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“The podcast presenters describe vitamin D synthesis, its role in immune regulation – including how it prevents cytokine storms – and why it might be the key to fending off COVID-19. Link to the episode.”

“This process markedly impairs ACE2 receptor function. Findings from a recent study suggest that antibodies for the ACE2 receptor develop after COVID-19 illness, driving long-term complications. Most people recover from COVID-19 illness within a few weeks of symptom onset.”

“The current study involved seven lactating women (average age, 37 years) who were scheduled to receive either the Pfizer BioNTech or Moderna mRNA-based vaccines against COVID-19. The women provided breast milk samples prior to vaccination and between four and 48 hours afterward.”

“Current vaccines against COVID-19 provide powerful protection against the disease.”

“A recent study indicates that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, replicates in the throat, increasing its transmissibility. The authors of the study followed nine patients who presented with symptoms of COVID-19.”

“Infection with SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, disproportionally affects men more than women in terms of both incidence and severity. Some evidence indicates that men are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than women.”

“For example, they were 52% more likely to have had a stroke than the contemporary control group, meaning that, out of every 1,000 people studied, there were around 4 more people in the COVID-19 group than in the control group who experienced stroke.”

“Then, using a mouse model of COVID-19, they demonstrated that viral inflammation altered genetic pathways regulating serotonin absorption in the gut – the primary source of the body's serotonin.”

“Scientists are learning more about how people respond to SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from a recent study suggest that prior exposure to "common cold" coronaviruses may generate the production of SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells.”

“A growing number of studies have demonstrated the importance of vitamin D in regulating the immune system and controlling COVID-19 disease severity. Authors of a new study found that vitamin D supplementation shortened SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitamin D-deficient people.”