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Vitamin D reduces COVID-19 risk by 50% + Unvaccinated 5X more likely to get omicron - C C - Jan 22, 2022
Unvaccinated 5X more likely to get omicron than those boosted, CDC reports
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/unvaccinated-5x-more-likely-to-get-omicron-than-those-boosted-cdc-reports/
The vitamin that reduces COVID-19 risk by 50%
https://www.spring.org.uk/2022/01/2-c-co.php
INTRO: A sufficient level of this vitamin could halve the risk of catching coronavirus and protect COVID-19 patients from the worst of the disease. Vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of COVID-19 infection and the severity of the disease, if it is caught, research finds.
Professor Michael Holick, study co-author, said: “Because vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is so widespread in children and adults in the United States and worldwide, especially in the winter months, it is prudent for everyone to take a vitamin D supplement to reduce risk of being infected and having complications from COVID-19.”
A blood level of 30 nanogram per millilitre of vitamin D has been shown to protect patients with COVID-19 against complications and death, as well as reducing the risk of getting ill by a large amount. According to a study, COVID-19 patients with adequate levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are less likely to have severe clinical problems from the illness... (MORE - missing details)
RE: Vitamin D reduces COVID-19 risk by 50% + Unvaccinated 5X more likely to get omicron - Syne - Jan 22, 2022
They conspicuously keep leaving out the unvaccinated that have already had COVID, even though a new study found that previous infection was greater protection than vaccines alone.