Vitamin D uncorrelated with Covid severity in those of European descent

Re:Vitamin D uncorrelated with Covid severity in those of Eu... by whoisburbansky on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:21PM (#25853726)

OP does say _deficiency_, so it doesn't sound like they're claiming Vitamin D causes COVID?

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Re:Vitamin D uncorrelated with Covid severity in those of Eu... by stefan_ on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:07PM (#25854084)

A Vitamin D deficiency can still not cause COVID, why would you think that?

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Re:Vitamin D uncorrelated with Covid severity in those of Eu... by jdeibele on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:56PM (#25854406)

So I don't believe that Vitamin D prevents COVID but I still increased my intake of Vitamin D because it seems like Vitamin D deficiency increased the severity of COVID. I wear a mask and practice social distancing to prevent COVID.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7385774/ is a UK study from July that doesn't come to any conclusions but they say "Our opinion is that if vitamin D does in fact reduce the severity of COVID-19 with regard to pneumonia/ARDS, inflammation, inflammatory cytokines, and thrombosis, then supplements would offer a relatively easy option to decrease the impact of the pandemic."

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Re:Vitamin D uncorrelated with Covid severity in those of Eu... by whoisburbansky on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @08:27PM (#25854225)

Fair enough, yeah, when you put it like that, it's obviously false haha.

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