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    If this is not convincing I do not know what. Getting a 90 year old with a previous lung problem off her deathbed is pretty convincing in my book:




    and this guy explains how it works:



    here is some dosage and side effects warnings:

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    Vitamins C and D Finally Adopted as Coronavirus Treatment
    by Dr. Joseph Mercola
    4/7/20
    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/a..._rid=845889102

    "STORY AT-A-GLANCE
    Vitamins C and D are finally being adopted in the conventional treatment of novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. This fortunate turn of events is likely to save thousands of lives, while keeping health care costs down
    Seriously ill coronavirus patients in New York state’s largest hospital system receive 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C three to four times a day, in conjunction with other conventional treatments
    Vitamin C at extremely high doses acts as an antiviral drug, actually killing viruses
    In recent articles, former CDC chief Dr. Tom Frieden and Dr. John C. Umhau, a public health specialist at NIH, highlight the usefulness of sun exposure and/or vitamin D supplementation to reduce your risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
    Although vitamin D does not appear to have a direct effect on viruses, it does strengthen immune function, thus allowing the host body to combat the virus more effectively. It also suppresses inflammatory processes
    Remember last year when Washington Post reporters were boldly declaring that vitamins C and D could not (and should not) be used against respiratory infections? The information I was sharing about their use was deemed so dangerous to public health that I was branded as a "fake news" site by self-appointed, pharma-owned arbiters of truth like NewsGuard.

    How times have changed. After having defamatory lies published about me, vitamins C and D are now (finally) being adopted in the conventional treatment of novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

    That just goes to show that when push comes to shove, the truth eventually prevails. When the medicine cabinet is empty, and doctors have limited options, suddenly the basics become viable again, and that is good news indeed, as it's likely to save thousands of lives, while keeping health care costs down.

    Vitamin C Treatment Implemented for Coronavirus Infection
    As reported by the New York Post, March 24, 2020:1

    "Seriously sick coronavirus patients in New York state's largest hospital system are being given massive doses of vitamin C … Dr. Andrew G. Weber, a pulmonologist and critical-care specialist affiliated with two Northwell Health facilities on Long Island, said his intensive-care patients with the coronavirus immediately receive 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C.

    Identical amounts of the powerful antioxidant are then re-administered three or four times a day, he said … The regimen is based on experimental treatments administered to people with the coronavirus in Shanghai, China …

    'The patients who received vitamin C did significantly better than those who did not get vitamin C,' he said. 'It helps a tremendous amount, but it is not highlighted because it's not a sexy drug' …

    Weber … said vitamin C levels in coronavirus patients drop dramatically when they suffer sepsis, an inflammatory response that occurs when their bodies overreact to the infection. 'It makes all the sense in the world to try and maintain this level of vitamin C,' he said."

    A Northwell Health spokesperson has reportedly confirmed that vitamin C treatment is being "widely used" against coronavirus within the 23-hospital system. According to Weber, vitamin C is being used in conjunction with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, which have also shown promise in coronavirus treatment.2

    Vitamin C Is a Vastly Underutilized Antiviral 'Drug'
    According to Dr. Ronald Hunninghake, an internationally recognized expert on vitamin C who has personally supervised tens of thousands of intravenous (IV) vitamin C administrations, vitamin C is "definitely a very underutilized modality in infectious disease," considering "it's really a premiere treatment" for infections.

    In my interview with him, Hunninghake suggested one of the reasons why conventional medicine has been so slow to recognize the importance of vitamin C has to do with the fact that they've been looking at it as a mere vitamin, when in fact it's a potent oxidizing agent that can help eliminate pathogens when given in high doses.

    There are also financial factors. In short, it's too inexpensive. Conventional medicine, as a general rule, is notoriously uninterested in solutions that cannot produce significant profits. One of the primary reasons we're now seeing its use against COVID-19 is undoubtedly because we had no expensive drugs in the medical arsenal that could be turned to.

    In my March 17, 2020, interview with Dr. Andrew Saul, editor-in-chief of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, he mentions being in contact with a South Korean medical doctor who is giving patients and medical staff an injection of 100,000 IUs of vitamin D along with as much as 24,000 mg (24 grams) of IV vitamin C. "He's reporting that these people are getting well in a matter of days," Saul says.

    As explained by Saul, vitamin C at extremely high doses acts as an antiviral drug, actually killing viruses. While it does have anti-inflammatory activity, which helps prevent the massive cytokine cascade associated with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, it's antiviral capacity likely has more to do with it being a non-rate-limited free radical scavenger. As explained by Saul in our interview:

    "Cathcart's view is that you simply push in vitamin C to provide the electrons to reduce the free radicals. This is the way Cathcart and Levy look at vitamin C's function (at very high doses) as an antiviral.

    At modest doses, normal supplemental doses … vitamin C strengthens the immune system because the white blood cells need it to work. White blood cells carry around in them a lot of vitamin C … So, vitamin C is very well-known to directly beef up the immune system through the white blood cells."

    Ultimate guide to combatting coronavirus
    Vitamin C Effectively Treats Sepsis
    Although the vitamin C protocol is new for COVID-19 treatment, it's been used as a treatment for sepsis since about 2017. The vitamin C-based sepsis treatment protocol was developed by Dr. Paul Marik, a critical care doctor at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in East Virginia, which has since adopted it as standard of care for sepsis.

    Marik's retrospective before-after clinical study3 published in 2016 showed giving patients 200 milligrams (mg) of thiamine every 12 hours, 1,500 mg of ascorbic acid every six hours, and 50 mg of hydrocortisone every six hours for two days reduced mortality from 40% to 8.5%.

    Importantly, the treatment has no side effects and is inexpensive, readily available and simple to administer, so there's virtually no risk involved. In 2009, IV vitamin C was shown to be a potentially lifesaving treatment for severe swine flu, so it's understandable why both Chinese and American doctors hold hope for it with the coronavirus.

    There's already a clinical trial submitted for it at ClinicalTrials.gov.4 More recent research,5,6 published online January 9, 2020, found Marik's sepsis protocol lowered mortality in pediatric patients as well.

    The study was performed at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and as noted by Science Daily,7 the preliminary data from this study "supports the promising outcomes seen in adults."

    Vitamin C Highlighted During SARS Pandemic
    Back in 2003, during the SARS pandemic, a Finnish researcher called8 for an investigation into the use of vitamin C after research showed it not only protected broiler chicks against avian coronavirus, but also cut the duration and severity of common cold in humans and significantly lowered susceptibility to pneumonia. In his letter, published in the Journal of Antimicrobal Chemotherapy, Harri Hemilä wrote:9

    "Recently, a new coronavirus was identified as the cause of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). In the absence of a specific treatment for SARS, the possibility that vitamin C may show nonspecific effects on several viral respiratory tract infections should be considered.

