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Choose Truth and Choose Life – Op-Ed by Vladimir Zev Zelenko M.D.
Covexit.com ^ | 10/18/2020 | Dr. Vladimir Zelenko

Posted on 10/24/2020 7:03:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind



     Truth stands the test of time.  We are currently engaged in World War III with over 210 countries fighting the same invisible enemy.[1] Regardless of the root causes of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s response to this crisis is killing more people than the actual virus.  In this response, I see  powerful and methodical groups colluding to obstruct the flow of life-saving information and medication.  Let me explain.

     In early March, I was forced by circumstance to treat my patients with Covid-19 in the out-patient setting.  With divine providence, research and a battlefield medicine approach of trial and error, I developed a highly-effective out-patient treatment now referred to as “The Zelenko Protocol.”  There are three key components to this protocol:  First, risk stratify patients.  That is,  identify high-risk patients who have a 5%-10% chance of dying from Covid-19.  Second, start treatment within the first five days of the onset of symptoms based on clinical suspicion. Yes, perform PCR testing, but don’t withhold treatment pending results.  Third, use a three-drug regimen of Zinc, Hydroxychlorochine (HCQ) and Azithromycin.  This out-patient, pre-hospital treatment protocol shows an 84% reduction in hospitalization and death if properly followed.[2]

     The rationale for risk stratification is because the Covid-19 virus disproportionately harms and kills patients older than 60, and younger patients who have comorbidities such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, etc.  

     The rationale for immediate treatment is because the viral load in a patient remains relatively constant during the first few days of the infection.  This is when a patient has mild-flu like symptoms.  After five days of having symptoms, however, the Covid-19 virus begins to replicate at an exponential rate.  Based on my team’s and my treatment of thousands of patients, it is clear that after five days of symptoms most high-risk patients begin to develop devastating complications such as catastrophic lung injury and blood clots.  Therefore, high-risk patients must be treated immediately based on clinical suspicion of Covid-19. Waiting to go to the doctor, or waiting for the results of confirmatory testing before starting treatment, is the very essence of the problem and leads to many unnecessary hospital admissions and deaths.

      Therefore, all the studies related to the efficacy of HCQ that were performed on hospitalized and critically-ill patients either missed the boat or were intentionally designed to fail.

     The rationale for the three-drug regimen turns out to be elegant and simple.  Covid-19 is an RNA virus that enters the cell and hijacks the cell’s resources to replicate itself.  Zinc blocks RNA viral replication by inhibiting the function of RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase (RDRP).[3]  However, Zinc is a positive cation in solution, it therefore has difficulty crossing through the cell membrane’s phospholipid bilayer to get into the cytoplasm and to inhibit the virus’ replication.

     HCQ is a Zinc ionophore, which opens a channel in the cell membrane’s phospholipid bilayer and transports the Zinc into the cell’s cytoplasm[4] where it is able to attack the virus.  In other words, both Zinc and HCQ are required in order to kill the virus.  

     Therefore, all the studies that were performed with HCQ but without Zinc either missed the boat or were intentionally designed to fail.  

     Azithromycin is a well known and safe antibiotic and most likely prevents the patient from developing secondary opportunistic pneumonia.  It has recently been reported that Azithromycin may have antiviral properties as well.[5]

     The three drug regimen included in “The Zelenko Protocol” may be administered orally, at home, and costs approximately $20 for the entire treatment. Since April, I have continued to adjust certain aspects of this treatment protocol based on real-world results because I believe that the sanctity of life and the art of medicine requires constant tailoring to find the right treatment for each individual.  Please see the comprehensive guide to “The Zelenko Protocol.”[6]

     The negative propaganda regarding HCQ and “The Zelenko Protocol” and the fraudulent or poorly designed studies released since this pandemic began have resulted in thousands of unnecessary global deaths from Covid-19.  As of 7:50 PM EST on October 15, 2020 there are 1,094,979 recorded deaths from Covid-19.[7] A vast majority of these could have been easily avoided with timely treatment with this three-drug regimen.  

