I saw this paper [1] on Twitter today. At number 5 in the list of top-scoring chemicals that disrupt the virus's behaviour (PDF p11) is quercetin, which is appa

I saw this paper [1] on Twitter today. At number 5 in the list of top-scoring chemicals that disrupt the virus's behaviour (PDF p11) is quercetin, which is apparently found in capers [2] and readily cleared for use as a supplement. While no one should be self-medicating with this sort of thing unless they know exactly what they're doing, it seems to me like this sort of chemical could show promise as a therapeutic treatment prescribed by medical professionals while we wait for a vaccine (I am NOT an expert, assess the reliability of the literature, caveat emptor, etc.). [1] https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Repurposing_Therapeutics_for_the_Wuhan_Coronavirus_nCov-2019_Supercomputer-Based_Docking_to_the_Viral_S_Protein_and_Human_ACE2_Interface/11871402/4 https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Repurposing_Therapeutics_for_t... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin