Vitamin D supplements are shown in this stock image. TORONTO -- More than 80 per cent of COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Spain had a vitamin D deficiency,Researchers at the University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla in Santander, Spain looked at the vitamin D levels of 216 patients admitted to hospital for coronavirus treatment between March 10 and March 31.
The study also noted that vitamin D levels were “especially lower” in men with COVID-19 compared to women. Vitamin D deficiency has also been linked to health concerns including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and multiple sclerosis. While the researchers reported a higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in hospitalized COVID-19 patients compared to the control group, they did not find an association between vitamin D levels and the severity of the disease, such as the need for ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, or even death.
“The most severe forms of COVID-19 are characterized by a hyperinflammatory state, the so-called ‘cytokine storm,’ that occurs over the first week of symptoms’ onset, and led to acute respiratory distress syndrome and other organ complications causing increased mortality,” Hernandez explained.
How is 216 people enough to call it a study?
That because they were all in senior. Homes Getty no sun😠
This is a terrible story. This is one of the most common Vitamin deficiencies in N.A. If that data comes up from COVID patients this is not surprising. Probably find the same info with anyone hospitalized with an infection...🙄
In Canada, the federal government's share of public transit infrastructure is 40 per cent. Does CTV own shares in Vitamin D
Might have something to do with the government telling everyone to hide in their homes.
Yeah because the media keeps scaring people into staying inside...
Everyone is making it up as they go along apparently.
CTVAtlantic IT couldn't be because they were all ordered to stay home and indoors now could it? No. What the fuck did you think was going to happen?
No ultraviolet disinfection from the sun.... trapped indoors, short daylight during winter, green house gases blocking sunlight....
No shit. So does everyone else.
Yet with all the money our government is spending there hasn’t been any spent on simple education for ways to build up immune systems with healthy eating, exercise, proper sleep and vitamins🤔
CTVAtlantic Bad headline CTV given this is a common thing in Canadians. Correlation doesn't equal causation.
CTVAtlantic There was a news story a few years back that OHIP stopped covering vit D tests because 60% of people “failed” the test. Kind of like they thought “if we don’t test then everything will be okay”. Maybe vit D supplements should be covered by provincial Heath authorities.
Isn't this a common North American deficiency b/c our food chain quality and eating habits are shit.
How many people in general population are vitamin D deficient?
ScottAdamsSays
Correlation does not equal causation Nearly 80% of people have vitamin D deficiency at the best of times and covid hit in the late winter.
This seems like an important thing to know.....
Winter into lockdown mode ~ reduced sun exposure 🌟
The sun is being blocked out by chemical trails vitamin D made for the sun is vital to our health
And this is what happens when you lock seniors down all summer long and now it’s backfiring. Typical idiots running the show here in Ontario. They had plenty of chance to get them outside! Annnnnnnnnnd fordnation and his idiots failed at that too. This is our premier folks.
Your fault this happened..
Imagine... forcing people into house arrest and then being surprised that they are Vitamin D deficient (sunlight is the best source).
so hand out free Vit D to seniors as it is not cheap
The media is always the last to find out.
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We have been overdosing on it
GMeaden26 I remember you telling me about this months ago haha
I’ve been taking it. 😉 and zinc😉
Not just covid. People in general that are staying home. I wasn’t well but not enough to be super sick and this was because of vitamin D supplementation was needed. My older mom also got a bacterial infection in her lung and this was most likely made worse by lack of D.
Congratulations! If only you reported this sooner ...
Got milk!
No wonder, I drink Rum with Orange Juice everyday 😋
'“We must wait for the results of the ongoing large and properly designed studies to determine whether vitamin D can prevent SARS-COV-2 infection, or reduce its severity,” Hernandez said.' these sorts of delays are why scientists are ill suited to treat the sick
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Almost like they needed some sunlight. 🤔🤔
Where is the daily pressers from every level of gov on getting healthy and boosting immune systems? All we hear is lockdowns, masks and BS. I wonder if gov cares more about power and control than our health......hmmmmm
2020CDNHockey That’s because everyone has been locked inside for 7 months...no sun, no vitamin D 🤷♀️
aquiomeutuiter amiga pelamordedeus olha o risco que corremos
This was common knowledge right from the beginning. But it wasn't hysterical enough. Media wouldn't dare give information that might make people more healthy.
