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authorDavid A. Madore <david+git@madore.org>2020-09-08 17:27:16 +0200
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0.3% and that 44% of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland
were not diagnosed by qPCR.”
+* [Effect of Calcifediol Treatment and best Available Therapy versus
+ best Available Therapy on Intensive Care Unit Admission and
+ Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Pilot
+ Randomized Clinical
+ study](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076020302764)
+ (*J. Steroid Biochem. Molec. Biol.*, 2020-08-29). Highlights: “ The
+ vitamin D endocrine system may have a variety of actions on cells
+ and tissues involved in COVID-19 progression. Administration of
+ calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D to hospitalized COVID-19 patients
+ significantly reduced their need for Intensive Care United
+ admission. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the
+ disease.”
+
* [Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2
and blocks virus
replication](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18096-2)