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Vitamin D Supplements for Prevention of Covid-19 or other Acute Respiratory Infections: a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial (CORONAVIT) December 2020 to June 2021 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.22.22271707v1 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04579640 Randomly assigned 6200 U.K. adults postal finger-prick 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) test provision of a…

by the Government and Minster for Health, Mr Javid https://twitter.com/sajidjavid https://twitter.com/OHID https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/vitamin-d-call-for-evidence/vitamin-d-call-for-evidence This includes seeking views on improving vitamin D intake and status through diet and dietary supplements, particularly among at risk groups. Current guidelines https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/ October to March, not…

that low levels of vitamin D patients do much worse than high levels of vitamin D patients. Vitamin D deficiency prevalence and cardiovascular risk in Israel https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20955219/ N = 34,874 Vit D levels, women, 22.7 ng mL Vit D levels,…

Natural immunity in Israel Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity: reinfections versus breakthrough infections https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1 Early vaccinees were demonstrated to be significantly more at risk than late vaccinees Maccabi Healthcare Services N = 2.5 million 26% of the population…

Which seems good and long lasting and cheap, lots of evidence below. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00676-9/fulltext Biological studies Dan et al (2021) Science, Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abf4063 95% of participants tested retained immune memory…

From ONS data NY Dropping mask requirements for businesses Vaccine in Children 6 Months Through 4 Years of Age https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220201006018/en/Pfizer-and-BioNTech-Initiate-Rolling-Submission-for-Emergency-Use-Authorization-of-Their-COVID-19-Vaccine-in-Children-6-Months-Through-4-Years-of-Age-Following-Request-From-U.S.-FDA 3 µg dose Week up to 5 February 2022 England – 2,824,700 people (1 in 19) Wales – 121,200 people…