #18
Provision your home with food and fresh water Johnny2X2X Feb 2020 #16
Good advice. I started storing water before this ever started. defacto7 Feb 2020 #24
Good point. I hadn't thought of that. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #25
Very interesting about Shanghai. Hortensis Feb 2020 #34
Wash hands. I deal with so many customers all shift. LizBeth Feb 2020 #21
Hand sanitizer Johnny2X2X Feb 2020 #27
I saw this experiment a couple weeks ago. Wash hands, lol. LizBeth Feb 2020 #29
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