As many of you have seen, I've been doing these little "mini-dissertations" w/ regards to the current CoVid-19 situation & I hope they've been helpful to any degree.

As I always start out, these dissertations have nothing to do w/ politics, religious beliefs or any of that shit. If you wanna argue that shit, this is NOT the place, go elsewhere w/ that crap, there's no room for it here.
I just present scientific fact, logic & resoning to explain how to stay safe & healthy from this or any other type of viral or bacterial entity.

So the last thing I wrote on the matter of viruses had to do w/ prevention, cure, treatment & the components used, as well as how viruses replicate in your system. I hope it was useful.
1 of the things that keeps pestering me through all this is talk of a cure & let me be the 1st to say that for ANY virus, regardless of biosafety level/status... there is no cure.
Bacterial infections, yes, cures in the form of anibiotics & hyperbaric chambers are effective, but viruses... Nope, nope, NOPE!

All that's available is treatment & we discussed treatment regimens last writing(s). We also discussed vaccines, but again, those aren't cures.
HOWEVER, vaccines fall under an aspect of medicine that rarely gets discussed, even by those in the medical profession & that aspect is... PREVENTION!
There, I said it, the "P" word! The old saying by Benjamin Franklin states the following:

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

This saying holds true, even to this day. If you want to prevent certain injuries, you wear the proper PPE. If you want to avoid certain accidents involving machinery, you do preventative maintenance.
If you want to prevent ANYTHING, there's always a way to do it, but the trick is in knowing what the preventative measure is.
Viruses & bacterial infections, while different in mechanism & structure, can be prevented by simple measures such as washing of hands, suppressing coughs & sneezes, general cleaning habits, PPE, isolation, quarantine, social distancing, whatever, the measures exist & in more cases than not, they work.

Another preventative measure is chemical supplements. Yes, minerals & elements that the body uses to boost the immune system & can actually help the immune system "fool" viral or bacterial entities into thinking they've done their job.

Simple fact to remember, bacterial infections CAN be cured, but viruses, they can either be prevented or allowed to run their course & given the debilitating effects we've seen in many CoVid-19 patients who survived, let's just say prevention is the better path.

In the last rant, we discussed a few chemical compounds & 1 that was mentioned as a part of a treatment regimen is zinc gluconate.
While it is used as a treatment, this compound can also work as a preventative measure & not just for the CoVid-19 virus, this also works on any & most influenza/SARS type viruses, even the rhinovirus w/ it's 160-200 serotype variations.

There's actually many different forms of zinc compounds available for anti-viral purposes, as well as other medical needs, these are some of those compounds:

CIZAR
zinc citrate compound
HK, hinokitio
PDTC, pyrrolidine-dithiocarbamate
PT, pyrithione
RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA polymerate
Zn(Asp), zinc aspartate
ZnCl2, zinc chloride
Zn(Glu), zinc gluconate
Zn(Lac), zinc lactate
Zn(OAc), zinc acetate
Zn(Pic), zinc picolinate
ZnSO4, zinc sulfate

So, from all those compounds, which do we use? 1 of the things to look into is the solubility & absorption from the moment of ingestion to passage through the digestive tract & eventually into the blood stream.
The key component is solubility & this is determined by a compound's ability to dissolve & get into your system w/ as little effort as possible.

Of all those compounds listed above, there is 1 particular compound that has the best solubility & absorption & that compond is... ZINC GLUCONATE!

Why is that? Well, it's simple. A gluconate molecule is extremely water soluble because it's a sugar.
The moment you place zinc gluconate in your mouth, saliva begins the dissolution process & the chemical is then absorbed into your body.
Sugars absorb & disperse quite readily, as does ANY water soluble chemical that goes into your body.
B vitamins are a classic water soluble compound & this is 1 of the rerasons they're highly effective.

All the other zinc compounds, they're effective as well, but they take more time to dissolve into the body than zinc gluconate & this has been proven in many medical & chemical abstracts written by leading researchers, doctors & scientists.

There is 1 aspect about sugars that I have to offer a caveat about & that is the diabetes component.
Anyone w/ diabetic disorders MUST take into consideration that zinc gluconate is a sugar & can therefore cause some perturbations in the blood sugar levels.
However, I must say that the amount of zinc gluconate neeeded is not huge. it only takes a small dosage to do it's thing.

By the way, the method to the madness of zinc gluconate is that as the molecule gets absorbed into your body, it'll eventually deposit in the nasopharynx region.
If any of you remember my rant about the virus testing, I explained what the nasopharynx is, a heat sink for the brain, therefore the coolest place in the human body & a breeding ground for viruses of the influenza/SARS type to flourish.

So, where do we get zinc gluconate? Well, if you have a Walgreens, RiteAid (do those even exist anymore?), CVS or whatever drugstore nearby, the problem is solved.
Go into your drugstore of choice & ask for Cold-Eeze lozenges. These are packed w/ the required dosage of zinc gluconate that'll get the job done.

These lozenges are highly available, inexpensive & abundant, they're also effective.
I have used these in the past as a treatment for cold/flu virus infections & the symptom time was cut by 1/2, so I highly recommend them.
They come in cherry or lemon flavor, they don't taste that bad & besides, 1 or 2 per day is all you really need.
Anything more than that just amounts to more expensive urine because what your body doesn't use... you piss it out.
The body is like a water glass, you can only fill it to a certain volume, anything over that & it spills over, thus making waste.

I'm gonna say it now, NO! I'm NOT a paid spokesman for Cold-Eeze zinc lozenges, I'm just a guy watching out for mine, my family's & friend's health.
But hey, don't just take my word for it, look for publications concerning the interaction of zinc compounds & viruses, you'll see that zinc gluconate is that ounce of prevention we need.

So, what have we learned today? Well, viruses can be prevented, the methods used are varied, the best chemical component is zinc gluconate because it absorbs more readily into the body & zinc gluconate is highly & commercially available.

Stay safe, stay healthy & take the advice offered as my way of wishing you all good health.
I also want to remind all interested, go to the USAMRIID webpage for real & accurate information & data concerning CoVid-19 & other viruses. You tax $$$ pays for it, use it!