Paul Saladino· MD
Though we now know that higher vitamin D levels are strongly correlated with better COVID outcomes, this doesn’t mean that taking vitamin D will provide these benefits.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Though we now know that higher vitamin D levels are strongly correlated with better COVID outcomes, this doesn’t mean that taking vitamin D will provide these benefits.
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Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
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.