    There are numerous reports indicating that vitamin C may affect the immune system, for example the function of phagocytes, transformation of T lymphocytes and production of interferon. In particular, vitamin C increased the resistance of chick embryo tracheal organ cultures to infection caused by an avian coronavirus.10"

    Even before that, many studies had demonstrated the usefulness of vitamin C against infections of various kinds. For example, a randomized double-blind study11 published in 1994 found elderly patients given 200 milligrams of vitamin C per day while hospitalized for acute respiratory infection fared significantly better than those receiving a placebo.

    According to the authors, "This was particularly the case for those commencing the trial most severely ill, many of whom had very low plasma and white cell vitamin C concentrations on admission."

    Surprising Admission by CDC Chief About Vitamin D
    Another powerful component in the prevention and treatment of influenza is vitamin D. Although vitamin D does not appear to have a direct effect on the virus itself, it does strengthen immune function, thus allowing the host body to combat the virus more effectively. It also suppresses inflammatory processes. Taken together, this might make vitamin D useful against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    My claim that vitamin D can cut infection risk was publicly vindicated March 24, 2020, when former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Dr. Tom Frieden published an opinion piece on Fox News stating that "Coronavirus infection risk may be reduced by vitamin D."12 In it, Frieden writes:

    "There are many crackpot claims about miracle cures floating around, but the science supports the possibility — although not the proof — that Vitamin D may strengthen the immune system, particularly of people whose Vitamin D levels are low.

    Vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of respiratory infection, regulates cytokine production and can limit the risk of other viruses such as influenza.

    A respiratory infection can result in cytokine storms — a vicious cycle in which our inflammatory cells damage organs throughout the body — which increase mortality for those with COVID-19. Adequate vitamin D may potentially provide some modest protection for vulnerable populations …

    Right now, we don't know if vitamin D deficiency plays any role in the severity of COVID-19. But given the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in this country, it is safe to recommend that people get the proper daily dosage of vitamin D.

    Most people's bodies manufacture vitamin D in the skin when exposed to the sun. About 15 minutes a day of direct sunlight is sufficient for many people's bodies to manufacture enough vitamin D; people with darker skin need longer exposure to sunlight to manufacture the same amount.

    In winter, people in northern latitudes may not be able to make any vitamin D from sunlight. Sunscreen lengthens the exposure time needed. Many people, then, need vitamin D supplementation."

    Public Health Specialist Weighs in on Vitamin D
    Similarly, in a March 25, 2020, MedPage Today article,13 Dr. John C. Umhau writes:

    "As a public health specialist at the National Institutes of Health, I outlined how a lack of sun-induced vitamin D in the winter and early spring leads to epidemic acute respiratory infections (and this probably includes viruses like COVID-19).

    That review, cited almost a thousand times, argued that groups with low vitamin D levels — the obese and the elderly and those with dark skin — may require 5,000 IU of vitamin D each day to obtain the 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels of 50 ng/mL that appear to protect against viral respiratory infection.

    A government-sponsored research strategy to address this issue has not been developed, as officials explained that there was no mandate to explore an alternative to the existing vaccination program.

    However, other researchers picked up the ball and provided convincing evidence that vitamin D could reduce the incidence of acute respiratory infection."

    While Umhau specifies a daily dosage, it's crucial to remember that required dosages can vary widely from one person to another, and that the most important factor here is your blood level. You simply must adjust the vitamin D dose based on your specific recently measured vitamin D level.

    I haven't swallowed oral vitamin D for over a decade and my D level is over 70 ng/mL, as I walk in the sun nearly every day for one hour with my shirt off. I take no supplemental vitamin D. For those who are unable to get sun exposure and have low levels, doses of vitamin D3 may be 10,000 units a day or even higher, but the only way to know is to measure your blood levels.

    For that, you must get tested, and then take whatever dosage required to get into the ideal range. While 50 ng/mL may be sufficient, I recommend a vitamin D level between 60 ng/mL and 80 ng/mL for optimal health and disease prevention. GrassrootsHealth's D*Action research has shown you need at least 40 ng/mL to lower your risk of many diseases.14

    In his article Umhau cites a 2017 meta-analysis15 of 25 randomized controlled trials showing vitamin D supplementation helped prevent acute respiratory infections. Those with vitamin D blood levels below 10 ng/mL, which is a serious deficiency state, cut their risk of infection by half, while people with higher vitamin D levels reduced their risk by about 10%.

    Importantly, they found that, among those with severe vitamin D deficiency at baseline, you only need to treat four individuals in order to prevent one infection. That's FAR more effective than influenza vaccination, which requires 71 individuals to be vaccinated in order to prevent a single case of influenza.16

    According to this international research team, vitamin D supplementation could prevent more than 3.25 million cases of cold and flu each year in the U.K. alone.17 In my view, optimizing your vitamin D levels is one of the absolute best strategies available to prevent respiratory illness of all kinds.

    Sun Exposure Recommended
    Umhau also points out that:18

    "Critical care research19 also documents the important effect of vitamin D on survival in ICU patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. There are several mechanisms by which vitamin D activity is critical for immune defense: vitamin D acts to maintain tight junctions, promote the effect of antimicrobial peptides (i.e., cathelicidin and defensins), and moderate the inflammatory response.20

    Aggressively identifying and treating people with vitamin D deficiency is one potential strategy to reduce the risk of COVID-19. As outlined in the BMJ review, regularly taking oral vitamin D3 mitigates infection, although the optimal oral dose is debatable.

    Bolus doses do not appear to provide benefit against infection, possibly through a dysregulation of vitamin D metabolism. There may be a simple yet effective alternative.

    Since exposing the whole body to bright sunlight can provide long-lasting and rapid correction of deficiency, this may provide a critical boost to host immune defenses. Lacking definitive research, any risk of exposing the body to sunshine while sheltering in place is clearly outweighed by the risk of COVID-19."

    Vitamins C and D Recommendations
    Based on the available scientific evidence, there's no reason to ignore vitamins C and D for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.

    Remember to test your vitamin D level. Do it at home and stay away from hospitals unless you're already having symptoms of worsening respiratory infection, such as difficulty breathing. The level you're aiming for is 60 ng/mL.

    GrassrootsHealth makes testing easy by offering an inexpensive vitamin D testing kit as part of its consumer-sponsored research. All revenues from these kits go directly to GrassrootsHealth. I make no profit from these kits and only provide them as a service of convenience to my readers.

    Vitamin C is also a crucial aid, both for the prevention and treatment of viral illnesses. You can find pertinent reports and research about vitamin C against COVID-19 on the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service website.21 I recommend using liposomal vitamin C, as it allows you to take far higher dosages than regular vitamin C (as regular vitamin C is limited by your bowel tolerance).

    Dr. Robert Rowen, whom I recently interviewed about the use of vitamin C and ozone therapy for COVID-19, suggests taking upward of 6 grams (6,000 mg) per hour for acute illness, to simulate intravenous administration levels. Prophylactically, it is not recommended to take such high doses.

