16/n There are other odd inconsistencies with the study. For example, they had 93 patients die and 110 ICU admissions That's a startlingly high ICU mortality rate, unless a majority of patients who died were not admitted to ICU
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27/n Update: the authors have confirmed that this was not a randomized trial on PubPeer. They are still using the word "random" in a very confusing way, but what is described here is not an RCT by any descriptionpic.twitter.com/epHN075OA7
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28/n And I wrote a piece about this trial and COVID-19 and vitamin D in generalhttps://gidmk.medium.com/vitamin-d-and-covid-19-an-update-59fb2f9cceb5 …
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The other harm of course is that some people may become complacent in social distancing or vaccine hesitant because they think taking vitamin D fully prevents COVID-19.
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That's certainly an argument for public education, but not an argument against rectifying a vitamin D deficiency that many have.
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Take C to prevent scurvy... Take D to improve bone health... COVID-19 is one of a multitude of reasons to “be healthy”. If there was magic the US postal service would have tried to send it out. Be healthy.
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Official advice from the NHS in the UK this winter has been to take a Vit D supplement. Not because there's enough evidence it will help with Covid, but because you probably need it anyway in winter and Covid means people have been indoors even more.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/ …
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"Harm to your wallet" is a joke. At start of pandemic I got this 900ml for £7, 3-for-price-of-2 . Just calories/£ that's cheap. I guess eating anything harms your wallet. https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/257045449?sc_cmp=ppc*GHS+-+Grocery+-+New*PX_Shopping+GCS_New_Tesco+Brand_Top+Offers*New:+Non-Food:+Health+%26+Beauty:+Health+%26+Beauty+-+Top+Offers*PRODUCT_GROUP257045449*&ds_rl=1116016&ds_rl=1116019&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1KiBBhCcARIsAPWqoSp6krd6tu9dI0pUdW7ayQQNqyYJQSqK60JfuWAeLNjjG0_O8AsAue0aAkMnEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds …
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Although please check it doesn’t interact with medications eg Digoxin, diltiazam...
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Salam, please find the unroll here: This vitamin D/COVID-19 study has gone viral, because the results appear to be impressive and people love promoting… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1361063430745022467.html … See you soon.
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