“…Additional authors recommend vitamin D supplements to boost the immune systems of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (2 p , 35, 69, 71, 74, 75, 118, 120, 125, 230-233). However, most authors recommend widespread daily vitamin D supplementation (most often with 1,000-5,000 IU per day) to prevent and decrease the severity of COVID-19, at least until the pandemic abates (1,5,12,28,34,36,42,64,65,107,109,113,114,116,121,124,127,165,171,172,178,190,192,197,198,210,214,219,222,(234)(235)(236)(237)(238)(239)(240)(241)(242)(243)(244)(245)(246)(247)(248) (Figure 8).…”