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https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=227.0Zinc would certainly seem to be the rock star when it comes to defeating COVID-19, since zinc is what inhibits the virus from replicating inside our cells. Unfortunately it has a difficult time of finding its way into the cell without a vehicle to transport it into the cell, and that's where an ionophore like hydroxychloroquine comes in.
https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=222.0How HCQ works by Dr. Mobeen Syed this is the best video for an explanation of the mechanisms of action of HCQ. Please click on the link:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Iovt9tpU00Zu/Though perhaps less effective quercetin or EGCG may do as prophylaxis.
https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=87.0So unless you can get a prescription for HCQ as prophylaxis, one of the latter two ionophores will have to do while taking it with zinc and vitamin C.
Don't go overboard, because sustained too high of levels of zinc can become toxic, but toxicity goes away upon cessation of zinc intake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_toxicityZelenko recommends 25mg per day as prophylaxis and 50mg per day only during the 7-day treatment for COVID patients. For his recommendations for both treatment and prohpylaxis please click here:
https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=37.msg557#msg557______________________________________
https://c19zinc.com/excerpts from each study:
"Treatment with Zinc is Associated with Reduced In-Hospital Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients: A Multi-Center Cohort Study
Zinc and Vitamin a Deficiency Predisposes to the Need for Intubation and Icu Admission in Patients With COVID-19. An Observational Study
79% lower mortality and 82% lower hospitalization with early HCQ+AZ+Z. Retrospective 518 patients (141 treated, 377 control).
Analysis of 35 COVID-19 patients showing a significant correlation for serum zinc levels between COVID-19 patients and controls, and between COVID-19 survivors and non-survivors
Low zinc levels at clinical admission associates with poor outcomes in COVID-19
Zinc sulfate in combination with a zinc ionophore may improve outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients