Matt Hancock acting "fast"

[DianaT1969]

Government have done a U turn on vitamin D and will send boxes direct to care homes and ECV.
Hancock claiming he's acting fast in the face of recent mounting evidence that vitamin D offers protection against Coronavirus. Fast??
I'm so angry. The incredible results of vitamin D as treatment in Cordoba were published in early September.
@MN - sorry can I get this moved to Coronavirus topic please? MN app on android won't allow any other topic than chat.

I think there is a confusion here between "fast" and "timely". I have no doubt the government is acting fast to distribute the vitamin D. The question is whether the time was earlier in the pandemic.

@Myalternate

Taking 'medical' advice from random posters on the internet? 😂 Recommended daily dosage is 400IU Take advice only from those that you trust such as your GP or a pharmacist.

Or the NHS @Myalternate. Here are the NHS guidelines on vitamin D. The recommended safe maximum daily dose of vitamin D is 4000 IU (unless prescribed). For comparison, your body can produce 10,000 IU naturally in the sun in summer in just an hour. You can get your vitamin D levels checked by buying a test online (finger prick test).

www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/

Here is a link to the study that found 80% of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 are deficient in vitamin D @DianaT1969:

academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgaa733/5934827

*The advice given in March to stay indoors, exercise for an hour

The hour was not advice, it was just something trotted out by Gove in an interview when he was asked how longhethought was reasonable.*

Lots of people interpreted this along with other made up rules like only going to the supermarket once a week and that you had to go to the nearest shop.
I remember lots of people getting uptight when Gordon Ramsay went on a 30 mile bike ride ...because he couldnt possibly have done it in an hour. ....which wasnt a problem because the 1 hour rule was made up!
A lot of people who are already fit could happily exercise for an hour or 2 , maybe more on a bike, without risking exhaustion or collapse. I could see it wouldnt be sensible to do things that put you at risk but for lots of people a long run of 1.5 hours or a 2 hour bike ride is not excessive exertion.

I've been taking vitamin D all through. Be careful of the K2 recommendations though if you have sticky blood or a clotting disorder - and be aware that the vascular effects of covid mimic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (or may reveal undiagnosed APS, jury's out) in which case vitamin K is very much contra-indicated.

People not willing to take anything unless it's prescribed by their GP in case it adversely affects their medication.

I have family member in this situation but they are on multiple medications - some you can't take vit K with- but few years ago in a rotine blood test a vit D test was tacked on and there was a bit of panic - one point lower and GP said they'd have been blue lighted to hospital it was dangerously low - they got some for a while then GP lost interest said suppliments weren't needed.

They've rarely been outside since March due to medical problems but won't take vit D as if they needed it GP would perscribe it and they can't take certain things due to medication so don't want to risk it.

I think a clear lead from government would be helpful.

They’re so annoying. This information has been around since about March. Imagine the impact if they had acted fast then?

The NHS website has been recommending Vit D supplements for years.

Affairs
D3 and k2

Been taking it 18 months now on days when I haven’t exposed my limbs to the sun
Just came back from Tenerife last week..so had a good blast of sunshine there and hoping to go back December and March.

Zaffa not affairs

Has there been an official announcement of this handout?

I can only find articles about it The Telegraph (behind a paywall, so I can't see how they source the info)

@RoseandRose - I can't find anything official. Just the report in the Telegraph and the Mail. It isn't a huge surprise, because Scotland announced they were doing it around 10 days ago.
I just read that over the last 10 years Public Health England turned down several calls for vitamin D to be added to common foods, such as milk, bread and orange juice. The studies calling for this said we are a nation with 40% deficiency or insufficiency in winter. That fortification would save £65 million. PHE said that they didn't feel it was necessary.

Interesting timing.