Regardless of the efficacy of treatment, the protection afforded by a vaccine is *always* preferable to catching the infection.
The effects of a virus infection are pleiotropic, meaning that they affect a number of different biological functions. First of all, viruses immediately disable the cells that they infect in order to turn them into virus factories. Once this occurs, the cell keeps producing virus until it bursts open to release the new virus particles. Later in infection, once the immune system has started to produce virus protein specific T-cells, B-cells, and antibodies, the immune system will destroy infected cells. This direct virus-caused damage occurs regardless of any oxidative stress that may be induced by spike protein mediated viral binding to ACE2 receptors.
Isolating one potential mechanism of harm by virus and focusing all treatment on that one mechanism while ignoring all of the other sources of harm won't help the patient. The goal of post-infection treatment is to provide supportive care which addresses all of the effects of the virus.
The only way to prevent direct tissue damage caused by the virus is to avoid infection. We do this with vaccines. For those who catch Covid, there is an antiviral treatment regime which, by inhibiting replication of virus, reduces the disease burden on the body while the immune system is working to produce antibodies.
TBH, this treatise on glutathione looks like something lifted from a website by a quack who wrote a whole pseudoscientific ad to sell "supplements."
If only getting over a Covid infection was as easy as taking a supplement.
It came from the series of MedCram videos. MedCram's founder Dr. Seheult's CV is:
Dr. Seheult is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Allied Health at Loma Linda University.Dr. Seheult is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine.
In 2012 he and Kyle Allred founded MedCram L.L.C., a medical education company with CME-accredited videos that are utilized by hospitals, medical schools, and hundreds of thousands of medical professionals from all over the world (and over 1 million YouTube Subscribers).
Here are the relevant videos that I drew from. I'm sorry if my summary of these videos is too infantile for you, but everything I wrote was backed by medical studies.
-PJ
Coronavirus Epidemic Update 34: US Cases Surge, Chloroquine & Zinc Treatment Combo, Italy LockdownThe role of Zinc ionophores (specifically Chloroquine) is explored further. A study that shows the absorption of zinc with and without chloroquine is included.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 35: New Outbreaks & Travel Restrictions, Possible COVID-19 Treatments
More on Hydroxychloroquine, and the role of Quercetin is explored as a Zinc ionophore. Includes a second study that compares absorption of zinc and chloroquine with zinc/hydroxychloroquine and zinc/quercetin to a control sample.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 61: Blood Clots & Strokes in COVID-19; ACE-2 Receptor; Oxidative Stress
Strokes in young patients is discussed, and the role that ACE2 receptors may be playing. Oxidative Stress is introduced.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 62: Treatment with Famotidine (Pepcid)?Preview of focus change to oxidative stress from COVID-19 infection. Prior videos were from the point of view of COVID-19 as a lung disease, now believed to be a means to an end. Prior concepts are still foundational for the next discussions.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 63: Is COVID-19 a Disease of the Endothelium (Blood Vessels and Clots)?Molecular biology revisited in terms of energy generation in the body. Oxidative Stress is explained in great detail. Glutathione antioxidant is introduced.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 65: COVID-19 and Oxidative Stress (Prevention & Risk Factors)Molecular biology of superoxides as a result of COVID-19 infection of ACE2 receptors is reviewed.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 69: "NAC" Supplementation and COVID-19 (N-Acetylcysteine)NAC and Glutathione is discussed as a means to reduce oxidative stress.
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 70: Glutathione Deficiency, Oxidative Stress, and COVID 19Glutathione deficiency from oxidative stress is discussed.
MedCram Coronavirus Pandemic Update 46: Can Hot/Cold Therapy Boost Immunity? More on HydroxychloroquineIncludes two studies on the changes in the immune system from repeated hot/cold immersion (AKA "Finnish Saunas").
Innate Immunity, Interferon, and COVID 19 in Children: Update 128
Includes a study on the "Pre-activated antiviral innate immunity of the upper airways" in children.