Some nutritional supplements may help prevent or mitigate COVID-19 severity With hundreds of thousands of new cases being reported every day, over a year after its onset, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still making its presence felt worldwide. Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pandemic is estimated to be about ten-fold bigger than the number of reported infections. It has proved difficult to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 because of the asymptomatic nature of a large percentage of infections, the high transmissibility of the virus, and its spread by direct contact, especially indoors. A new study in the