The US has experienced 25 major problems with one mosquito
that exact same mosquito now carrys the Zika virus
History_of_yellow_fever in Wikipedia
- 'At least 25 major outbreaks followed in North America, such as in Philadelphia 1793,. . . "
"The American government, including George Washington, had to flee the city, which was the capital of the United States at the time." - “The fever in 1793 is the reason why the capital of the United States is not in Philadelphia
- “In 1878, about 20,000 people died in an epidemic in towns of the Mississippi River Valley and its tributaries.”
- “The 1853 outbreak claimed 7,849 residents of New Orleans”
Portion of a table from Mosquito-borne_disease in Wikipedia
Mosquito Species | Aedes aegypti |
Infectious Agent | YFV, DFV, CFV, ZFV, Bunyamwera virus |
Primary Disease | Yellow Fever, Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika fever, Bunyamwera fever |
Add'tl Disease | microencephaly, arthralgia |
Location | Mostly <1500 meters elevation, tropics & subtropics, urban |
Time of Day | Mostly Daytime |
1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic - Wikipedia
- "5,000 or more people were listed in the official register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. The vast majority of them died of yellow fever"
- "Then the largest city in the US, with around 50,000 residents,"
- "Major port cities such as Baltimore and New York had quarantines against refugees and goods from Philadelphia"
PBS American Experience - The Great Fever - Oct 2006
1793-1905
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fever
Compare that map to Zika suitability map of April 2016
I strongly believe that Zika Birth Defects can be greatly reduced if pregnant women have lots of vitamin D
Virus articles in Vitamin D Life
- wiki page:
- 400 IU Vitamin D for UK adults with COVID is based on a RTI study biased by infants - Jan 2021
- COVID-19 lung infection upsets Vitamin D genes (so more or different form of Vit D is required) - Dec 22, 2020
- French Consensus – 200,000 IU of Vitamin D if get COVID-19 – Dec 22, 2020
- CDC listed health problems at increased risk of COVID-19 (all are associated with low Vitamin D) - Dec 1, 2020
- The FDA should consider vitamin D as a pharmaceutical agent for COVID - Dec 21, 2020
- Micronutrients for COVID-19: Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Melatonin, Zinc, Se, etc. - Dec 2020
- 600,000 IU of Vitamin D (total) allowed previously weak immune systems to fight off a virus antigen - Nov 2020
- Take 50,000 IU of Vitamin D weekly before and after COVID-19 vaccination
- Yet another low Vitamin D health problem with increased COVID-19 risks (Vertebral Fracture) – Oct 2020
- Rational approach to COVID-19: 50k-100k of Vitamin D weekly – Dec 2020
- Ways to boost immune system to fight COVID-19 (no protocol) - Oct 2020
- Shift workers 2X more likely to get COVID-19 (low Vitamin D) - Dec 2020
- Almost everyone with COVID-19 in a Louisiana ICU had low vitamin D – April 29, 2020
- Why Vitamin D is better than the Flu Vaccine – Nov 2018
- Vaccinated children had greatly increased office visits for 14 health problems - Nov 2020
- COVID-19 plus pneumonia in ICU with low vitamin D equaled Death - Dec 2020
- Excellent on-going analysis of Vitamin D and COVID-19 publications
- 7X less likely to die of COVID-19 if taking Vitamin D loading dose – Dec 11, 2020
- COVID-19 patients with low vitamin D had far fewer natural killer cells – Dec 2020
- COVID-19 Vitamin D: Overview by Dr. in Sri Lanka (Video and transcript) - Dec 8, 2020
- COVID-19 Vitamin D: Overview of Evidence by Dr. Seheult (Video and transcript) - Dec 10, 2020
- Excessive insulin decreases vitamin D in 4 ways – problems for diabetic COVID-19 – Dec 2020
- 75 articles indicate that Vitamin D should fight COVID-19 – Evidence Review Dec 10, 2020
- 3.8 X higher risk of COVID-19 death if low vitamin D – Belgium Nov 25, 2020
- Vitamin D recommended to fight COVID-19 by 2 groups – Dec 7, 2020
- 5X more likely to test positive for COVID-19 if low vitamin D in previous 5 years (900,000 people) - Dec 4, 2020
- Protect your immune system from COVID-19, flu, colds, etc with 10,000 IU of vitamin D etc. - Nov 2020
- UV provides the best explanation of COVID-19 variation in Italy (74 pcnt) – Nov 2020
- COVID-19 Scoping Review of Vitamin D finds lots of evidence, protocol to be used is unclear - Nov 26, 2020
- COVID-19 protocol proposed in India includes Vitamin D - Nov 12, 2020
- Covid-19 protocol includes Vitamin D and aspirin - Nov 27, 2020
- A Medical School COVID-19 protocol includes Vitamin D for all phases – Marik Nov 2020
- Vitamin D helps athletes while reducing their COVID-19 risk - Dec 4, 2020
- 5.8 X more likely to die of COVID-19 if low vitamin D - Systematic Review Dec 3, 2020
- Vitamin D has eliminated ICU COVID-19 in hospital in Dubai since June - Sept 26, 2020
- 13 possible reasons why COVID-19 is less severe in children – Dec 1, 2020
- Hyperglycemic 2X more likely to have severe COVID-19 - Nov 2020
- Evidence of Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 etc. - take 4,000 IU if less than 20 ng (UK) – Dec 1, 2020
- 1.4X less risk of COVID-19 if had taken some Vitamin D (a US yes-no survey) – Nov 30, 2020
