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Covid-19 & The Sun: A Lesson From The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
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[quote:Daniel Higdon:MV80MzA2OTY5Xzc4NDUxOTE4XzlDMEU3MTI2] So many good posts here. Thanks everyone! I've been worried about my girls as they had to make a work trip to Florida. They told me they were better off than most because they were working outside all day in the sunshine. The article in the OP reminded me that they probably had a good point. Hope everyone stays well. I'm trying to get daily doses of sunshine, taking my elderberry every day, fish oil, and D3. Have ordered some quercetin as that has been mentioned in some studies. Also been eating more fruits and vegetables for a while now. Lots we can do naturally to try and firght off this virus although tomorrow is not a guarantee for any of us. [/quote]
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This article lines up with a story my great-grandmother always told me. She said when my great-grandfather came home from WWI, he found his mother and some of his siblings in their family home dying of the flu. He opened all of the windows in the house and nursed them back to health. I always wondered why she included that specific part about opening the windows as the main part of the story...
But records from the 1918 pandemic suggest one technique for dealing with influenza — little-known today — was effective. Some hard-won experience from the greatest pandemic in recorded history could help us in the weeks and months ahead.
Put simply, medics found that severely ill flu patients nursed outdoors recovered better than those treated indoors. A combination of fresh air and sunlight seems to have prevented deaths among patients; and infections among medical staff. There is scientific support for this. Research shows that outdoor air is a natural disinfectant. Fresh air can kill the flu virus and other harmful germs. Equally, sunlight is germicidal and there is now evidence it can kill the flu virus.
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The article also mentions sunlight and vitamin D (which I have seen recommended as a supplement to take that may help fight off the virus). Also discusses the homemade face masks that they made back then which were the forerunners of the N95 respirators in use today.
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