My understanding is that hydroxychloroquine with zinc given early enough...before sick enough to go to hospital, that it works very well...used as a prophylactic, it is very successful. That is the reason travelers to malaria pron countries, the drug is started before the traveler leaves home. I have yet to see that explanation in print.
In the past few years, I’ve only been sick with a cold once, and I got it after having been visiting in NYC for a few days, near coughing people on public transportation. I remember feeling like I couldn’t wash my hands fast enough after getting off the airplane.
At any rate, I started using Zicam swabs and lozenges to help fend off the cold, and it only lasted a couple of days. I haven’t been sick once with a cold or flu at all in the time between then and now.
I don’t know if I have been exposed to CoVid 19 or not, but about 15 minutes to a half an hour before I go out to run errands now, I use a Zicam nasal swab, and I use hand sanitizer while I’m out, and wash my hands as soon as I get home.
I wonder if using zinc like this is helping me stay healthy. Maybe zinc by itself helps ward off the corona virus?