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Vitamin D and Immunity, Lots of Evidence

Dr. John Campbell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Medicine & infectious diseaseNutrition & diet science

What it is

Dr. John Campbell reviews studies on vitamin D deficiency and immunity, including links to influenza and COVID-19, with Public Health England advice. He walks through the sources he cites.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in COVID-era threads as a physician's evidence-based argument that vitamin D is cheap, low-risk and worth considering.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “A Doctor who has been doing a fair and most excellent overview with a critical mind”

    Evidence-focused doctor's overview of Covid-19 and vitamin D.

    Zenst, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “How the Anti-Vaccine Community Is Responding to Covid-19”

  2. “It's cheap and has minimal downside.”

    Doctor recommending vitamin D, cheap with minimal downside.

    throwaway829, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Severity of Covid-19”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: vitamin d, covid-19, immunity, supplements, john campbell

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