Zelenko, who died at the age of 48 in June 2022, became famous for his so-called Zelenko protocol for COVID-19. He initially utilized hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for COVID-positive patients while practicing in New York state. However, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered a ban on HCQ sales in drugstores.
This did not deter the family physician, who later discovered the positive effects of zinc against COVID-19. Zelenko's efforts eventually bore fruit in the form of the Z-Stack tablet, which combines zinc, quercetin and vitamins. He dubbed this supplement "a gift from God in response to tyranny."
"Zinc is the bullet – it kills the virus; the only problem is the bullet doesn't get to the place where it needs to be. The virus is inside the cell, the enzyme is inside the cell, and the zinc on its own cannot get into the cell," he explained. "You have a bullet without a gun – useless."
"Now, it turns out that there's a class of medications called 'zinc ionophores' … that open up a channel, a door, which allows zinc to go from outside the cell to inside the cell. They're the guns that shoot the bullet. The bullet then gets into the cell and stops the virus enzyme from helping the virus replicate."
Zelenko also recounted that "patients were having trouble" sourcing the four different components of the Zelenko protocol. Either the ingredients weren't always available in the same place, or they had trouble finding the right doses. "It was a puzzle that was a little too complex for people to put together," said the Ukrainian-born American physician....<<<Read More>>>....
