That is correct. Most people have various vitamin and mineral deficiencies in their diet, especially in an American diet, because people eat a bunch of processed crap made from nutritionally deficient sources to begin with. All the zinc supplements in the world won't do you any good by themselves though, because the cellular membrane isn't especially permeable to zinc ions. Throw in some Chloroquine and a small amount of zinc supplementation though, and viral replication is inhibited enough to give your immune system a fighting chance to do its job and clear the virus faster than it can replicate. I understand why the FDA is hesitant to endorse the use of Chloroquine without a randomized double blind clinical trial (or two) with a sufficiently large sample size, but at this point, I think it's more irresponsible to not use it off-label for patients who have severe disease caused by coronavirus infection.
Where is Rush Limbaugh shilling his Zinc meds when you need him.
Sadly, this is happening. People have been jacking the prices up on ebay.
I have been on it for years because of lupus. I refilled a 90 day supply back in February. I hope this dies down by the time I need to get more.
I got really sick anyway with some respiratory virus as they put it in the ER. They don't even test you unless you have a fever. I understand why but it sucks not knowing. I am just starting to feel better now. But my chest still hurts if I walk around too much.
Rich people stockpiling this stuff and it getting overprescribed drives the price up and creates a shortage.
I only tke suppliments if the doctor tells me I have a deficiency. So I never have zinc laying around. If I thought zinc along with the hydroxychloroquine would be helpful I would try to find some. But I don't think I will be needing it as whatever I had I seem to be recovering from. But these assmonkeys buying up stuff they don't need in mass quantities just hurts the people who do need them. I'm not gonna be a Steve Polychronopolous.
