★★★★★
Right now it is only beginning to be researched and used to help treat Lyme disease (because of its ability to break up the Lyme disease biofilm).
This is a 2009 Russian study (in vitro) that shows that stevia has virustatic and virucidal (prevents growth of viruses; kills viruses) against a human coronavirus ((Hco V-229E). Download to read the whole paper:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11094-009-0270-7
This study shows that stevia can have an important anti-inflammatory effect that could make it beneficial in fighting Covid-19:
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/omcl/2018/3823426/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=HDW_MRKT_GBL_SUB_ADWO_PAI_DYNA_JOUR_X_PJ&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0LPU2JjT6gIVCr7ACh2-zg0hEAAYASAAEgI8Q_D_BwE
And this analysis of published papers shows why the above study could be beneficial in fighting the inflammation caused by Covid-19:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296400/
In the absence of any useful measures to prevent/treat Covid-19, particularly if one is told to fight the disease at home, I am choosing to use stevia regularly.
