COVID-19

New research suggests SARS-CoV-2 infects the throat, which makes important differences in how I will approach prevention. Why This Matters When I first wrote The Food and Supplement Guide for the Coronavirus, I took the position that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, was most likely mainly infecting the lung without infecting parts of the upper …

As I explained in the last two updates (here and here) I’ve been studying hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine largely because I’m investigating whether their mechanisms shed any light on whether quercetin (rich in onions, nuts, and a variety of vegetables) and EGCG (abundant in green tea), are antiviral toward SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19) by acting …

As I explained yesterday, the reason I’m interested in hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine is because I’m investigating whether these, like quercetin and EGCG, are antiviral by acting as zinc ionophores, in which case I might add quercetin and EGCG to the protocol in The Food and Supplement Guide for the Coronavirus. A zinc ionophore is a …

The reason I’m interested in hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine is many people are claiming that these are effective against the coronavirus because they help bring zinc into cells, and the zinc kills the virus, and others have argued that since quercetin and EGCG do the same thing, these also would be effective for prevention or treatment …

A French hospital published results a few days ago of a non-randomized controlled trial testing hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. This looks like both good and bad news. The upside: 200 mg hydroychloroquine sulfate three times a day for ten days reduced the presence of the virus in nose and throat swabs to zero …