And this is why I refused to stay inside at home during the shutdown. Soak up as much vitamin D as I could while also taking supplements.
Just like people with the cold and flu.
🤔 This is quite interesting !
Thanks tips, 3 months late to the game
Everyone in northern climate during winter should be taking a Vitimin D supplement anyway...
Hmmm, it's almost like they needed to be outside. Instead of locked inside.
Finally, since this pandemic began,I suggest that people especially the elderly should receive supplementation Vit D,There is evidence of benefit in other lung infections and also that suggests its usefulness,in context of Covid Economic, accessible and little or no side effects.
another biggie headline?
This ain’t New News majority have always been since the dark ages.
IVSSANGVINIS Breaking: Eating healthy, getting exercise means you won’t die of mild flu like virus.
Well gee I wonder why? Many people have a low vitamin D. Being stuck inside from House Arrest for weeks. Only go out to shop for food.
LMFAO wasn't this a 'conspiracy theory' last month?
NPR podcast, Radiolab, did piece on this. Included segment on homeless population in us. They were expected to be hit hard. Sample showed 100% weren't sick. Then they brought in testing & 40% of those were infected. Some attribute this to time theh spend outside (high vitamin d)
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How does that compare to the vitamin D deficiency rates for a similar population normalizing for the age and other characteristics of the sample with Covid?
This would explain why Africa has not had a bad time with it, relatively speaking.
No shit
Milk of Cow good. Sunlight good. Pick things up good.
Translation: staying inside during the summer was the shittiest idea ever.
Although Canadians often do. I didn't believe I could as I have 'arctic eyes' which are the most efficient at taking sun and making it Vitamin D but when a doctor had no detectable level he ordered tests and I had a detectable very low level.
Terrible headline that will confuse people into thinking somehow low D has anything to do with COVID. Most Adults are deficient at baseline. Could do same study on 1000pts hospitalized for appendicitis or hip fracture and have exact same finding. Fix this!
Hikergirl52 Means they were huddled up indoors instead of out in the fresh air.
Wonder if it had anything to do with being locked down in our fucking houses for months on end.
Go out in the sun and socialize more to get more vitamin D.
This would be more useful if paired with data on what percentage of the population as a whole has a vitamin D deficiency. Not likely, but if the total population deficiency was around 70% then the news is not as impactful. I suspect the delta is much larger though!
CanadianPM
Correlation is not causation. this is highly irresponsible to publish. Most Canadians don’t understand science.
What percentage of the normal avg population has Vit D deficiency?
Duh!
We knew this several months ago, why is the media just pushing it now? Masks are only a small part of not catching the virus, but they are being enforced like they are holy water. Staying healthy is what will save your life.
and yet more, the sun is free, (so far)
DrEricDing Laurie_Garrett
joerogan has been saying this for months! You guys are late...
We've been told for years that 15 minutes outside in the sunshine will give us our daily required dose of Vit D. Not that hard to get outside for 15 minutes most days.
I am dead than 😔, I am already suffering because of the law vitamin d
Pssst... hey, TV News... You keep losing weight because the internet is eating your lunch.
Wintery_Knight SO LET'S KEEP PEOPLE INSIDE FOREVER!
Interesting. Can’t hurt to take vitamin D🤷♀️
So what about patients in countries near the equator? How do their cases compare and how are their vitamin D levels?
defundctv is just pushing their insider trading Vitamin D stocks...always around this time of year...just more fear monguring from our American based biased paid for so-called media
This is not new info! Get that immune system functioning at its max efficiency. Eat well, stay active and set yourself up for success in the event you do get sick.
It's not enough to just supplement vitamin D. You also need to balance it with vitamin A, K and the B vitamins in the right amounts. Non defatted desiccated liver from free range cows is a good source of all these nutrients and has the right balance.
Vitamin D don’t say 😏
What is the prevalence of Vit D deficiency in the population though?
FYI authors literally acknowledge theres no connection between getting covid 19 and having a vitamin D deficiency. If anything it just shows most people have a vita6D deficiency.
Read the article, folks! Complete waste of time don’t get me wrong, but....
