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

Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by nucleardog on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:34PM (#25262014)

Seems like that could easily work places with universal healthcare. Very little incentive to donate for free lab work when any medically necessary lab work would be done for free anyway.

And second that, would happily donate in exchange for curiousity-fulfilling bloodwork.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by dimensi0nal on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:38PM (#25262032)

The obstacle isn’t the cost of labs, it’s the gatekeeping. Having to go to the doctor for basic bloodwork is still inconvenient even if it’s free.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by nucleardog on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @03:11AM (#25263401)

The comment I replied to was suggesting doing these panels as part of donating blood as an added incentive, but was worried that people would intentionally donate while unhealthy in order to receive free lab work.

I said that isn't a problem places where medical lab work already has no cost, as no one would be incentivized to donate blood just to receive lab work.

Not sure where this got lost along the way since this is one of two comments effectively replying to the same misunderstanding.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by ex3ndr on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @01:19AM (#25262895)

But even in USA you can go and get blood test without a doctor.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by refurb on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:48AM (#25263294)

I think the key is “medically necessary”. If I went to my doctor in Canada and said “can you run a panel of genetic tests” he’d say “no, that’s a waste of money because you don’t have any other risk factors”.

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