“Strikingly, 100% of ICU patients less than 75 years old had vitamin D deficiency”
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In the population of US veterans, we show that Vitamin D2 and D3 fills were associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection of 28% and 20%, respectively. Mortality within 30-days of COVID-19 infection was similarly 33% lower with Vitamin D3 and 25% lower with D2.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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Very large n (>600k)
In the population of US veterans, we show that Vitamin D2 and D3 fills were associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection of 28% and 20%, respectively. Mortality within 30-days of COVID-19 infection was similarly 33% lower with Vitamin D3 and 25% lower with D2.
@jon-nyc said in “Strikingly, 100% of ICU patients less than 75 years old had vitamin D deficiency”:
Very large n (>600k)
In the population of US veterans, we show that Vitamin D2 and D3 fills were associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection of 28% and 20%, respectively. Mortality within 30-days of COVID-19 infection was similarly 33% lower with Vitamin D3 and 25% lower with D2.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Old people don't eat well and most get inadequate time out in the sun. They tend to have macrocytic anemias and Vitamin D deficiencies.
They're not healthy.
So...COVID kills old people that are unhealthy to start with...🤪
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Very large n (>600k)
In the population of US veterans, we show that Vitamin D2 and D3 fills were associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection of 28% and 20%, respectively. Mortality within 30-days of COVID-19 infection was similarly 33% lower with Vitamin D3 and 25% lower with D2.
@jon-nyc said in “Strikingly, 100% of ICU patients less than 75 years old had vitamin D deficiency”:
Very large n (>600k)
In the population of US veterans, we show that Vitamin D2 and D3 fills were associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection of 28% and 20%, respectively. Mortality within 30-days of COVID-19 infection was similarly 33% lower with Vitamin D3 and 25% lower with D2.
Did they adjust for patients that had also taken the prophylactic therapeutic?
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I get you're trying to diss the vaccine, but I don’t really understand the point you’re trying to make. In my experience 'prophylactic' and 'therapeutic' are distinct and non-overlapping.
A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring. Therefore, if the drug is administered before disease onset, it is considered prophylactic, otherwise it is considered therapeutic. Therapeutic group are the subjects on treatment of existing disease, while prophylatic group are subjects receiving preventive measures.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
-Cormac McCarthy -
I get you're trying to diss the vaccine, but I don’t really understand the point you’re trying to make. In my experience 'prophylactic' and 'therapeutic' are distinct and non-overlapping.
A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring. Therefore, if the drug is administered before disease onset, it is considered prophylactic, otherwise it is considered therapeutic. Therapeutic group are the subjects on treatment of existing disease, while prophylatic group are subjects receiving preventive measures.
@jon-nyc said in “Strikingly, 100% of ICU patients less than 75 years old had vitamin D deficiency”:
I get you're trying to diss the vaccine, but I don’t really understand the point you’re trying to make. In my experience 'prophylactic' and 'therapeutic' are distinct and non-overlapping.
A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring. Therefore, if the drug is administered before disease onset, it is considered prophylactic, otherwise it is considered therapeutic. Therapeutic group are the subjects on treatment of existing disease, while prophylatic group are subjects receiving preventive measures.
Unfortunately, there’s not really an established category that encapsulates what this treatment does. It’s primary benefit is not preventing infection, but preventing severe symptom of the infection (like a therapeutic) but it’s only effective if you take it prior to infection (like a prophylactic treatment). As the defining characteristic of a vaccine is the aggregate prevention of transmission and this doesn’t do so, calling it a vaccine isn’t really appropriate… So what do you suggest?
