Were you up last night checking your bones for rickets?

Plus this looks like the R number has been falling, including NE & NW England. Guess we wait for explanation from Whitty & Valance when they get called to appear before MP’s to explain their lockdown evidence because the media aren’t allowed to it seems.

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Indeed Rudi, SAGE should have all of those. The modelling should be done by an outside group advised by the scientists, and the outcomes from the models discussed with economists as to which is the most favourable outcome. Otherwise, we are being advised by mathematicians, not scientists.

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I know not all diseases are identical. I never said they were. You seem to think I don't know this. But you imply that C-19 is spreading like wildfire despite the vulnerable are already taking steps to avoid it. This virus is not going away soon. As has been proved in other countries which had harder lockdowns than us.

So if these vulnerable are not getting other respiratory diseases who is dying? The death rate is quite normal at the moment, even though we have reported cases hitting new highs. Also, why can we not return to normal? Acute fatigue syndrome has been around for years and is fairly rare.

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From NHS

Advice for adults and children over 4 years old

During the autumn and winter, you need to get vitamin D from your diet because the sun is not strong enough for the body to make vitamin D.

But since it's difficult for people to get enough vitamin D from food alone, everyone (including pregnant and breastfeeding women) should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D during the autumn and winter.

Between late March/early April to the end of September, most people can get all the vitamin D they need through sunlight on their skin and from a balanced diet.

You may choose not to take a vitamin D supplement during these months.
People at risk of vitamin D deficiency

Some people will not get enough vitamin D from sunlight because they have very little or no sunshine exposure.

The Department of Health and Social Care recommends that you take a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D throughout the year if you:

are not often outdoors – for example, if you're frail or housebound
are in an institution like a care home
usually wear clothes that cover up most of your skin when outdoors

If you have dark skin – for example you have an African, African-Caribbean or south Asian background – you may also not get enough vitamin D from sunlight.

You should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D throughout the year.

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This advice has been around for years. For the month or so that the sun is too week due to the angle of the Earth, you needn't worry too much. It takes a fair bit longer than that to get Rickets.

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