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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hank who wrote (1153)	10/21/1999 9:11:00 PM
From: Tatnic	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5582

Couple of comments, questions, etc. I am still very interested in this stock albeit as a potential short since I still question the need for such a medicine. I admire Hank's spirit in trying Zicam--I wouldn't have even bothered. The whole idea of spraying anything up my nose anytime isn't very appealing. I'd much rather ingest something. I tried Cold-Eaze of whatever its called and that was a waste of money. I've got half a bag of those things somewhere. My displeasure with those has definitely cemented my belief that zinc is worthless as a cold medicine. You guys can come up with all the glowing company results you can but I'd be willing to bet that the average consumer will not buy Zicam--esp. at that price. Any recent sales figures to prove me wrong? Which leads to my question: Isn't it a dumb idea to think that people will want to keep sticking that infected nozzle in their noses? Are they supposed to sterilize the damn thing after every application? Dumb idea. Me, I'm sticking with my Alka-Seltzer Cold Medicine with a bourbon chaser. Why is this so damn important? Its not like GUMM has come up with an important drug to fight cancer or aids or whatever. Its just a cold. No biggee IMO. What am I missing here?