There have always been clear benefits to sun exposure. While I can't speak about what the public opinion is these days, there's plenty of recent research coveri

There have always been clear benefits to sun exposure. While I can't speak about what the public opinion is these days, there's plenty of recent research covering that seem to have balanced risk/benefit analysis. Alfredsson, Lars, Bruce K. Armstrong, D. Allan Butterfield, Rajiv Chowdhury, Frank R. de Gruijl, Martin Feelisch, Cedric F. Garland, et al. “Insufficient Sun Exposure Has Become a Real Public Health Problem.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 14 (July 2020): 5014. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145014 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145014. Hoel, David G., Marianne Berwick, Frank R. de Gruijl, and Michael F. Holick. “The Risks and Benefits of Sun Exposure 2016.” Dermato-Endocrinology 8, no. 1 (October 19, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/19381980.2016.1248325 https://doi.org/10.1080/19381980.2016.1248325. Lindqvist, P. G., E. Epstein, K. Nielsen, M. Landin-Olsson, C. Ingvar, and H. Olsson. “Avoidance of Sun Exposure as a Risk Factor for Major Causes of Death: A Competing Risk Analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden Cohort.” Journal of Internal Medicine 280, no. 4 (October 2016): 375–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.12496 https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.12496.