What you described is what one theory says about the effect of HCQ. Zinc is a charged ion in the body and can’t get inside an infected cell by itself. HCQ is an ionophore—it docks with the cell and provides a channel through the cell wall that the zinc ion can use to enter the cell. Once inside it can start acting on the virus which is replicating itself in the cell. (This is a layman’s description, not a medical one, so terms are descriptive but not accurate.)
Long story short, quercetin is also an ionophore and might also work. It’s also an OTC supplement so you can get it. As for the zinc, most people on a decent diet probably already have zinc onboard.
And then there’s dosage. That guy who died taking fish tank stuff was taking a legitimate chloroquine medication, but in impure form and in a dosage that would have killed him even if it was pure. In the right dosage it might have worked, although he didn’t even have Covid-19 at the time as far as I know—a fine Darwin Award contestant and probably winner (except his wife might have murdered him, but that’s another issue entirely).
The point is, dosage matters and no one has tested it for Covid-19, plus if HCQ has contraindications, this drug probably has all of those and then some, given that HCQ is the safer drug. All that said, I got a bottle just in case there’s no HCQ available (or permitted) if I need it with very low confidence that it will work.
[[Long story short, quercetin is also an ionophore and might also work.]]
Thank you for that information and detailed explanation- I wonder if taking quercitin and zinc together then might work like taking HCQ and zinc then? Because I seriously doubt we are going to get the drug if we get the virus badly- right now the most cases are downstate, but they are coming upstate quickly- as many downstaters have second homes up here-
[[All that said, I got a bottle just in case there’s no HCQ available (or permitted) if I need it with very low confidence that it will work.]]
Got a bottle of what? The quercitin? it’s worth a try if you can’t get the HCQ from doctors- Might also want to pick up tonic water- I doubt that will work either, but it might be worth a try in a worse case scenario- not sure how much one would need though- it’s got a pretty low amount of quinine in it- not even sure quinine would work- and there are risks with quinine- but my goodness- there are severe risks with a bad case of the virus - deadly risks-