Hazards, Issues & Diseases

Two new studies offer an explanation for why COVID-19 cases can be so variable. A subset of patients has mutations in key immunity genes; other patients have autoantibodies that target the same components of the immune system. Both circumstances could contribute to severe forms of the disease. #covid19

A coalition of doctors and other health professionals in Belgium has issued an open letter calling for an immediate end to every “emergency” policy established in response to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), as well as a full-scale investigation into the World Health Organization (WHO) for allegedly faking a pandemic #scamdemic #fakepandemic

Underlying health conditions like obesity, heart disease, and diabetes have emerged as key factors in COVID-19 severity and fatalities. Obesity doubles your risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19 and raises your risk of death. More than a dozen states in Mexico have decided to combat the pandemic by banning the sale of junk food to minors. #junkfood

With the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19, a randomized clinical study found giving hospitalized COVID-19 patients calcifediol (a vitamin D3 analog) in addition to standard care reduced intensive care unit admissions from 50% to 2%. None of those given calcifediol died, and all were discharged without complications #covid19