[al_borland]

I heard of a study just the other day that tracked people over a couple decades in Scandinavia somewhere, if I remember correctly.

They found people who didn’t get outside had a significant shortening of their life compared to those who got outside more. Smoking, being something that gets people outside, ended up being a bit of a wash. Spending all your time inside is about as bad as smoking… it may have even been slightly worse. I tried finding the study quickly, but it wasn’t coming up.

For what it’s worth, I never got COVID in the last 5 years either, despite testing every time I got a little sick. But I also spent a considerable amount of time indoors and away from people. I’m not a smoker. I’ve been supplementing with vitamin D on and off for years, but mostly off during the Covid years. More recently I’ve been pretty consistent with it, but covid finally got me. I have it right now. I thought I was out of the woods.

[noduerme]

Ah, well, I smoked inside my house for years until quite recently, so that's probably doubled my risk of many things. Interesting to hear this from another peson who didn't get Covid during the early years. I was also very reclusive and careful from 2020-2022.