AA> Do you know specific studies that show a clear benefit of  
 AA> taking zinc to comabt covid?  What I find are articles that  
 AA> simply say "that there are no conclusive studies".

I cannot give you any conclusive evidence but I strongly believe that the
theraputic dose of zinc I was given (I can go back in my medical records and
check on the exact dosage) did indeed reduce the time I was symptomatic when I
had COVID-19.

 A> What I have read of Invermectine is that it is only 
 A> effective in doses so
 A> high that they are dangerous themselves.
 AA> Never heard of Invermectine.

Ivermectin.

Richard is talking about people self-dosing themselves with animal-dosed
ivermectin.  Human ivermectin is prepared differently and is a much potent
formula so you can take it at lower doses.  Ivermectin has been shown in small
studies to be effective against COVID-19, however, expect any positive results
to be pooh-poohed by the mainstream media and scientific communities as well as
Big Pharma and the US government.

To wit: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33278625/

The study's abstract:
"Ivermectin, a US Food and Drug Administration-approved anti-parasitic agent,
was found to inhibit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) replication in vitro. A randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled trial was conducted to determine the rapidity of viral
clearance and safety of ivermectin among adult SARS-CoV-2 patients. The trial
included 72 hospitalized patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh, who were assigned to one
of three groups: oral ivermectin alone (12 mg once daily for 5 days), oral
ivermectin in combination with doxycycline (12 mg ivermectin single dose and 200
mg doxycycline on day 1, followed by 100 mg every 12 h for the next 4 days), and
a placebo control group. Clinical symptoms of fever, cough, and sore throat were
comparable among the three groups. Virological clearance was earlier in the
5-day ivermectin treatment arm when compared to the placebo group (9.7 days vs
12.7 days; p = 0.02), but this was not the case for the ivermectin + doxycycline
arm (11.5 days; p = 0.27). There were no severe adverse drug events recorded in
the study. A 5-day course of ivermectin was found to be safe and effective in
treating adult patients with mild COVID-19. Larger trials will be needed to
confirm these preliminary findings."

There are several other studies linked with this one.

 AA> I take those in supplement (pill) form occassionally.

If you take Vitamin D, make sure you are in direct sunlight for 20-30 minutes so
your body can properly metabolize the prohormone version of Vitamin D from the
pill into actual Vitamin D it can use.  I take 7000IU of Vitamin D3 daily to
help with the swelling of my right foot due to Charcot foot.  It does help a
lot.  It also helps me stay in a good mood too.

--Sean

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