Re:A mysterious company’s Covid-19 papers in top medical jou...
by javagram on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @03:48PM
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Zinc has been pushed as a cure/treatment for common cold for decades.
The actual track record of whether the OTC zinc tablets you can buy in a store work is quite uncertain though. Lots of studies coming down one way or another, and uncertain levels of statistical rigor. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/e...
It is easy enough to make a video with what seems convincing but many of these neat explanations don’t actually work once you get into the human body.
The actual track record of whether the OTC zinc tablets you can buy in a store work is quite uncertain though. Lots of studies coming down one way or another, and uncertain levels of statistical rigor. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/e...
It is easy enough to make a video with what seems convincing but many of these neat explanations don’t actually work once you get into the human body.