I have not read every one of Dr. Rev's posts, but I do remember that he was on the zinc ionophore train early. Due to his writings, I purchased zinc and green tea a while ago.
With all the reporting on the lack of efficacy of HCL, I was curious how many of the tests had looked at the use of HCL with zinc. I could only find 1 study that looked at the efficacy of zinc+HCL vs HCL without zinc.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.02.20080036v1.full.pdf
This study has flaws as it is a retrospective analysis, among other issues (not through the review process, etc.). However, my quick read of the data is that the group with zinc had a ~50% decrease in the need for invasive ventilation and a ~40% decrease in the need for ICU care. (Tables 3 and 4)
Are there any other studies showing this or is this study massively flawed due to the change in standard of care during the window of analysis?
With all the reporting on the lack of efficacy of HCL, I was curious how many of the tests had looked at the use of HCL with zinc. I could only find 1 study that looked at the efficacy of zinc+HCL vs HCL without zinc.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.02.20080036v1.full.pdf
This study has flaws as it is a retrospective analysis, among other issues (not through the review process, etc.). However, my quick read of the data is that the group with zinc had a ~50% decrease in the need for invasive ventilation and a ~40% decrease in the need for ICU care. (Tables 3 and 4)
Are there any other studies showing this or is this study massively flawed due to the change in standard of care during the window of analysis?