This dude is the researcher who found the way to halt viruses with chloroquine-Didier Raoult
Zelenko studied his work.
I know about Didier but Zev added the Zinc and Zinc is key.
HCQ was known previously to be of some benefit for breathing problems. It was not widely known but was spoken about. It wasn’t something that appeared out of the blue de novo for this application. It’s effect on breathing was observed from feedback from malaria, RA, lupus sufferers.
But in addition it was widely regarded as an immunosuppressant. I imagine Zev saw the cytokine ‘storm’ as having a large effect on the severity of Covid-19 and looked into it, finding Didier’s recent results. But at the time Didier only had about 20 cases which is truly anecdotal but with such a high success rate of outcomes, I imagine Zev decided HCQ was going to be part of his regimen. He then added Azithromycin as Didier because it’s well-known and has both antibacterial and some antiviral properties, But his stroke of genius was to add the Zinc which stops the virus from multiplying. It’s orders of magnitude more powerful as an antiviral than Z-Pak and he had the thinking that HCQ might help push Zinc inside the cell. He was right.
The French have a zinc-rich diet. Zev’s addition was based on his insight into how HCQ and Zinc work together. He separated the cure from any dependency on food culture. That’s why he deserves top honors.
Both Raoult and Zelenko deserve recognition in this. I have mentioned Raoult dozens of times in previous posts. Believe me, I know about him, I know the subject.