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What about Zinc + Quercetin?
Taking Zinc orally has apparently little effect (even in huge doses) because the Zinc can't get inside the cells where it is needed. You need an ionophore to transport Zinc into the cells (which is the proposed Chloroquine treatment).
However, since Quercetin is not being used to treat Covid-19, even experimentally, there must be some error in this method but I can't figure it out, I know too little about pharmacology...

Guys, I have a question about Corona.
The experimental hydroxichloroquine treatment, as far as I understand it, aims at getting Zinc into the cells, where it inhibits the viruses ability to replicate. Apparently this has only been proven to work in vitro, and we'll have to wait on the outcome of the various studies that are currently done to see if it works in humans.

My question is this: Why can the theoretical mechanism that is suspected to make chloroquine work NOT be replicated with a different type of ionophore. For instance, Quercetin is an ionophore and should, in combination with Zinc, produce similar results in vitro. In fact, if this worked, it would be much preferable to Chloroquine since Quercetin (and of course Zinc) are non-perscription supplements which come with a much lower risk of creating side-effects (which can be severe with Chloroquine, such as sudden cardiac arrest). However, since Quercetin is not being used (or even considered) there must be a fairly apparent reason why it wouldn't work at all. If a medfag could elaborate that would be great, this has been nagging me.
I'm just a NEET trying to survive...

I have contracted Covid-19, self-isolated for seven days, and been symptomatic for five days: dry cough, shortness of breath, chest pain and sporadically pain while breathing, nausea, chills and sweats (usually at night), fatigue, no fever so far.
Especially the shortness of breath is very scary, it makes you paranoid and hard to go to sleep...


This is my daily intake:
>500mg of Quercetin (non-perscription ionophore) + 25mg of Zinc: intended to replicate the effect of chloroquine. I'm aware that chloroquine has only been proven to be effective in vitro, but for now it's the most promising approach even if it's a long shot.

>1000 I. E. of Vitamin D3: mitigate the risk of a cytokine storms

>250mg of Vitamin C: Chink doctors apparently hyper-dosed Vitamin C to unknown effect. I plan to 2x the dosis if my symptoms get worse.

>1 daily dosis of regular multi-vitamins: support immune system. Apparently Zinc also flushes out certain minerals from your system so I'm trying to replenish


I'm a biology/medicine layman and have no idea what I'm doing. The authorities literally tell you to just do nothing, they don't even recommend to take basic vitamins, obviously they don't want you to head out to the pharmacy and accidentally coof on the customer in front of you.
Can someone tell me how I'm doing overall or recommend calibrations please, I'm aware this is mostly grasping at straws but it's my last psychological defense line, I'm really struggling not to give in to panic/anxiety.

I have contracted Covid-19, self-isolated for seven days, and been symptomatic for five days: dry cough, shortness of breath, chest pain and sporadically pain while breathing, nausea, chills and sweats (usually at night), fatigue, no fever so far.
Especially the shortness of breath is very scary, it makes you paranoid and hard to go to sleep. Please stay safe and don't go out, tell your boss to fuck off. I didn't and now I'm paying the price...


This is my daily intake:
>500mg of Quercetin (non-perscription ionophore) + 25mg of Zinc: intended to replicate the effect of chloroquine. I'm aware that chloroquine has only been proven to be effective in vitro, but for now it's the most promising approach even if it's a long shot.

>1000 I. E. of Vitamin D3: mitigate the risk of a cytokine storms

>250mg of Vitamin C: Chink doctors apparently hyper-dosed Vitamin C to unknown effect. I plan to 2x the dosis if my symptoms get worse.

>1 daily dosis of regular multi-vitamins: support immune system. Apparently Zinc also flushes out certain minerals from your system so I'm trying to replenish


I realize I'm approaching unhealthy levels of daily intake, especially if I further increase dosages. I can only hope my liver and kidneys will hold out longer than the virus.