Perhaps we found another reason why the Yoga class didn’t get covid compared to the Zumba class in this study https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-0633_article

I know perhaps this is some confirmation bias I am presenting since I try to do Yoga everyday – but it works for me. I really had no idea about the Nitric Oxide (NO) science behind it – so it is a really cool confirmation bias.

This article highlights BREATHING as a treatment – https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/06/the-science-behind-why-this-is-the-safest-way-to-breathe-to-avoid-coronavirus.html

“By Louis J. Ignarro, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine

Inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. It’s not just something you do in yoga class – breathing this way actually provides a powerful medical benefit that can help the body fight viral infections

The reason is that your nasal cavities produce the molecule nitric oxide, which chemists abbreviate NO, that increases blood flow through the lungs and boosts oxygen levels in the blood.

Breathing in through the nose delivers NO directly into the lungs, where it helps fight coronavirus infection by blocking the replication of the coronavirus in the lungs. But many people who exercise or engage in yoga also receive the benefits of inhaling through the nose instead of the mouth. The higher oxygen saturation of the blood can make one feel more refreshed and provides greater endurance. I am one of three pharmacologists who won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for discovering how nitric oxide is produced in the body and how it works.”

“Nitric oxide is a widespread signaling molecule that triggers many different physiological effects. It is also used clinically as a gas to selectively dilate the pulmonary arteries in newborns with pulmonary hypertension. Unlike most signaling molecules, NO is a gas in its natural state.

NO is produced continuously by the 1 trillion cells that form the inner lining, or endothelium, of the 100,000 miles of arteries and veins in our bodies, especially the lungs. Endothelium-derived NO acts to relax the smooth muscle of the arteries to prevent high blood pressure and to promote blood flow to all organs. Another vital role of NO is to prevent blood clots in normal arteries.

In addition to relaxing vascular smooth muscle, NO also relaxes smooth muscle in the airways – trachea and bronchioles – making it easier to breathe. Another type of NO-mediated smooth muscle relaxation occurs in the erectile tissue (corpus cavernosum), which results in penile erection. In fact, NO is the principal mediator of penile erection and sexual arousal. This discovery led to the development and marketing of sildenafil, trade name Viagra, which works by enhancing the action of NO.

Other types of cells in the body, including circulating white blood cells and tissue macrophages, produce nitric oxide for antimicrobial purposes. The NO in these cells reacts with other molecules, also produced by the same cells, to form antimicrobial agents to destroy invading microorganisms including bacteria, parasites and viruses. As you can see, NO is quite an amazing molecule.”
“Inhaled NO dilates the constricted pulmonary arteries and increases blood flow in the lungs. As a result, the red blood cell hemoglobin can extract more lifesaving oxygen and move it into the general circulation. Inhaled NO has literally turned blue babies pink and allowed them to be cured and to go home with mom and dad. Before the advent of inhaled NO, most of these babies died.

Inhaled NO is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Researchers are hoping that three principal actions of NO may help fight covid: dilating the pulmonary arteries and increasing blood flow through the lungs, dilating the airways and increasing oxygen delivery to the lungs and blood, and directly killing and inhibiting the growth and spread of the coronavirus in the lungs.

In an in vitro study done in 2004 during the last SARS outbreak, experimental compounds that release NO increased the survival rate of nucleus-containing mammalian cells infected with SARS-CoV. This suggested that NO had a direct antiviral effect. In this study, NO significantly inhibited the replication cycle of SARS-CoV by blocking production of viral proteins and its genetic material, RNA.

In a small clinical study in 2004, inhaled NO was effective against SARS-CoV in severely ill patients with pneumonia.

The SARS CoV, which caused the 2003/2004 outbreak, shares most of its genome with SARS CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. This suggests that inhaled NO therapy may be effective for treating patients with COVID-19. Indeed, several clinical trials of inhaled NO in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19, who require ventilators, are currently ongoing in several institutions. The hope is that inhaled NO will prove to be an effective therapy and lessen the need for ventilators and beds in the ICU.

The sinuses in the nasal cavity, but not the mouth, continuously produce NO. The NO produced in the nasal cavity is chemically identical to the NO that is used clinically by inhalation. So by inhaling through the nose, you are delivering NO directly into your lungs, where it increases both airflow and blood flow and keeps microorganisms and virus particles in check.”

When we come back to work I expect everyone going to Yoga with me ?? Yoga is what you make of it and the breathing does help you through burn. Challenge yourself to a point and breath knowing once you get out of the pose all the pain will go away. Perhaps someone should market NO shots?

So in summary of all the reading and analysis so far Vitamin C & D, Zinc, Exercise a30-1hour a day, Eat whole preferably vegan, and do Yoga – and you will be good from Covid PLUS improve on many other facets of your life!

Brazil tops but the story has to be Spain with 1179 deaths with zero for weeks. Looks like it was an update? https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spain-updates-covid-19-death-toll-to-28-315-/1883268

“The surge of deaths comes after the total death toll had been frozen for weeks at around 27,130. The death toll includes only those who tested positive for the disease before passing away.”

“The country will open its borders to the rest of the world on July 1, although officials have said restrictions could remain on countries suffering from uncontrolled outbreaks.”

Texas leads the confirmation – but California leads the death at 70.

The increase in confirmation is for TX driven by Harris County

Alarm bells for Harris county not just yet if you look at the confirmation, and deaths. Though we like to tease Trump on his use of words – Increase testing should lead to more confirmation – but it doesn’t always have to either – but if you expand how and where you test IN THEORY confirmations would likely rise. HOWEVER confirmations do NOT and we would not want them to lead to deaths. This would be a metric to watch to see if the system is getting overwhelmed. So far fatality rates in Harris County are actually dropping not rising.

You can see how Spain looks out of place from zero for many days to a big surge. Japan is also on an upswing alond with Phillipines