Sun light can help us to fight corona, not candles on a dark night
Corona and Vitamin D
Vitamin D is like a complex gear that initiates and delicately regulates several biological functions in our body. And this gear in turn is controlled by sun light which stimulates the production of vitamin D in our skin; sun light is therefore the hand on the gear that regulates our body!
Vitamin D reduces risk of respiratory infections by maintaining tight junctions, by killing enveloped viruses through induction of cathelicidin and defensins, and by reducing the production of proinflammatory cytokines by the innate immune system, thereby reducing the risk of a cytokine storm, that can otherwise lead to damage to the lungs and other organs.
We can get enough vitamin D by exposing ourselves to the midday sun, between 11am and 3 pm. We also get some vitamin D from oily fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring and sardines, as well as red meat and eggs.
Sun light can help us to fight corona, not candles on a dark night.
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
