If the doctor he talked to was Dr. Zelenko then he would have been told that the active agent is actually the zinc that is taken with HCQ. HCQ merely opens a neutral channel through the cell walls that allows the positive ion zinc to get into the cells and boost the immune system.
Zinc is a well know supplement that improves the immune system but is hard to absorb into cells. That’s why many people take it in a chelated form like zinc picolinate. This works like HCQ to allow better absorption. Future studies will also show that more zinc in the diet is also responsible for the lower infection rates in countries like Japan and Korea where shellfish and mushrooms are staples.
It was Dr. Zelenko.
Good point about Zinc Picolinate.
Zinc Sulphate is good too, but Picolinate is better.