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by behohippy 3020 days ago
Purely anecdotal, but same story here. D3 only, vegetarian. I can't think of a single point in my life where I didn't get sick (cold/flu), if I was surrounded by sick people. This year, 8 sick people in my house and extended exposure with my wife sick for two weeks. I'm still fine.
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> Purely anecdotal, but...

It’s not just anecdotal, it’s bad reasoning. You can’t prove that your supplement prevented you from getting sick. Maybe you were immune to whatever was going around. Maybe you didn’t touch your face at the right times. Maybe you washed your hands really well. There are thousands of possible explanations, and it’s misleading and wrong to attribute it to some random supplement.

Please stop doing that. It’s the same reasoning people use when they say that they prayed and God answered. Just because B happens after A doesn’t mean that A caused B; it just means B happened after A.

> Just because B happens after A doesn’t mean that A caused B; it just means B happened after A.

This is where you committed a fallacy for a change. Next time be more careful! With this kind of thinking you'd rule out any causality.