In the vitamin aisle at Costco

[spinbaby]

I was in Costco today stocking up on vitamins because January is when they’re on sale. I was wearing an N95 mask and ignoring the nearby unmasked couple, when suddenly I was witness to a bit of covidiot performance art— the fat man with the goatee started loudly telling his skinny wife in camouflage leggings what a shame it was that the mainstream media wouldn’t tell people about how to prevent covid with supplements. I grabbed my multivitamins and fled but could still hear him loudly going on about vitamin D and zinc. It was like he wanted everyone to hear him and admire how clever he was.

And we wonder why covid is rampant.

[Tribetime]

1. All these people act like they're 10 yrs old

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Emotionally and Socially, they are!

I think my reply would have been something along the lines of, "Yeah! And, you know what is even more a shame? That we have adults in this country who refuse to act like it! Too bad we don't have a supplement for that one, eh?" But again... that is just me.

[3catwoman3]

31. More liken3 yr olds.

With apologies to 3 year olds everywhere.

[drmeow]

56. I saw a billboard in PA

which only said "Let's Go Brandon" and my immediate reaction was "Well, that's mature - NOT!"

They really are babies having a massive temper tantrum!

[MyMission]

63. The best response to that is "Let's go Darwin!"

I've heard or seen that many times in response to that immature statement.
Makes sense to me!

[lpbk2713]

2. Their turn will come.

The odds are working against them.

[RKP5637]

3. We've certainly have our share of crazies in the US. I wonder, was he carrying his bleach bottle and

a UV light.

[dchill]

4. Those would have interfered with how he gripped his gun.

[RKP5637]

5. Well, he shouldn't be playing with himself in a store!

[niyad]

8. you nearly owed me a keyboard.

[RKP5637]

43. ...

[Nevilledog]

9. Snub-nosed pistol......

[Celerity]

10. more like

[Nevilledog]

12. Pew Pew...oops, that's never happened before.

[RKP5637]

39. Ah, yes! n/t

[Jetheels]

22. Why he was walking wide legged.

[RKP5637]

42. ... guess all the narrow legged walks were taken.

[Renew Deal]

6. You should have asked him if the media talks about wearing masks.

Would have blown his mind. 🤯

[SCantiGOP]

7. You should have told him that Trump had said

That massive doses of Milk of Magnesia would prevent cancer.
He would have bought a cartful, and spent the next two weeks on the toilet.

[Celerity]

16. lol

You Deserve a Good Poop

vimeo.com/517353986

[SCantiGOP]

52. I've seen that commercial

Unreal.
But, she sure does seem happy.

[IronLionZion]

68. People who don't get enough fiber in their diet

[Ford_Prefect]

11. We know why COVID is rampant. The problem is they don't and they think the whole thing is fake

or the prevention is. Rupert Murdoch conned them long ago and they still don't know how to spell his name.

[Wounded Bear]

13. I take an additional Vitamin D supplement with my multivitamin...

and I'm also fully vaxxed and boosted, too.

[OnDoutside]

17. Same here, vitamin D as recommended by my doctor.

[mjvpi]

30. Vitamin D per doctor made a big difference for me.

I have been shot three times by Moderna. They are not mutually exclusive. Name one disease wiped out by supplements.

[ChazInAz]

64. Excellent point.

Though there is scurvy!

[womanofthehills]

58. Fauci says he takes Vit D for his immune system

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/supplements-white-house-advisor-fauci-takes-every-day-to-help-keep-his-immune-system-healthy.html

“If you are deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. So I would not mind recommending, and I do it myself taking vitamin D supplements,” Fauci, 79, said during an Instagram Live on Thursday, when actress Jennifer Garner asked Fauci about immune-boosting supplements.

In fact, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine recently found a link between vitamin D deficiency and the likelihood of being infected with Covid-19 — those with an untreated deficiency were more likely to test positive. “Vitamin D is important to the function of the immune system and vitamin D supplements have previously been shown to lower the risk of viral respiratory tract infections,” David Meltzer, chief of hospital medicine at UChicago Medicine and lead author of the study said in a press release on Sept. 8.)

In addition to vitamin D, Fauci said that vitamin C is “a good antioxidant.” “So if people want to take a gram or two at the most [of] vitamin C, that would be fine,” he said.

