Re: A thought about glyphosate
Apparently, there is. I was just trying to figure out how to start a new topic when I noticed off to the side your new comment…
I’m going to put it all here and still try to figure out how to create a new topic:
I know it was late yesterday when this was originally posted by yagasjai in the thread “How We’ll Get Through The Coronavirus Debacle”, and even later/early this morning when I posted a reply. And so far, there’s only been one additional reply. Since I am hoping this gets looked at by either Chris or sand-puppy, someone with a medical background, and didn’t want it to get lost I wanted to start this thread. I’m including all three below.
Yagasjai:
Glyphosate and Covid-19
Has anyone looked into this angle on Covid-19? I’ve been quite busy so haven’t been able to keep up with all the recent posts. Not sure if anyone else has passed this along, but in case no one has, here it is:
https://jennifermargulis.net/glyphosate-and-covid-19-connection/?fbclid=IwAR2xqZK1Wufrcbci0OxxzLmZt1m8enAAW7MOLUz37-tZL-zVNPv2ck4GCFM
yagasjai,
OMG!!!! WOW!!!! That really blew my mind, that was really really interesting, and thanks for posting that.And a lot of it made a whole lot of sense too. Maybe some missing pieces of the puzzle? Could very well be. Hope Chris or someone else can take a look at it later, and I look forward to their input.
The sections entitled "A link to waterways, highways, and airports", really the whole section was really interesting; "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease"; "E-cigarettes and vaporized glyphosate"; "Collectins: proteins essential for the innate immune system"; and these paragraphs from the section "A broader perspective on glyphosate and COVID-19":
"Is this all just coincidence? I don’t think so. Instead, I strongly suspect that
the degree to which a person is susceptible to COVID-19 is proportional to the degree to which they have been exposed to glyphosate. Eating a certified organic diet and staying away from major highways may be among the best tools for protection from an acute reaction to COVID-19.
Researchers from Wuhan, China have done
a careful study of four patients who suffered from an acute reaction to COVID-19 and ultimately died [34]. These patients all had severe issues with insufficient oxygen supply due to pneumonia. They also exhibited deficiencies in immune function in terms of decreased counts of various types of immune cells."
One of the things that occurred to me while reading the article is since glyphosate/Roundup is systemic, so it affects more than just "weeds", it affects the bees and other pollinators, microbial life, and travels up through the food chain, into the groundwater... Maybe, maybe someone's diet has something to do with the degree with which they do or don't get COVID, because if someone eats mostly organic foods, they have less of it in their body...
Linda
PaulJam,
Re: Glyphosate and Covid-19
If true, this could be a simple explanation why the young are less susceptible to COVID-19, because they simply have had less exposure to glysophate than older folks.
Also, if true, this a stunning example of how complexity can manifest profoundly damaging unintended consequences. Much attention has been given the Precautionary Principle with respect to managing the COVID-19 pandemic. This glysophate link, if borne out, points to the need to employ the Precautionary Principle when rolling out new technologies and chemicals in ways that would ultimately render them economically infeasible. How much precautionary screening/testing of glysophate would have been needed to identify this effect as a potential problem before the chemical was commercially rolled out? A true predicament.
Linda
ADDED: I just figured out how, and created a new topic.