The morning local news doing another public service with the generic announcement that something is going around (sickness) and probably more than one thing is going around. Kind of a no shit, Sherlock moment. Science is a wonderful thing...yes, sarcasm. Meanwhile, thanks for letting me vent!
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago and the Department of Veterans Health Affairs conducted a large-scale pharmacoepidemiologic study of the association between vitamin D and COVID-19 infection and mortality
Those who took vitamin D2 supplements had a 28% lower risk of COVID-19 infection, while those taking vitamin D3 had a 20% lower risk
Death from COVID-19 was also lower among those taking vitamin D — 33% lower among those taking vitamin D3 and 25% lower among those taking vitamin D2
If the entire U.S. population in 2020 had supplemented with vitamin D3, it would have prevented 4 million COVID-19 cases and 116,000 deaths, assuming the reported numbers are accurate
Getting your vitamin D from proper sun exposure if possible, is superior as it will provide numerous other benefits, many of which are only beginning to be understood
If appropriate sun exposure is not available, supplementation makes sense
Optimizing your vitamin D level is a foundational element to lower your risk of COVID-19. This simple step will also help you ward off many types of viral infections, because vitamin D is an immunomodulatory agent.
This point — that vitamin D helps combat COVID-19 — was widely censored and deemed "misinformation" during the pandemic. But yet another study — this one published in Scientific Reports — shows the association between vitamin D and COVID-19 protection cannot be ignored. Feel free to google the specifics of the report.
About half the U.S. population has deficient levels of vitamin D, and rates of vitamin D deficiency are even higher in people with darker skin, those living in higher latitudes in the winter, nursing home residents and people with reduced sun exposure. Among groups with low levels of vitamin D, rates of COVID-19 are higher.
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