Vitamin D and severity of Covid-19

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- June 5, 2020 at 9:32 pm
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MelMel
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This article will briefly examine the role vitamin D plays in viral immunity and present the evidence that proper levels of vitamin D may decrease the severity of COVID-19.

https://www.perioimplantadvisory.com/clinical-tips/article/14176684/vitamin-d-and-covid19-disease-severity-an-old-ally-in-a-new-war?utm_source=DEC_DIQ+Morning+Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200604100&o_eid=3659D6099634B9X&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C3659D6099634B9X&oly_enc_id=3659D6099634B9X#cid-14177078

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- - June 6, 2020 at 12:33 am
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  ed williams
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  This week one of the premier medical journals had to retract a COVID-19 research article, see following link. With that in mind I would be cautious giving out medical advice from a dentist on COVID-19. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31324-6/fulltext
  - June 6, 2020 at 12:34 am
    
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    ed williams
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    Here is the link again. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31324-6/fulltext
  - June 6, 2020 at 12:36 am
    
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    ed williams
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    Not sure why link isn’t working, here is another on same topic. https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/04/lancet-retracts-major-covid-19-paper-that-raised-safety-concerns-about-malaria-drugs/
  - June 7, 2020 at 8:46 am
    
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    MelMel
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    I am not recommending anything. I am sharing an article I found interesting. For your info, a periodontist is a doctor who has at least 13 years of university training and they are as well versed in scientific methods as any other medical doctor with a specialty. Furthermore, vitamin D is absolutely necessary for multiple body functions. Numerous scientific studies site cancer patients having especially low levels of vit D in their bodies. This particular article is exceptionally well writen and gives plenty of evidence siting fourteen different sources including studies all listed in references. I see no relationship to anything you have mentioned about being retracted in the Lancet or any other journal. The study you are refering to has to do with a particular medicine used to treat Covid-19 patients. This study looks at the relationship between vit D blood levels and severity of Covid-19 in patients. Two completely different and unrelated things. Vit D is found naturally in our blood, Hydroxychloroquine is not.
    Melanie
  - June 7, 2020 at 6:46 pm
    
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    Edwin
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    Thank you Melanie.
    This Atlantic article discusses vitamin D and Covid-19:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/paging-dr-hamblin-can-vitamin-d-stop-coronavirus/612547/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-weekly-newsletter&utm_content=20200607&silverid-ref=MzEwMTkwMjQ5MDYyS0
  - June 8, 2020 at 6:04 pm
    
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    lindy303
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    There’s lots of research on Vitamin D and immune response, but no definitive study at this point that points us in the direction of correct dose, what a “normal” level is, etc. I would be cautious of an article written by a dentist who’s smiling and holding a Vitamin D testing kit promoted by DentaMedica as a revenue boosting add-on for dentist/periodontist practices.
- - June 7, 2020 at 11:28 pm
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  ed williams
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  Didn’t mean to under value dentist’s, so taking your advice I emailed my dentist and she sent me the following link. She is a big fan of CNN and wanted to share their amazing coverage of the vitamin D issue, she said to skip the video part at the top of the page and focus on the written material. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/health/vitamin-d-coronavirus-wellness/index.html

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