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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

On vitamin D being more effective than vaccines for flu:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7061778.ece

http://www.naturalnews.com/029760_vi...influenza.html

Also, my measles example was poor as it is not very serious for healthy people, but polio for example has much more serious consequences, may be worth getting that vaccine.

That study does not show vitamin D as being more effective than vaccination - they didn't even compare to vaccination (contrary to what Natural News says, but that site is regarded as one of the worst purveyors of medical misinformation on the internet and shouldn't ever, ever, be relied on). They did compare to anti-virals, which is a totally different thing. Presuming the study was done properly, it does show some possible benefit from vitamin D, or at least that low levels of vitamin D may increase susceptibility, but nowhere close to the level of effect from a flu vaccine for the correct strain.