One could argue that lockdowns are killing people because it keeps them inside away from the number 1 source of vitamin D. The sun
JRE fans have known this since March
Yeah, the country has a severe vitamin D issues. It's not readily available in foods, it comes from the sun and vitamin D testing isn't covered by provincial health care. This has been an issue for a long time. I have been deficient for years and can't afford supplements.
weird...vitamin D and zinc are possible therapies? who said that back in April? Anyone, anyone
You mean from being inside a house quarantined away from the fresh air and sunlight Lockdown problems 2020!
Welcome to regular-dude knowledge. How much did it cost you to realize taking your vitamins is important?
Huh, you dont say. Thought staying indoors, out of sun and fresh air during lockdown was supposed to help the situation. Science
100% of naturopaths said from the start to increase your zinc and vitamins D but were and are still being censored!
RandyUens I mean no one in Canada really leaves their house cuz of covid
unitedchampions if only everyone listened to Joe Rogan 👀👀👀
Y does Bonnie Henry not remind peeps DAILY 2 take extra VIT D, C, Zinc & Multi? Get fresh air, exercise, fruit/veggies?!? Y?! Not once I have heard her!!
Something worth noticing. While avoiding crowds, try to get as much sunshine and Vitamin D as possible! 😲
Drink hot water with lemon people it’s the best way to fight it right now and eat your veggies/fruits and cut back on meat.
What is this story? It was only 21 days. In March.
Yeah because it was the fucking flu, you idiots.
that is similar to people suffering with MS.
Stay home and take some D this winter.
ScottAdamsSays This one's for you
Vitamin D mandate
Lol yes , after being stuck in apartments and houses , it makes sense ya think ? We all need to go outside and get fresh air . Even babies get vitamin D drops to strengthen immune system. We need the sun.
To date Vit D never mentioned in precaution list of recommendations- washing hands-wearing mask etc.if we all had taken Vit D from start, we would be in a better place economically mentally. Instead Gov works with AB organized troll group censoring those advocating for VitD on SM
The link between covid and vitamin D deficiency has been popping in the news since the beginning of the pandemic. I am wondering if this knowledge has been used to tackle the virus or it is something media will just keep reporting.
Careful about talking about vitamin D. Twitter may block your tweet.. Please remember BillGatesLovesYou
What percentage of Canadians have Vitamin D deficiency? 🤔🙄
But... What with people... Living in sunshine countries (Brazil and some others)... hmmm
So many people myself included are D deficient but OHIP does not include vitamin panel in blood work. All Canadians should be able to know their vit D and B12 levels.
Let the hoarding begin on VitaminD supplements. covid19
lack of vitamin D lowers your immnity
So Brazil having a huge number of cases is due to 🤔🤔🤔
80% of Canadians are vit D deficient. Causative vs coincidence.....
It’s about TIME somebody started to tell Canadians how to protect themselves during this pandemic. Why have public health officials not told people this info? Why have bureaucrats BANNED the use of HCQ for early effective treatment for Covid that will save lives and our economy?
Correlation does not imply causation. Test most Canadians (without COVID) and you’re likely to find the same results
People would do well to take one vitamin pill in flu season. Ensure you are getting enough vitamin D, Zinc and extra C.
Study:
So instead of asking people to balance their diets we locked down the country, destroyed the economy and ruined livelihoods and many lives?
this has been known for months now.
Correlation does not equal causation.
' 197 sex-matched population-based controls recruited from the Camargo Cohort (14,15) during their last follow-up visit on January-March of the past year. ' No shit they had less d then these people, these people weren't under quarantine!!!!!!!
Nobody in these comments has read the article🤦
Can anybody point out to me actual consistent messaging from the gov about what people should be doing to improve their health and strengthen their immune systems? All I hear about is restrictions, masks, no gyms, playgrounds closed, etc. It's almost as if they want us sick
Remember when YouTube was banning videos that said supplements were good for the prevention of covid? At a time when health advisors also said masks were useless. This has to be the worst year for misinformation/disinformation ever.
Is it because more than 80% of Canadians are Vit D deficient?
This has been known for months already and the main stream media has ignored it and only talked about masks masks masks! Oh well better late than never.
Is the deficiency causing covid, or is covid causing the deficiency?
To cheap to buy supplements.....
Your mom has a vitamin D deficiency.
Even people in Florida,Italy,India and other southern countries ?
How are you just telling people this now? Stats have been out for months.
