SARS-CoV2/COVID-19: What You Need to Know

Webinar Summary

Heather Zwickey, PhD, a professor of immunology, provides insight on SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 based on her knowledge in immunology and microbiology. She highlights practical tools we can all implement in terms of food safety, social distancing strategies and addresses some prominent questions, including:

• Can you contract the virus by breathing the air of where someone effected has been?
• Should I discontinue ACE inhibitors?
• Will this go away when we have warm weather?
• Is wearing a mask truly preventative?
• If you have the virus once, can you get it again?

Dr. Zwickey also summarizes the evidence to support specific bioactives including, vitamin C, elderberry, vitamin D, and melatonin. She also provides an overview of the most plausible theories on where this virus came from, who is at risk, and the connection with ACE2 receptors.

Presenter Bio

Heather Zwickey, PhD, earned a Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbiology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with a focus on infectious disease. Dr. Zwickey went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship and teach medical school at Yale University. At the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR, Dr. Zwickey launched the Helfgott Research Institute and established the School of Graduate Studies, developing programs in research, nutrition, and global health among others. She currently leads an NIH funded clinical research training program. She teaches at many universities and speaks at conferences world-wide. At Helfgott Research Institute, Dr. Zwickey applies her immunology expertise to natural medicine, with specific interest in the gut-brain axis in neuroinflammation.