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Re:Vitamin D deficiency worsens Respiratory Tract Infections... by jwr on Sunday March 15, 2020 @07:12AM (#22582771)
From the first sentence in the abstract:

"however, findings are inconsistent"

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Re:Vitamin D deficiency worsens Respiratory Tract Infections... by HaukeHi on Sunday March 15, 2020 @07:27AM (#22582830)
Agreed - I believe the meta-analysis and the underlying studies are likely of poor quality.

I think it might be worth for people here to reanalyze everything.

The effect sizes seem large and clinically significant.

So this is big if true.

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