Vitamin D is important for fighting viral infections, including coronavirus

Vitamin D is important for fighting viral infections, including coronavirus

By Amy Tsiang


President Trump's treatment for COVID-19 included natural treatments zinc, vitamin D,  and melatonin  https://people.com/health/what-to-know-president-trump-coronavirus-treatments/

Melania Trump says she only treated her COVID-19 with vitamins and healthy food, instead of medication https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/first-lady-melania-trump-personal-experience-covid-19/  While she didn't specify which vitamins, (and if she did, she would likely be attacked by the pharmaceutical rep's for the lack of scientific evidence showing efficacy for the vitamins she used), I would guess there's a good chance she used vitamin C (water-soluble and liposomic forms), vitamin D3, and zinc at a minimum, and possibly some immune boosting herbs.

(Vitamin D and zinc deficiency and lowered melatonin bioavailability has been found in microwave sickness:  "patients with EHS present frequently with a profound deficit in vitamins and trace elements, especially in vitamin D and zinc" per Belpomme and Irigaray 2020 https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/6/1915/htm and  lower melatonin bioavailability was found in 100% of those with microwave sickness: "6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate (6-OHMS)/creatinin ratio... was decreased ( < 0.8) in all investigated cases" per  Belpomme 2015  http://www.ehs-mcs.org/fichiers/1454070991_Reliable_biomarkers.pdf )

Lymphocytes are the white blood cells that protect us from foreign invaders like viruses and bacteria, in a process called adaptive immune response
 
There are 2 types of lymphocytes: T cells and B cells.  B cells produce antibodies which bind to antigens on the surface of invaders circulating in the blood and lymph (humoral immunity), which tags them for destruction by the immune system.  T cells attack the body's cells which been invaded by a pathogen (cell-mediated immunity)

Vitamin D regulates T-cells.  It is crucial to activating our immune defenses and without sufficient intake of vitamin D, the killer cells of the immune system – T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41809154_Vitamin_D_controls_T_cell_antigen_receptor_signaling_and_activation_of_human_T_cells

In fact, T cells may be more important than antibodies in fighting COVID-19 and between 50-80% of the population may already possess T-cells that make them resistant to SARS-CoV-2 acquired from previous coronavirus infections   https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-35331/v1%20  https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3563

(Fauci takes 6000 iu vitamin D3 https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/t-cells-are-the-superstars-in-fighting-covid-19-but-why-are-some-people-so-poor-at-making-them/ , a much higher level than recommended by the US RDA, which is 600-800 IU .  The fact that Fauci has been taking a high amount of vitamin D3 relative to the US RDA means he knows about the immunoprotective effects of vitamin D3.  He's probably also well aware that studies have shown that 75% of Americans are deficient in vitamin D https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vitamin-d-deficiency-united-states/ and 42% are deficient in this 2011 study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21310306/ . Yet he didn't tell the country about its importance until September, 6 months after lock-down measures began, only telling everyone to reduce contact with the virus via lockdowns, social distancing, masking and nothing about checking vitamin D levels and bolstering the immune system.   Integrative and functional physicians often recommend 5000 iu or higher depending on vitamin d levels from blood tests. )

Vitamin D deficiency in the population may be from glutathione deficiency.  Glutathione, the master antioxidant that fights oxidative stress and essential for the immune system functioning,  also regulates vitamin D levels, and low levels of glutathione lead to lower vitamin D levels.  "GSH [reduced glutathione] deficiency and the  associated increased oxidative stress epigenetically alters vitamin D regulatory genes and, as a result, the suppressed gene expression decreases VD biosynthesis, ultimately leading to a secondary deficiency of vitamin D...glutathione is essential for the control of endogenous vitamin D biosynthesis and demonstrates potential benefits of GSH treatment in reducing the deficiency of vitamin D... glutathione deficiency rather than vitamin D deficiency is a primary cause underlying biochemical abnormalities, including the decreased biosynthesis of vitamin D, and is responsible for serious manifestations and death in COVID-19 patients."  Polonikov 2020 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00288 


The importance of glutathione to COVID-19 is supported in this recent study by a New York doctor who is a Lyme disease specialist who successfully treated two patients with COVID-19 pneumonia with glutathione, vitamin C, zinc, and glutathione precursors N-Acetyl-Cysteine and alpha lipoic acid and was able to prevent complications of  "cytokine storm" and ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) from developing.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007120301350  

Studies that show that wireless radiation affects lymphocytes:

