If it really is the Zinc then no reason to use HCQ just use a better no side effects vitamin supplement to ionize the Zinc. Quercetin plus Zinc add high dose of Vitamin C for good measure.
Has anyone else heard that Fauci owns a patent that Gilead Sciences is using to make one or more of their drugs? If so it is a classic conflict of interest that needs to be exposed and helps explain a few things.