The findings were, to put it bluntly, astonishing Of the intervention group, only 1/50 patients went to ICU Of the control, 13/50 went to ICU, 2 of whom died So calcifediol reduced ICU admission by ~90%!pic.twitter.com/h9hSt4cL11
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I should also mention that this is not in any way an indictment of the study's authors. This was clearly meant to be a pilot study, and should be read as such It is just a shame that people have instead sensationalized the research
Which is an understandable response for a cheap and accessible intervention with no obvious downsides. Science normally progresses in a boring fashion but with a systemic approach. Covid has turned everyone into a "citizen scientist", I am unconvinced this is a good thing.
Covid has overnight turned the scientific community into the ultimate authority over every aspect of people's lives. I think it's completely reasonable people are trying to take some of that power back.
I agree with your assessment of the study. Very interested in the bigger study. However, taking vitamin D in the right amount would be a good thing right? Would be a sensible policy to reduce vitamin D deficiency for a plethora of reasons.
Even Dr. Fauci says he takes 6,000 IU/day & Vit D deficiency is sooo common & much evidence shows optimum levels 60-80 — while toxicity is over 200 & rare. Also T cells & G6PD need adequate VitD to activate
Otoh, what harm is there to taking vitamin D supplements?
I recommend everyone take 5,000 to 10,000 IU of D3 per day and it not just for the coronavirus. It is so your body systems are not slowed down by low D levels to help us survive winter food shortages that nobody has.https://youtu.be/vjq5t1GWb_Y
What's the problem with that? Vitamin D is safe and has many other health benefits, especially during winter. Extreme actions like lockdowns are passively accepted, vaccines are desperately rushed out but something as harmless as recommending people take Vit D is over the line?
Seems quite the total opposite to me. This study hasn’t received much attention & instead more expensive & more potentially harmful treatments like Remdesivir have received much more attention. VitD toxicity rare unless >200
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