Corona Virus # 3

[Diggin It]

Gold is a world currency, it can be used anywhere

Can I buy cold/flu medicine at the corner drug store with it?

 

[YanmarFever]

Can I buy cold/flu medicine at the corner drug store with it?

Why not?

 

[pennwalk]

Hate to tell you but the studies touted by these manufacturers are very suspect

The reference I saw was from the National Institute of Health but I didn't read the actual study paper.
No doubt that scams are everywhere.

Chris

 

[pennwalk]

The story i heard, was they had eaten so much salmon, they wanted something more like red meat

I don't remember much about fishing but I sure remember it didn't take them long to learn not to hunt grizzlies!!!

Chris

 

[radios1]

I agree with ya and just enjoyed reading. I just wish those offending posts got pulled or the posters were suspended without closing the thread.

agreed!. a thread should be closed only as a last resort!..

 

[California]

I dont think you will find medical professionals saying Zinc is any sort of a cure. It isnt harmful to you so give it a shot...but I am far from convinced it is actually effective.

I'm not convinced about Zinc but I'm neutral, I think more research is justified. My assigned GP at Kaiser is ethnic Chinese and his diplomas on the wall include Brazil as well as US, so I think he grew up there. Kaiser allows trials of traditional folk medicine if added to orthodox treatment (but they won't pay for it). The doctor suggested Echinacea and Zinc tablets at the first sign of a cold. He said this is traditional Chinese medicine he learned from family elders, and for some people it seems to reduce severity of the cold if taken soon enough. So try it and see.

I think the Echinacea might help, I'm not sure. Zinc I'm more cautious about. I looked up both on the internet before trying either. One side effect noted for Zinc is numbing one's sense of taste and I saw a couple of complaints of taste lost forever. I went to sleep with a Zinc tablet dissolving in my mouth, that was a mistake, my sense of taste took a month to come back to normal.

YMMV.

 

[cdaigle430]

I think its too early for all this panic and fear mongering crap going on and again the media is overboard. This is a virus and like many viruses you can only slow its progress. Ultimately you have to let your immune systems kill it.

As for where it all began-who knows. I do know that panic and fear will accomplish nothing.

 

[Big Barn]

I think its too early for all this panic and fear mongering crap going on and again the media is overboard. This is a virus and like many viruses you can only slow its progress. Ultimately you have to let your immune systems kill it.

As for where it all began-who knows. I do know that panic and fear will accomplish nothing.

Panic and fear will accomplish nothing constructive.

 

[Ford850]

Here's more to put things into perspective:

82,058 Seasonal flu deaths this year (2020)
Quick facts:
Every year an estimated 290,000 to 650,000 people die in the world due to complications from seasonal influenza (flu) viruses.
This figure corresponds to 795 to 1,781 deaths per day due to the seasonal flu.
Sources and info:
Seasonal flu death estimate increases worldwide - CDC
Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year - World Health Organization (WHO)

 

[coobie]

Panic and fear will accomplish nothing constructive.

Yes sir.