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More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19?

More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19?

Could having a healthy blood level of vitamin D help you avoid the intensive care unit and death if you become infected with COVID-19?

More research suggests that the “sunshine vitamin” may play a role in how severe your case may be.

While the studies don’t prove cause and effect, “these studies support the notion that vitamin D might be protective against COVID complications," says Vadim Backman, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering and medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago. He researched the link between vitamin D deficiency and differences in death rates in different countries.

So I guess drinking all that milk is a good thing.

How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves

How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves

Consolidation in the dairy industry has created separate, inflexible supply chains for consumers and commercial markets. When COVID killed commercial demand, perfectly good milk and cheese was wasted.

To be fair the same thing happened to toilet paper around the same time. Most people don't buy more than a gallon of milk πŸ₯› at a time because it's a very pershiable product.