The false narrative regarding HCQ has nefariously demonized this life-saving medication.  The false safety concerns regarding HCQ have created global panic among patients, physicians, and governments.  The truth is that HCQ is one of the safest medications in the world.  It has been used by millions of patients for 65 years in the treatment of malaria, malaria prophylaxis, and several rheumatological diseases.  It is also given to pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children.

     According to Dr. Harvey Risch M.D. PHD, from the Yale School of Medicine, studies from around the world overwhelmingly and statistically prove that early treatment of high-risk patients with HCQ and Zinc works.[8] However, the studies that are used to demonize HCQ, The Zelenko Protocol and other treatment regimens, are seriously flawed and were designed to fail.  For example: the Lancet study was retracted for fraud.[9]  The Recovery Trial sponsored by Oxford used lethal doses of HCQ.[10]  The Veterans Administration study from Virginia used only critically ill and hospitalized patients on respirators.[11]  This is just to mention a few.

     As everyone knows, the lockdown response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been catastrophic on many levels.  The collateral damage of societal closure has resulted in a drastic increase in suicide rates,[12] and a pandemic of child[13] and spousal abuse.[14]  Many chronic illnesses and general patient care have been neglected due to people’s lack of access to routine care.  The worldwide economic devastation has psychologically traumatized our societies and has sent thousands of families into poverty and businesses into bankruptcy.  And the long term consequences of these lockdowns are not yet fully apparent.

     My interest is to save lives and end the pandemic, right now.  This may easily be accomplished if governments act in the best interests of their people. This means encouraging doctors and patients to treat Covid-19 immediately, making the medications readily available, and removing any governmental obstacles to the use of these medications.  

The forces that oppose HCQ and “The Zelenko Protocol” are powerful and numerous: some politicians seeking power for their party if the economy continues into a tailspin; big-pharma executives seeking profit from their expensive medications and vaccines; the WHO pushing its agenda in line with the interests of its funding sources; anarchists seeking anarchy; just to mention a few.  

But truth will stand the test of time. In the meanwhile, perhaps if the politicians, big-pharma executives and everyone else were to remember that each of us, including the old and those with comorbidities, are made in the image of G-d and that life has sanctity, then perhaps thousands more won’t needlessly have to die while the truth struggles to set itself free.



[1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/countries-where-coronavirus-has-spread/

[2] https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202007.0025/v1

[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2973827/

[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182877/

[5] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109815

[6]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TaRDwXMhQHSMsgrs9TFBclHjPHerXMuB87DUXmcAvwg/edit?usp=sharing

[7] Source: WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC

[8] https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwaa093/5847586

[9] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31324-6/fulltext

[10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417172/

[11] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20065920v2

[12] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm

[13] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7410011/


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: covid19; hcq; hydroxychloroquine; vladimirzelenko

1 posted on 10/24/2020 7:03:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Mrs. Don-o; tellw; Huskrrrr; Jane Long; Freedom'sWorthIt; Freedom56v2; BDParrish; Phx_RC

Ping as per your request


2 posted on 10/24/2020 7:03:49 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Fauci himself reported that HCQ was effective against coronavirus in 2005. They always knew it worked.

Essentially, no one had to die. The war on HCQ/zinc has killed 200,000 people in the US alone.


3 posted on 10/24/2020 7:13:52 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

You are totally right on!


4 posted on 10/24/2020 7:15:56 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: marron

But the death of any person, or group of people, are literally seen as part of the larger strategy to take control.


5 posted on 10/24/2020 7:17:21 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: SeekAndFind

Love the explanation of how Zelenko Protocol works


6 posted on 10/24/2020 7:20:25 PM PDT by Luigi Vasellini (political class.......TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

In the scientific war between Dr Zelenko and Big Pharma it seems to me that the bad guys are winning. He has the truth and a Yale epidemiology professor on his side, and they have almost everything else. Trump himself hurt by abandoning HCQ when he caught the Wuhan virus. If he had taken it he may not have needed to be hospitalized at all.


