@polarberry Yes. I swear by elderberry syrup, as does my child’s pediatrician. It has antiviral and antioxidant properties. We take Gaia’s brand which is actually available on Amazon if your local pharmacy doesn’t carry it. Gaia also has a child’s version (without alcohol). (We take it 1x/day for prevention during flu season, and 4x/day if we already have flu symptoms.) I once had viral pneumonia and it helped to clear it up within a day or two, once I increased from one to four doses / day. (I added a link regarding the dosages from a pediatrician below, as I am not a doctor.)
Obviously, no one yet knows if this will help fight the new coronavirus. I assume it can’t hurt, as long as you are taking a reputable brand. (Elderberry can be toxic if the manufacturing process isn’t handled properly.)
Here is an article with a link to a clinical study about elderberries’ antiviral properties.
“It inhibits the early stages of an infection by blocking key viral proteins responsible for both the viral attachment and entry into the host cells...
However, once a cell already contained infection, the same chemicals were significantly effective in stopping the virus from propagating.”
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325055#The-answer-is-in-the-natural-chemicals
Here is the dosage information from a pediatrician in the U.S. Please verify with your own physician. http://paofdurango.com/the-power-of-elderberry/
Another hope for an antiviral drug is being developed in Canada by a highly acclaimed researcher.
“In the aftermath of the SARS epidemic that infected 8,000 patients in 26 countries, Chrétien and Mbikay, researchers at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), began testing their idea that a derivative of quercetin, a plant compound known to help lower cholesterol and treat inflammatory disease—and common, at low doses, in over-the-counter medication—was a ‘broad spectrum’ antiviral drug that could fight a range of viruses.
When an Ebola outbreak struck West Africa in 2014, the two scientists teamed up with the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to test quercetin’s effectiveness on mice infected with Ebola—and found it effective even when administered only minutes before infection. It still needs to undergo clinical trials.
But when a new global health crisis erupted in Wuhan, China late last year, Chrétien and his team once again got to thinking. They believed the drug might work on COVID-19, which has infected nearly 80,000 people and killed 2,600, according to the World Health Organization. They knew a Swiss drug manufacturer, Quercegen Pharmaceuticals, could rapidly produce doses of the treatment in the hundreds of thousands.“
“The U.S.-based Food and Drug Administration has already approved quercetin as safe for human consumption, which means the researchers can skip testing on animals. If the treatment works, it’ll be readily available.”
The article also says the cost for this treatment would be only $2/day.
I was up at 2AM, and the news said a six week old baby had it in South Korea.
Do not forget the natural anti-virals..as already mentioned Elderberry... also very potent for anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory purposes - curcumin... a derivative of turmeric. It needs to be taken with black pepper and fats to increase its absorption - you can either use the turmeric powder and make yourself Golden milk or Golden Paste or tea...or.. order the supplemental capsules and take. I take them with CBD (synergistic together) for my auto-immune arthritis and it really helps. I also...have noticed that I am much more resistant to getting the "office crud" when I stay up on taking it. Do your due diligence and research and see if it is right for you. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1756464617307399 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28343845 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600522
@sistermoon Welcome SisterMoon. I'm in agreement with your reading. I know the current administration isn't capable of telling the truth much less handling a pandemic.
I am afraid that T’s Base is going to be hard hit with this virus. He is saying it’s a “hoax” being created by of course Democrats.
President Donald Trump accused Democrats of "politicizing" the deadly coronavirus during a campaign rally [in South Carolina] on Friday, claiming that the outbreak is "their new hoax" as he continued to downplay the risk in the U.S.
But at a Saturday press briefing, when a reporter asked him whether he regrets throwing around careless and provocative rhetoric, Trump insisted that what he sees as a "hoax" is the idea that his administration has failed to properly respond to the public-health crisis. "[W]e've done such a good job," he said, adding, "[T]he 'hoax' was used with respect to Democrats and what they were saying. It was a hoax, what they were saying."
I am afraid they are not going to take this seriously as it should be.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-coronavirus-hoax-isn-t-hoax-n1146806?cid=sm_fb_maddow
@journeywithme2 I agree. Also, the highly acclaimed researchers from Canada, in the article I posted above, are using “a derivative of quercetin“ as a potentially potent antiviral.
Quercetin is a powerful antioxidant with antiviral properties, and it is FDA approved and available over-the-counter. Pure Encapulsations has it and is a reputable brand. I also recommend researching quercetin to see if it is something of interest.
I LOVE this Story. We should all be as excited to vote and afforded the opportunity to vote as these quarantined COVID-19 Israelis.
From The Jerusalem Post:
With all I've ever read on germs of all kinds we should always be doing this in public places like bathroom knobs and faucets and soap and towel dispensers etc.
Statistically the air flow drying just blows germs around everywhere but most restrooms have both if not I dry my hands on my clothing knowing for a fact that I am cleaner than just the high feces count in public restrooms.
Again people wipe and run they touch their stall door and lock, the faucet if they even water only wash, the soap and drying dispensers and even then it's not washing for 20 seconds its dip and done.
Bathroom door handles in stalls and outside doors and if the toilet isn't automatic the knob or handle in the stall or your own bathrooms are covered with fecal bacteria before washing hands!
That's why I use hand sanitizer in the large pump bottles as part of my cleaning kit or pine-sol or bottled lysol.
Let's face it everything is dirty. Pull a product off a store shelf and imagine how many human hands touched it during its production, shipping, store transfer, and shelving processes.
It's pretty much absurd. Now so far the COVID-21 virus hasn't shown to have a long life on hard or fabric surfaces but look up strep and staph, MRSA etc.
I could turn into an OCD clean-a-holic if I really thought about it all.
Common cold germs--heck we sneeze and even cough without knowing they're coming and spew mucous droplets like crazy.
Use common sense and realistic living but I try to keep it away if possible. All the ways you can clean, launder or live need to be looked at just to keep colds and flu away!
I am writing this hear because I don't have a clue as to where to do it, so here's hoping this is ok. I had a good friend over for dinner last night (she and her now husband moved to Florida). We loved hanging out with them both and I knew her before she married her husband. She's a sweet gal and a lot of fun. She and her husband are longtime GOPers and Trump supporters. I didn't talk politics at dinner too much, but we were talking about the Coronovirus. My husband said he thinks That Trump should take the money for the wall and use it for the Coronovirus. She didn't agree, so I interjected how the current resident in the White House would like to cut social security and medicare. She started spouting off about how there are too many "illegals" running into our country and taking over. She lives in Florida and says she sees them everywhere. I interjected and said "Well look, if it's money for the stupid wall or money for your social security and medicare, which one would you pick?". She actually had to think a while about it! then finally said, I guess social security and medicare. OMG please Lord give me strength! It's Fox news! They put these people under a spell and constantly keep them afraid of the "illegals". 24x7