Originally Posted by
OpMidClimax
There have been multiple multivariate studies performed.
If you want to supliment zinc feel free to just use a daily multivitamin
Zinc really has only been proven clinically to aid in marginal testosterone production. The whole zinc anion/cation and viruses has been largely debunked. That's how Zicam came and went and the massive amounts of lawsuits it had to defend. .
As far as azithromycin and covid goes. There is a lot of evidence that a broad spectrum antibiotic during seroconverion of the virus is effective at preventing secondary infection. We really have mixed and unsubstantiated results as an antiviral.
The above is not exactly accurate - zinc availability within cells, and the implications of zinc deficiency, have been demonstrated and (somewhat accepted) well before this chaos of covid began. My interest in zinc levels in the body predate the covid-19 pandemic due to the "anecdotal" personal success of using zinc gluconate at the
very first signs of a cold (a coronavirus) and the clear and indisputable personal impact of much shorter and less severe cold symptoms (for me and only for me - thus indisputable by others).
Attached are two references that are of very different levels of detail, focus, and intent for your and any others reading pleasure:
Zn(2+) Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA
How Zinc Can Help with Infections