A new retrospective study has been published on PLoS ONE showing the significant role vitamin D plays in the body's defenses against COVID-19.
Of 1176 patients admitted, 253 had records of a 25(OH)D level prior to COVID-19 infection. A lower vitamin D status was more common in patients with the severe or critical disease (<20 ng/mL [87.4%]) than in individuals with mild or moderate disease (<20 ng/mL [34.3%] p < 0.001). Patients with vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/mL) were 14 times more likely to have severe or critical disease than patients with 25(OH)D ≥40 ng/mL (odds ratio [OR], 14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4 to 51; p < 0.001).
This study echoes the findings of 11 Randomized Controlled Trials which show on average a 51% improvement among patients receiving vitamin D supplementation as part of their COVID-19 treatment protocol.
What makes this latest study noteworthy are the dates regarding its publication:
Received: June 27, 2021; Accepted: January 12, 2022; Published: February 3, 2022
This study sat in peer review limbo for six months. Was that because it contained findings that didn’t advance the “official” wisdom of “you must be vaccinated to ward off severe COVID-19”?
Anyone who's been paying attention has known about the correlation between low vitamin D levels and bad Covid outcomes since at least mid 2020. Yes, its only a correlation, but considering how cheap and readily available supplements are, it's absurd that our "public health" officials don't recommend getting one's levels checked and taking corrective action if they're low.
The correlation between vitamin D levels and infectious respiratory disease has been noted in the clinical literature as far back as 2006.
The biggest lie that has been told by the "experts" about the COVID-19 pandemic is that little or nothing was known prior to the initial outbreaks.
The fact is that coronavirus strains have been identified as causing up to 15% of annual cases of Influenza Like Illnesses. The fact also is that viral propagation for infectious respiratory pathogens has been well studied for decades.
What studies like this confirm is that the repository of existing knowledge about infectious respiratory disease is still relevant for understanding COVID-19.
I am a big fan of Vitamin D3, take it daily, and used a large dose when I and my family members had Covid. I also suntan when I get a chance.
But I also wanted to mention that vitamin D3 deficiency is NOT just due to lack of certain foods. It is an indicator of systemic problems like diabetes, obesity etc.
So correlating D3 with outcomes may miss the realproblem that causes bad outcomes.
You make an excellent point. It is a mistake to regard vitamin deficiencies as a root cause in and of themselves.
However, it is still important to note the proximal effects of vitamin D on the immune system generally, and incidence of infectious respiratory disease specifically. Regardless of the why of the deficiency, that deficiency is unambiguously established as a contributing factor to severe infectious respiratory disease, including severe COVID-19.
Ich nehme schon lange vor Ausbruch von Corona Vitamin D und Zink mit Histidin zu mir und gelegentlich bei leichten Schmerzen Aspirin 500 MG sowie Magnesium.
Anyone who's been paying attention has known about the correlation between low vitamin D levels and bad Covid outcomes since at least mid 2020. Yes, its only a correlation, but considering how cheap and readily available supplements are, it's absurd that our "public health" officials don't recommend getting one's levels checked and taking corrective action if they're low.
The correlation between vitamin D levels and infectious respiratory disease has been noted in the clinical literature as far back as 2006.
The biggest lie that has been told by the "experts" about the COVID-19 pandemic is that little or nothing was known prior to the initial outbreaks.
The fact is that coronavirus strains have been identified as causing up to 15% of annual cases of Influenza Like Illnesses. The fact also is that viral propagation for infectious respiratory pathogens has been well studied for decades.
What studies like this confirm is that the repository of existing knowledge about infectious respiratory disease is still relevant for understanding COVID-19.
I am a big fan of Vitamin D3, take it daily, and used a large dose when I and my family members had Covid. I also suntan when I get a chance.
But I also wanted to mention that vitamin D3 deficiency is NOT just due to lack of certain foods. It is an indicator of systemic problems like diabetes, obesity etc.
So correlating D3 with outcomes may miss the realproblem that causes bad outcomes.
You make an excellent point. It is a mistake to regard vitamin deficiencies as a root cause in and of themselves.
However, it is still important to note the proximal effects of vitamin D on the immune system generally, and incidence of infectious respiratory disease specifically. Regardless of the why of the deficiency, that deficiency is unambiguously established as a contributing factor to severe infectious respiratory disease, including severe COVID-19.
Als Impfverweigerer habe ich von Großmutter ein Rezept, OMI-Korn 60%tig, Viren mögen keinen Alkohol!!!
Ich nehme schon lange vor Ausbruch von Corona Vitamin D und Zink mit Histidin zu mir und gelegentlich bei leichten Schmerzen Aspirin 500 MG sowie Magnesium.
Soweit ich mich erinnere, war dies der früheste Punkt, den die CDC gemacht hat: 60 % Alkohol tötet das Virus!