In vitro, or cellular, tests found that zinc is helpful in preventing a whole host of RNA viruses, including influenza and poliovirus. Somehow, zinc interferes with the way that these viruses process their polyproteins, which effectively prevents them from doing their damage.

Earlier research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) also identified zinc as a powerful weapon against SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), which is also a type of coronavirus. In fact, the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), also known as the Chinese Virus, is said to be SARS 2.0.

In this BMJ study, zinc ions were found to provide a natural mechanism of protection against these viruses, particularly by preventing their attachment onto cell surfaces.

"Over the past 30 years, researchers have demonstrated the critical role of zinc in diverse physiological processes, such as growth and development, maintenance and priming of the immune system, and tissue repair," this paper explains.

"Direct antiviral effects of zinc ions have been demonstrated against rhinoviruses responsible for the common cold (1,2,3,4,5) … (and) [z]inc has also been shown to directly decrease the incidence of respiratory infections in young children from developing countries probably by mechanisms that involve restoration of T-cell immunity lost as a result of deficiency of this mineral."

In other words, zinc is an immune system necessity, and it just so happens to have been tested against viruses like coronavirus, with incredible success.

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