When a new flu virus emerges, it can take up to 6 months perhaps even a year or longer, before flu vaccine is widely available. According to the CDC, when a vaccine is not available, NPIs are the best way to help slow the spread of a dangerous new virus. Dr. Ingram is a co-researcher of a study showing that oils of oregano and cinnamon destroy the coronavirus in the lab, published in the May, 2004 edition of the Abstracts of the 17th International Conference on Antiviral Research