Mar 30, 2020 06:56 PM
(This post was last modified: Mar 30, 2020 11:11 PM by C C.)
Boosting your immune system during a pandemic
https://theness.com/neurologicablog/inde...-pandemic/
INTRO: The short answer to the question – how do you boost your immune system – is that you can’t. The very concept of “boosting” the immune system is not scientific and does not exist within mainstream medicine. That’s because it is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of immunity, and of biological systems. Having said that there are legitimate things you can do to optimize immune function, which all are simply ways of avoiding things that inhibit immune function. But first let’s cover some basic principles... (MORE - details)
In pursuit of coronavirus treatments and why we need to be cautious
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/...-cautious/
EXCERPT: It’s impossible to keep up with entries at ClinicalTrials.gov that include the search term “COVID-19.”
[...] “If you’ve given a lot of stuff to people and don’t know what works, you may have satisfied your humanitarian instincts, but you’ve done a disservice. That’s why we lean heavily toward intervening in an ethical, sound, randomized controlled clinical trial, to define whether something works or not,” Dr. Fauci said.
The only instance in which a control is unnecessary is based on logic: if a condition is 100% fatal. There’s nothing to lose. “But when dealing with a disease, typically a certain percentage of people will have a spontaneous recovery. If they’re given something, you can’t say they got better because of the treatment. A study is meaningless if it is not controlled,” Dr. Fauci said. (MORE - details)
https://theness.com/neurologicablog/inde...-pandemic/
INTRO: The short answer to the question – how do you boost your immune system – is that you can’t. The very concept of “boosting” the immune system is not scientific and does not exist within mainstream medicine. That’s because it is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of immunity, and of biological systems. Having said that there are legitimate things you can do to optimize immune function, which all are simply ways of avoiding things that inhibit immune function. But first let’s cover some basic principles... (MORE - details)
In pursuit of coronavirus treatments and why we need to be cautious
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/...-cautious/
EXCERPT: It’s impossible to keep up with entries at ClinicalTrials.gov that include the search term “COVID-19.”
[...] “If you’ve given a lot of stuff to people and don’t know what works, you may have satisfied your humanitarian instincts, but you’ve done a disservice. That’s why we lean heavily toward intervening in an ethical, sound, randomized controlled clinical trial, to define whether something works or not,” Dr. Fauci said.
The only instance in which a control is unnecessary is based on logic: if a condition is 100% fatal. There’s nothing to lose. “But when dealing with a disease, typically a certain percentage of people will have a spontaneous recovery. If they’re given something, you can’t say they got better because of the treatment. A study is meaningless if it is not controlled,” Dr. Fauci said. (MORE - details)