This is not news. This has been reported for months. Spend more time outside. If you can't, take some VitD.
80% of people in general have a vitamin D deficiency. So if 80% of people with covid have the deficiency that's just a population snapshot
Nearly EVERYONE is deficient of vitamin D all the time.
pauldavisSNS This was known back in June from a study in Italy and Spain. Nothing new.
image is of a Vit E pill
I take Vitamin D but this is not a very big study. But it cant hurt.
Doesn't really explain Florida though...
DCampbell8899 datruss check this out 😊
I have to pay for my bloodwork to test for vitamin D because “everyone is deficient”. Take your vitamin D.
Bad study. Correlation is not causation. Plus sample size of only 19 of vit D group.
This study a) involved patients in Spain back in mid-March so lockdown talk in these comments is irrelevant; and b) found no useful correlations between Vitamin D and how patients fared with the disease. Though it won't hurt to take supplements anyway if you can.
Vitamin D I BEEN SAYING DISS
Then its probably a great idea to hide inside your house out of the sun ☀️ 🤦♂️
Doesn't 80% of basically everyone have Vitamin D deficiencies?
isnt it possible 80%of us have vit D deficiency anyhow...gloomy damn place.
It’s common to have a vit d deficiency, but most people are unaware—as you have to pay a fee to have it checked. (Unless you have another related issue.) It should be publicized that absorption is increased if you take it with a fat-peanut butter or nuts in general.
Wow. Again, only months behind on this.
Vitamin D is code word for dick.
I already bought my vitamin D supplements past week, just after seeing many studies talking about the deficiences in covid patiences.
What else did they have?
ye cause y’all forced everybody inside LOL damaging everyone’s health pretending to look out for people’s health
For 8 months there was nary a 'health official' that mentioned actual HEALTH. Nothing on immune system boosting. No practical supplement recommendation. No healthy eating, exercise, losing weight, etc. Nothing. D3, Zinc, Quercetin, etc
I wonder if Redheads that make their own daily Vitamin D requirements with about 5 minutes of sunshine are less susceptible to contracting Covid-19 or are less affected by it
Correlation is not causation
Seems odd that many nations in the middle of summer when everyone is outside and getting lots of vitamin D would be so hard hit then....?
Vit D is also beneficial in decreasing mild depression, winter blues, seasonal affect disorder....
Everybody in Canada should be taking vitamin D supplements this time of year. Lots of sickness can be prevented
How does this compare to general population?
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It's like saying more than 99.999% or patients had blood in their veins! Vitamin D deficiency is way too common.
Is that consequential or coincidence? Make sense that ppl in nursing homes would have low vitamin D.
And 99.999% of those people were found to not have polar bear insurance.
kinsellawarren Most public health officials have been telling people to get outside as much as possible, they suggest staying out of public indoor places. Stay close to home, stay home isn't the same as 'stay inside'. Granted the messaging needs to be much clearer on all things Covid
kinsellawarren The issue is that many of those who are hospitalized are elderly and can be bed ridden. Not getting outside is a issue for them. Dietary issues also! One cup of whole MILK provides 45% of your daily vitamin D
When I was 3 I came down with rickets do to a vitamin D deficiency and I have no fear of the coronavirus.
Just putting it into context . . . the general population has low vitamin D status.
And I was a conspiracy theorist suggesting this months ago... nice when they finally catch up.
LydTheBaker
THFineArt Noooo , lock everyone inside and brainwash them while they cover themselves in Lysol. Don’t go outside ever ! There’s germs 🦠 in the world.
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I mean couldn't this just be a correlation with people staying inside due to COVID and not getting sunlight? I don't think Vitamin D has any direct influence on COVID-19.
It's very hard to get Vitamin D from the sun in Canada, especially in winter. Take supplement, drops are better.
Well that’s a part of the Canadian environment
kinsellawarren Isn't that what they have been saying all along? Anyone notice the Vtamin D3 supplement disappearing from the shelves early on in the covid stage? Major Grocery stores took them off their shelves as soon as it was mentioned that D3 may boost immune systems! Coincidence? Not!
Better get that vitamin D MakeRoomForGFRIEND GFRDofficial
does that even mean anything? who hasn't vitamin D deficiency nowadays?
