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Vitamin D and covid
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I've been megadosing vitamin C, D, etc. for years, and guess what? I haven't even had the sniffles in years. I never caught COVID, either. Oh, and I didn't (and never will) take the jab, and I didn't wear the mask. I built up my immune system and let it do its job. So, yes, I fully believe that vitamins are key to staying healthy.
PS: I don't know who that Campbell guy is.2 -
Ive been having weetbix for years and Ive never had a heart attack - my n=1 proves there must be a correlation, right?
or maybe 2 unconnected things are, you know, unconnected
just because one person didnt catch Covid and took Vitamin D - doesnt prove a correlation, let alone a causative connection
We've already seen in previous posts that other people who did take Vitamin D did catch Covid.
I believe a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition and healthy weight and immunisations and following health recomendations like masking where relevant are keys to staying healthy.
I would only take vitamins if I had a proven deficiency or specific medically confirmed reason - in the case of Vitamin D, if shown by blood levels or preventative care for osteoporosis.
PS I remember a much publicised case of a rabid anti masker anti vaxxer who didnt catch Covid either - until he did and died of it. He took mega doses of Vitamin C too https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/29/texas-caleb-wallace-anti-mask-protests-freedom-dies-covid-196 -
thesawyerbunch wrote: »I've been megadosing vitamin C, D, etc. for years, and guess what? I haven't even had the sniffles in years. I never caught COVID, either. Oh, and I didn't (and never will) take the jab, and I didn't wear the mask. I built up my immune system and let it do its job. So, yes, I fully believe that vitamins are key to staying healthy.
PS: I don't know who that Campbell guy is.
I'm going to repeat myself re vitamin D and flu and COVID shots, and add that I have been megadosing vitamin C since 1999.
So I have a long history of believing that vitamins are important. But so is getting credible news sources during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, and changing behavior accordingly.
Where did you live that you were able to get away with not wearing a mask?kshama2001 wrote: »I've been taking vitamin D since I moved back to Massachusetts from South Florida in 2011. I've had two COVID vaxes and two boosters.
I'd been anti-flu vax for myself since I had a bad reaction when I was in the military in the 90s, but started getting it again in 2020 or 2021 when credible news sources stressed the importance of the flu vax amid the pandemic. No reactions.0 -
neanderthin wrote: »Here's the study.
https://mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/1/130
Dr. Campbell wasn't interpreting what he thought the study said per se, only repeating what this study actually found.
I think it's instructive to actually read this "study" and use our critical thinking skills to evaluate a few items:- What are the authors' credentials?
- What study type is this?
- What is the study quality?
- Is MDPI a reputable source?
- Dr. Christiano Argano Argano
- Dr. Raffaella Mallaci Bocchio
- Dr. Giuseppe Natoli
- Salvatore Scibetta
- Marika Lo Monaco
- Prof. Salvatore Corrao
"The search string that we used retrieved 78 bibliographic citations.... Finally, only five studies were included in this meta-W.""Three out of five studies had a small sample size of patients."
Predatory publishers are publications that exploit the academic publishing system for financial gain, often at the expense of rigorous scientific standards and ethical principles.
Examples of reliability issues
Read the list of 'Evaluation and controversies' including:- Inclusion in Beall's list of predatory publishing companies
"MDPI's warehouse journals contain hundreds of lightly-reviewed articles that are mainly written and published for promotion and tenure purposes rather than to communicate science."
- Resignations of editors
In August 2018, 10 senior editors (including the editor-in-chief) of the journal Nutrients resigned, alleging that MDPI forced the replacement of the editor-in-chief because of his high editorial standards and for resisting pressure to "accept manuscripts of mediocre quality and importance."
In 2021, five members of the editorial board of the journal Vaccines resigned after Vaccines published a controversial article that misused data to reach the incorrect conclusion that vaccines against COVID-19 had no clear benefit. - Withdrawals of support by faculties and universities
- Inclusion in Early Warning List of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Perception of Hungarian researchers
- Assessments in the Nordic countries
- Concerns over papers connected to a research paper mill
- 2023 Clarivate delistings
- Controversial articles
Outside of Dr. Campbell's own reliability issues, which I don't cover above, the 'study' that he's quoting to support his own ideas (i.e. confirmation bias) has issues with the limited qualifications of the authors and noted issues by the publisher including sufficient peer-review and overall reliability and reputation.
#CaveatEmptor2 -
I agree. When he began to cherry pick data to support his "believes" that's when I stopped watching him.1
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@kcole0619 thanks for taking the time to write that up, appreciated!0
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One of my go to reference Doctors and this video talks about the validity of nutritional science in general.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KDY7XYmb6nI&t=29s
Nutrition science is entirely unreliable1
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