SELENOP and COVID-19: Based on further analysis of the data from Zhang et al., correlating Se status (based upon hair analysis) with COVID-19 recovery rates in Chinese cities [9], Figure 1 of Rayman et al. [19] suggests that, indeed, there is a protective effect of Se dietary intakes at levels that exceed those previously shown to be sufficient to optimize the expression of critical selenoproteins like glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX1) and selenoprotein P (SelenoP).