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Given the role of glucose in the pathway, could a person’s diet have an effect on his or her response to a viral infection? “That’s a very good question,” Wen says. “At this moment, I think it’s too early to make a judgment [about whether] a special diet can fight against virus infection.” What scientists do know is that people with type 2 diabetes are more susceptible to severe flu infections. But that risk is not because they have higher glucose levels in their blood. The real reason, Wen says, is that they cannot use glucose effectively—and thus cannot initiate a proper antiviral response.

Ultimately, the hope is that by interfering with this glucose metabolism pathway, we might be able to stave off the deadly cytokine storms seen in severe cases of flu or COVID-19. But Lu’s team has not yet done studies in people. “At the moment, we do not have data in patients demonstrating the effect of interference with energy metabolism,” he says. “It is too early to make a conclusion about the potential clinical use.”

So the conclusion is that the "real reason" is "they cannot use glucose effectively-- and thus cannot initiate a proper antiviral response." Did the thought occur that the reason they can't use glucose effectively just may be due to exceedingly high BG over the years, thus making these folks insulin resistant??? Thus preventing them from using glucose effectively??? You just couldn't make this up. Yes, the on-ramp for drugs enabling the effective use of glucose is in place . . . . .