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Friday, February 19, 2021

Off topic science: Lysine therapy for COVID 19

Background: 
As friends are getting the COVID vaccine I am thinking about it too. Right now my decision is not likely, for several reasons:

- I expect the effectiveness is being overstated, as flu shots traditionally are

- This is a new technology developed in record time -- nine months, versus the usual several years to develop conventional technology vaccines

- The long term side effects are completely unknown and manufacturers have no liability for negative results, thanks to our goobermint.  That concerns me a lot.

- No one knows how long the immunity will last, or even if a person who has taken the vaccine could be a COVID carrier, unintentionally spreading it.

- Mutations of COVID-19 in Brazil and South Africa have been resistant to two vaccines being used in other nations (not the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, whose effectiveness with the new strains is unknown.)

- The chance of dying from COVID-19 is less than 1 in 100, even for people in their 60's like me. Almost no chance of dying for people under age 40.

- Medications intended for other uses have proven useful for keeping COVID-19 patients alive and out of intensive care units

- And now a study shows L-lysine therapy to be effective against COVID, in the Dominican Republic

L-lysine (non prescription) amino acid therapy was popular many decades ago for cold sores, along with a low L-arginine amino acid diet, which is even more important. 
 
Perhaps half the people in the world are carriers of the Herpes virus, and should already know that L-arginine rich foods can trigger a cold sore outbreak. Those foods include nuts (not peanuts), chocolate, orange juice, pumpkin, sesame seeds, and wheat germ  (sorry about that chocolate lovers) ...
High lysine to arginine ratio foods: 


L-lysine pills could reduce the severity of a cold sore, but the new drug acyclovir can actually stop a cold sore from forming, if you caught the outbreak soon enough. 
 

Acyclovir is now available as a generic drug by prescription from your doctor or dentist, and is very cheap. Every Herpes carrier should have some generic acyclovir.  L-lysine therapy was long forgotten ... until now.


You do your own research and make your own decision. I read the study and will order some L-lysine pills after I post this article. 
 
L-lysine has no known side effects -- you get some in your food every day. L-lysine rich foods include meats, fish, cheese, yogurt, soybeans, eggs (yea) and tofu (blah).
 
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Study: