Corona and the “sunshine vitamin” … a close and “reassuring” relationship

While researchers don’t know much about the emerging corona virus yet, studies reveal more important information in the global battle against the epidemic that has terrified and paralyzed it.

A recent study showed that people who get enough vitamin “D” are 52 percent less likely to die from the Corona virus, compared to people who are deficient in “the sunshine vitamin.”

Vitamin D is known to play an important role in strengthening the immune system and fighting infection. These characteristics can make it an important player in the body’s battle against “Covid 19” in case of virus infection.

And Boston University’s Dr. Michael Holick, in his research, found that people who have enough vitamin “D” are 54 percent less likely to get the coronavirus.

In their new research, Hollick and his team concluded that people who do not get enough of this vitamin, which is formed naturally in the human body when exposed to the sun, are more likely to develop serious illness or even death after exposure. infection with the Corona virus.

The British newspaper “Daily Mail” quoted Holick as saying: “This study provides direct evidence that the abundance of vitamin D can reduce the complications of” Covid 19 “.

About 42 percent of the American population and 20 percent of the British population are deficient in vitamin D.

Experts also believe that about 60 percent of the elderly living in nursing homes suffer the same, given that they spend a lot of time indoors, out of the sun.