@PaulGreeff @Smackenziekerr

A large volume of evidence come out of hospitals showing that the COVID-19 virus has two stages to the infection of the body.

In the first phase, the virus inserts its spike protein into the ACE2 receptor,

it sets off a chemical process that alters the structure of the receptor and allows the virus to infect. The spikes of the virus enables it to bind to heme groups in red blood cells.

The rate and effectivity at which this occurs can be mitigated by a strengthened

immune system using the body’s internal defense mechanisms:

The lungs use vitamin C to protect against this attack via the epithelial surface which has a thin layer of fluid packed with high levels of antioxidant molecules. Vitamin C affects 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 the coronavirus.

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.

Increased Zinc levels inhibit the virus’s spike protein from penetrating the ACE2 receptors.
Given that viruses are intracellular parasites that hijack cellular processes to replicate a virus’s genetic material, it is essential antiviral agents have the ability to enter cells.

An individual viral particle called a virion is able to produce about a million new virions once inside a cell. It would be critical for zinc to enter cells to destroy the virus, which makes the discovery of an ionophore as important as zinc’s primary role in infection control.

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