re: Study: Vitamin D deficiency found in over 80% of COVID-19 patients

You can be out in the sun all day every day and still be Vitamin D deficient. I know from first hand experience.

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I always thought Trump should just come out and say "take a vitamin D supplement every day and get 30 minutes of sunlight". Im sure he would've been ripped for suggesting it though.

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Oh I can just imagine the headlines...

"Trump continues class warfare by suggesting poor people can afford vitamin D supplements. They can't."

"Trump defies science - again - and claims vitamins will cure covid."

"Trump confuses the word 'vaccine' with 'vitamins.'"

"Trump endangers millions by suggesting everyone go outside together."

"Latest Trump dog whistle includes vitamin supplements that are best for white people."

"Lifestyles of the rich, Trump, and famous: the ability to spend 30 minutes outside instead of working 3 jobs."

Multivitamin with Vitamin D and Zinc has been taken regularly for a while now.

If only Spain got some sunshine!

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What obese person gets a ton of vitamin D from sunlight

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Technically obese but body fat percentage is at 23-27% depending upon time of year.

10 months out of the year I'm tanner than the average Mexican. 2 months I'm ghostly white.

Yard work.

Wait, you mean eating healthy foods and exercising regularly will boost your immune system? Who knew?

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Also, correlation doesn’t equal causation. To start, over 50% of people are vitamin d deficient. And usually, when you get sick, your levels drop. So while there is not harm in supplementing vitamin D, I don’t think it’s really what is driving this

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Was coming to post this. I’ve seen studies that 60%+ of nursing home patients are deficient on a regular basis.

Any word on vitamin D deficiency in the general population for a comparison?

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Any word on vitamin D deficiency in the general population for a comparison?

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Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health issue. About 1 billion people worldwide have vitamin D deficiency, while 50% of the population has vitamin D insufficiency.[1] The prevalence of patients with vitamin D deficiency is highest in the elderly, obese patients, nursing home residents, and hospitalized patients. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 35% higher in obese subjects irrespective of latitude and age.[7] In the United States, about 50% to 60% of nursing home residents and hospitalized patients had vitamin D deficiency. [8][9] Vitamin D deficiency may be related to populations who have higher skin melanin content and who use extensive skin coverage, particularly in Middle Eastern countries. In the United States, 47% of African American infants and 56% of Caucasian infants have vitamin D deficiency, while over 90% of infants in Iran, Turkey, and India have vitamin D deficiency. In the adult population, 35% of adults in the United States are vitamin D deficient whereas over 80% of adults in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh are Vitamin D deficient. In the United States, 61% of the elderly population is vitamin D deficient whereas 90% in Turkey, 96% in India, 72% in Pakistan, and 67% in Iran were vitamin D deficient.

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I have Vitamin D deficiency due to a gastro issue and a family history of skin cancer (I wear sunscreen frequently). Just getting sun isn't enough, so I take a prescription supplement.