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Zinc is a powerful immune nutrient known for its benefits for providing immune health support and inflammation reduction as well as for improving cold and respiratory symptoms, wound healing, acne reduction, and lowering the risk of age-related diseases. Research on atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus suggests that zinc deficiency may contribute to low-grade systemic inflammation. Even more popular at the moment is the role of  zinc and the potential benefits against COVID-19 . This is probably one of the reasons that's driving the demand on zinc related products. In a  ConsumerLab survey  of 9,647 people who use dietary supplements shows that the supplements which experienced the greatest growth in popularity in 2020 were those being promoted to prevent or treat infection with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Zinc supplements achieved the highest growth with 13.5% points. Does zinc help treat COVID 19? In order to answer that question, there are many zinc studie

How We Got Here:  1. FDA tweets a joke about Americans using a “horse drug”  2. Exaggerated reports of calls to poison control centers  3. False reports of animal products overdoses filling ER’s  4. CDS issues bulletin emphasising Ivermectin is not approved for COVID-19  Note: NIH remains silent  5. State Departments of Health issue warnings to licensed doctors  6. Pharmacies and individual pharmacists refuse to fill valid COVID-19 early treatment prescriptions  7. Despite these concerted actions–TOTAL PRESCRIPTIONS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE U.S.!  The FIVE MISTRUTHS: “I cannot fill your prescription…  1. Due to corporate policy”  2. Because we are out of stock”  3. Because we cannot order more”  4. Because it is not FDA approved for COVID-19”  5. Because I refuse to put my license on the line”  THE FIVE TRUTHS  1. NO CORPORATE POLICY exists against filling Ivermectin by Walgreens, CVS, or Rite-Aid  • NO POLICY exists for major grocery/pharmacies: Kroger, Publix, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Cos

Dr. Hector Carvallo graduated from medical school in 1981 — the same year AIDS emerged as a global pandemic. In the first two years, AIDS killed 2 million people. Since 1981, it has claimed the lives of 35 million. While officially retired for a couple of years, the 2020 COVID pandemic brought him out of retirement. Credit: ivmstatus.com “My first fire baptism was with AIDS,”  he says.  “I have dedicated my professional time to teaching and assisting. I graduated as a professor in 1996, and worked as a professor for the School of Medicine in Buenos Aires, which is public. Later, I was an associate professor of internal medicine for two private schools of medicine until I retired a couple of years ago.” Ivermectin Is a Potent Antiviral Interestingly, Carvallo had experience with ivermectin as an antiviral before the COVID outbreak. Argentinian doctors were using it against dengue fever, which is endemic in Argentina. So, when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, they decided to take another look at the

We know that while a large percentage of the population only experiences mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19 and won’t require hospitalization, others experience severe symptoms and complications, require hospitalization, or may even die. The cytokine storm may be one possible way to explain the severe reaction of those in hospitals. This may also explain why younger people and those with a healthy immune system and without preexisting health conditions tend to have an easier time. Their bodies may release lower levels of cytokines creating just enough inflammation for healing. McCullough et al. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020 Cytokines are a large group of substances such as interferon, interleukin, and growth factors, which are secreted by certain cells of the immune system and have an effect on other cells. Cytokine is a general name; other names are defined based on their presumed function, cell of secretion, or target of action. For example, cytokines made by lymphocyte