What We Know About Vitamin D and Covid-19

Why we still don’t know whether a vitamin D supplement helps for coronavirus

Pictured: More of a mystery than you might imagine. Source: Unsplash

We all want a miracle cure. We want a silver bullet, a single source of salvation that can save us from everything. This isn’t news, or particularly surprising, but it’s amazing how much this desire permeates everything we say and do when it comes not just to COVID-19, but to every aspect of our lives. It would be so much simpler if there was one cure that could fix everything.

Unfortunately, there almost never is. But that doesn’t stop us from wanting one.

Pictured: A wall full of hope, with very little promise. Source: Unsplash

But while this is true of every aspect of our lives, it’s so astonishingly true for COVID-19. From hydroxychloroquine to ivermectin, this year has been filled with nothing but miracle cure after miracle cure, and thus far they’ve all failed*.

Which brings us to vitamin D.

I’ve written before about the hazy promise of vitamin D for COVID-19, months ago, and how way back in early May the evidence just wasn’t there to recommend supplementation for COVID-19. Usually, updating this sort of analysis after such a short space of time…