Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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SvennoJ said:

Now here is some good news!


https://calgaryherald.com/cannabis/cannabis-shows-promise-blocking-coronavirus-infection-alberta-researcher/

Cannabis extracts are showing potential in making people more resistant to the novel coronavirus, says an Alberta researcher leading a study.

After sifting through 400 cannabis strains, researchers at the University of Lethbridge are concentrating on about a dozen that show promising results in ensuring less fertile ground for the potentially lethal virus to take root, said biological scientist Dr. Igor Kovalchuk.

“A number of them have reduced the number of these (virus) receptors by 73 per cent, the chance of it getting in is much lower,” said Kovalchuk.


Caveat: said Kovalchuk, whose Pathway RX is owned partly by Olds-based licensed cannabis producer Sundial Growers and partnered with Alberta cannabis researcher Swysh.

 it’s generally the anti-inflammatory properties of high-CBD content that have shown most promise, he added.

“We focus more on the higher CBD because people can take higher doses and not be impaired,” said Kovalchuk.

The study under Health Canada licence using artificial human 3-D tissue models has been seeking ways to hinder the highly contagious novel coronavirus from finding a host in the lungs, intestines, and oral cavity.

https://torontosun.com/cannabis/cannabis-shows-promise-blocking-coronavirus-infection-alberta-researcher/wcm/a5372400-044f-4364-990b-4424c16598a0

Israeli researchers have begun clinical trials of CBD as a treatment to repair cells damaged by COVID-19 by using its anti-inflammatory abilities.

It’s thought CBD could enhance the traditional effect of steroids in such treatment of patients in life-threatening condition and also bolster the immune system.

"Showing Potential" is far from anything definitive I am afraid... Plus it seems there is a conflict of interest financially anyway, so grains of salt and all that.

Just like those who propagate the idea that Cannabis cures cancer, diabetes and every other disease known to man.

It can have some beneficial effects, but it's far from a cure-all that some would want you to believe, my grand mother had a CBD "expert" contact her and got her taking it for her diabetes, she was later hospitalized because it spiked her insulin levels.

A friend of mine started taking it at the expense of Chemo treatment. He died.

Alas, the dangers of ignoring science.