The person identified as n = 1 in South Africa was a university student...not vaccinated and the person was immuno-compromise due to also being treated for HIV. Yet, the genomic testing of Omicron is still ongoing and the above fact could change in the next few weeks of research because it has not been proven. In comparison to today's first case in the United States (California)...the person was fully vaccinated and only had mild symptoms. They will now spend a few weeks to determine if it's the vaccination status of this person that prevented a severe Covid infection or if it's the molecular behavior of Omicron not causing severe illness regardless if the person is vaccinated or not vaccinated. wrbtrader
90% of those Hospitalized with Omicron are Unvaccinated. 90 Percent of People Hospitalized With Omicron Have This in Common This is what South African doctors are already seeing with the new COVID variant. https://bestlifeonline.com/hospitalized-with-omicron-news/ A new variant first detected in South Africa has health officials around the world on high alert. Now reported in more than 20 countries so far, the Omicron variant has caused a surge in South Africa in a short period of time, increasing new COVID cases in the country from about 300 a day in mid-November to around 3,000 each day, as reported by The New York Times. At the moment, virus experts warn that the data on this variant is still very limited. White House COVID adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, said it will take about two to four weeks to gather more information on Omicron's transmissibility and severity. For now, we can only look to anecdotal data on how this variant is affecting the people it's infecting. During a Dec. 1 interview on CNN's New Day, Mvuyisi Mzukwa, the vice chair of the South African Medical Association, said that much like other variants of the virus, Omicron is having a severe impact on unvaccinated individuals. "What we've noted is that the people that are being hospitalized are largely unvaccinated, about 90 percent of those are unvaccinated," Mzukwa told CNN's Brianna Keilar. There are about 47 million U.S. adults who are still unvaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But according to Mzukwa, doctors in South Africa have mostly observed cases that are less severe among those infected with the Omicron variant so far. "We're seeing younger patients and we're seeing milder cases of Omicron," he said. "We have not seen that much of hospitalization, all we see is that those patients that do get admitted are patients who are not vaccinated." Mzukwa added, "Obviously, we're still gathering information as to the spread of this Omicron in the country, but it is not what it is touted to be out there. There is nothing much that we see beyond what we have seen with the Delta variant." Virus experts like Fauci warn that it is far too soon to put too much stock into the idea that infections from this new variant are going to cause only mild illness. "With the small number of cases, it is very difficult to know whether or not this particular variant is going to result in severe disease," he said during a Nov. 30 White House press briefing. "We believe that it is too soon to tell of what the level of severity is … [Our South African colleagues] agreed with us that it's too early to tell." Fauci also added the important context that what doctors are seeing in South Africa right now are mostly younger patients, and not older ones. Younger people are far more likely to have a mild case of COVID, regardless of the variant. "There have been … some anecdotal reports out of South Africa that the physicians—mostly private physicians—who've been seeing patients are seeing that they appear to be a less of a severity of illness. But … most of those are among younger individuals," he said during the briefing. The reason many virus experts believe that the Omicron variant might end up causing more severe disease is because of its high levels of mutations. "There's a very unusual constellation of changes across the SARS-CoV-2 genome [with Omicron]," Fauci said during the press briefing. "This mutational profile is very different from other variants of interest and concern. And although some mutations are also found in Delta, this is not Delta; it's something different." As CNBC reports, this new variant has at least 30 mutations among the spike protein compared to the original iteration of the coronavirus—which is also significantly more than the number of mutations the highly contagious Delta variant had in this area. According to Fauci, the spike protein is the "business end of the virus" which is a troublesome place to have so many changes, especially since existing COVID vaccines target this protein. "These mutations have been associated with increased transmissibility and immune evasion," Fauci warned. Tags: COVIDSOUTHAFRICA COVIDOMICRON
South African province where omicron first found sees huge spike in hospitalisations, 10% of them toddlers Nationwide daily infection rose from 300 a day in November to 3,220 on Sunday https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...alisation-toddlers-south-africa-b1967496.html Tags: COVIDSOUTHAFRICA COVIDOMICRON
Not only is it summer in South Africa.... but let's also fact check the typical Vitamin D defeats Covid claims. Fact-check: Can taking vitamin D really eliminate all COVID-19 deaths? https://www.statesman.com/story/new...lly-eliminate-all-covid-19-deaths/8751074002/ Viral Instagram post: "Vitamin D levels of 50 ng/mL correlates to zero mortality rate from COVID." PolitiFact's ruling: False Here's why: Vitamin D has been touted as a panacea for illness for nearly a century and, amid a pandemic, keeps making headlines. But could vitamin D provide a means to end COVID-19 deaths altogether? That’s what one image in a popular Instagram post suggests: "Vitamin D levels of 50 ng/mL correlates to zero mortality rate from COVID," it says with the code "PMID8541492" written out below it. The unit of measurement is nanograms per milliliter. And the "PMID" code references a specific study accessible on PubMed.gov, a database of published health and science research. In this case, the research cited was a meta-analysis — an analysis of previous studies — that examined research and data on vitamin D levels in patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19. A close reading of the research shows this Instagram claim is misleading in that it oversimplifies the findings. It also ignores that, overall, research has been murky on the impact vitamin D has on immunity, and, more recently, whether it improves COVID-19 outcomes. The title of the original publication indicates that zero mortality is just theoretical. It uses the less definitive term "close to zero": COVID-19 Mortality Risk Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status, and a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could Theoretically Be Achieved at 50 ng/mL 25(OH)D3: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. There is no doubt that vitamin D — a nutrient we consume and hormone our bodies produce — plays an important role in one’s skeletal system and overall health. Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health writes on its website that "laboratory studies show that vitamin D can reduce cancer cell growth, help control infections, and reduce inflammation." But COVID-era research on vitamin D’s impact has been mixed. In May 2020, Glenn Grothman, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin, said that research illustrated a correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and higher COVID-19 mortality rates. We rated that True, as early studies supported the claim. But in March 2021, when PolitiFact looked into a claim that "vitamin D, vitamin C, colloidal silver and black seed oil can kill the coronavirus," we found that research on vitamin D and COVID-19 had become less hopeful. Recent research points to growing skepticism about vitamin D’s effectiveness against COVID-19. An October 2021 meta-analysis in the Nutritional Journal that found "vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency was not significantly linked to susceptibility to COVID-19 infection or its associated death." Researchers at the American University of Beirut also came to a similar finding in their meta-analysis published in the Metabolism Clinical and Experimental journal in March 2021. "There is insufficient evidence to recommend either for or against the use of vitamin D for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19," reads a page on a section of the National Institutes of Health website dedicated to explaining what research says about COVID-19 and various supplements. Margherita T. Cantorna, professor of molecular immunology at Pennsylvania State University echoed this sentiment. "I think the conclusions made and reported via Instagram are premature and not based on the science," Cantorna told PolitiFact. She said it’s still unknown whether an increase of vitamin D will help or hurt in terms of fighting COVID-19. On the other hand, other researchers have come to more promising conclusions, including well-known vitamin D researcher Dr. Michael Holick, professor of medicine at Boston University and author of "The Vitamin D Solution." He and other researchers published a study in March 2021 using COVID-19 patient outcomes at Boston University Medical Center. Its findings showed a clear link between vitamin D sufficiency at 30 nanograms per milliliter, and a decreased risk of mortality among elderly patients without obesity. But Holick said the Instagram post oversimplified what research actually shows. "I think that it is more realistic based on the literature, including ours, that vitamin D level concentrations above 40 ng/mL reduce risk of morbidity and mortality by about 50%," said Holick. He said his research has also observed a reduction in infectivity by about 50% when vitamin D levels are at least 34 nanograms per milliliter. 'Everyone is getting sick around me': Report reveals pandemic-related fears in Central Texas jails Lorenz Borsche, one of the authors of the study cited in the Instagram post, said that he believes there is a clear correlation between vitamin D and successful COVID-19 outcomes, but that zero mortality is unachievable. Our ruling An Instagram post claimed "vitamin D levels of 50 ng/mL correlates to zero mortality rate from COVID." The post references a review of research that determined that a "mortality rate close to zero" could be possible. An author on the study said the Instagram post oversimplifies the paper’s findings. It also ignores the fact that research into how vitamin D levels affect mortality from COVID-19 is not conclusive. We rate this claim False. Sources Endocrine Practice, Association of Vitamin D Status With Hospital Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, March 9, 2021. Harvard University, The Nutrition Source: Vitamin D, March 2020. Instagram post, November 3, 2021 Lorenz Borsche, independent researcher, co-author of "COVID-19 Mortality Risk Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status, and a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could Theoretically Be Achieved at 50 ng/mL 25(OH)D3: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," October 14, email exchange with PolitiFact on Nov. 9-10, 2021 Margherita T. Cantorna, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Immunology, Pennsylvania State University, email exchange with PolitiFact on Nov. 9-10, 2021 Metabolism Clinical and Experimental, "The link between COVID-19 and VItamin D (VIVID): A systematic review and meta-analysis," March 16, 2021 Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, Director of Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine, email exchange with PolitiFact on Nov. 9, 2021 National Institutes of Health, COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: Vitamin D, April 21, 2021 Nutritional Journal, "Low vitamin D levels do not aggravate COVID-19 risk or death, and vitamin D supplementation does not improve outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis and GRADE assessment of cohort studies and RCTs," October 31, 2021 PolitiFact, "Glenn Grothman on target about tie between vitamin D and COVID-19, but vitamin D isn’t a known cure," June 8, 2020 PolitiFact, "There’s no scientific evidence to support that these supplements can kill the coronavirus," March 11, 2021 The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, "Vitamin-D and COVID-19: do deficient risk a poorer outcome?," May 20, 2020 Tags: COVIDFACTCHECK COVIDFAKECURES
Fuck off, you want to talk about hurting people with misinformation, you’re doing exactly that. I didn’t say anything about D curing covid. Vitamin D deficiency has been closely associated with the “severity” of cases. The government can put out PSA’s on everything from get your jab, to be sure and wash you damn hands. But they can’t run a simple ad that tells people, especially those who are at risk of “D” deficiency the simple benefits of taking a daily supplement.
So explain your claim regarding "Guaranteed vitamin “D” deficiency is a contributing factor." There is no evidence whatsoever that a Vitamin D deficiency in South Africa is in any way a contributing factor to Covid hospitalizations. What is the scientific basis of your claim?
Several state governments have put out ads aimed at those at risk of "Vitamin D Deficiency", "See Your Doctor", "See Your Community Leader"... Where in the fuck do you live...up in the mountains somewhere or you expecting the White House to hold a damn press conference about it ? At least we know you don't live in Alaska in which you'll see a few TV commercials talking about Vitamin D deficiency along with pharmacies well stock in Vitamin D. wrbtrader