Immune System: We Can Beat the Virus

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The quest of the several countries around the world to create the COVID-19 vaccine is perhaps one of the most important and closely monitored venture that humans have ever tread. 

 

 

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Just recently, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has announced that they already made the first vaccine against coronavirus. Of course, this news sheds light on many because we've already seen how destructive this pandemic is and our only hope next to God is a vaccine that will make us immune. However, there are many skeptics about this recent announcement questioning what they compel as a too-rushed development that lacks data.

 

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But while we are waiting for an effective vaccine, perhaps many of us may ask, "Is there anything else we can do to make our defense mechanism even stronger". Well, the answer is Yes.

A very interesting article published by the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) in the US, entitled "The powerful immune system against powerful COVID-19: A hypothesis", suggests based on supplementary materials that our immune cells have cellular energy that if depleted would render them to fail in counteracting the virus. The hypothesis also suggests that to improve such cellular energy repletion means eating foods with low specific dynamic action (SDA - the amount of energy used after ingestion of food that shall be used for metabolism - usage and/or storage energy), having regular exercise, and refraining from smoking.

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In the Midst of a New Normal

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It's been more than a couple of months since COVID-19 shrouded the world with shock and fear. Its sting has paralyzed not only the economic face of many countries but also the normal life that people are used to.

A virus that most of us have previously thought to be a simple-flu-like sickness that can be swept away by the traditional medications has now created a page in history for being one of the most fearsome pandemics that has ever hit humanity. Traffic has been cut down, mass gatherings came into a halt, works were suspended, transport stopped, everyone stayed home - things that maybe no one wouldn't even imagine.

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The shift in the way we live our everyday lives seems to come as if a show stopper has turned the lights of the stage of a wonderful melodrama. Then there will be us seeing the spotlight that points to the importance of a strong healthcare system and healthcare workers themselves. 

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Many of us for sure have also made a lot of realizations in life. Some of which include the fact that money can't truly buy everything on earth, wealth cannot secure one's health - in fact, the hardest hit social class is home to those who are born with a silver spoon in their mouth. 

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However, despite the struggles and terror that this virus has inflicted on people, some events were seen as beneficial. Due to many lockdowns that were implemented all over the world, carbon emissions dramatically decreased and this is definitely good for our mother Earth - a saying reads, "People are locked home and the world heals". Aside from this, people learned to pray hard. They also had a lot of time with their families enjoying togetherness chained in the strong flame of faith in God and a strong hope that in the next morning, everything is back to normal.

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