Was going to post this on the Covid thread... but it's a discussion in its own right.

How many of you make sure to get some sunshine on your skin each day?

How many of you take Vitamin D supplements?

How many of our darker skinned Eagles are conscious of the increased importance for awareness on Vitamin D?

From the scientific literature:
"Low serum 25-OHD was associated with higher rate of COVID-19 infection compared to the control group. Higher rate of severe COVID-19 was observed in patients with low serum 25-OHD." [Link]
"Prescribing vitamin D supplementation to patients with COVID-19 infection seems to decrease the mortality rate, the severity of the disease, and serum levels of the inflammatory markers [for Covid]." [Link]
"According to our results, vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of COVID-19 infection and the likelihood of severe disease." [Link]
(Not just Covid...)
"Despite levels of 25(OH)D strongly varying with country, sex, and season, the association between 25(OH)D level and all-cause and cause-specific mortality was remarkably consistent." [Link]
"Vitamin D supplementation reduced the risk of cancer death by 15%" [Link]

So...
Why aren't we all taking VitD supplements?
Why was it not one of the major things talked about
Lockdowns? Jumped on by politicians immediately... unintended (and intended) consequences that that brought.
Why not shout from the rooftops about a (VERY) low-cost treatment with virtually zero side effects (it's not a drug, it is literally made by our skin)?
Why are black/brown people not made fully aware (and reminded every 5 minutes!) that they are at much higher risk of VitD deficiency (since higher melanin means less VitD production).
Why are we not fixing VitD deficiency in the first place?

We should all be taking supplements in winter, darker skinned people more so. We should have all been taking VitD during Covid. We are probably all somewhat VitD deficient.

Whenever I read stuff like this, I'm reassured by the fact that average UK life expectancy has increased over my lifetime from approx 68 to approx 82.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Interesting! I know things have improved a lot in many ways - my immediate thought on this is this: are they 14 years of healthy, happy life, or are we staying a live longer just to be sick and take meds?

I would rather see a measurement of 'healthy, happy years lived', rather than a simple measurement of time alive. I'd trade 14 years of life for almost any amount of time of healthy life.

I take vit D supplements - the sun is in limited supply in Scotland. Also Wellman 50+. No idea if they do any good but Berocca tablets turn your pee into Lucozade.

You're only a youngster as us oldies were given cod liver oil daily back in the day plus Malt Extract and Haliborange tablets to cover everything else

Noticed the Tango from Berocca.

Red and Blue Army!