Quercetin has been in the news lately, particularly as one of many potential therapeutics that might have some benefit in the prevention or treatment of COVID infection.
Could quercetin be of benefit against COVID, or for that matter, the common cold or the flu? As are always told to "Follow the science", what does science say?
A 2012 paper published in Antiviral Research found that quercetin inhibits rhinovirus replication both in vitro and in vivo, meaning in the laboratory and in humans.
Is quercetin a cure or panacea? Certainly not as we have no cure for these viral infections.
Following the science, rather than the FDA Twitter feed, suggests that quercetin may be of benefit in COVID. A 2021 paper in the International Journal of General Medicine, a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial of 152 early stage COVID patients, the type of study always demanded by Dr. Anthony Fauci and the medical smart set, concluded, "Quercetin is a safe agent and in combination with standard care, when used in early stage of viral infection, could aid in improving the early symptoms and help in preventing the severity of COVID-19 disease."
The CDC tells us that the COVID vaccines "Help keep you from getting seriously ill." This is what the quercetin studies found as well.
Anything we can throw at the COVID beast that might have some benefit, including quercetin and other previously mentioned therapeutics, should be heralded, not maligned, or ignored.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/11/whats_all_the_buzz_about_quercetin.html
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