| Vitamin C, taken orally, reduces length of cold with 8% in adults, and 12% in children. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796569 Vitamin C deficiency makes you more susceptible to the cold and severe infections. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16988135 Vitamin C has shown inhibitory effect in chickens for avian coronavirus. https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/52/6/1049/731701 Chinese are testing intravenous Vitamin C for treating COVID-19 with promising results for reducing cytokine-induced damage to the lungs. https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2... I am really not sure why news organizations all around the world feel the need to debunk Vitamin C usage for novel coronavirus. For instance: https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/03/09/coronavirus-its-time-... . Their conclusions all amount to: washing hands is better, you may get a tummy ache, and don't believe folk remedies. |
This means it is essential for tissue repair. Also the production of neurotransmitters / cell signalling molecules.
Of course it improves recovery and reduces severity of symptoms. Of course it won't prevent anything.
I can't understand how there is any dispute.