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What about the vitamin D hypothesis that HN loves so much? I'm far from sold on it yet, but summer in the northern hemisphere should correlate with increased Vi
by tgb 6y ago
What about the vitamin D hypothesis that HN loves so much? I'm far from sold on it yet, but summer in the northern hemisphere should correlate with increased Vitamin D levels, which is hypothesized to be protective from severe results in COVID-19. The concern here then of course is that the death rate is about to start going back up.
- chrisco255 6y agoVitamin D is protective against all viruses, not just Covid. But we did see spikes in cases and deaths during the summer months in sun belt states. However, many of the worst cases did come from patients in long-term care. It remains to be seen whether the seasonal flu and pneumonia or Covid will be more deadly this winter. Pneumonia deaths without Covid have exceeded those with Covid in the United States since August: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm We're also at less than the number of typically expected weekly deaths across the board for the past couple of weeks.