DrV's 2-minute Video Review of BMJ’s Postgraduate Medicine Journal 2020 Nov (Rastogi et al)
TWO MINUTES that could and should change the direction of international health policy; give me two hours and I'll change the entire paradigm
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE: Evidence of direct antiviral effect = less/no infection + less/no transmission
(more effective than vaccines, plus cheaper and safer)
Publication: BMJ’s Postgraduate Medicine Journal 2020 Nov
Population: 40 pts with mild Cv19 + vitamin D deficiency
Action: vD3 60,000 IU/d to reach 25ohD >50 ng/ml, which is what I recommended 10 years ago as the optimal level; see PDF provided below
Effect: “62.5% participants in the intervention group and 20.8% participants in the control arm (p<0.018) became SARS-CoV-2 RNA negative. Fibrinogen levels significantly decreased with cholecalciferol supplementation.”
Whether with the new math or old math, 60 is x3 of 20 which can also be expressed as a triple improvement or 300%!
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE: Evidence of direct antiviral effect = less/no infection + less/no transmission (more effective than vaccines, plus cheaper and safer)
Summation: Here was another international game-changer that was actively ignored by medical groups and politicians, essentially all of whom are paid by pharma.
DrV: My opinion is that denying this line of research (now confirmed multiple times by multiple investigators internationally) is a crime against all humans who are affected by lockdowns, travel/work/leisure restrictions, and loss of income and the right to live their lives normally.
Dr Alex Kennerly Vasquez (introduction; brief Bio-CV) writes and teaches for an international audience on various topics ranging from leadership to nutrition to functional inflammology. Major books include Inflammation Mastery, 4th Edition (full-color printing, 1182 pages, equivalent to 25 typical books [averaging 60,000 words each]), which was also published in two separate volumes as Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine (Volume 1: Chapters 1-4; Volume 2: Chapter 5—Clinical Protocols for Diabetes, Hypertension, Migraine, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, Vasculitis, Dermatomyositis and most other major inflammatory/autoimmune disorders); several sections have been excerpted including Antiviral Strategies and Immune Nutrition (ISBN 1502894890) (aka, Antiviral Nutrition [available as PDF download] and Brain Inflammation in Chronic Pain, Migraine, and Fibromyalgia. Dr Vasquez’s books are available internationally via bookstores such as BookDepository, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, ThriftBooks, AbeBooks, BetterWorldBooks, WaterStonesBooks and his new Telegram channel is https://t.me/DrAlexVasquez.
This super-cool information is not personalized medical advice.
