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Anecdotelly, in Europe the countries worst hit by the virus have the most strict confinement: Italy, Spain and France.

Makes you wonder if there is a correlation to Vitamin D insufficiency due to lack of sun light.

The confinement came after the virus hit them badly, not the other way around. So the confinement certainly didn't cause the virus outbreak.

You’ve got the causality the wrong way round

Yeah, and Italy, Spain, and France are some of the sunnier countries in Europe (compared to Germany, UK, Belgium, Scandinavia, etc). If anything I would expect vitamin D deficiency to be less common there.

Diet seems to be the issue.

Don't forget Ecuador which is literally on the equator and experiencing a major outbreak.

It's the wet season in Ecuador

I don't know about Spain, but in both Italy and France the regions most affected are the northern overcast places. The impact around the Med is much smaller, despite much much more retirees

We had enough (more than enough, actually) sun this past winter here. The lock down happened after the virus hit us hard so your comment doesn't make much sense.

Anyway, we have VDI too even with our sunny weather. Not everybody likes sunbathing and the use of sunscreen with a high SPF is common.

Italy was hit hard before they locked down.

The study mentions that Italy and Spain had high levels of deficiency before this hit.

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