Zpol
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Agreed with @Perry Staltic .Enhanced Zinc Lozenges (Peppermint), 30 vegetarian lozenges - Life Extension
Our Enhanced Zinc Lozenges are formulated with positively charged zinc ions for immune support throughout the year.
Last February, I got a serious flu; fever, upper respiratory symptoms, etc. I don't know if it was COVID though; testing wasn't available yet (not that testing is accurate). But this flu took out a lot of people at my work, we had never experienced that amount of people out sick. Many people developed lasting cough, pneumonia, and other lingering symptoms. I took several days off and tried to quarantine myself from my husband but we were doing some remodeling so that was impossible. I was very worried for him, since he usually catches whatever I have and he was going through a stressful situation, plus he has metabolic syndrome (CVD), plus it was February in WI so very cold temperatures. He started taking those Life Extension Zinc lozenges and didn't get sick! I used to take them at onset of cold/flu and can also attest, they definitely work. The drawback is that they wreck your stomach so I had to stop taking them.
I do however, take liquid zinc regularly and my doctor monitors my levels so I know I was good on that, and yet I still got sick. The action with the lozenges is to inactivate the virus while it's still in your mouth and throat. Other zinc supplements don't do this or they have zinc inhibitory additives.
I also take selenium and vit C regularly. I do however know my vit D was low at the time so that's something to consider.