7 posted on 10/24/2020 7:35:05 PM PDT by devere
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To: Luigi Vasellini

Indeed ... Dr. Zelenko writes well for a general readership.

I particularly liked how he described his protocol as a “battlefield medicine approach.”

Powerful people have blood on their hands for creating mass panic — and very likely denying life-saving treatment to thousands.


8 posted on 10/24/2020 7:40:52 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: SeekAndFind

Please Christian brother and sister...pray RIGHT NOW...STOP what you are doing..kneel down and ask God in the name of Jesus to ‘restore America’ and protect President Trump.

Please, please....Do It NOW...

... this IS the most powerful HOPE for our Republic...
Please ...... PRAY RIGHT NOW...

May God Bless America.

I will repost this MOST critical post ‘repeatedly’ from now until the election. Pray that we all truly begin to pray.

Your brother, in the love of Jesus, RevelationDavid.


9 posted on 10/24/2020 7:44:41 PM PDT by RevelationDavid (Don't just 'know about God'...... KNOW GOD....!)
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To: marron
That claim is based on misrepresenting a 2005 study showing Chloroquine had some effect on SARS in lab conditions. Dr. Fauci had no direct involvement in that study.

Fact check: Fauci did not approve hydroxychloroquine as a cure for coronaviruses in 2005
Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread

10 posted on 10/24/2020 7:53:14 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: SeekAndFind

Silver !!!!!!!


12 posted on 10/24/2020 9:11:22 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again)
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To: Truthoverpower

RE: Silver !!!!!!!

What’s that got to do with Covid-19?

But yes, I own Silver ETF’s in my portfolio.


13 posted on 10/24/2020 9:16:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Widget Jr

You’ll notice the second article is at the NIH website. It’s easy to find articles from 2005 and 2006 stating that chloroquine is effective against SARS coronavirus. Doctors who started using the HCQ/zinc cocktail didn’t pull that out of their hats. They did find they were having almost 100% success with their patients. This includes doctors in the US and abroad. It was weird to see the endless attacks on this treatment and on the people using it. It’s not been tested? If you see covid as a completely new disease, then nothing has been tested. And yet notice the hysteria in the attacks on what works. Weird. They forget that old people take it every day for years as part of treatment for various autoimmune conditions.


14 posted on 10/24/2020 10:47:22 PM PDT by marron
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To: SeekAndFind

Here again is the original posted letter from Dr. Zelenko:

SUCCESSFUL THERAPY AGAINST COVID-19 VIRUS from New York State:
Dr. Vladimir (Zev) Zelenko
Board Certified Family Practitioner
501 Rt 208, Monroe, NY 10950
845-238-0000
March 23, 2020
To all medical professionals around the world:
My name is Dr. Zev Zelenko and I practice medicine in Monroe, NY. For the last 16 years, I have cared for approximately 75% of the adult population of Kiryas Joel, which is a very close knit community of approximately 35,000 people in which the infection spread rapidly and unchecked prior to the imposition of social distancing.
As of today my team has tested approximately 200 people from this community for Covid-19, and 65% of the results have been positive. If extrapolated to the entire community, that means more than 20,000 people are infected at the present time. Of this group, I estimate that there are 1500 patients who are in the high-risk category (i.e. >60, immunocompromised, comorbidities, etc).
Given the urgency of the situation, I developed the following treatment protocol in the pre-hospital setting and have seen only positive results:
1. Any patient with shortness of breath regardless of age is treated.
2. Any patient in the high-risk category even with just mild symptoms is treated.
3. Young, healthy and low risk patients even with symptoms are not treated (unless their circumstances change and they fall into category 1 or 2).
My out-patient treatment regimen is as follows:
1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
The rationale for my treatment plan is as follows. I combined the data available from China and South Korea with the recent study published from France (sites available on request). We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated, hence the risk to the patient is low.
Since last Thursday, my team has treated approximately 350 patients in Kiryas Joel and another 150 patients in other areas of New York with the above regimen.
Of this group and the information provided to me by affiliated medical teams, we have had ZERO deaths, ZERO hospitalizations, and ZERO intubations. In addition, I have not heard of any negative side effects other than approximately 10% of patients with temporary nausea and diarrhea.
In sum, my urgent recommendation is to initiate treatment in the outpatient setting as soon as possible in accordance with the above. Based on my direct experience, it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prevents the need for hospitalization and saves lives.
With much respect,
Dr. Zev Zelenko
cc: President Donald J. Trump; Mr. Mark Meadows, Chief of Staff
Video at Link
https://matzav.com/watch-kiryas-yoel-dr-zev-zelenko-to-trump-im-seeing-success-with-your-approved-drug/?fbclid=IwAR0gVHAW9kWF-JLRHjzQx9bSFx6jlRgTn9_PpAmaiykXhsVqTE7wJrddS4g

