Zinc, Vitamin C Don't Reduce COVID-19 Symptoms; Impact On Shortening Colds Not Questioned
Executive Summary
Trial with 214 adults with SARS-CoV-2 showed no significant difference among the treatment groups in number of days to symptom relief. Study didn’t measure zinc/vitamin C supplementation for shortening duration of colds.
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