26 health factors increase the risk of COVID-19 – all are proxies for low vitamin D

The CDC in Dec 2020 detailed those health factors which increased COVID-19 risks

Update May 13, 2021  CDC update Sept 2021   Video review May 2021 by Dr. Campbell
See related: Risk factors for severe COVID in children are all related to low vitamin D (same as adults) - April 2022

CDC: Confirms	Low Vitamin D VitaminDWiki and other
Cancer	VitaminDWiki 7X
Chronic kidney disease	VitaminDWiki
COPD & other lung problems	Pneumonia - VDW Lung Death 4X
Down Syndrome	VitaminDWiki - deficiency
Heart conditions	VitaminDWiki
Immunocompromised state	Vitamin D helps organ transplant Cancer - After diagnosis
Obesity	Overview Obesity and Vitamin D
Pregnancy	Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
Sickle cell disease	Overview Sickle Cell and Vitamin D
Smoking	Smoking reduces vitamin D
Diabetes T2	VitaminDWiki
CDC: Might be factors
Asthma	Overview Asthma and Vitamin D
Cerebrovascular disease	Cardiovascular   Stroke
Cystic fibrosis	Cystic Fibrosis
Hypertension	VitaminDWiki ACE inhibitors VitaminDWiki 4X
Neurologic conditions, such as dementia	Overview Alzheimer's-Cognition and Vitamin D
Liver disease	Overview Liver and vitamin D
Pulmonary fibrosis	Pulmonary Fibrosis
Thalassemia	VitaminDWiki - deficiency
Diabetes T1	T1 Diabetes
CDC: Still fails to mention
Age	Overview Seniors and Vitamin D
Nursing Home	Wikipedia
Prisons	Wikipedia
Dark Skin	VitaminDWiki
Vertebral Fracture	VitaminDWiki
Shift work	VitaminDWiki 2X
Mood disorders Note: Low D ==> depression	1.5X increase in COVID-19 death
Concealing clothing	VitaminDWiki 3.5X
Schizophrenia 3X mortality	VitaminDWiki Low D since birth

• Mental disorers such as Schizophrenia was added by CDC Oct 2021

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Sometimes	A health problem will cause a Vitamin D deficiency
Sometimes	A Vitamin D deficiency will cause another health problem
Always	Stop a vitamin D deficiency to avoid getting additional health problems

• Many COVID-19 risks are associated with low vitamin D (7 studies) – Systematic Review Jan 2021
• Health Problems and D on the left of every VitaminDWiki page
• 27 health problems proven by RCT to be fought by 50,000 IU every 2 weeks
• 18 health problems proven by RCT to be fought by 50,000 IU every week
• Many drugs increase ACE2 and COVID-19 (176 page review) - Dec 2020
• Periodontitis reduced by Vitamin D
  • 8.8X more likely to die of COVID-19 if have peridontitis
• COVID-19 - about 40 risk factors - March 2021

COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos

As of June 14, 2022, the VitaminDWiki page had:  34 trials,  11 trial results,   36 meta-analyses and reviews,   69 observations,   38 recommendations,   55 associations,  89 speculations,  58 videos, 45 Mortality studies   see related:   Governments,   HealthProblems,   Hospitals,  Dark Skins,   26 risk factors are ALL associated with low Vit D,   Recent Virus pages   Fight COVID-19 with 50K Vit D weekly   Vaccines   Take lots of Vitamin D at first signs of COVID   COVID Clinical Trials (06/22) using Vit D: 114,   Vit D & Zinc: 26,   Calcidiol: 26

• Anticipated a mid 2021 consensus that COVID-19 will be added to the list of diseases prevented and treated by Vitamin D
  • Note: Congress in 1992 renamed CDC to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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