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mwooldri

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6. The UK doesn't have a great abundance of sunshine....

Reply to whathehell (Reply #4)

Thu May 14, 2020, 02:20 PM

May 2020

... so the Vitamin D theory could hold water here. But then a lot of native Britons have a Vitamin D deficiency. So how much of this is from a biological difference between the "races" I don't know. However taking a multivitamin supplement wouldn't hurt at all - I've not heard anyone dying from an overdose of Vitamin D tablets.

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In tbe UK, Black people 4 times as likely to die from Covid 19.as Whites [View all] whathehell May 2020 OP

This is why RWNJ's want to open things up. Turbineguy May 2020 #1

RWNJBs that they may be, whathehell May 2020 #3

It am D deficiency is wat is causing severe outscomes in darker skinned people. Dream Girl May 2020 #2

An interesting theory.. whathehell May 2020 #4

The UK doesn't have a great abundance of sunshine.... mwooldri May 2020 #6

An advantage of white skin is that it is more efficient Dream Girl May 2020 #7

There is such a thing as taking too much vitamin D muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #8

From watching Sky News... mwooldri May 2020 #5