Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Covid-19 deaths

Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by schoolornot on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:03PM (#25261815)

When I'm feeling ill or need a test I call a friend of mine who is a nurse practitioner in another state. She has a ballpark idea of my current health, enough info to fit on an index card. Then she files a script with the pharmacy or writes me a prescription for a blood test. The whole thing is done in 5 minutes. In fact, the whole thing is done over iMessage.

Firewall is the perfect term. Everyone knows the industry is ripe to be turned upside down in the absense of a public option. What surprises me is that Walmart and Amazon still haven't attacked it head-on.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by tehlike on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:08PM (#25261858)

Amazon is starting to. See their recent announcements.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by oh_sigh on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:40PM (#25262044)

You can get blood tests without a prescription - or at least without a nurse friend, by just paying a fairly small fee and going to a local labcorp/quest diagnostics.

e.g. privatemdlabs.com (I'm not recommending this site - just giving it as an example. Though I have used it before without issue, there may be other companies providing better/more competitive services in this field)

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by TechBro8615 on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @12:52AM (#25262755)

This is true, but a full panel of tests will easily run you in the multiple hundreds of dollars.

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