Most news outlets are more interested in trying to highlight the BAME issue and politicise it. But it’s quite simple actually.
There is a lot of good evidence that there is an major issue with vitamin D levels. It has been known for some time a link between low vitamin D in the winter months and increased respiratory diseases. Indeed some countries in Scandinavia are fortifying milk and other food to improve their nation’s health.
In the UK we have some of the lowest levels.
Especially vulnerable are people with dark skin who don’t metabolise Vitamin D at the same rate as fair skinned people.
Vitamin D acts more like a hormone and studies show it acts as an immune modulator. In other words it provides an appropriate immunological response to infections.
One of the main problems seen with patients is the excessive inflammatory response that in the later stages causes the body to attack itself and its major organs.
There is very good evidence to show that people with low levels have very poor outcomes.
The science is there and it’s dammed obvious.
Don’t take my word for it … go to Google Scholar and look at the published trials and papers on the subject. The very latest is Cordoba in Spain
There is no profit in a cheap Vitamin D tablet