    The only contraindication to high-dose vitamin C treatment is if you are glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient, which is a genetic disorder.22 G6PD is required for your body to produce NADPH, which is necessary to transfer reductive potential to keep antioxidants, such as vitamin C, functional.

    Because your red blood cells do not contain any mitochondria, the only way it can provide reduced glutathione is through NADPH, and since a deficiency of G6PD eliminates this, it causes red blood cells to rupture due to inability to compensate for oxidative stress.

    Fortunately, G6PD deficiency is relatively uncommon, and can be tested for. People of Mediterranean and African decent are at greater risk of being G6PD deficient. Worldwide, G6PD deficiency is thought to affect 400 million individuals, and in the U.S., an estimated 1 in 10 African-American males has it.23 Be sure to read this Thursday's lead article on one of the most important preventive and therapeutic strategies for COVID-19."
    Sources and References
    1, 2 New York Post March 24, 2020
    3 Chest 2016. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2016.11.036
    4 Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier NCT04264533
    5 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineJanuary 9, 2020 [Epub ahead of print]
    6, 7 Science Daily January 22, 2020
    8, 9 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy December 2003; 52(6): 1049-1050
    10 Archives of Virology 1978;56(3):195-9
    11 Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1994;64(3):212-9
    12 Fox News March 24, 2020
    13, 18 MedPage Today March 25, 2020
    14 GrassrootsHealth, Let’s Level the Playing Field With Vitamin D
    15 BMJ 2017; 356:i6583
    16 Cochrane.org
    17 BBC.com February 16, 2017
    19 Thorax 2015;70:617-624
    20 Preprints, Version 1: Vitamin D Supplementation Could Prevent and Treat Influenza, Coronavirus, and Pneumonia Infections
    21 Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
    22, 23 NIH.gov Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
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    Zinc blocks coronavirus replication, zinc deficiency is probably the most common reason that people are getting the coronavirus. The symptoms of zinc deficiency are similar to those of a coronavirus infection, ten symptoms of each are the following:

    Code:
    Coronavirus Symptom		Zinc Deficiency Symptom
    
    Dry Cough			Chronic Cough
    Nausea w/o vomiting		Nausea
    Fever				Fever
    Back pain (kidney?)		Chronic pain (low back, neck)
    Abdominal discomfort		Abdominal cramping
    
    Diarrhea			Loose stool
    Loss of smell			Altered/loss of taste and smell
    Loss of appetite		Anorexia (loss of appetite), weight loss
    Fatigue				Apathy
    Atrial fibrillation (new)	Atrial fibrillation
    Intense exercise causes loss of zinc through sweating, and if those people aren’t replacing the lost zinc through supplementation or food, they can become zinc deficient. This may explain why some athletes are dying from coronavirus infections.

    So, if you get any cold, flu or coronavirus symptom, it is recommended to take extra zinc. You can get zinc from lozenges, capsules, or food; no method is perfect so all are described below. Lozenges deliver a lot of zinc to the throat, but sometimes they're not available, and they require multiple doses per day. With capsules, one or two per day are sufficient, but they do not deliver extra zinc to the throat. Oysters are available everywhere, but they do not deliver extra zinc to the throat, and the amount of zinc and copper they have varies, so when eating oysters you may absorb too little or too much zinc.

    More zinc is delivered to the throat with lozenges than with capsules, so lozenges are more effective against common colds (20% of which are coronaviruses) than capsules. Zinc acetate lozenges are better against colds than zinc gluconate/gluconium lozenges, but the difference is small and if you can't get zinc acetate, zinc gluconate is good enough.

    Dr. Vladimir Zelenko has had excellent results with his treatment of hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and zinc sulphate. He uses 220 mg zinc sulfate capsules in the form of zinc sulfate heptahydrate. The atomic weight of zinc is 65, the molar mass of zinc sulfate heptahydrate (ZnSO4(H20)7) is 288, so 220 mg of zinc sulfate heptahydrate has 65 / 288 * 220 mg = 50 mg of zinc.

    Zinc orotate passes through the cell membrane more than other forms of zinc, delivering more zinc into the cell. For example, a zinc orotate capsule with 50 mg of zinc will deliver more zinc into a cell than a zinc sulfate capsule with 50 mg of zinc. If zinc orotate is unavailable, then zinc supplements are available with other ions, including citrate, gluconate, glycinate, picolinate, and sulfate.

    If you want to get zinc from food, only oysters have a high amount of zinc per calorie. Wild oysters have a lot of copper,, which reduces the absorption of zinc. So to absorb high doses of zinc, you need oysters with less copper, like farmed eastern oysters. To get 50 mg of zinc, you need 50 mg / 38 mg * 85 g (3 oz serving) = 112 g * 1 oz / 28 g = 4 oz of cooked farmed eastern oysters.

    For the first three days of the treatment, for people who weigh 165 pounds or less, the zinc dose should be doubled to 100 mg/day, for people who weigh more than 165 pounds, the dose should be tripled to 150 mg/day. This is to quickly boost zinc in the body to a therapeutic level. Zinc lozenges with a dose of less than 75 mg/day had no effect on colds, while zinc lozenges with a dose of more than 75 mg/day reduced cold duration by 42%. In an experiment where participants were given 150 mg/day of zinc for six weeks, about half the participants had side effects including headaches, abdominal cramps, nausea, loss of appetite and vomiting, mostly from the lower weight volunteers. So using extra high doses of zinc for the first three days according to body weight should be safe, afterwards, everyone should go down to 50 mg/day until symptoms end.

    The recommended daily allowance of zinc is 11 mg/day for men, 8 mg/day for women who are not pregnant or breast feeding, and 12 mg/day for women who are. The upper limit for long term use is 40 mg/day. The typical diet has 12 mg/day of zinc, so supplementing with more than (40 - 12) mg/day = 28 mg/day would put someone over the upper limit. If you want to take zinc long term to prevent the flu, around 10 mg/day will help and should be safe.
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    Finally there is an official study with Hydroxychloroquine - however they seem not to add Zinc which calls this entire thing into question.
    Do they not understand the mechanism why Hydroxychloroquine works?


    https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04332991

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    Licorice Inhibits Replication of Coronavirus
    by Dr. Joseph Mercola
    April 10, 2020
    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/a..._rid=848057382

    "STORY AT-A-GLANCE
    Glycyrrhizin, the major ingredient in licorice root, has shown effectiveness against SARS virus in scientific studies
    It has been effective in treating viruses such as herpes, HIV, hepatitis, influenza, encephalitis and pneumonia
    Glycyrrhizin outperformed conventional antiviral medications against SARS in research published in the journal The Lancet
    The substance seems to work earlier in the virus replication cycle, compared to other medications, inhibiting absorption and penetration of the virus
    During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and hygiene seem to be having some effect on "flattening the curve" and slowing the spread of the virus. The use of ultraviolet (UV) light to decontaminate medical facilities, proper hand-washing and disinfectants, equipment and even protective facemasks also seems to be useful.

