It’s been a brain-stretching 12 months. In March, I secured my PhD in epidemiology. By November, I was in the throes of another in immunology.
Despite a week-long diversion into stock-broking during the people’s war on hedge funds, not to mention the emergency diploma in EU contract law dissecting the AstraZeneca row, I’m now in the antigen test trenches where people with actual PhDs (unlike mine from the University of Social Media) are tearing each other apart.
Now comes vitamin D and I’ve to figure this out. The instant-expert business isn’t easy I can tell you.
Could Many COVID-19 Deaths Have Been Prevented?
Mounting research on vitamin D s effects on COVID-19 has more clinicians and researchers calling for its wider use
In recent weeks and months, there have been more studies(1) demonstrating the benefits of vitamin D against COVID-19. More than 200 doctors, scientists, and leading authorities have signed an open letter(2) calling for increased use of vitamin D in the fight against COVID-19.
“Research shows low vitamin D levels almost certainly promote COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Given its safety, we call for immediate widespread increased vitamin D intakes,” the letter states.
“Vitamin D modulates thousands of genes and many aspects of immune function, both innate and adaptive,” it continues before listing some of the validated findings on vitamin D.
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