Health: Coronavirus and Buying Onion Soup

[articulatedgeared01]

Mon 2-17-2020 7:55 p.m.

I do not like the idea of a virus giving me a bad time when it comes to purchasing the things I love on ebay.

In 1918, the Spanish Flu killed millions internationally.  The virus appeared and then disappeared mysteriously.  One loving mother wanted to fight back and save her three children.  She fed her children onions, onion soup, etc. many times each day.  Perhaps the children were never exposed to the virus.   Perhaps the virus did not get along with onions.  Perhaps there was something special about the genetic composition of the children.  However, the three children lived.

There is no guarantee that onions are a cure for anything.  

 When the polio epidemic began to adversely affect the US population, people would move away from cities where polio cases occurred.  The disease followed them.  It was found that polio cases occurred in very clean homes and to a lesser degree in homes which were not pristine.  The reason for this may have been that people in less pristine homes built up some level of immunity to the a moderate amount of dirt and filth around them.  

A moderately dirty home goes against the philosophy of everything being "perfect."

Exposure to some plants or animals may have negative or positive effects.  This is how cures for some diseases are found. 

Children who grow up alone may not be exposed to a variety of diseases.  On the other hand, children attending day care, etc. may develop a hardier immune system due to expose to other kids who carry diseases.  The children may carry the diseases home to their parents.  Perhaps the parents develop a hardier immune system too.

The "bugs" are on the march.  There may be no place safe to hide.  

Most likely the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is on the move trying to help.  We on planet earth are in the same boat together.  If you like praying, then pray.  If you can help somehow, then help.  Try to remember that infected people are still people, and are in need of care and attention.

God please help us all.

Regards,

ag01 

[articulatedgeared01]

Mon 2-17-2020 9:08 p.m.

Re: Use of Zinc Gluconate 

In my community there used to be a pharmacy with a little bulletin board.  On that bulletin board was a "brown", aged newspaper article from the 1970's on the use of zinc (gluconate).  The article discussed how soldiers arriving from all over the US at military training camps during WWII were getting sick (that is, "camp fever").  The doctors at the time began to prescribe zinc to boost the immune system function in the soldiers.  The pharmacist told me I should be taking a zinc tablet every day for the rest of my life.  

Zinc is found naturally in spinach.  Natural foods are always a better source of vitamins and minerals than supplements (for example, zinc tablets).   I do eat spinach and I like its's taste.  Zinc is a topical antiseptic.  I suck on a zinc tablet whenever  I start to get a sore throat.  I may also shallow a zinc tablet as an alternative.  Many times I will take a zinc tablet at night, and I feel better the next morning.

Zinc may be found as a constituent in some cough drops.

The first time I took a zinc tablet, it left a metallic taste in my mouth, but that only happened once.  I do not take zinc regularly.  I figure it is just more junk for my kidneys to discard, and I want to protect my kidneys.  

Not everyone should take zinc.  For some people it does no good at all.  It is best to ask your doctor about taking zinc to determine if it could have an adverse interaction with other medications taken by a patient.

I might decide to take zinc every day as the saga about the coronavirus unfolds.  I keep a small bottle of 50 milligram tablets handy.  I try not to take more than about one tablet a day.  More is not always better.  Remember my concerns about the kidneys needing to flush excess contaminants (in this case zinc) out of the body.

Regards,

ag01