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Re:Vitamin D improves survival in Covid-19 elderly patients by aantix on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:43PM (#25116760)
Does this include the cheap Vitamin-D3 that's commonly sold at Walgreens and supermarkets?

One of the tiny round capsules claims to have 2,000 IUs, which seems like a lot.

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Re:Vitamin D improves survival in Covid-19 elderly patients by sassyboy on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:46PM (#25117371)
Dr. Fauci supposedly takes 6000 IU of Vitamin D daily.

https://vitamindwiki.com/Dr.+Fauci+takes+6%2C000+IU+of+Vitam...

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Re:Vitamin D improves survival in Covid-19 elderly patients by annoyingnoob on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:13PM (#25117059)
yes
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Re:Vitamin D improves survival in Covid-19 elderly patients by Havoc on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:26PM (#25117175)
400 is recommended for dark winters, don't take more than 4000.

Source, UK NHS

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-...

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