Lol those are omega 3 pills in the photo smdh
No one can justify normal lifestyle. I was studying this before. Lockdown is making people unknowingly get less Vit D. Glad mainstream news touched this. So people are made aware. If Vit D were made widely available, and more awareness, this issues would decrease.
What many Doctors have been saying all along. Except for the Dr Tam
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Funny the “study” found this out, meanwhile if I were to post this on FB or IG it would be taken down. If you have been doing your research, Vit D among other important vit have been linked to being a benefit fighting COVID this entire time. Not new news.
Perhaps instead of pushing fear, lockdowns, staying home, & glory holes, our government could push being healthy? Y'know, working out, eating healthy, exercise, vitamin supplements, drinking lots of water, getting a good night's sleep, etc. Or does that make too much sense?
This has been common knowledge for some time now. Too bad health professionals haven't been recommending and pushing the importance of getting in that Vitamin D.
HEMIvik My doctor said vitamin D is very difficult to absorb from sun exposure. Has had me on supplements for years. Can't hurt. I doubt he gets 'kick backs' for those conspiracy theriorists.
Surprise surprise we're ALL low in vitamin D.
No shit. Most of them have weak immune system’s but yet you don’t hear the government ever talking about how we need to booster immune systems.
joerogan BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE IT STARTED
Canadian Cancer Society has been recommending daily Vitamin D intake for years. So has the MS Society. In the spring they were seeing this and recommending taking Vitamin D and Zinc, which was harder to find. It is relatively cheap so why not take it?
Well holy shit. Take your vitamins and wash your hands and this thing is over. Who knew? 🤦🏻♀️
It took you 8 months to start promoting healthy lifestyle and healthy diet to fight this virus.
So....let’s continue to keep everyone locked up inside, away from one sure source of vitamin D - the sun? Yep ...makes perfect sense. 🤦🏻♀️
The cardiovascular system has thousands of Vit D receptors, coupled with smoking, obesity, diabetes all due to poor diet is a perfect storm for covid. A healthy body with a healthy diet is the best defence against covid just like a cold or flu. Move more eat less crap.
Now add all the Sheeple staying indoors, scared to go outside... A grade 9 science student could have figured this out FFS! Our government is inept on every level. JohnTory, fordnation, JustinTrudeau. 1984 plandemic inept 2030agenda
So does that mean keeping everyone inside those LTC facilities is a mistake 'let the sunshine, let the sunshine, let the sun shine in.'
Zinc has similar effects when deficient.
RodneyTori So locking us inside all these months actually could have depleted the natural vitamin D from the sun. So now ppl will have to supplement with a pill. And could that explain why LTC got hit so bad, they barely get outside, if at all?
Yupp!!! joerogan foundmyfitness
We've been putting Vitamin D drops in our kids milk/water once a day for months ...
This isn’t new? We know this. Eat healthier, exercise, get your vitamins and stay hydrated. If we think our governments response has anything to do with us being healthy we’re fooling ourselves. OpenUp NoMoreLockDown openthegyms
'In addition to not establishing a relationship between low levels of vitamin D and the severity of COVID-19, including mortality, the study’s authors also acknowledged their research doesn’t show that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for contracting the disease.'
Getting a physical once a year with blood work can assist in knowing if there is a vitamin D deficiency.
CPHO_Canada should be recommending vitamin D. Either it works or it does not. The research on vitamin D pre-covid for viruses is convincing. If it does not work, people end up with stronger bones. If it does, we go back to normal. It’s cheap, no risk of harm.
So that's the secret weapon!
Hint this has a lot more to do with no one going outside because of covid, and this also being Canada. Most of us have vitamin d deficiencies just because we're Canadian. It's not a factor of covid. 🤦🏻♀️
Sure they do
And showed symptoms of a mild flu that included a 99% survival rate
That seems like information that should be advertised a little more to people instead of wear a mask and stay at home
it's winter time and now CTV is supporting vitamin D sales..
We knew this back in April. Vitamin D is extremely important to get adequate level of. Extra Zinc + vitamin C helps a lot too.
When are they gonna start putting as much effort and publicity into telling people to have adequate vitamin D levels (even zinc) over masks and lockdowns? Something much more scientifically proven.
That has been known for months. Your 'heroes' haven't told you till now? covid19
Vitamin D is much cheaper than shutting down the global economy.
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