Growing data on vitamin D and COVID-19 deficiency

ADVENTURE, Fla. – Researchers are learning more about how vitamin D deficiency may play a role in COVID infections.

“A new study has emerged showing that people with severe COVID complications and low levels of vitamin D. Normal levels of vitamin D should be around 30 and these people had levels below 20. (Study) When people they have been supplemented with vitamin D and it is very easy to supplement, they have had better results “, said the cardiologist Dr. Leonard Pianko.

Pianko said a simple blood test can determine if vitamin D levels are low and should be increased, either with supplementation or with safe outdoor activity.

Sun exposure naturally increases vitamin D levels.

Pianko said that isolation inside during the pandemic may be a reason why many people are poor in this valuable vitamin.

And while efforts are stepping up to make people vaccinated against COVID = 19, experts warn that the potential protection is not immediate.

Some health workers have reported that they continued to become infected with COVID-19 even after vaccination.

Health officials said this because the protection against the vaccine can last up to 2 weeks.

This means that people must continue to socially distance themselves safely, wash their hands routinely and use the face covering even after vaccination.