Comments on: Can Zinc Help Fight Coronavirus (COVID-19)?

By: toltecthomasesq@gmail.com toltecthomasesq@gmail.com

toltecthomasesq@gmail.com toltecthomasesq@gmail.com — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 11:31:57 +0000

“No compounds (zinc included) have yet been discovered that can effectively treat or prevent the new coronavirus.”
My research shows approximately 25 studies establishing prophylactic and treatment benefits of ivermectin. To check go to flccc (frontline doctors).

By: webster

webster — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:39:10 +0000

I am so happy with what i am learning on the issue of covid -19 anti infection lessons and infectious.

By: ruslanas

ruslanas — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:43:43 +0000

had it. Well still have it but apparently after 8 days u r safe for the public… Thought I was going to die. Not much fun. Be carefully people. Took so much vitamin c in few days people take in years. After course of antibiotics they just send you home.

By: Ted Hu

Ted Hu — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 01:45:43 +0000

I don’t know. Chloroquine and Quercetin are both zinc ionophores and are getting used in china against COVID-19.

By: glen

glen — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:03:44 +0000

You need a Zinc Ionophore to get the zinc into a cell to stop the virus’s RNA from replicating. Extra-cellular Zinc won’t do it.

By: Terri

Terri — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:35:46 +0000

I have celiac disease and difficulty absorbing nutrients. Also, I am a vegetarian so I do not get zinc from oysters or beef. This article cues me into the fact that I need to be supplementing Zinc Picolinate 15 – 20 mg each day in addition to what is in my multivitamin. Thank you!!

By: Leon Gutierrez

Leon Gutierrez — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:20:27 +0000

I think it is known that some viruses like this one create a storm of inflammatory signals, IL6 is a potent one and proper levels seem to help. Additionally, this virus also seems to inhibit dendritic cell maturation and activation (lowering T and B cell responses). Zinc is a way to inhibit this action. I think proper levels are important, but intracellular levels might be more important to inhibit replication (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334492528_The_Role_of_Zinc_in_Antiviral_Immunity). Resveratrol seems to push Zinc into the cell (https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpcell.00139.2009)
“Zinc deficiency increased IL-6-induced activation of JAK-STAT3 signaling pathways; reconstitution with zinc normalized the effect while zinc supplementation was shown to inhibit STAT3 phosphorylation induced by IL-6 and IL-1”
From Zinc Signals and immunity (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666901/)
In summary, I think zinc should be taken at the recommended doses along with Resveratrol.