  • Wireless radiation disrupts lymphocytes by opening calcium channels (VGCC's) in cell membrane and increasing intraceullar Ca2+ (Puri et al, 2019, attached), thereby assisting coronavirus infection  
  • Cell phone radiation impairs DNA repair in lymphocytes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20445
  • After 30 days of exposure time, 1 h/day EMF exposure resulted in significant decrease in immunoglobulin levels (IgA, IgE, IgM, and IgG); total leukocyte, lymphocyte, eosinophil and basophil counts; and a significant increase in neutrophil and monocyte counts. These changes were more increased in the group exposed to 2 h/day EMF. Vitamin D supplementation in EMF-exposed rats reversed these results when compared with EMF-exposed groups. In contrast, 7, 14, and 21 days of EMF exposure produced nonsignificant differences in these parameters among all experimental groups. We concluded that exposure to mobile phone radiation compromises the immune system of rats, and vitamin D appears to have a protective effect.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27901344/ 
  • GSM cell phone radiation microwaves under specific conditions of exposure affected human lymphocytes similar to stress response https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3165836_Nonthermal_GSM_Microwaves_Affect_Chromatin_Conformation_in_Human_Lymphocytes_Similar_to_Heat_Shock
  • As compared to the control group in the radar operators a statistically significant decrease in the total T8 cell count and a significant increase in the IgM level was found pointing to the radiation induced disorders in lymphocyte system. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2131394/

Read more on effects of wireless radiation and 5G on the immune system https://mdsafetech.org/immune-system/ 

Studies that shows that wireless radiation affects vitamin D and glutathione:

  • Garaj-Vrhovac  et. al, 2011 found that radar workers, after 10 years, had glutathione that was more than 50% lower than non-radar workers.   “The glutathione concentration in the exposed group was significantly lower than in controls (1.24 vs. 0.53) whereas the concentration of malondialdehyde was significantly higher (1.74 vs. 3.17), indicating oxidative stress. Results suggests that pulsed microwaves from working environment can be the cause of genetic and cell alterations and that oxidative stress can be one of the possible mechanisms of DNA and cell damage.”  Results were statistically significant (p<0.05).  Average exposure levels for radar workers were no higher than 0.00000835 W/kg, or 8.35 E-6 W/kg, well below government exposure standards  (FCC Whole Body SAR limit is 0.08W/kg average.)  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438463910001069 (my highlighted copy attached)
  • Deluca et al, 2014.  https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2014/924184/ found reduced levels of glutathione and impaired detoxification ability in those with microwave sickness (EHS).  Risk of EHS development was increased 9.7 times in individuals who are missing two genes GSTM1 and GSTT1, which are glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzymes that detoxify by conjugation with glutathione  
    • a statistically significant lowered level of antioxidant/detoxification enzymatic activity of GST (glutathione S-transferase) in EHS compared to non-EHS (~1.9 in EHS vs. ~2.5 in non-EHS, p=0.000001, see Figure 5a) 
    • a statistically significant increased level of antioxidant/detoxification enzymatic activity of GPX (glutathione peroxidase) in EHS compared to non-EHS (~24.9 in EHS vs. ~22.8 in non-EHS, p=0.012151, see Figure 5b)
  • Zothansiama et al, 2017.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318916428_Impact_of_radiofrequency_radiation_on_DNA_damage_and_antioxidants_in_peripheral_blood_lymphocytes_of_humans_residing_in_the_vicinity_of_mobile_phone_base_stations    found that people residing with 80m (~250 ft) of cell phone towers had statistically significant lowered levels of glutathione  (p < 0.01)  and other antioxidants CAT and SOD  (p < 0.001)  and statistically significant increased levels of micronuclei (MN)  (p < 0.001)  and lipid peroxidation (LOO)   (p < 0.001)  when compared to a control group residing 300m or more away from cell towers was just published in August 2017.  The frequencies emitted by the cell towers was between 900MHz and 1800MHz. The RF exposure level for the exposed group was in the range of 2.80–7.52 mW/m2, well under the FCC limit of 10,000 mW/m2.  The RF exposure level for the control group was 0.014–0.065 mW/m2, which is at least 100 times lower than the exposure level in the exposed group.   

To me, the increasing wireless environment which has worsened because of 5G is a far greater threat than coronavirus.  The biggest recent threats are the increased number and proximity of small cells (on light poles and utility poles within a few feet from people) for 4G and 5G, public Wi-Fi hot spots in modem/routers of residential homes supplied by internet providers without people's knowledge or awareness, and the introduction of beamforming/beamsteering wireless technology and 5G devices using mmWaves.  


Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 is inevitable.  Everyone will be exposed to it if not already. To minimize risk of complications with COVID-19, reduce your wireless radiation exposure.

Here are 10 tips on how to reduce your exposure and set-up a low radiation workstation for your children https://ehtrust.org/how-to-set-up-a-low-emf-safe-tech-computer-workstation/

To read more on the effects of wireless radiation and 5G on the immune system https://mdsafetech.org/immune-system/   

To read more about the role that vitamin D deficiency plays in COVID-19, read this well-written article from Children's Health Defense

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/vitamin-d-deficiency-is-associated-with-covid-19-severity-and-mortality/ 


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