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#VitaminDforAll
Original englische Fassung
(die deutsche Übersetzung findet ihr ab S. 6)
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Over 100 Scientists, Doctors, & Leading Autho- rities Call For Increased Vitamin D Use To Com- bat COVID-19nScientific evidence indicates vitamin D reduces infections & deaths
Dec 7, 2020
To all governments, public health officials, doctors, and healthcare workers,
[Residents of the USA: Text “VitaminDforAll” to 50409 to send this to your state’s governor.]
Research shows low vitamin D levels almost certainly promote COVID-19 infections, hos- pitalizations, and deaths. Given its safety, we call for immediate widespread increased vi- tamin D intakes.
Vitamin D modulates thousands of genes and many aspects of immune function, both in- nate and adaptive. The scientific evidence1 shows that:
Higher vitamin D blood levels are associa- ted with lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Higher D levels are associated with lower risk of a severe case (hospitalization, ICU, or
death).
Intervention studies (including RCTs) indi-
cate that vitamin D can be a very effective treatment.
Many papers reveal several biological me-
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chanisms by which vitamin D influences CO- VID-19.
Causal inference modelling, Hill’s criteria, the intervention studies & the biological me- chanisms indicate that vitamin D’s influence on COVID-19 is very likely causal, not just cor- relation.
Vitamin D is well known to be essential, but most people do not get enough. Two common definitions of inadequacy are deficiency < 20ng/ml (50nmol/L), the target of most go- vernmental organizations, and insufficiency < 30ng/ml (75nmol/L), the target of several medical societies & experts.2 Too many peo- ple have levels below these targets. Rates of vitamin D deficiency <20ng/ml exceed 33% of the population in most of the world, and most estimates of insufficiency <30ng/ml are well over 50% (but much higher in many coun- tries).3 Rates are even higher in winter, and several groups have notably worse deficiency: the overweight, those with dark skin (espe- cially far from the equator), and care home residents. These same groups face increased COVID-19 risk.
It has been shown that 3875 IU (97mcg) daily is required for 97.5% of people to reach 20ng/ ml, and 6200 IU (155mcg) for 30ng/ml,4 in- takes far above all national guidelines. Unfor- tunately, the report that set the US RDA inclu- ded an admitted statistical error in which re- quired intake was calculated to be ~10x too low.4 Numerous calls in the academic litera- ture to raise official recommended intakes had not yet resulted in increases by the time SARS-CoV-2 arrived. Now, many papers indi- cate that vitamin D affects COVID-19 more strongly than most other health conditions,