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

Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by progman32 on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:02PM (#25262173)

There are fairly silly exclusions to donating blood. I was recently (but apparently no longer, thanks to new rules?) blocked from donating blood because I spent too much time in Europe. Would be unfortunate to gate this care on such eligibility.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by tzs on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @12:38AM (#25262675)

You were probably blocked because of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (AKA human bovine spongiform encephalopathy AKA human mad cow disease).

The US recently removed the block for this on:

• people who were stationed with the military or lived on a base in Europe from 1980-1996, and

• people who lived in Europe for five years or more from 1980 to the present, except for two exceptions. Those are people who lived in Ireland or France for 5 years or more cumulatively from 1980-2001, and people who lived in the UK for 3 months or more cumulatively from 1980-1996.

Canada, New Zealand, Poland, Finland and the Czech Republic have similar rules, according to Wikipedia.

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Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov... by s1artibartfast on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:43PM (#25262384)

this seems like an example of a good solution being the enemy of the great one.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that simple bloodwork would be disallowed from other sources and this could be a good incentive.

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