2.3 X increase in COVID-19 death if mentally ill (associations: Mental Illness and Low Vitamin D, Low D and COVID-19 death) – Oct 2, 2020

Mental illness tied to increased mortality in COVID-19 MDEdge

• “In the unadjusted model, the risk for COVID-19–related hospital death was greater for those who had received any psychiatric diagnosis, compared with those had not (hazard ratio, 2.3; 95% CI, 1.8-2.9; P < .001).”
• “In the adjusted model that controlled for demographic characteristics, other medical comorbidities, and hospital location, the mortality risk somewhat decreased but still remained significantly higher (HR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9; P = .003).”
  • Note – they adjusted-out comorbidities associated with low vitamin D
  • Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned

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In the last century Dr. Cannell, founder of the Vitamin D Council, was aware of the association of psychiatric problems and low Vitamin D

• 95 percent of depressed patients in Egypt had low vitamin D – Feb 2020

Non-Daily Intervention of Vitamin D for Depression

COVID-19 mortality and low vitamin D

• Virtually no COVID-19 cases in countries having more than 30 ng of Vitamin D - Sept 17, 2020
• 14.7 X more likely to die of COVID-19 if less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (185 Germans) – Sept 10, 2020

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COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos
Contents as of Nov 13:

• 36 trials, 3 trial results, 30 observations, 11 recommendations, 35 associations, 75 speculations, 26 videos

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Top Vitamin D and COVID-19 recent updates

• COVID-19 defeated 3x faster by 420,000 IU Vitamin D nanoemulsion – RCT Nov 12, 2020
• 2X fewer COVID-19 deaths observed if infrequent vitamin D (2X more deaths if daily dose) – UK Oct 20, 2020
• Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 meets Bradford Hill Criteria - Nov 2020
• French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19 - May 2020
• Chinese COVID-19 study – 80 pct of severe cases had low Vitamin D, all asymptomatic cases had OK Vit D – Oct 13, 2020
• Vitamin D and COVID-19 - observational studies found it helps, never hurts - Campbell Oct 31, 2020
• COVID-19 increased risks with low vitamin D: Infection 1.5 X, Hospitalization 1.8 X – meta-analysis Oct 2020
• COVID-19 lung death 4X more likely in Iran if less than 25 ng of vitamin D – Oct 30, 2020
• Evidence Regarding Vitamin D and Risk of COVID-19 and its Severity - Oct 27, 2020
• COVID-19 patients who happened to be taking Vitamin D did much better – Oct 27,2020
• 9X COVID-19 survival in nursing home if had 80,000 IU dose of vitamin D in previous month – Oct 2020
• COVID-19 fought by Vitamin D in 43 studies - Oct 15, 2020
• 15 studies indicating that Vitamin D fights COVID-19 - Dr. Grimes Oct 9, 2020
• 32X more likely to have severe-critical COVID-19 in Turkish hospital if Vitamin D deficient – Oct 5, 2020
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• Vitamin D Cuts SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rate by Half Mercola Sept 28
  • 47% lower SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate if > 50 ng vs < 20 ng
  • 58% lower risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 if > 30 ng vs < 30 ng
  • 2X higher risk of hospitialization if <30 ng
  • ICU patients got semi-activated Vitamin D - death rate dropped to 2% from 50%
• Virtually no COVID-19 cases in countries having more than 30 ng of Vitamin D - Sept 17, 2020
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• Studies on Vitamin D and COVID-19 (11 categories) - Sept 20, 2020
• Rate of COVID-19 test positive is 40 pcnt lower if high vitamin D (192,000 people) - Holick Sept 2020
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• 14.7 X more likely to die of COVID-19 if less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (185 Germans) – Sept 10, 2020
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• Low D increases risk of infection. Dr. Fauci Sept 11
  • "If you're deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. I would not mind recommending, and I do it myself, taking vitamin D supplements,..." 32 minutes into Instagram interview
  • Dr. Fauci takes 6,000 IU of Vitamin D daily – Sept 2020
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• COVID-19 defeated by activated Vitamin D in Spain - pilot RCT Aug 29, 2020
• WHO – Severe COVID-19 mortality reduced by hormones (should consider hormone D too) - Sept 2020
• Vitamin D in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 (16 reasons) – Sept 1, 2020

Search Google Scholar for COVID-19 Vitamin D 20,000 publications Oct 10, 2020

Many clinical trials are underway which are testing Vitamin D to fight COVID-19