NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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There are a couple of Northern European countries that “mandate” vitamin D supplementation, whatever than means, so that plays a role.

Would like to dig into the details of the studies. I had an idea regarding vitamin D, covid outcomes and big data, aggregated by county (or equivalent in other countries). This would still be useful, even with the GIGO / bad data issues we’ve discussed — reality’s been skewed, not necessarily obliterated.

For vitamin D, there are patient blood tests, I think mainly used when managing osteoporosis but in any case, plenty of results that can be anonymized and made available. What is immediately available is an estimate of Vitamin D levels based on weather data and geolocation. Count the number of sunny hours in the weeks before a covid outcome, adjusted by angle of the sun instead of latitude. I believe sunlight angle’s impact on vitamin d production has been measured. This is more accurate than just using latitude because we’re really interested in effective sun exposure, for which latitude is just a rough approximation.

A nice term project for a software developer in a masters of data science program. This is the kind of thing that a foundation could fund for less than a $100,000 in consulting fees and equipment.