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A high-salt diet is not only bad for one's blood pressure, but also for the immune system. This is the conclusion of a current study under the leadership of the University Hospital Bonn. Mice fed a high-salt diet were found to suffer from much more severe bacterial infections. Human volunteers who consumed an additional six grams of salt per day also showed pronounced immune deficiencies. This amount corresponds to the salt content of two fast food meals. The results are published in the journal "Science Translational Medicine".
Five grams a day, no more: This is the maximum amount of salt that adults should consume according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO). It corresponds approximately to one level teaspoon.
In reality, however, many Germans exceed this limit considerably: Figures from the Robert Koch Institute suggest that on average men consume ten, women more than eight grams a day.
This means that we reach for the salt shaker much more than is good for us. After all, sodium chloride, which is its chemical name, raises blood pressure and thereby increases the risk of heart attack or stroke.
But not only that: "We have now been able to prove for the first time that excessive salt intake also significantly weakens an important arm of the immune system," explains Prof. Dr. Christian Kurts from the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Bonn.
Journal Reference
Katarzyna Jobin, Natascha E. Stumpf, Sebastian Schwab et al. A high-salt diet compromises antibacterial neutrophil responses through hormonal perturbation [$], Science Translational Medicine (DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay3850)
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 30 2020, @08:41PM (1 child)
If it was only affecting China then, by definition, it was not a pandemic yet.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Monday March 30 2020, @09:19PM
This virus was a clear danger, we saw cases outside of China, yet until it was claimed to no longer be a continuing problem for China the WHO chose to downplay the effects. While we were fortunate in that we ignored the WHO and closed our borders early, most of the world was unwilling to act because of WHO lies. The CCP learned the risk of allowing a non-controlled WHO to exist with SARS. WHO honesty in 2002 cost the Chinese economy ~1% due to SARS, they increased their investment in and control of the WHO since that time to ensure that the WHOs "mistake" did not happen again. We see the results from this control in Italy and the remainder of Europe who thought the WHO to be independent. Hell, the WHO even named it in a way that was friendly to the Chinese propaganda. This is SARS-nCoV-2, but recognizing it as a SARS virus would cause civil unrest in China where any mention of SARS causes a panic.
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 [who.int]
They waited until there were 114 countries with confirmed cases before they said it was a pandemic, what the fuck.
Past pandemics had a lower bar to reach to get that qualifier than SARS-nCoV-2 did, and were less infectious. They slow walked this one to protect their benefactors and thousands are dying because of it. They are ignoring places in the world that are currently autonomous but the Chinese claim as their own (Taiwan). Taiwan warned about the danger of this in late January and were ignored. The interview the other day for a HK outlet asked about whether Taiwan should be able to join the WHO, interviewer was ignored and when asked a second time hung up. When the interviewer called them back the WHO official said they have already discussed China and do not need to cover the issue again.
As the CCP said this was no issue they bought PPE in Australia to ship home to China
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/90-tonnes-of-supplies-shipped-to-china/3983282/ [thechronicle.com.au]
Now Australia and other countries are having shortages and being shipped "PPE" from China we are finding to be defective
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-netherlands-recalls-600000-faulty-face-masks-20200330-o6wnrp55rre7piqmrhtvbs2tei-story.html [nydailynews.com]
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