- Vitamin D associated with reduced COVID-19 risks in children - GRH Nov 2020
- COVID-19 and Vitamin D: Health Authorities do not understand risk-reward – Nov 2020
- Low Vitamin D may be associated with 90 percent of COVID-19 Deaths (comment on German study) – Nov 2020
- COVID-19 male mortality increased 3.9 X if low vitamin D – observation Nov 25, 2020
- Vitamin D and COVID-19: Video and PDF by Dr. Grant (includes recommendations)- Nov 25, 2020
- COVID-19 – Putative Roles of Vitamin D – Nov 2020
- Fight COVID-19 without drugs or vaccines, Vitamin D is the single most-studied way – Nov 2020
- Clinical trials are proving that Vitamin D fights COVID-19 in hospitals
- Vitamin D should fight COVID-19 (but Irish Consortium recommends only 1,000 IU) – Nov 21, 2020
- New drug application to FDA for a probiotic which might treat COVID-19 – Nov 19, 2020
- Hospital COVID-19 observation: 7X more likely to live if more than 20 ng of vitamin D– Nov 19, 2020
- Severe COVID-19 not fought by vitamin D when given too late - RCT Nov 18, 2020
- Governments and other groups are starting to use vitamin D to fight COVID-19
- COVID-19 deaths are proportional to previous interleukin-6 levels, Vitamin D lowers them – Nov 2020
- COVID-19 defeated 3x faster by 420,000 IU Vitamin D nanoemulsion – RCT Nov 12, 2020
- How to identify and limit potential superspreaders
- 2X fewer COVID-19 deaths observed if infrequent vitamin D (2X more deaths if daily dose) – ClinicalTrial Oct 20, 2020
- Many problems with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – Nov 9, 2020
- Common sense COVID-19 risk reduction - masks, social distancing, vitamin D - Oct 2020
- French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19 - May 2020
- Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 meets all Bradford Hill Criteria - Nov 2020
- COVID-19 probably fought by 40 ng of Vitamin D - quickly achieved with 200K-400K IU - Oct 28, 2020
- COVID-19 1.7X more likely to be severe if low Vitamin D - meta-analysis Oct 2020
- Chinese COVID-19 study – 80 pct of severe cases had low Vitamin D, all asymptomatic cases had OK Vit D – Oct 13, 2020
- Residents of a Nursing Home who choose monthly Vitamin D had 4X fewer COVID-19 deaths – Nov 2, 2020
- COVID-19 survivors can have poor health for a long time
- Vitamin D and COVID-19 - observational studies found it helps, never hurts - Campbell Oct 31, 2020
- Superspreaders appears to have viscous lung fluids – Oct 2020
- Low Vitamin D associated 1.8X increased risk of COVID-19 death in hospital – meta-analysis Nov 4, 2020
- European COVID-19 2nd wave start dates were associated with latitude (vitamin D), not temperature – Oct 31, 2020
- COVID-19 lung death 4X more likely in Iran if less than 25 ng of vitamin D – Oct 30, 2020
- Systems Thinking About SARS-CoV-2 - Oct 2020
- Vitamin C may treat COVID-19 (several studies)
- Evidence Regarding Vitamin D and Risk of COVID-19 and its Severity - Oct 27, 2020
- Concise summary of 10 Vitamin D and COVID-19 observations - Oct 27, 2020
- COVID-19 patients who happened to be taking Vitamin D did much better – Oct 27,2020
- COVID-19 was killing dark-skinned doctors, then they got a Vitamin D recommendation
- Can vitamin D fight COVID-19 - interview of Dr. Matthews Oct 2020
- Zinc (which increases vitamin D in tissues) may both prevent and treat COVID-19
- Magnesium (which increases vitamin D) may fight COVID-19 - Oct 2020
- 19X fewer COVID-19 infections if innate immune system activated – trial Oct 21, 2020
- COVID-19 associated with low Vitamin D in China in the Spring - Sept 2020
- COVID-19 and Vitamin D - 14 studies as of Oct 16, 2020
- 9X COVID-19 survival in nursing home if had 80,000 IU dose of vitamin D in previous month – Oct 2020
- COVID-19 fought by Vitamin D in 43 studies - Oct 15, 2020
- AI is examining 170,000 potential COVID-19 treatments, Vitamin D is one of only 6 found – Sept 4, 2020
- COVID-19 antibodies 2.6 X more likely if had symptoms and low vitamin D (UK hospital staff)– Oct 5 2020
- Vaccines are plan A for COVID-19 Immunity (no plan B) - Sept 11, 2020
- 15 studies indicating that Vitamin D fights COVID-19 - Dr. Grimes Oct 9, 2020
- UK parliament members starting to be interested in Vitamin D for COVID-19 – Oct 10, 2020
- Vitamin D could knock out COVID-19 in 3 months – Dr. Matthews interview Oct 2020
- Diabetes increases COVID-19 severity and COVID-19 creates Diabetes - Oct 2020
- 11 family members got COVID-19 due to one teen in 3 weeks – CDC Oct 5, 2020
- Children with low vitamin D far more likely to hospitalized with COVID-19 – Oct 2020
- VITAMIN D AND COVID-19: IT IS TIME TO ACT – Oct 4, 2020
- 32X more likely to have severe-critical COVID-19 in Turkish hospital if Vitamin D deficient – Oct 5, 2020
- 2.3 X increase in COVID-19 death if mentally ill (associations: Mental Illness and Low Vitamin D, Low D and COVID-19 death) – Oct 2, 2020
- How Vitamin D Helps Fight COVID-19 - Grassroots Health Oct 2020
- 20,000 COVID-19 infections at Amazon (far less than US average of 34,000) – Oct 1, 2020
- COVID-19 was predicted in 2017, now even deadlier predictions are being made, but still no one is listening - Sept 2020
- Can vitamin D supplements help protect against COVID-19 - Oct 1, 2020