What do you mean? I've been bombarded with Vitamin D recommendations since COVID started, from my doctor through countless podcasts. It also comes up frequently in any online discussion about COVID. And before anyone suggests otherwise, yes, Dr. Fauci has also spoken about Vitamin D.
But Vitamin D isn't a magic bullet. It helps, but it's not a miracle cure like some of the internet articles or early ad-hoc studies would imply.
The official NIH treatment guidelines contain no recommendation for vitamin D testing or supplementation. They were last updated in April 2021 and appear to not incorporate the latest research. At a minimum we ought to be testing vitamin D levels for many COVID-19 patients in order to identify those at greater risk of developing severe symptoms.
Yeah, people have been talking about the decreased Vitamin D levels in COVID patients and suggesting supplementation since almost the very beginning of the pandemic. Maybe they just don't want to draw attention away from the fact that vaccination and masking are still by far the best means of avoiding hospitalization.
iirc, the first mention I remember was from a Stanford, CA area Doctor who was not waiting for the CDC to make a press release before making a statement about what he saw anecdotally (~Nov 2019) given how quickly his hospital was overwhelmed. Specifically, he noted that patients with Vitamin D deficiencies were having the worst symptoms.
What do you mean? I've been bombarded with Vitamin D recommendations since COVID started, from my doctor through countless podcasts. It also comes up frequently in any online discussion about COVID. And before anyone suggests otherwise, yes, Dr. Fauci has also spoken about Vitamin D.
But Vitamin D isn't a magic bullet. It helps, but it's not a miracle cure like some of the internet articles or early ad-hoc studies would imply.