VITAMIN D3 DEFICIENCY is time and again one of the biggest factors impacting our health.

the farther away we are from the equator, the longer we would need to be exposed to the sun to produce the D3 hormone.

âťť Why Black People Need More Vitamin D https://www.theroot.com/why-black-people-need-more-vitamin-d-1790869502
this paper on the link between rates of #COVID19 infections and D3 brings up and interesting point:

European countries with high rates of D3 deficiency also have high rates of infections

âťť Vitamin D and COVID-19 by Harsh Kumar :: SSRN -
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3609813
this paper explains how the hormonal precursor to D3 ―25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)― interacts with #COVID19… ④

âťť Determination of Optimal Active Vitamin D Levels to Decrease COVID-19 Viral Replication and to Mitigate Its Secondary Inflammation https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3671169
back in March, as the numbers of deaths started to climb, i badgered you about why most of us are immunocompromised by malnutrition and Vitamin D3 & micronutrients deficiencies.

for struggling Black & brown working poor, this is a literal killer combo. https://twitter.com/blogdiva/status/1237403301798445057?s=20
if we need longer exposure to the sun to produce D3 and avert the “bradykinin storms” discovered by the Jacobson team, would that explain why so many homeless folks have been asymptomatic?

âťť Have L.A.'s homeless people dodged a COVID-19 catastrophe? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-21/why-has-covid-spared-l-a-homeless-people
đź—Ł FOOD BANKS ARE NOT ENOUGH

what Congress needed to do was to create a UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY SNAP & MEDICAID FUND, throw means testing in the garbage and make sure everybody is well fed, has access to health care, Rx and the supplementary vitamins we need to fight the pandemic
FINANCIAL VIOLENCE continues being the #1 epidemic ravaging USA.

#Medicare4All is the only rational solution to fight the pandemic in the coming yeard ―money for food & supplements can be allocated via Medicare.

đź—Ł SO VOTE WITH YOUR PROTEST BOOTS ON https://twitter.com/blogdiva/status/1238246594618761216?s=20
ps:

if you need to know, i have been taking 5,000 IU/d for years now.

yes, 5,000 IU a day.

it has, hands down, been one of the most impactful things i’ve done for my health ―depression, allergies, asthma, amenorrhea, IBS, ADHD.

so talk to your MD. https://twitter.com/blogdiva/status/1302616480018821121?s=20
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