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JRPGfan on 05 May 2020
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Ka-pi96 said:
JRPGfan said:

We cant all just get tested for vitamin levels, now (waste of lab capacity).
Some places its like ~50% of the population that suffer from deficencies.

He does say "just take it anyways".
He himself takes it, and recammends others to "just take it".

"Again, don't get me wrong.  For those that need it, take it. But if you're already getting an adequate level (or already reasonably healthy to begin with), a supplement won't be of benefit."

The thing is so many people actually have this issue (its so common), that the reality is its easier to just say "everyone take this pill".
Those that barely lack anything, like you said it would just end up in their urine.

Imagine gathering 100 people.
Testing them for vitamin levels, and finding out 50 of them need a suppliment.
Then giveing those 50 the suppliment.

It might be easier, faster, cheaper... to just give all 100 a pill.

Easier? Faster? Cheaper?

Meh, they don't care about those. The one thing the people recommending that kind of stuff care about is that it will be more profitable. Selling your product to 100 people will generate you more revenue than only selling it to 50.

Look at this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwwTBF14Plc&t=0s



Insoficient levels of Vitamin D = 7.6 times more likely to die to Covid19.
Deficient levels of Vitamin D = 10,1 times more likely to die to Covid19.

If doctors are like "we saw this study, and we now recammend takeing suppliments of vitamin D" (and they say they themselves started doing so).

Would you listen? or just go "meh I probably dont need it anyways".

"Meh, they don't care about those. The one thing the people recommending that kind of stuff care about is that it will be more profitable. Selling your product to 100 people will generate you more revenue than only selling it to 50."

Let them. Give everyone the pill imo.
How much does it cost to give every person a bottle of vitimain D pills suppliment?
If you could cut down the amount of people that need hospital care, or ICU treatment or just the number that actually die to covid19... I'm pretty sure thats a worthwhile investment.

Basically think of it as a Preventive measure.
Give it to people now, when they get sick, it ll likely pay itself back many times over, by lessend need for hospital care.

Basically if I was in goverment decideing....

1) Mask must be worn by everyone while outsides (and work)
(reduces spread, and serverity of infections (lower dose when getting infected = better outcome)).

2) Every household gets sent a bottle of Vitamin D suppliment, and asked to take one a day.
(reduces infection chances, helps recovery speed if you do get it, and the outcomes of infections)

3) Borders basically need to be kept closed. Everyone comeing in needs to be quarantined somewhere for a week (by force) and then tested for Covid19, if they prove positive, they get another week in quarantine before being tested again.  This is more for countries where the outbreak is under controll, if you want to allow people to go across borders.

Masks + hand sanitsers at shop entrances, should help reduce likely hood of spread when your out shopping.
That ontop of keeping good distances in lines ect..... these things are the new normal (for a year or two).

*edit:
In this video it says over 30ng/mL as "normal" levels.
John Campbell says you should aim for over 50ng/mL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSXNGc7pfs

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 05 May 2020