b'IMMUNEPROTECTION IN THE AGE OF QUARANTINEBY DAN KENNERA s we spend more time indoorsThe immune system is probably the mostpacity to produce Vitamin D is diminished, duetoenforcedquarantinecomplexsysteminthebody.Itscompo- recommend that people take a Vitamin-D andthelowtemperaturesofnents range from the mucous membranessupplement.Dr.DonaldMiller,acardiac the cold season (often also re- of the digestive and respiratory tracts downsurgeonandProfessorofSurgeryatthe ferred to as the flu season), we shouldtothebonemarrow,withthelymphaticUniversityofWashingtonMedicalCen-learn what we can do to protect ourselvessystem, liver, endocrine glands, and moreter, recommends avoiding the flu shot and fromthreatstohealthbothindoorsandin between. During the flu season, one oftaking Vitamin D instead. According to Dr. out.Whenweunderstandthelimitedthe most cost-effective methods of preven- Miller, Seventy percent of doctors do not value of masks and social distancing, wetion is to take adequate amounts of Vitaminget a flu shot. should recognize the importance of pro- D.Weshouldaskwhyinfluenzaissea- At the first sign of symptoms, one should tecting our health, since preventing expo- sonal. The governments of northern coun- consider taking a high dose of Vitamin D sure to viruses is difficult, if not impossi- tries like Canada, Scotland, England, andshort-term,around50,000international ble. This means ensuring that we have anGermany, where the exposure to sunlightunits for example, for a couple of days. Vi-adequate immune response to pathogens. begins to wane in the Autumn and the ca- tamin D and Vitamin C greatly reduce your 10 H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2020'