I'm no scienceologist but trying to figure out what zinc ionophores are. In one source I saw it seemed to indicate this is the form of zinc that's most effective.
I've tried DDG searching, found this which was interesting but not particularly helpful in what I'm looking for https://michaelsavage.com/foods-high-in-quercetin-epigallocatechin/
So I'm curious about this in relation to zinc supplements, I've noticed varieties in different brands and trying to determine of one variety/form is better than another as far as C19 is concerned, and what if anything ionophores have to do with it.
I'm preparing something for myself, but also to present to family/friends for supplements and foods helpful in prevention of, and treating C19.
At this point I'm just going on further unnecessarily w/o anything further really to say. Any input is appreciated, thanks!
I'll try to explain the best I can. Zinc kills the virus. The virus lives inside a cell. Zinc has trouble passing through a cell membrane where it needs to be to work against the virus. An ionophore is a compound that allows the ion (zinc in this case) to be transported across the cell membrane. Zinc is what kills the virus, an ionophore opens the door to let the zinc have access to the virus.
Think of it like type 1 diabetes: Cells need glucose to live but glucose cannot pass through the cell membrane without insulin -. type 1 diabetics do not produce sufficient insulin naturally for that to happen so they must take insulin to allow that to happen.
So, you need both zinc AND an ionophore. zinc by itself will do little because it won;t have sufficient access to the virus. HCQ is a zinc ionphore but requires a prescription. Quercitin is a zinc ionophore that is available (for now) as a dietary supplement over-the-counter and you can find many brands that contain both zinc and quercitin. It is really cheap and that is why it is being suppressed,
I pretty much agree with you but have a slightly different spin:
A virus cannot replicate itself so it looks for hosts that have cells that can do the replication for them. Animal cells are ideal because each cell contains a "workshop" that takes mRNA instructions and processes them. In normal use, the mRNA is derived from the host's DNA but in the case of a virus that step is short-circuited. Basically, the virus breaks into your "workshop" and hijacks the "tools".
If you can get zinc into the cell then that will inhibit the processing of the viral mRNA. The difficulty is getting it in there. That is where the ionophore (literally ion bearer) comes into play. An ionophore will carry the zinc across the cell membrane into the cell.
There are lots of suitable ionophores. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are but two. They used different ones in South Korea and Japan, for example.
Aside: Now you can see why several anti-hydroxychloroquine science papers were disingenuous. One class of paper just used hydroxychloroquine without using zinc. That is as useful as issuing guns to soldiers with no ammunition. Another class applied the hydroxychloroquine too late after the battle had been lost and a third class just administered lethal dose of hydroxychloroquine and said: "I told you so!" when the patient died.
So the ionophore is somewhat the same as quercetin?
My understanding from listening to, I forget his name, bearded older dr guy, said zinc is the bullet and quercetin is the gun essentially in that the quercetin allows the zinc into the cell where it's most effective.
Sort of - zinc is what kills the virus but it cannot get to it on it's own - the ionophore (quercetin) attaches to the zinc to make it into a form that can pass through the cell membrane. Zinc is the guard dog wanting to chew ass on the bad guy on your front porch, querctin opens the door and lets the zinc out.