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Vitamin D is No Cure for COVID

Christopher Labos MD, MSc — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

During the pandemic, vitamin D has been touted by many as a cheap, easy way to prevent or cure COVID during the pandemic. But there’s a simple reason I don’t recommend it for these purposes: It doesn’t work.

Does Vitamin D Protect Against COVID? Seems Not

Christopher Labos MD, MSc — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:38:18 +0000

This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette

One of the major arguments used by people who want to downplay the seriousness of this pandemic or the importance of vaccines is to raise the issue of Vitamin D.

Let The Sunshine In on COVID-19

Joe Schwarcz PhD — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Mention Vitamin D and thoughts usually turn to bone strength. That is understandable since the relationship between this vitamin and the incorporation of calcium and phosphorus into bone is well established. In the early twentieth century, Sir Edward Mellanby in Great Britain was concerned about the incidence of rickets, a disease characterized by bow legs due to impaired bone formation.