Well put, Bo. When I use Zicam, I almost always find, within a day or so, that my cold symptoms have stopped developing. If I've caught it early enough, it's like Zicam prevents the sore throat and minor stuffiness from progressing into a full-blown (pun intended), drippy and debilitating cold. (By halting the reinfection cycle, it prevents the body's defenses from going haywire trying to fight the virus.) It usually takes about 3 days before I feel like the cold has definitively been knocked out, and one should keep using Zicam for another day or two to ensure that the symptoms don't recur.
I don't care whether the virus is still in my body. I don't care whether that particular infection has been "cured." If my symptoms are gone, that's what I've paid for, and I'm not aware of ANY other cold remedy, at any price, that can do that. Furthermore, I think my description of Zicam's efficacy accurately sums up the prevailing view of the GUMM longs, and is consistent both with the clinical study results and what GumTech has claimed in its public statements. Any loudmouthed short seller who claims otherwise is stupid or lying, or both. -Eric |
