Clarifying a recent CDC statistic about mask use
Host Dr. Elizabeth Alleman clarifies a misleading statistic about mask usage that has been pulled from a July CDC report about COVID transmission. She also gives an overview of research regarding the immune boosting benefits of Zinc and Vitamin D.
Further reading/resources:
- Trump repeats inaccurate claim about masks, citing CDC study. (NBC News)
- CDC study referenced in today's episode
- Low zinc levels at clinical admission associates with poor outcomes in COVID-19 (MedRxiv)
- COVID-19: Poor outcomes in patients with zinc deficiency (ScienceDirect)
- Zinc: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals (National Institutes of Health)
- Low plasma 25(OH) vitamin D level is associated with increased risk of COVID‐19 infection: an Israeli population‐based study (The FEBS Journal)
- The link between vitamin D deficiency and Covid-19 in a large population (MedRxiv)