Vitamin D plays an important role in most diseases, including infectious disease, which is why from the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I suspected that optimizing vitamin D levels among the general population would significantly lower COVID-19 incidence and death.
Since then, mounting evidence reveals this is indeed the case, as researchers have repeatedly demonstrated that higher vitamin D levels reduce rates of positive tests, hospitalizations and mortality related to this infection.
Vitamin D3 Reduces ICU Admissions and Mortality
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Most recently, a Spanish study
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2 (which has yet to undergo peer-review) found giving supplemental vitamin D3 (calcifediol) to hospitalized patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 reduced ICU admissions by 82% and mortality by 64%.
Could Many COVID-19 Deaths Have Been Prevented?
Mounting research on vitamin D s effects on COVID-19 has more clinicians and researchers calling for its wider use
In recent weeks and months, there have been more studies(1) demonstrating the benefits of vitamin D against COVID-19. More than 200 doctors, scientists, and leading authorities have signed an open letter(2) calling for increased use of vitamin D in the fight against COVID-19.
“Research shows low vitamin D levels almost certainly promote COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Given its safety, we call for immediate widespread increased vitamin D intakes,” the letter states.
“Vitamin D modulates thousands of genes and many aspects of immune function, both innate and adaptive,” it continues before listing some of the validated findings on vitamin D.