Paul Saladino· MD
The fact that higher vitamin D correlates with better COVID outcomes means that we should be in the real sun, and metabolically healthy. Not that we should take a vitamin D supplement.
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
The fact that higher vitamin D correlates with better COVID outcomes means that we should be in the real sun, and metabolically healthy. Not that we should take a vitamin D supplement.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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The fact that higher vitamin D levels correlate with better COVID outcomes means that we should be in the real sunlight, and metabolically healthy. Not that we should take a vitamin D supplement.