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2020-05-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

First large scale evidence that Vitamin D can prevent the Wu

from a pre print U of Chicago study
[News-Medical.net] Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Positive COVID-19 Test

The study by researchers at the University of Chicago looked at over 4,300 patients with COVID-19 of whom 499 had been tested for vitamin D levels in the previous year. Based on this, they were divided into likely deficient (25%), likely adequate (58%), and uncertain (16%).

Multiple variables were analyzed in this study. The researchers found that people with vitamin D deficiency at the last testing, and who did not receive higher doses of vitamin D (keeping them deficient in all probability), are much more likely to be infected with the virus than those with probably sufficient levels. The corresponding rates of infection were 22% vs. 12%.
the study even has this
Vitamin D deficiency is more common in black Americans due to the dense concentration of the ultraviolet-blocking chemical in the skin. Since this community has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, in terms of both sickness and death, it would be wise to offer vitamin D testing to them.

Posted by lord garth 2020-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 Preprint. Be careful about accepting anything until its been checked (and be aware of who is doing the checking and what motives they may have). But taking Vit D supplements and simply getting sunshine and fresh air isnt a bad idea anyway.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-17 00:58|| 2020-05-17 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 How to lie with statistics.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-17 01:31|| 2020-05-17 01:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Grom, the people lying with statistics thus far have generally been the ones trying to "prove" that simple, cheap treatments like HCQ and Vitamin D don't work and we need to Lock Down And Wait For the Vaccine And Bill Gates' Mark of the Beast instead. I'm going to take vitamin D in the meantime.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-05-17 10:49|| 2020-05-17 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Fury in Germany as thousands join protests across country over lockdown measures and a vaccine plan by Bill Gates as Angela Merkel's popularity falls

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-17 11:02|| 2020-05-17 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 what is truly sad is that I don't think that NIH or CDC or the Surgeon General will say,

'take one or two pills of D each day, especially if you have dark skin because it will help prevent the virus'

I think they won't say it because then some people will say, 'why didn't you tell us this back in February' and others will be angry because they want to blame racism for the high death rate in Black areas and the vitamin D thing ruins their narrative

Posted by lord garth 2020-05-17 11:16|| 2020-05-17 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 So sorry Thing, but I wrote a term paper for naturopathy student a few years ago. The idea was, since so many treatments use vitD as supplement - maybe it, by itself would be enough (the natural way!!!). Turned out, any treatment involving steroids depletes vitD - and that's why D supplements go with treatments.
But you can take as much as you want - you'll just piss the excess.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-17 11:20|| 2020-05-17 11:20|| Front Page Top

#7 any treatment involving steroids depletes vitD

Good to know. Thank you, g(r)omgoru.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-17 20:13|| 2020-05-17 20:13|| Front Page Top

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