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" Chloroquine Is a Zinc Ionophore"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25271834
then it _is_ a tool to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 b/c it could also be used prophylactically. i.e., the virus can't replicate in the human cell if the cell already has adequate chloroquin + Zn++ present.
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" Chloroquine Is a Zinc Ionophore"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25271834
then it _is_ a tool to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 b/c it could also be used prophylactically. i.e., the virus can't replicate in the human cell if the cell already has adequate chloroquin + Zn++ present.