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Re:Covid-19 is becoming less deadly in Europe but we don't k... by ivars on Saturday August 29, 2020 @05:58AM (#24315003)
I've heard that vitamin D play a big part in successful recovery. Northern Hemisphere gets their vitamin D mostly in summer so this is the time when European immunity is the strongest?
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Re:Covid-19 is becoming less deadly in Europe but we don't k... by soganess on Saturday August 29, 2020 @07:05AM (#24315260)
As far as I can gather this claim stems from a single non-peer reviewed preliminary report from back in may:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200518/more-vitamin-d-lowe...

https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/vitamin-d-covid-19/

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Re:Covid-19 is becoming less deadly in Europe but we don't k... by ivars on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:14AM (#24316626)
There are many. For example:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40618-020-01370-x

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