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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, May 11, 2020

World-Wide Nutritional Immunity
Why everybody, everywhere is taking vitamin C

Commentary by Andrew W. Saul, Editor-in-Chief

(OMNS May 11, 2020) "Vitamin C protects against coronavirus." The Orthomolecular Medicine News Service first said so on January 26. The opening sentence of that release was and remains politically incorrect: "The coronavirus pandemic can be dramatically slowed, or stopped, with the immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C." The next two sentences are virtually never quoted. "Physicians have demonstrated the powerful antiviral action of vitamin C for decades. There has been a lack of media coverage of this effective and successful approach against viruses in general, and coronavirus in particular."

Shortly after this release, CDC and WHO put up statements at their respective websites declaring that vitamin C was useless against COVID-19. Without even checking sources, USA Today and other newspapers declared it "fake news" and "false information." YouTube deleted videos of licensed physicians supporting therapeutic or even preventive use of vitamin C. Facebook literally blocked and banned this quote from one physician with over 30 years' experience treating viral illnesses:

"I have not seen any flu yet that was not cured or markedly ameliorated by massive doses of vitamin C."
(Robert F. Cathcart, MD)

But something else, something big, also happened. OMNS Chinese edition editor Richard Cheng, MD, PhD, was already in place in China. He was first to report in on several Chinese doctors' initial successes using intravenous vitamin C against COVID. This was followed by OMNS publishing quotes from seminars and interviews with these doctors. Videos of these physicians have been promptly and repeatedly removed by YouTube for "violating their community standards."

In spite of this, with no help from the network news, or the NIH, or the CDC, and certainly not from WHO, the public nevertheless drew a vital conclusion: if high dose intravenous vitamin C is useful for treating COVID-19 in hospitalized, ICU patients, then moderate oral doses of vitamin C will likely be a good preventive. Almost immediately, vitamin C sold out worldwide. Shelves were empty. Even the largest retailers were backordered for weeks. Some still are.

Practically the whole world is now taking vitamin C. I think this is the real reason why COVID-19 will not become COVID-20. Or 21.

All OMNS releases on COVID-19 follow below. They are all free access and may be freely reprinted with attribution.

(Andrew W. Saul founded the peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service in 2004 at the request of Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD, and Hugh D. Riordan, MD. Saul, Dr. Hoffer's coauthor for four books, has written, coauthored, or edited twenty-one more. He has no financial connection whatsoever with the supplement industry. )