[TeamProg]

14. We need to tell these idiots that human bodies can only absorb so much of any vitamin / mineral and

the overage goes out in our pee.

Really $$$$ pee.

[fwvinson]

25. That is exactly why I don't take vitamins

[childfreebychoice]

28. Me neither. Prefer to get vits fr real food. nt

[womanofthehills]

65. Vitamin D is easy to get from the sun in summer but

For those who don’t go outdoors much like those in nursing homes, low levels could be a problem. Drs must think D levels are important because it’s always included in blood work. I always have great levels because I’m out in the NM sun most of the year but I do add D in the winter.

[Slammer]

72. vitamin D

Yeah, when I broke my foot and it wasn't healing, they checked my vitamin D level which turned out to be 11 when 100 is average (I have no idea what they call the scale or the units on the scale).

So I've been taking 5,000 IU daily of vitamin D for the last four years. That's managed to bring up my levels to barely adequate, not even average. And that's an outrageously high dose.

As far as the interaction of vitamin D and COVID, there was research which came out in summer of 2020 IIRC which showed that people who took vitamin D were less likely to become infected. So taking it obviously isn't a terrible idea.

But it's kind of like "ducking" vs "wearing a bulletproof vest" when you're being shot at. Either is good. But neither is a substitute for the other.

BTW, I like to compare getting vaccinated to wearing a bulletproof vest when arguing with the unconvinced or stupid.

A bulletproof vest doesn't make you bulletproof. And it certainly does nothing if you get shot right between the eyes. But if you're getting shot at regularly, it's stupid to not wear the vest and get whatever protection it offers.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Misery loves company

He's so miserable he wants the company of strangers in stores.

[Torchlight]

19. That sanctimonious type of person that wants everyone to overhear them

and lecture us all on how to better live our own lives or pretends to find deep meaning in the most mundane of observations and then regale us with how wise and learned they truly are is the one class of fools I do not suffer at all anymore

While I may roll my eyes at the Gladys Kravitz-level nosiness of many neighbors, it's the self-righteous and unctuous stranger like you witnessed that pushes my buttons. I guess as I've aged, I've lost patience with people who demand attention and center stage at the expense of simply letting everyone else be.

[Aussie105]

20. There's a ready made market out there . . .

for the new Trump vaccine, now that he has admitted they are ok.

Developed in Trump's secret research facility deep underground . . .

It's a mixture of bleach, hydroxychloroquine, horse, dog and cat de-wormers (just to cover all the different covid strains).

It's irradiated with UV light just before injection.

Guaranteed to work, you won't be coming back for a second dose!

(Disclaimer: This is a joke, don't try this at home!)

[mjvpi]

32. Rats! I thought you were saying that there is a vaccine that would get rid of Trump.

[appleannie1]

21. D and zinc do aid your immune system which is why they are in Airborne.

That sure does not mean they prevent COVID.

[NurseJackie]

24. We take vitamin-D and zinc supplements (from Costco)

... if I recall correctly, one of the things that many of the early Covid victims had in common was a deficiency in vitamin-D as well as a deficiency in zinc.

I dislike showboat people like that as well... but was he wrong? Has it been disproved that these supplements could be beneficial?

[BradAllison]

29. Absolutely no one is saying that. n/m

[NurseJackie]

45. Good.

[womanofthehills]

66. Studies out there also saying if you take quercetin with zinc

It helps with the uptake of zinc. You can also get quercetin from grapes & citrus - so eat some fruit with your zinc.

[IronLionZion]

69. I'm deficient in Vitamin D, maybe it's genetic

so you bet I've been taking supplements before COVID came along and stuck to it daily since COVID started.

[NurseJackie]

70. Indeed. For me it's probably genetic + thyroid issues + I stay out of the sun...

... because of skin cancers. Ugh.

[AllyCat]

26. Vitamin D and zinc are great if one is deficient

They work best with 2-3 doses of Covid vaccine, social distancing, and wearing a freaking mask.

[Aussie105]

38. That's why they are called 'supplements', not 'cures'.

Do supplements boost your immune system?

It's not for the scientists to prove that they don't, it's up to the pill pushers to prove that they do. A double blind study of a large group of people, perhaps.

I always laugh at ads that promote cartilage healing supplements, like . . . you got bad knees? Take this stuff!

It's ground up shark cartilage, the whole skeleton of a shark is made of it, no bones at all. Monetising a waste product.

