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Vitamin D is certainly on that list - likely just omitted by error.

The story of vitamin D is another sad chapter in the Covid saga and it too could have saved many lives.

We should rename “public health” to “the ministry of pharma” because that is who controlled Covid more than anyone.

Vitamin D?

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Actually a “pre-hormone” and the importance of it is gaining significance in many bodily functions by leaps and bounds.

Here is something you might find ‘interesting’:

Vitamin D for influenza
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/

4 paragraph short write-up - here are the last 2 paragraphs:

“The Institute of Medicine recommendation for adults younger than 70 years of age is 600 IU of vitamin D daily. We are told that this would achieve a level of 50 nmol/L in greater than 97.5% of individuals.6 Regrettably, a statistical error has resulted in erroneous recommendations by the Institute of Medicine leading to this conclusion and it might actually take 8800 IU of vitamin D to achieve this level in 97.5% of the population.7 This is a serious public health blunder.

A colleague of mine and I have introduced vitamin D at doses that have achieved greater than 100 nmol/L in most of our patients for the past number of years, and we now see very few patients in our clinics with the flu or influenzalike illness. In those patients who do have influenza, we have treated them with the vitamin D hammer, as coined by my colleague. This is a 1-time 50 000 IU dose of vitamin D3 or 10 000 IU 3 times daily for 2 to 3 days. The results are dramatic, with complete resolution of symptoms in 48 to 72 hours. One-time doses of vitamin D at this level have been used safely and have never been shown to be toxic.8 We urgently need a study of this intervention. The cost of vitamin D is about a penny for 1000 IU, so this treatment costs less than a dollar.”

More ......

Multiple lines of evidence suggest that vitamin D status may be relevant to COVID-19 incidence and severity (Table 1 ).
Table 1

Lines of evidence that vitamin D deficiency is an important modifiable risk factor for COVID-19.
• Laboratory studies: Vitamin D is important for immune function, modulates the inflammatory response to infection, and regulates the renin-angiotensin system.
• Ecologic studies: Countries with lower average levels of 25(OH)D or lower solar ultraviolet-B radiation exposure have higher COVID-19 mortality.
• Demographic groups known to be at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency—Black individuals, the elderly, nursing-home residents, and those with obesity, vascular comorbidities, or chronic kidney disease—are also those at high risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and/or mortality.
• Observational studies of individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2a: Low 25(OH)D levels are associated with a greater likelihood of testing positive for the virus.
• Observational studies of COVID-19 patients: 25(OH)D levels correlate inversely with COVID-19 severity.
• Observational studies (pre-COVID era): Low vitamin D status is associated with increased risk of acute respiratory tract infections.
• Randomized clinical trials (pre-COVID era): Vitamin D supplementation decreases risk of respiratory tract infection, especially in those with low 25(OH)D levels.

Link:

Commentary. Eliminating vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7377789/