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“As Dr Zev now puts it: ‘Zinc is the bullet. Hydroxychloroquine is the gun.’”

Like most ammunition, it can be fired by many different guns. HCQ is a zinc ionophore, meaning that it changes the chemistry of your body to allow zinc to enter the cells, where it does its work of stopping the virus (in this case the Wu Flu) from reproducing. But there are OTHER zinc ionophores - notably Quercetin, which is available OTC. Reports that I have read indicate that Quercetin is not as efficient as HCQ, but that about 1200 mg/day of it with zinc will work about as well as the 2 x 200 mg of HCQ being given in Dr. Zelenko’s (and others’) protocols. No governor can prevent you from getting Quercetin, you can go to your local grocery or health food store, or order it online. In the absence of HCQ, I have been taking Quercetin along with zinc (do it with or just after a meal, otherwise the zinc tends to make you sick to your stomach), as a prophylactic a couple of times a week. So far, so good (though who knows if I’ve even had any contact with the Wu Flu???).

Good points and yes Quercetin is also a Zinc ionophore and advantageously does not need a prescription.

But HCQ has an edge over other Zinc ionophores that make it more effective. Dr. Zelenko accounted for this performance edge picking up in part from Dr. Didier Raoult, MD, PhD in Marseille, France. This edge is that HCQ blocks the ACE2 receptor which the coronavirus SARS-COV-2 enters the pneumocytes.

HCQ thus has two mechanisms to combat SARS-COV-2:
* pushes Zn into pneumocytes to stop SARS-COV-2 from replicating
* blocks SARS-COV-2 from entry/reentry into pneumocytes

At first, Dr. Raoult was not using Zinc but after he and Dr. Zelenko started communicating directly, Dr. Raoult now uses it.

The reason Dr. Raoult was so successful without Zinc supplementation is because his patients didn’t need it. His initial panel of patients were French and lived in the seacoast region of Marseille. French families drink red wine everyday with meals and red wine is loaded with Zinc. French living around Marseille eat a lot of seafood and seafood is loaded with Zinc especially shellfish.

Adding Zinc sulfate or Zinc picolinate ensures everyone on the regimen has sufficient Zinc in their blood plasma. Otherwise results can be mixed.

Just back from a business trip. Great article and comments. I wish someone would ask Dr. Fauci what he thinks of ionophores, and is he aware of the 2014 discovery regarding HCQ and zinc based on the ionophore action? Or, since he is retired, does he keep up with the relevant current literature? Or, is he more interested in helping develop the high price Remdesivir market, rather than helping the masses stop illness on an out-patient basis at very low cost? And if he is not interested in helping in the early stages of illness, is he any longer following his Hippocratic Oath? Please pass these questions on to your favorite media person.