Coronavirus - is low vitamin D a factor - vitamin D and respiratory conditions

[R.B.]

Re Congressman Grothman asking CDC to look at COVID-19 and vitamin D and recent misinformed media reports suggesting there is no link between COVID-19 and vitamin D deficiency / levels . . . Voice of America fact check


Daily Debunk

Claim: Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.

Verdict: True

Read the full story at: PolitiFact

“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”

https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pan...d-19-mortality

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...en-vitamin-d-/

and please see Editors note here -

https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/ea...ph-2020-000089

"The article by Lanham-New et al. constitutes a consensus of experts from the UK and other countries. They all agree that avoiding low vitamin D status is important for many health reasons, and possibly also because of the potentially, but not proven lower risk of infection and death from Covid-19, as more studies are needed. They agree that avoiding deficiency can usually be achieved within current national guidelines, highlighting vitamin D-rich foods and moderately dosed vitamin D supplements.

Because the infection is still new, there is much that needs to be learned and many investigators are making great strides in understanding the role of specific nutrition factors for resisting infection and for the most effective treatment of ongoing disease.

This Journal strives to apply rigorous scientific standards to all its content. Categorical general statements about the lack of benefit from vitamin D are not supported by any evidence at this time, not least because a growing number of observations and study results that point to an important role. They can even be contradictive as many people, especially in northern latitudes have poor vitamin D status, which is one of the overarching messages of the article.

In the end, it is good to emphasize that the authors all agree, that preventing vitamin D deficiency is important for many health reasons, but for the prevention of deficiency the use of supplements with more than 4000 IU vitamin D is rarely necessary or justified and is strongly cautioned against."

[R.B.]

Accepted today 😊– had my doubts they would accept - so Delighted

High BAME COVID-19 Mortality - Ethnicity a Factor? – Yet: Cardiovascular Disease – Hypertension – Diabetes - were rare in 1920-60’s in Indigenous Africans – Vitamin D an underrated factor?

https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1548/rr-26

And there was some serious media coverage of the issue

[AlaskaAngel]

Saw this news this morning and was overjoyed. Great
minds THINK, and I admire them.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/26/how-...eficiency.html

[R.B.]

My latest rapid response to a BMJ editorial letter listing 40+ papers (so completed studies) (some published some pre-print) looking at the impact of vitamin D levels on COVID + patients

They all point to vitamin D deficiency being a COVID-19 risk factor.

There is a vast amount of papers on the underlying biology of vitamin D and immune function.

Depressing there is so much information but so little being done.

As noted in the response the Gates Foundation have excluded vitamin D from funding - why is mystery and utterly perplexing - if there are very likely cheap effective mitigation strategies why not do the necessary research so they can be put into clinical practice ???????

IF anybody knows Gates, Bezos or other persons of influence please show them the letter - the refs are all there to check etc etc. - getting D levels up in the at risk groups may not help pharma or medical system profits but could help save lives, economies, and change the face of this pandemic

https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3872/rr-5


Useful video https://youtu.be/cSh4HFNaCkA

[AlfredoLong]

It needs to be said as a PSA, vitamin D deficiency is linked to a ton of health problems and increased mortality. Not just covid-19.

[AlfredoLong]

The benefit of vitamin d supplements for those with deficiencies is huge, but the benefit to those without a deficiency are still quite significant, sitting at around a 20% reduction in respiratory infections. I'd take a 20% less chance of complications with COVID19 for no downside.

[ElishaHunt]

I've used Vit D3 plus k2 cause I was Vitamin D deficience. However, there are evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation could reduce risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and deaths.

I take 5,000 iu Vitamin D3 from vitaminexpress, one per day. Feel much more balanced. I actually take it before bed and I feel like I wake up more refreshed when I do.

[R.B.]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1-in-4...israeli-study/

1 in 4 COVID patients hospitalized while vitamin D deficient die – Israeli study

"Results Of 1176 patients admitted, 253 had VitD levels prior to COVID-19 infection. Compared with mildly or moderately diseased patients, those with severe or critical COVID-19 disease were more likely to have pre-infection vitamin D deficiency of less than 20 ng/mL (OR=14.30, 95%, 4.01-50.9; p < .001); be older (OR=1.039 for each year, 95% CI for OR, 1.017-1.061; p< .01), and have diabetes (OR=2.031, 95% CI for OR, 1.04-3.36; p= 0.038). Vitamin D deficiency was associated with higher rates of mortality (p<0.001) and comorbidities including COPD (p=0.006), diabetes (p=0.026), and hypertension (p=0.016)." https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....04.21258358v1

Anther study to add to a long list.

Please also see

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advanc...gab405/6294179

Calcifediol treatment and COVID-19-related outcomes


also referred to in the other D thread

[R.B.]

Another new one of many


Vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher hospitalisation risk from COVID-19: a retrospective case-control study

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advanc...gab439/6303537

CONCLUSIONS
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation. Widespread measurement of serum 25(OH)D and treating any unmasked insufficiency or deficiency through testing may reduce this risk.