Dietary Iodine May Possibly Prevent SARS-Cov 2 Infection
Dietary Iodine May Possibly Prevent SARS-Cov 2 Infection SARS-CoV 2 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious and often deadly virus airborne agent entering humans via the nose and mouth lodging in the bronchi and lungs Vaccines are now available but require years before billions of people can be immunized many countries cannot afford expensive vaccines may not be very effective against mutant forms of the virus Preventative measures are few Enforced economic shutdowns and strict social distancing Are difficult to enforce and cannot be sustained forever and only delay the pandemic spread Here we will show that dietary iodine may allow some people to avoid becoming infected may dampen the rate of COVID-19 transmission Dietary iodine (I- or iodide ion) is available to many and is cheap The protective mammalian enzyme lactoperoxidase is extruded into human lungs and saliva [1] catalyses the oxidation of iodide with H2O2 into the products hypoiodite...