Elbow grease: thanks for the appreciation. It helps as I wait for my pokey old computer with 30 tabs up try to print the link I have asked for. I believe that President Trump did mention zinc once early in his response about HCQ, but it appears his minders got on him fast to stop. After all if we had a cheap, effective, early treatment for Covid, why would we be willing to spend large amounts on new patented drugs (like the one Fauci is promoting) and vaccines (that may or may not work for very long). Philanthropic though it may sound, there must be a reason Bill Gates is financing 7 different vaccine studies. I would love to see the contracts that have been signed for that financing.
Meanwhile, now that Trump is only talking about HCQ and occasionally Azithromycin, VA Hospitals have now treated very ill veterans with one or both of those two, BUT NO ZINC, and are now saying HCQ does not work, and some have said maybe should be banned. I wonder if a lawyer could make a good case for some of these very ill veterans, the long hospitalizations they may be needing, and possible deaths for treatment WITHOUT including the ZINC.
Two recent concerns are that people of color—African-Americans, Latinos and others—are dying at a higher rate. The second concern is that men seem to be dying at a higher rate than women. Aside from any differences in income and type of employment, people with dark skin do not absorb Vitamin D as readily as light skinned people do. Therefore I encourage everyone to take 5000 IU of Vitamin D3 unless they get plenty of sun and don’t wash their skin for at least 6 hours. Vitamin D forms in oils on the skin and then is gradually absorbed over a number of hours. Dark pigment slows the rate of absorption.
Regarding men vs. women death rates, I have one idea (currently there is talk of giving female hormones to the men).
There are 3 types of macrophages which are vital for resolution of acute inflammation. M1 is pro-inflammatory, M2 is anti-inflammatory, and Mres is regulatory by secreting anti-inflammatory cytokines. Excessive inflammation of lungs, called Cytokine Storms seem to be a significant cause of death. It might be interesting to see if men and women have different amounts or ratios of these 3 macrophage types. Vitamin C may also be involved, but has not yet been studied in relationship to these macrophages.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175383/ [This is a very technical article and I am still trying to evaluate it’s diagnostic and treatment potential.]
D3 and Zinc both play roles in immune system, oxide brand is not very absorbable. While Magnesium is the Master mineral as long as Not oxide.