8 posted on 3/24/2020, 5:02:30 PM by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))


15 posted on 10/24/2020 11:14:19 PM PDT by Norski
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To: marron
That study was in a lab. It was not on patients and there still is no known treatment for SARS. While hydroxychloroquine is based on chloroquine, that does not guarantee that it works the same way on the same diseases or has the same side effects. Especially when there is no know treatment for SARS or Covid-19 in the first place. To doctors who treat patients those are big differences.

My point was, that study by itself was no proof Hydroxychloroquine worked on Covid-19, and that Fauci had nothing to do with the study at all.

16 posted on 10/24/2020 11:20:06 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: SeekAndFind

And here is the editorial with some substitutions for those being denied HCQ and antibiotics. It is showing up in people’s Facebook posts since July, and I know of 3 personally who have taken it successfully after testing positive:

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EDITORIAL, not a medical professional:

Most likely, we are all going to get this, or have a loved one who does, or we’ve already had it.

Because the Hydroxychloroquine (quinine derivative) is such an old, well-known and tolerated drug, (used world-wide for malaria without prescription for over 70 years) and is generic, which means it is quite cheap and will not make huge profits, it is being denigrated and withheld as much as possible.

Try to get your doctor to prescribe it, and then a pharmacy to fill it.
It is commonly prescribed long-term for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatiod arthritis and lupus.

For those of us who can’t get this Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for whatever reason, there are substitutes. So keep this information, look it up, try it out when you or your loved one gets sick. .

Here are some substitutes:

1. FOR Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (Quinine derivative) 200mg twice a day for 5 days

SCHWEPPS Tonic Water contains 80mg per liter of QUININE. 3 liters of the stuff will have about 240mg of Quinine. 5 liters will give you the same daily amount as above (200mg twice day = 400mg)
They tell you to push fluids when sick. So, SCHWEPPS Tonic water. Try the 3 liters. Get zinc in cells.

2. FOR Azithromycin (Zpak) 500mg once a day for 5 days

Can’t get Zpak? If you take enough vitamin C (10-20 grams per day, spaced out about a gram (1000 mg ) per hour, it acts like an antibiotic. Maybe dissolve in the tonic, but don’t take pills on an empty stomach. If your stool gets soft, skip three hours and dial it back to a gram every other hour. (But you will absorb more vitamin c than you ever thought you could.)

3. FOR Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days. (THE ZINC IS THE ANTIVIRAL AGENT)

Zinc piccolinate, zinc glycinate, zinc gluconate supplements, all seem to work just fine. Check locally, order Amazon, or
Puritans Pride www.puritan.com stock #2000 will work, or LifeExtension Foundation#01561 or #01961 www.lef.org.

So the zinc 220mg dose for 5 days, then back to RDA of 22-25mg daily..

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17 posted on 10/24/2020 11:20:30 PM PDT by Norski
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To: Norski

A keeper


18 posted on 10/24/2020 11:44:58 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Norski

Bookmark


19 posted on 10/24/2020 11:56:32 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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