I have been watching Dr. John Campbell's coronavirus updates on youtube since March and he has always said that vitamin D helps with immunity to respiratory infections. Yesterday he talked about a study in Indonesia that support this.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF9IOB2TExg3QIBupFtBDxg
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3585561 (you may need an account to view this)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...ween-vitamin-d-deficiency-and-covid-19-deaths
This is the key findings of the study -
• Majority of the COVID-19 cases with insufficient and deficient Vitamin D status died.
• The odds of death was higher in older and male cases with pre-existing condition and below normal Vitamin D levels.
• When controlling for age, sex, and comorbidity, Vitamin D status is strongly associated with COVID-19 mortality.
Since pigmentation reduces vitamin D production in the skin, could this contribute to the poor outcome to the virus in African Americans? Should everyone consider taking a vitamin D supplement?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF9IOB2TExg3QIBupFtBDxg
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3585561 (you may need an account to view this)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...ween-vitamin-d-deficiency-and-covid-19-deaths
This is the key findings of the study -
• Majority of the COVID-19 cases with insufficient and deficient Vitamin D status died.
• The odds of death was higher in older and male cases with pre-existing condition and below normal Vitamin D levels.
• When controlling for age, sex, and comorbidity, Vitamin D status is strongly associated with COVID-19 mortality.
Since pigmentation reduces vitamin D production in the skin, could this contribute to the poor outcome to the virus in African Americans? Should everyone consider taking a vitamin D supplement?