On about March 21, and again April 12, Dr. Zalenko sent information to the President about his apparently successful treatment using Hydroxychloroquine and zinc against the virus and Azithromycin as a chaser to prevent bacterial pneumonia. For some odd reason (and one Congress should perhaps ask Fauci about), all the President and others have said is HCQ, NOTHING about the zinc. HCQ opens the cell, and zinc goes into the cell and prevents the virus from reproducing. So anyone who uses only the HCQ is setting themselves up for failure. In fact have just had a trial of HCQ on veterans at a VA hospital. They results are less that promising. SO WHY THE PERSISTENT FAILURE TO USE ZINC???
Meanwhile everyone is talking about the vaccine IN THE FUTURE. Bill Gates is financing 7 companies fast tracking development of different vaccines. How much money can be made with a successful vaccine (which might have to be renewed yearly like the flu vaccine), and how much money does a treatment with HCQ with zinc sulfate cost (if it is actually a successful treatment). https://internetprotocol.co/hype-news/2020/04/14/a-detailed-coronavirus-treatment-plan-from-dr-zelenko/
I decided to check the prices of HCQ and zinc. Zalenko recommends:
HCQ, 200 mg., 2 per day for 5 days. Bargain generics cost around 37cents a 200 mg. tablet ($3.70)
Zinc Sulfate, 220 mg., 1 per day for 5 days. Prices for 220 mg. tablets ranging from 6 to 17cents (30 to 85 cents)
POOR BIG PHARMA—never going to get rich at those prices.
General: Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) quantities of zinc have been established for boys and men age 14 and older, 11 mg/day; women 19 and older, 8 mg/day; pregnant women 14 to 18, 13 mg/day; pregnant women 19 and older, 11 mg/day; lactating women 14 to 18, 14 mg/day; lactating women 19 and older, 12 mg/day. Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) of zinc for people who are not receiving zinc under medical supervision: adults 19 years and older (including pregnancy and lactation), 40 mg/day. The typical North American male consumes about 13 mg/day of dietary zinc; women consume approximately 9 mg/day. Different salt forms provide different amounts of elemental zinc. Zinc sulfate contains 23% elemental zinc; 220 mg zinc sulfate contains 50 mg zinc. Zinc gluconate contains 14.3% elemental zinc; 10 mg zinc gluconate contains 1.43 mg zinc.