Should You Take A Vitamin D Supplement For COVID-19?

Despite feverish headlines, the truth is far more complicated than you’ve been led to believe

Pictured: Lifesaving? Probably not Source: Pexels

The one thing that we all long for in any crisis is a silver bullet. It would be amazing if there was a simple, easy answer to the problems that face us that could just make them go away overnight, and nowhere is this more true than in the global pandemic of COVID-19 that we are facing. The novel coronavirus has brought out the tragic optimist in all of us, with people desperately hoping that everything from sex to sleep might help ensure that you are safe from the dread disease.

And the newest fad? Vitamin D. A tablet a day to make your troubles go away.

“They’re lifesaving, I promise” Source: Pexels

According to the news media pretty much everywhere, the key to surviving COVID-19 is to start taking Vitamin D supplements and never stop. For example, based on the Daily Mail, you’re twice as likely to die from coronavirus if you have low Vitamin D levels than normal levels. The Irish Times is reporting that Irish Vitamin D is essential to surviving the disease. Today dot com calls Vitamin D a “key nutrient” and recommends that you…