Bret Speaks with Gruff Davies and Linda Benskin on the subject of Vitamin D as a preventative measure for Covid. https://www.gruffdavies.com/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3669379 ---  Find Bret Weinstein on Twitter: @BretWeinstein, and on Patreon.  Please subscribe to this channel for more long form content like this, and subscribe to the clips channel @DarkHorse Podcast Clips for short clips of all our podcasts.  DarkHorse merchandise now available at: store.darkhorsepodcast.org  Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and introductions 01:15 Vitamin D initial review in May 2020 03:40 VitaminDforAll letter https://vitamindforall.org/letter.html 07:00 Inference and randomized controlled trials 11:05 Vitamin D toxicity 13:08 Public health authorities are worse than incompetent 15:07 Vitamin A and D toxicity 19:17 Negative Brazil vitamin D study 21:05 Positive studies on vitamin D 23:00 Normal function of vitamin D 25:20 Vitamin D from the sun and supplements 29:07 Africa and sunshine 30:21 MERS and seasonality 31:30 Ecuador and sunshine 33:03 Air pollution in Italy and Korea 35:00 Brazil and vitamin D deficiency 36:55 Jamaica and politically correct science 39:46 Censorship from big tech 43:26 Health disparities and funding 47:14 Operation Warp Speed 50:18 Pascal's wager 52:02 Intelligent heroes and cognitive dissonance 54:30 Financial incentives 56:40 Pre-hormone D 58:04 Vitamin D from food 01:00:11 Avoiding colds and flu in winter season 01:04:15 Australia lockdown 01:05:10 Finland and food fortification 01:05:54 Sweden and Somali refugees 01:08:30 Recommended Daily Allowance 01:10:44 Vitamin D and mechanism for COVID immunity 01:15:00 Excusing doctors and "disproving" vitamin D in underpowered studies 01:21:38 Fluvoxamine and monoclonal antibodies 01:24:40 Emergency use authorization 01:25:32 Reducing harm with vitamin D 01:29:30 Zoonotic transmission and driving COVID extinct 01:35:51 Influenza outbreaks and vaccines 01:37:33 Not just vitamin D 01:39:57 What distinguishes vitamin D 01:42:00 Vitamin D, sun, and balance of risk 01:46:23 3 recommendations 01:47:47 Suspicion of public health authorities 01:50:44 Debunking negative studies 01:53:14 What does vitamin D expose 01:57:40 Funding of journals and fact checkers 01:59:25 Wrap up Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bretweinstein)