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Lots (most) people of colour are below their threshold of "VDI" (vitamin D insufficiency) and perfectly healthy. The fact that the study doesn't talk about bas
by suthakamal 6y ago
Lots (most) people of colour are below their threshold of "VDI" (vitamin D insufficiency) and perfectly healthy.
The fact that the study doesn't talk about base rates for ethnicities is pretty "striking" (to use a word they breathlessly, and wrongly, use).
- gridlockd 6y agoI would argue that they are not perfectly healthy. Non-severe Vitamin D deficiency has no acute effects, but lifetime risk for developing severe illness does go up.