But if you eat it, will it magically go directly to your sore knees and heal your weakened, old knee cartilage?
Probably just poop it out, undigested.

But the minimum guide for supplements is that they 'must do no harm', and I guess shark cartilage and most vitamin supplements meet that requirement.

[BradAllison]

27. You can bet fat man and camo girl never gave a fuck about vitamins until recently

When they figured out it wasn't a "hoax" anymore.

[SheltieLover]

33. Their mouths are always open & spewing bs

[nebby70]

34. I had one get in my face....

... yelled about how stupid I was to wear a mask ....

... having been a smart mouth all my life ...

... I said, "Glad I gave you an chance to feel you're smarter than someone" ...

... he didn't get it ....

[Jerry2144]

35. Just beware about too much zinc

Zinc is a toxic metal that can cause significant damage of you have too much. Zinc in low levels is beneficial, but watch your intake- talk to a doctor first and have your blood checked.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_toxicity Has a write up simple enough for me to understand.

[CentralMass]

36. I would have suggested a lightbilb and KY jelly to them.

[Aussie105]

40. It must be a UV light bulb though.

That's important!

[Ziggysmom]

37. He probably thinks birth control can be achieved by the withdrawal method, too.

[Aussie105]

41. Yeah, that's a problem.

They tend to breed.

Too bad that the ability to breed isn't correlated with intelligence. ie being dumb reduces that ability.

Even the most stupid manage to do it.

[BidenRocks]

44. Wonder?

There is no wonder!

[Evolve Dammit]

46. This is insanity America. Full speed on staying open with a defiant divide that prevents progress.

[Mr.Bill]

47. The main idiocy I hear

is people saying they won't ever get sick because they stay healthy by working out at the gym.

[Skittles]

49. imagine how much disease is spread via gyms

wipe the machine down? GROSS....they would have to hose it down with LYSOL before I would get on it.....I don't understand the appeal with being around a bunch of sweaty people

[Mr.Bill]

51. Gyms are bacterial cesspools.

I owned a small neighborhood gym for a brief time. I am not a gym person, but I saw an opportunity to buy a distressed business, fix it up and sell it. I only owned it one year. There were only about 15 pieces of equipment and some free weights. It was small enough that even though I was the only staff, I was able to personally disinfect every machine after every use. There is no way a large gym can do this. I don't even like to walk into those places.

[Skittles]

53. no one needs to go to a gym

you don't need fancy equipment to get in shape, just do some walking and get free weights - often when I see scenes from a gym they are just doing stuff I do at home

[Mr.Bill]

54. I would say at the little gym I owned

there were a few serious fitness types, but mostly it was a core group of ladies from the neighborhood who were there for the social aspect of it. It was like a coffee shop with treadmills instead of espresso. I actually enjoyed being there, they were pretty nice people.

[Skittles]

55. well

I guess if you don't mind being around sweaty people

[Mr.Bill]

57. Senior ladies walking on treadmills don't generate much sweat.

And I had a small office in another room I could go to.

[Skittles]

59. oh I was referring to them

not you

[Jetheels]

48. Goatee and camo leggings/ dead giveaway.

[vercetti2021]

50. Did he also have Oakley's on

Because a lot of those people are on the Herman Cain award Reddit page

[Blue Owl]

60. Herman is smiling down on him

[ecstatic]

61. lol! nt

[Raine]

62. Vitamin D and Zinc are good for you 👍

I can't argue with that, at least he knew that much. 🤔

[IronLionZion]

67. The mainstream media is so damn evil

they want people to cover their faces and accept free injections. Deep state is diabolical.

At least Vitamin D and Zinc are better than horse meds. Freepers are still self medicating from the farm feed store and sketchy online vendors. I just wish they would stay home instead of going to the socialist hospital as their families verbally abuse health care workers.

[Pepsidog]

71. We will see him in an article soon announcing another dead anti-vaccer.

My son who is an Orthopedic resident just went to college friend’s father’s funeral. 56yo, good health, evangelical nutter. At the service the wife talked about how much praying they did while he was sick. Guess what, it worked, God provided smart people who created a vaccine. What more do these dumb shits want. Anyway, I contend that if Covid turned you into a Zombie these same vaccine butters would be storming vaccine centers with their guns demanding they get the vaccine first. You bet the people on The Walking Dead would love to see a vaccine.