    But people will still contract COVID-19, and effective treatments are lacking and needed. That’s why some scientific studies are looking at a natural product that has long been known to have antiviral effects1 – glycyrrhizin, the major active constituent in licorice root.

    Glycyrrhizin was valued in ancient Arabia and Greece for treating coughs and in China for relieving irritation of the mucous membranes. In modern times, glycyrrhizin has been shown to be a formidable antiviral, fighting herpes, HIV, hepatitis, influenza, encephalitis and pneumonia as well as less known viruses like respiratory syncytial virus, arboviruses, vaccinia virus and vesicular stomatitis virus.2

    Still, it’s glycyrrhizin's effectiveness against SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) that has scientists hoping this important natural substance may be a tool against COVID-19.

    Glycyrrhizin Has Medicinal Properties
    You may think of licorice as an extract, a sweetener or even a candy, like Good and Plenty, but it’s actually complex biochemically and offers important medical benefits. According to PubChem, a database of chemical molecules maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information,3

    "Glycyrrhizic acid is extracted from the root of the licorice plant; Glycyrrhiza glabra. It is a triterpene glycoside with glycyrrhetinic acid that possesses a wide range of pharmacological and biological activities ... potential immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, hepato- and neuro-protective, and antineoplastic activities.

    Glycyrrhizin modulates certain enzymes involved in inflammation and oxidative stress, and downregulates certain pro-inflammatory mediators, thereby protecting against inflammation- and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced damage. Glycerrhizin may also suppress the growth of susceptible tumor cells."

    According to Botanical Medicine, the anti-inflammatory actions of glycyrrhizin (GL) may stem from suppression of cytokines:4

    "As testimony to its anti-inflammatory properties, glycyrrhizin alleviated allergic asthma in an experimental mouse model, increased the IL-4 and IL-5 levels, decreased eosinophil counts and IgE levels, and upregulated total IgG2a in serum.

    These results indicated that glycyrrhizin interfered with the production of IgE by decreasing the IgE-stimulating cytokines. It also attenuated lung inflammation and mucus production in mice."

    Glycyrrhizin Works Against SARS, a COVID-19-Like Virus
    SARS-CoV-2,5 the virus that causes COVID-19, is similar to SARS-CoV-1, the coronavirus that surfaced in 2003. Its genome shares 79.5% of the SARS-CoV-1 genome's information and both enter human alveolar epithelial cells through binding with ACE2 receptors.6

    Early SARS-CoV-1 patients were given the viral compound ribavirin, but it showed little benefit.7 Corticosteroids were also tried in SARS-CoV-1 patients and patients with MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), which occurred 10 years later, but there was "no evidence showing that the mortality of SARS-CoV-1 and MERS patients was reduced," as reported in the International Journal of Biological Sciences.8

    Soon after the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak, the medical journal The Lancet published a research letter suggesting that glycyrrhizin might fight SARS:9

    "The outbreak of SARS warrants the search for antiviral compounds to treat the disease. At present, no specific treatment has been identified for SARS-associated coronavirus infection. We assessed the antiviral potential of ribavirin, 6-azauridine, pyrazofurin, mycophenolic acid, and glycyrrhizin against two clinical isolates of coronavirus from patients with SARS ...

    Of all the compounds, glycyrrhizin was the most active in inhibiting replication of the SARS-associated virus. Our findings suggest that glycyrrhizin should be assessed for treatment of SARS.”

    Glycyrrhizin had several positive actions, wrote the researchers:10

    "In addition to inhibition of virus replication, glycyrrhizin inhibits adsorption and penetration of the virus — early steps of the replicative cycle ... Glycyrrhizin was most effective when given both during and after the adsorption period ...

    … glycyrrhizin and its aglycone metabolite 18β glycyrrhetinic acid upregulate expression of inducible nitrous oxide synthase and production of nitrous oxide in macrophages.

    Nitrous oxide inhibits replication of several viruses — eg, Japanese encephalitis virus, which can also be inhibited by glycyrrhizin. Our preliminary results show that glycyrrhizin induces nitrous oxide synthase in Vero cells [cells used in cultures] and that virus replication is inhibited when the nitrous oxide donor is added to the culture medium."Glycyrrhizin May Act Differently From Other Substances
    According to the Journal of General Virology, glycyrrhizin's method of stopping the replication of SARS viruses may differ from other treatments that have been tried:11

    "Unlike IFN-α and ribavirin, there are few clues to the antiviral mechanism of glycyrrhizin. Our data indicate that, as for ribavirin, glycyrrhizin only moderately affects coronavirus replicase functions.

    However, in contrast to ribavirin, glycyrrhizin has been shown to inhibit SARS-CoV replication in tissue culture. This indicates that glycyrrhizin may not target the coronavirus replication machinery and that antiviral effects may be exerted, for example, during virus adsorption or release.”12

    Stopping replication is especially challenging because of the peculiarities of the SARS virus. According to General Cell Biology & Physiology:13

    "These analyses revealed that SARS-CoV-2 reshapes central cellular pathways, such as translation, splicing, carbon metabolism and nucleic acid metabolism. Small molecule inhibitors targeting these pathways were tested in cellular infection assays and prevented viral replication."

    Glycyrrhizin's upregulation of nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase in macrophages, which was noted in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, may explain its ability to stop replication of SARS and hopefully other coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2.14

    Glycyrrhizin May Be Effective Against COVID-19
    The failure of Western pharmaceutical treatments for SARS has put the spotlight on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a practice in which glycyrrhizin is a staple. According to the International Journal of Biological Sciences:15

    "Ranging from case reports, case series, controlled observational studies and randomized clinical trials, clinical studies aiming to examine the effect of TCM on SARS have been carried out and reported. There are quite compelling evidences support the notion that TCM has beneficial effect in the treatment or prevention of SARS ...

    For example, the rate of fatality in Hong Kong and Singapore was approximately 18%, while the rate for Beijing was initially more than 52% ... The dramatic reduced fatality from late May in Beijing was believed to be associated with the use of TCM as a supplement to the conventional therapy."

    As COVID-19 reportedly first surfaced in China, The Globe and Mail reported that many nationals were turning to traditional treatments, while health leaders reported “’significant’ benefits from mixing Chinese and Western medicine:”16

    "For authorities in Wuhan to counsel use of traditional Chinese medicine 'makes sense,' so long as it is in conjunction with Western drugs, said Jindrich Cinatl, a virologist who co-authored the 2003 [Lancet] study. 'In Western medicine, we have drugs that attack just a concrete target,' he said in an interview. 'With traditional medicine, you can prevent virus absorption to cells, virus replication and so on.'"

    Jakkapong Watcharachaijunta, a medical researcher, told Thailand Medical News he thinks glycyrrhizin is a promising COVID-19 treatment:17

    “Though the new 2019-nCov virus [since renamed SARS-CoV-2] is a different strain, it is very close to the SARS coronavirus genetically wise and maybe this should be an interesting starting point."

