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Vitamin D is a vital Covid defence tool | Letter
I cannot understand why public health doesn’t emphasise this – for instance, by recommending we stock up on vitamin D stores. Some 30%-40% of the UK population has a severe vitamin D deficiency. Why is this tolerated when we are in the middle of a pandemic and know that vitamin D is a vital ingredient for a healthy immune response? Ireland’s public health bodies recently published a report addressing vitamin D deficiency. What is stopping our public health bodies from doing the same?
Source: The Guardian May 20, 2021 16:18 UTC
