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It does? First time I've seen it mentioned here.

I don't know that I'd call it a "strange obsession," but it's a popular topic, right up there with intermittent fasting. Here are some active posts just from the last two or three months:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25289921

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25261441

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25113595

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25077519

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24912172

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24768721

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24734774

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24607645

Three of those are links I posted so maybe it is just my strange obsession!

Like many others have commented, I am baffled why this is not being reported broadly and pushed as part of a low-cost, apparently no downside public health agenda, particularly leading into the darker winter months.

Here's the past year, by date: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=fal...

Something about it is on the front page every month or two.

Honestly, I'm fine with it. I think more people need to know they should be supplementing with vitamin D. It's possible it doesn't help with COVID-19, but the evidence is enough and the risk of harm low enough that it's clearly a rational decision to supplement at this point.

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