    In a Pandemic, New Drugs or Vaccines Won’t Be the Answer
    With COVID-19 now present on every continent except Antarctica, it is clear that treatments are needed immediately, but rushing new drugs to the market could cause adverse side effects to be missed. Further, a commentary written by Derek Lowe, who holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and has worked for several major pharmaceutical companies, expresses little hope for the existing medications being tested or for the development of entirely new ones:18

    "A drug discovery program from scratch against a new pathogen is … not a trivial exercise ... Many such efforts in the past have come to grief because by the time they had anything to deliver the epidemic itself had passed. Indeed, Gilead’s remdesivir had already been dropped as a potential Ebola therapy.

    You will either need to have a target in mind up front or go phenotypic. For the former, what you’d see are better characterizations of the viral protease and more extensive screens against it. Two other big target areas are viral entry (which involves the “spike” proteins on the virus surface and the ACE2 protein on human cells) and viral replication."

    There are many challenges to developing a new antiviral drug and the process is extremely complex and slow, which means even if they end up being effective, they may be too late to be of use. According to Lowe:19

    "Phenotypic screens are perfectly reasonable against viral pathogens as well, but you’ll need to put time and effort into that assay up front, just as with any phenotypic effort, because as anyone who does that sort of work will tell you, a bad phenotypic screen is a complete waste of everyone’s time."

    It has recently been determined by Nextstrain.org, which tracks viral genomes across the planet, that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating 1,000 times faster than influenza viruses and 36,000 times faster than influenza virus. This strongly suggests that vaccines’ efforts will fail 1,000 times worse than the miserable flu vaccine.

    The Benefits of Glycyrrhizin Are Already Available
    One of glycyrrhizin’s advantages is that it has a long history of medicinal use and could potentially help those in need much sooner than an experimental drug just entering testing, but the fact remains that infectious disease that emerges in any country or continent has the potential to spread swiftly and cause a pandemic. According to Antiviral Research, the SARS outbreak produced greater world cooperation and reporting:20

    "One legacy of the outbreak was the formulation of the international Health Regulations (IHR) in 2005 and their acceptance by the World Health Assembly in 2007. The IHR require countries to report unusual and unexplained outbreaks of infectious disease and to develop the public health capacity to detect and respond to such diseases ...

    SARS and other contemporary zoonotic threats, such as H5N1 avian influenza, have highlighted the need for collaboration among those responsible for human and animal health, and the environment.

    This led to the formalization of the concept of ‘"One Health," which fosters collaborative effects of multiple disciplines to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment."

    The relevant international organizations now have formal working agreements and a framework within which they can coordinate activities to assess risks at the animal/human/ecosystem interface, according to the review. There is also an improved understanding of inter-species transmission and zoonotic pathogens that are behind many pandemics.

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a natural product like glycyrrhizin, with known medical benefits and few of the risks associated with harsh medications, is good news."
    Sources and References
    1, 2 Phytotherapy Research 2008 Feb;22(2):141-8
    3 Pub Chem 2020
    4 Botanical Medicine November 25, 2019
    5, 6, 8, 15 International Journal of Biological Sciences 2020; 16(10):1708-1717
    7, 20 Antiviral Research Volume 100, Issue 1, October 2013, Pages 286-295
    9, 10 Lancet Volume 361, Issue 9374, P2045-2046, June 14, 2003
    11, 12 Journal of General Virology (2004), 85, 1717–1725
    13 General Cell Biology & Physiology March 11, 2020
    14 International Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 8, Issue 4, P223-226, July 1, 2004
    16 Globe and Mail March 11, 2020
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    Quote Posted by Goba (here)
    Finally there is an official study with Hydroxychloroquine - however they seem not to add Zinc which calls this entire thing into question.
    Do they not understand the mechanism why Hydroxychloroquine works?


    https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04332991
    One of the videos you posted up said that zinc was already an element within hydroxychloroquine.

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    In Chris Martenson's latest daily update, he included details of how he boosts his own immune system. No surprises here, but the guy knows exactly what he's talking about (he has a Pathology PhD) and his personal conclusions may well be useful for others here.

    Go directly to 17:39. He takes
    • Elderberry Syrup (for which he cites interesting and conclusive research references)
    • Vitamin C (2 grams/ 2,000 mg, gradually through the day)
    • Zinc
    • Quercetin
    • D3 (5000 IU)
    He also explains how his daily regime would change if he felt he was getting a cold, and what he'd do if he were to get sick with Covid-19.

    Well worth the few minutes of this video. Everything he ever shares is highly recommended. In my strong personal opinion, he's by far the best of a big bunch, and I've been personally careful not to miss a single video in 70 long days.


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    The Coronation
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    For years, normality has been stretched nearly to its breaking point, a rope pulled tighter and tighter, waiting for a nip of the black swan’s beak to snap it in two. Now that the rope has snapped, do we tie its ends back together, or shall we undo its dangling braids still further, to see what we might weave from them?

    Covid-19 is showing us that when humanity is united in common cause, phenomenally rapid change is possible. None of the world’s problems are technically difficult to solve; they originate in human disagreement. In coherency, humanity’s creative powers are boundless. A few months ago, a proposal to halt commercial air travel would have seemed preposterous. Likewise for the radical changes we are making in our social behavior, economy, and the role of government in our lives. Covid demonstrates the power of our collective will when we agree on what is important. What else might we achieve, in coherency? What do we want to achieve, and what world shall we create? That is always the next question when anyone awakens to their power.

    Covid-19 is like a rehab intervention that breaks the addictive hold of normality. To interrupt a habit is to make it visible; it is to turn it from a compulsion to a choice. When the crisis subsides, we might have occasion to ask whether we want to return to normal, or whether there might be something we’ve seen during this break in the routines that we want to bring into the future. We might ask, after so many have lost their jobs, whether all of them are the jobs the world most needs, and whether our labor and creativity would be better applied elsewhere. We might ask, having done without it for a while, whether we really need so much air travel, Disneyworld vacations, or trade shows. What parts of the economy will we want to restore, and what parts might we choose to let go of? And on a darker note, what among the things that are being taken away right now – civil liberties, freedom of assembly, sovereignty over our bodies, in-person gatherings, hugs, handshakes, and public life – might we need to exert intentional political and personal will to restore?

    For most of my life, I have had the feeling that humanity was nearing a crossroads. Always, the crisis, the collapse, the break was imminent, just around the bend, but it didn’t come and it didn’t come. Imagine walking a road, and up ahead you see it, you see the crossroads. It’s just over the hill, around the bend, past the woods. Cresting the hill, you see you were mistaken, it was a mirage, it was farther away than you thought. You keep walking. Sometimes it comes into view, sometimes it disappears from sight and it seems like this road goes on forever. Maybe there isn’t a crossroads. No, there it is again! Always it is almost here. Never is it here.