Release #	Date	Subject
Vol. 16, No. 28	May 4, 2020	Vitamin C and Coronavirus: Not a Vaccine; Just a Humble Cure Vitamine C et Coronavirus - Pas de vaccin, seulement une humble cure
Vol. 16, No. 27	April 30, 2020	Protected Group Immunity, Not a Vaccine, is the Way to Stop the COVID-19 Pandemic La Protection par Immunité de groupe, non par vaccin, est le moyen d'arrêter la pandémie de COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 25	April 23, 2020	Vitamin C Evidence for Treating Complications of COVID-19 and other Viral Infections Preuves de la Vitamine C, pour le traitement des complications de la COVID-19 et d'autres infections virales
Vol. 16, No. 23	April 9, 2020	Vitamin D Supplements Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infection and Death La Supplémentation en Vitamine D pourrait réduire les risques de Grippe, d'Infection par COVID 19 et de Décès Vitamin D könnte das Infektions- und Sterberisiko durch Influenza und COVID-19 verringern L'integrazione di Vitamin a D potrebbe diminuire il rischi o di infezione e mortalità per i nfluenza e COVID 19
Vol. 16, No. 22	April 4, 2020	Sulforaphane as a Treatment for COVID-19 Sulforaphane comme Traitement du COVID-19 Sulforaphan zur Behandlung von COVID-19 Sulforaphane as a treatment for COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 21	April 3, 2020	Rationale for Vitamin C Treatment of COVID-19 and Other Viruses Justification du traitement à la vitamine C du COVID 19 et d'autres virus Zur Begründung der Vitamin-C-Therapie bei COVID-19 und anderen viralen Infekten Motivazioni a supporto dell’impiego della Vitamina C per il COVID-19 e gli altri virus
Vol. 16, No. 20	March 22, 2020	Published Research and Articles on Vitamin C as a Consideration for Pneumonia, Lung Infections, and the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) Traitement par Perfusion IV de Vitamine C à Forte Dose du virus COVID-19 Veröffentlichte Studien und Artikel zum Einsatz von Vitamin C bei Pneumonie, Lungeninfekten und dem neuartigen Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) Ricerche e articoli pubblicati sulla vitamina C riguardanti polmonite, infezioni polmonari e il nuovo coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) Estudios y artículos publicados sobre la vitamina C, considerando la neumonía, las infecciones pulmonares y el nuevo coronavirus (SARS CoV 2/COVID 19)
Vol. 16, No. 19	March 21, 2020	High-dose Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment for COVID-19 Traitement par Perfusion IV de Vitamine C à Forte Dose du virus COVID 19 Intravenöse Vitamin-C-Hochdosis-Therapie für COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 18	March 18, 2020	Successful High-Dose Vitamin C Treatment of Patients with Serious and Critical COVID-19 Infection Succès du traitement de vitamine C à forte dose de patients atteints d'une infection grave et critique par CoViD-19 Erfolgreiche Hochdosis-Vitamin-C-Behandlung von Patienten mit schwerer und kritischer COVID-19-Infektion Successo nel trattamento con vitamina C ad alte dosi in pazienti con infezione COVID-19 da moderata a grave
Vol. 16, No. 17	March 5, 2020	Vitamin C Saves Wuhan Family from COVID-19 La vitamine C sauve une famille de Wuhan du COVID-19 Vitamin C rettet Familie in Wuhan vor COVID-19 La vitamina C salva una famiglia di Wuhan dal COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 16	March 3, 2020	Shanghai Government Officially Recommends Vitamin C for COVID-19 Le gouvernement de Shanghai recommande officiellement la vitamine C pour COVID-19 Die Regierung von Shanghai empfiehlt offiziell Vitamin C für COVID-19 Il governo di Shanghai raccomanda ufficialmente la vitamina C per il COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 15	March 1, 2020	News Media Attacks Vitamin C Treatment of COVID-19 Coronavirus Les Medias s'attaquent au Traitement à la Vitamine C contre le Coronavirus COVID-19 Medien greifen Vitamin-C-Behandlung des COVID-19-Coronavirus an I Media attaccano il trattamento con vitamina C del coronavirus COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 14	February 28, 2020	Vitamin C and COVID-19 Coronavirus Vitamine C et COVID 19 Coronavirus Vitamin C und das COVID-19-Coronavirus La Vitamina C e il Coronavirus COVID-19 La Vitamina C y el Coronavirus COVID-19
Vol. 16, No. 13	February 23, 2020	TONS OF VITAMIN C TO WUHAN: China Using Vitamin C against COVID Des TONNES de VITAMINE C vers WUHAN Tonnen von Vitamin C für Wuhan TONNELLATE di VITAMINA C verso WUHAN
Vol. 16, No. 12	February 21, 2020	Three Intravenous Vitamin C Research Studies Approved for Treating COVID-19 Trois études de recherche sur la vitamine C par voie IV, approuvées pour le traitement de la COVID 19 Drei Studien über intravenöses Vitamin C zur Behandlung von COVID-19 genehmigt
Vol. 16, No. 11	February 16, 2020	Early Large Dose Intravenous Vitamin C is the Treatment of Choice for 2019-nCov Pneumonia La Vitamine C Intraveineuse (IVC) Précoce à Forte Dose est le Traitement de Choix de la Pneumonie à 2019 nCov Frühzeitige intravenöse Vitamin-C-Hochdosistherapie ist die Behandlung der Wahl der 2019-nCov-Pneumonie
Vol. 16, No. 10	February 13, 2020	Coronavirus Patients in China to be Treated with High-Dose Vitamin C Les patients atteints de coronavirus en Chine seront traités avec une forte dose de vitamine C Coronavirus-Patienten in China sollen mit hochdosiertem Vitamin C behandelt werden
Vol. 16, No. 09	February 10, 2020	VITAMIN C AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF nCoV CORONAVIRUS: How Vitamin C Reduces Severity and Deaths from Serious Viral Respiratory Diseases LA VITAMINE C ET SON APPLICATION DANS LE TRAITEMENT du CORONAVIRUS nCoV Vitamin C und seine Anwendung zur Therapie des nCov-Coronavirus
Vol. 16, No. 07	February 2, 2020	Hospital-based Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment for Coronavirus and Related Illnesses Traitement intraveineux à la vitamine C, en milieu hospitalier pour les coronavirus et les maladies connexes Klinische intravenöse Vitamin-C-Therapie bei Coronavirus und verwandten Erkrankungen Tratamiento intravenoso de vitamina C en hospitales para los coronavirus y enfermedades relacionadas
Vol. 16, No. 06	January 30, 2020	Nutritional Treatment of Coronavirus Traitement nutritionnel du Coronavirus Ernährungstherapie des Coronavirus
Vol. 16, No. 04	January 26, 2020	Vitamin C Protects Against Coronavirus La Vitamine C protège contre les Coronavirus Vitamin C schützt vor Coronavirus La vitamina C protegge dal coronavirus

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