    Now, all of a sudden, we go around a bend and here it is. We stop, hardly able to believe that now it is happening, hardly able to believe, after years of confinement to the road of our predecessors, that now we finally have a choice. We are right to stop, stunned at the newness of our situation. Because of the hundred paths that radiate out in front of us, some lead in the same direction we’ve already been headed. Some lead to hell on earth. And some lead to a world more healed and more beautiful than we ever dared believe to be possible.

    I write these words with the aim of standing here with you – bewildered, scared maybe, yet also with a sense of new possibility – at this point of diverging paths. Let us gaze down some of them and see where they lead.

    * * *

    I heard this story last week from a friend. She was in a grocery store and saw a woman sobbing in the aisle. Flouting social distancing rules, she went to the woman and gave her a hug. “Thank you,” the woman said, “that is the first time anyone has hugged me for ten days.”

    Going without hugs for a few weeks seems a small price to pay if it will stem an epidemic that could take millions of lives. There is a strong argument for social distancing in the near term: to prevent a sudden surge of Covid cases from overwhelming the medical system. I would like to put that argument in a larger context, especially as we look to the long term. Lest we institutionalize distancing and reengineer society around it, let us be aware of what choice we are making and why.

    more at https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/

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    Yes, Dr Judy was highly recommending Quercetin as well - time to stock up on some!

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    Details about Vitamin D dosage and functions I didn't know, this is really good info re: Corona


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    So I spoke to my local pharmacist today and this was how the conversation went.

    Me : Umm, do you have any supplies of Plaquenil?
    Ph : Oh you mean hydroxychloroquine? sorry, it's all out of stock and been bought up by the hospitals
    Me : Do you normally stock it here on your shelves - as in, can the general public buy it?
    Ph : Only if you have a subscription.
    Me : When will the stocks be replenished?
    Ph : Oh they've been bought up about a month back. And the hospitals have been buying in bulk, maybe you want to check with the pharmacy at one of the hospitals.
    Me : Ok thanks

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    New way to destroy viruses: shake them to death

    Can a combination of resonant frequencies destroy the pesky virus? I bet it can.

    Could the research into this method be accelerated, sponsored and advanced now while thousands of people are dying ?

    Consider the advantages of perfecting a device capable of doing so from within the body-mind complex, not only for this particular coronavirus but other microbes as well.

    Happy Easter holidays, love and light to all Beings


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    Quote Posted by Agape (here)
    Can a combination of resonant frequencies destroy the pesky virus? I bet it can.
    I would bet against it considering a cancer cell (and that is supposedly what they show here) is only different from a normal cell by some few DNA triplets. to destroy that cell and leave the surrounding normal cells intact is highly unlikely in vivo, at least with the method shown in the video which btw is utterly unscientific. There is a place for energy healing, psychic healer and the like, and there is a place for science. this video shows none of them.
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    A Review of Helpful Antiviral Strategies
    Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
    April 19, 2020
    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/a..._rid=854250079


    "STORY AT-A-GLANCE
    Initial predictions called for 2.2 million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. alone. According to the latest models, an estimated 60,000 Americans may die from COVID-19 complications
    Some doctors are promoting the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Apparently, many are seeing good results, although not universally. Some Swedish hospitals have stopped using chloroquine due to severe side effects in some patients
    Northwell Health, New York's largest health care provider, is using vitamin C at its hospitals in conjunction with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin
    Some doctors have noted their patients’ symptoms have more in common with altitude sickness than pneumonia. In the final analysis, it may turn out that ventilators are inappropriate for a majority of patients. A better alternative may actually be hyperbaric oxygen therapy
    Preventive methods you can use at home include taking vitamin C to bowel tolerance; zinc, vitamin B1 and melatonin supplementation; nebulized hydrogen peroxide; ozone therapy and nitric oxide boosting exercise
    In this interview, recorded April 7, 2020, Dr. Andrew Saul, editor-in-chief of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, brings us new updates and insights into the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Since our March 17, 2020, interview, which focused on the use of vitamin C, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the prediction that SARS-Cov-2 would kill anywhere from 100,000 to 240,000 Americans,1 which is still far less than the original prediction of 2.2 million.2

    However, even that prediction has since been revised downward. April 8, 2020, a new model referred to as the Murray Model3 predicts COVID-19 will kill 60,000 in the U.S. by August.4 There's no doubt in my mind that there will be more deaths from the financial collapse than there will be from the actual infection. So, it's a sad state of affairs. As noted by Saul:

    "Folks need to remember that in any given year, influenza escalating to pneumonia is a killer. And in any given year, there's around 40,000 to 65,000 deaths, depending who you listen to, from pneumonia.

    This is an awful lot of people dying every year. COVID-19 is a serious disease, but it's not worth shutting down the world for. The stress from that is going to be a killer …

    The people who die from COVID-19 are dying basically from SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or pneumonia. So, it doesn't really matter what virus does that. It matters if you die or not.

    Many people are going to get COVID-19, and they're going to have a mild case. And, for those who have a typical case, they're going to have a miserable flu. They're going to be sick as a dog for a couple of weeks.

    Well, welcome to humanity, because how many times have we all had a miserable flu in our lifetimes? Those who are really at risk from COVID-19 usually have multiple pre-existing health problems, or they have a demonstrably poor lifestyle.

    They're overweight or they're smoking, or they have an impaired immune system, or they're elderly. And if you have a combination of those, anything can take that person out. So, we have to have perspective here."

    Google, Facebook Censor Real Data
    Unfortunately, if you're still using Google or social media platforms like Facebook, you're unlikely to locate sensible information about how to protect yourself from COVID-19.

    I believe suppressing access to the truth — the information you need to upregulate your innate immune system — is part of the plan to control the discussion about treatment options. Clearly, Fauci is promoting a pharmaceutical agenda when he says there's nothing anyone can do until there's a vaccine or antiviral drug available. Saul provides the following real-world example:

    "This is something you can verify with your own Facebook account. Try this little experiment. If you post the meme I have at DoctorYourself.com on Facebook, it will immediately be blocked.

    Here's what the poster says: 'Dr. Enqiang Mao, who is chief of emergency medical service at Ruijan hospital in Shanghai, China, treated 50 patients with high dose intravenous vitamin C. They had moderate to severe COVID. 50 out of 50 recovered. There were no fatalities.'

    This is a report from a senior physician, right from China, to my contact in China, Dr. Richard Chang, who is a board-certified himself and a Chinese-American, right there, reporting in firsthand. And this is labeled false news, fake news. This is demonstrably oppressive."

    The good news is Chang is presenting his evidence before the National Institutes of Health. "I've seen his PowerPoint," Saul says. "He's going to run down why vitamin C is an antiviral, and how it can be used, and what doctors are doing."

    view the presentation
    Aside from Mao, Dr. Zhiyong Peng, chief physician at Zhongnan Hospital, who is doing a major COVID-19 trial in Wuhan City, China, has stated that intravenous vitamin C is successful. "The number of new cases of COVID in China is very low, it's gone way down, almost to the vanishing point," Saul says. "Yet this information, somehow, is not on the news. And this is the very thing America and the rest of the world so needs to know now."Immune-Boosting Supplementation Regimen
    Some New York hospitals are using vitamin C, though. A Northwell Health spokesperson has reportedly confirmed that vitamin C treatment is being "widely used" against coronavirus within the 23-hospital system.

    According to Dr. Andrew G. Weber, a pulmonologist and critical-care specialist affiliated with two Northwell Health facilities on Long Island, vitamin C is being used in conjunction with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, which have also shown promise in coronavirus treatment.5 Saul notes:"Northwell, which is the largest health care provider chain in New York state, [has] over 20 hospitals. It's difficult to get information out of them, but to their credit, their spokesperson has announced that vitamin C is being used. And Weber … has reported that the vitamin C works. He said, basically, as close as I can quote him, 'It's not getting more publicity because it's not a sexy drug.' I love that …

    If you have vitamin C for prevention, you are much less likely to have a bad case of any kind of viral infection, including COVID-19. Doesn't mean you won't get it; it means that your immune system will be able to handle it, and that's what your immune system does …

    In fact, people now are being told if they can manage this at home, [then] please stay home. Leave the hospital beds for those who really need them, and reduce risk of infection.

    Remember, a hospital, by definition, is where we have our very sickest people with the greatest load of viruses and drug-resistant bacteria that you'll ever find … We don't live in a bubble, we live in a world of viruses, and they're constantly mutating, and they're constantly developing …

    So, for prevention, the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Editorial Review Board and the Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy both recommend 3,000 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C a day in divided doses, 400 mg of magnesium … 20 mg of zinc … 100 micrograms (mcg) of selenium … and 5,000 units of vitamin D, scaling down to 2,000 units of vitamin D a day after the first week.

    That is a big difference. So, between the vitamin D and the vitamin C, we have something that will strengthen the immune system. When a person is in hospital, they are less likely to have access to supplements, at a very time when they're going to need them more.

    This is why we have to push, and the only way to do that is for the family to get in there and make it happen. More and more doctors are willing to do it because of the studies … in New York … So, the cat's out of the bag … and it's not going to go back in. There is a precedent. Just say to your doctor, 'I want you to do what they're doing in New York' …

    What we should learn from history is "have a strong immune system and you will survive." This is the way it works. And the emphasis now is on scaring people, and actually telling them in the media, "Don't take vitamin C, it won't help you. Don't take extra vitamin D, you don't need it. There's nothing you can do to build your immune system."

    You'll actually see this on some news reports, and some newspapers. But, you'll also see others that are reporting that it's working in China and other parts of the world."

    Zinc With Hydroxychloroquine
    Some doctors are promoting the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) combined with azithromycin (Z-Pak) for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Apparently, many are seeing good results, although not universally.

    According to Newsweek, some Swedish hospitals have stopped using chloroquine due to severe side effects in some patients.6 That said, it appears one of the reason quinine drugs work is because it allows zinc to enter the cells. Saul comments on the use of hydroxychloroquine saying:

    "I think if you can use a nutrient with a drug, you get better results than if you use the drug alone. Dr. Abram Hoffer, who was my personal mentor … said, 'Sometimes you need a drug. Sometimes the drug will get you that immediate result that you've got to have, but you have to have nutrition if you want it to stick.'

    So, if you use medication and the nutrient, you're going to do better than if you use the medication alone … If the drug will help get the zinc to where it needs to go, that just makes good sense to me."

    Since the drug is now being rationed to those who need it most, you'd be wise to take zinc preventively. Your body only needs a small amount of it, and knows exactly what to do with it. Your immune system, for example, requires it to function. The elderly, who tend to eat less and eat less wholesomely, have a greater need for zinc supplementation.

    "This is in every nutrition textbook ever written," Saul says. "So, what we want to do right now is tell people, 'Don't worry about the drug unless you really need it. It'll be at the hospital pharmacy. But for the rest of us, let's stay out of the hospital by taking a step so we won't need the drug.'

    It's not about avoiding doctors; it's about not needing them. And that means you have to get on the wagon here. We have to do this every day. We have to be sure we take our supplements and eat a good diet, and avoid the junk and continue to get our fresh air and exercise."

    Ventilators May Do More Harm Than Good
    In recent days, we're seeing more and more reports of doctors saying the use of ventilators may be misguided.7 According to Business Insider,8 80% of COVID-19 patients in New York City who are placed on ventilators die, causing some doctors to question their use. As reported by STAT News:9

    "What's driving this reassessment is a baffling observation about Covid-19: Many patients have blood oxygen levels so low they should be dead. But they're not gasping for air, their hearts aren't racing, and their brains show no signs of blinking off from lack of oxygen.

    That is making critical care physicians suspect that blood levels of oxygen, which for decades have driven decisions about breathing support for patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress, might be misleading them about how to care for those with Covid-19.

    In particular, more and more are concerned about the use of intubation and mechanical ventilators. They argue that more patients could receive simpler, noninvasive respiratory support, such as the breathing masks used in sleep apnea, at least to start with and maybe for the duration of the illness."

    Some doctors have noted their patients' symptoms have more in common with altitude sickness than pneumonia.10 This situation highlights the problems inherent with strategic standard of care. We thought we had a serious ventilator shortage and industries such as the auto industry redirected their manufacturing capacity to making ventilators.

    In the final analysis, it may turn out that ventilators are inappropriate for a majority of patients. A far better alternative may actually be hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

    "Making the oxygen available in a way that's appropriate to the severity of the patient is the answer," Saul says. "We have to remember that our body is singularly good at taking in oxygen or we wouldn't be here. And our lungs have a huge amount of absorptive space. I mean, that's what they do. It's just an extraordinary system that we have.

    Oxygen goes in by diffusion. You don't push it in; the body sucks it in because if you have more oxygen outside than you do inside, it just goes through. All you do is give a lot of absorptive surface. And if you flattened out all the little alveoli in the lungs, you'd have an enormous area …

    So, by providing the oxygen and then see if the body will take it up, you've made the first step. That can be done preventively by fresh air and exercise and going out and playing …

    If somebody needs more oxygen, and you want to give them a little pressure, if that makes the patient better, then you do it. But the idea that you've got to ram this oxygen like a supercharger on a Mustang is, I think, a little bit, shall we say, industry friendly …

    [The alveoli] are tiny, tiny little sacks. They have some of the thinnest little membranes you've ever seen. Look at them under a microscope. They're very delicate. So, the last thing you want to do is add injury to insult."

    Hydrogen Peroxide TherapySaul, along with Dr. Thomas Levy, recommend nebulized hydrogen peroxide therapy. Similarly, Dr. Robert Rowen has published a commentary11 about the use of ozone therapy against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Both of these treatment alternatives are inexpensive and safe, and could be administered at home.

    One point I want to stress after looking more deeply into this is that you may want to be careful about using regular 3% hydrogen peroxide, as they use proprietary stabilizers. By law, they're not required to disclose those chemicals. So, ideally, you'd want to use food grade hydrogen peroxide and carefully dilute it to a 3% concentration.

    What to Do if You're Feeling Under the Weather
    So, to recap, what can you do if you're suddenly feeling under the weather and suspect a viral infection? Saul recommends taking vitamin C to bowel tolerance.

    "Take enough C to be symptom free, whatever the amount might be. Dr. Cathcart would say take vitamin C to bowel tolerance, and that's exactly what you think it means. The sicker you are, the more you hold. So, if you are really facing an influenza outbreak, you'll hold a lot of C before you get to bowel tolerance.

    This is something that everyone can do at home. My grandchildren can do this. When they get sick, they manage their own case by taking vitamin C until they get to bowel tolerance. Use whatever kind of vitamin C you can afford … [and] take enough C to be symptom free.

    The more frequently you can take the vitamin C, the better off [you'll be]. Vitamin C being water soluble is constantly lost … The more often you take it, the better results you will have, and you will need less to do so.

    So, taking a small amount of vitamin C every half-hour is actually much better than taking a large amount of C twice a day. And taking a large amount of C twice a day is better than taking a huge amount of C every other day. So, the more often you take it, the friendlier it is for your body."

    For acute infection, you may need to increase your dosage somewhat beyond bowel tolerance. Keep in mind that taking it more frequently, such as every half-hour, will allow you to take more before you hit bowel tolerance. Other alternatives include taking a liposomal vitamin C or getting an IV infusion of vitamin C. Liposomal vitamin C can achieve intracellular levels very similar to IV vitamin C at a fraction of the cost and inconvenience.

    B Vitamins (Thiamine)
    Thiamine (vitamin B1) is also important, and works synergistically with vitamin C. Any infection increases your body's need for thiamine. You can read more about this in "Vitamin B1 Is Vital to Protect Against Infectious Disease."

    The recommended daily allowance for thiamine is well below 2 mg. For acute illness or short-term prevention, Saul suggests taking 50 mg to 100 mg of thiamine per day, ideally in divided doses.

    "Thiamine is the vitamin that smells funny," he says. "When you open the bottle of your multiple vitamin, or your B complex, that smell is thiamine. So, when your urine smells like thiamine, you're probably getting more than you need, but that's not a problem.

    Thiamine is safe, and you can excrete that. The excretion is an indicator of saturation. Thiamine, really, is best taken with the entire B complex. The B complex vitamins work better together.

    For prevention, most people will get a B complex, B50 … Generally speaking, what I would tell people to do is take a look at the RDA, and you can do that on the internet in seconds, and take more than that. A B complex is this cheapest and safest way to do that."

    Melatonin for COVID-19
    Another strategy that appears useful against both bacterial and viral infections is hormone melatonin. I review this in greater depth in "Melatonin for Sepsis." Saul comments:

    "Melatonin is a wonderful thing, because the safety studies are very encouraging. If you want to hurt yourself, melatonin will not do the job … Melatonin is inexpensive, it's non-prescription and, obviously, something that safe deserves a try … And a little bit of melatonin can go a long way.

    The older you get, the less you make. Now, if you keep your bedroom dark at night, you will make more melatonin. I'm about to impart a piece of wisdom that makes me very unpopular very quickly with a large number of people, and that is if you go to bed early, you will make more melatonin, and you will sleep better.

    If you go to bed at 7:30 or 8:00 o'clock at night, you will have a far better sleep than if you go to bed later, even if you have the same number of hours. The old adage is, each hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours of sleep after midnight. There's something to that."

    Nitric Oxide Helps Inhibit Viral Replication
    Another strategy worth mentioning is nitric oxide, which appears to inhibit viral replication. To boost nitric oxide, you could use precursors such as arginine or citrulline, but exercise and near-infrared radiation (such as a near-infrared sauna) will also do the trick.

    "Exercise is absolutely crucial. I'm so big on that, and I would like to underscore that this is something that doesn't cost a dime," Saul says. "What is missing from most discussions on COVID-19 is an appreciation of how far we have let ourselves go. We've been eating crummy food for a long time.

    We've been doing behaviors for a long time that don't work. And sooner or later, the body is going to be weakened by that. Too much of the wrong thing, not enough for the right thing, and the immune system is going to be weak. And viruses, unfortunately, to put it very coldly, will thin the herd.

    This is the way nature works … Now, this is a very harsh lesson from nature, but we would do well to learn it. If we let ourselves go, as my mother would say, 'If you do this wrong, and you know it, don't come crying to me afterwards.' We have to take responsibility, and right now the COVID-19 epidemic is pointing that out in a very, very strong way.

    It is most unpleasant to see this, but bearing in mind that we are not a healthy nation, we have to immediately take steps to become one, or there will be another virus, because this is not the first, and it is not the last … It just makes my day when I learn about people that … are not watching the news, they're going out and they're getting well." "

    + Sources and References
    1 CNN March 31, 2020
    2 The Intercept March 17, 2020
    3 IHME April 2, 2020
    4 CNN April 8, 2020
    5 New York Post March 24, 2020
    6 Newsweek April 6, 2020
    7 Medscape April 6, 2020
    8 Business Insider April 9, 2020
    9, 10 STAT News April 8, 2020
    11 Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, A Plausible “Penny” Costing Effective Treatment for Coronavirus — Ozone Therapy

    Updates from Dr. Mercola on CV-19: https://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vita..._rid=854250079
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    In German, so limited use here but nevertheless:

    https://eu.lbryplayer.xyz/content/cl...4263bcb/stream

    this doctor who has researched chloroquine for decades explains why hydroxychloroquine works with covid19, the entire mechanism, that is it essentially harmless and also sheds some light on the exosome/virus discussion.

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    A Special Time-Sensitive Message from Nia Peeples, Dr. Bruce H. Lipton and Dr. Rashid A. Buttar.

    Be kind to all life, including your own, no matter what!!

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    Hydroxychloroquine News
    aggregating news and anecdotes about hydroxychloroquine for early treatment of Covid-19 and plasma for more advanced cases. Daily updated...

    https://twitter.com/niro60487270

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    This study says Hydroxychloroquine is NOT effective ...

    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...920v1.full.pdf

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    The study posts fake results - HCQ needs early use. Absolutely fake news - there is a full on war now against the cure

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    This study says Hydroxychloroquine is NOT effective ...

    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...920v1.full.pdf
    Seach for the word 'zinc' in the PDF. You won't find it in any of the 27 pages.

    There's quite a lot of evidence to indicate there's a widespread media (and medical science) push to discredit hydroxychloroquine. Without zinc, as many reading this will understand, it's unlikely to do much at all. The study is actually nearly worthless.

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