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

To: Mike M who wrote (2442)	3/30/2000 10:16:00 PM
From: pz	Respond to of 5582

Mike, I look forward to another unbiased "Hank Study", but this time on Zicam Allergy. I'm also looking forward to trying it myself to see what kind of results that I achieve. As hard as it is for Hank to believe, Zicam really does work as advertised. Hank...please post your unbiased results here...lol. Paul

To: Mike M who wrote (2442)	3/31/2000 6:19:00 AM
From: Hank	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5582

"Interestingly folks using Zicam continued to report that it helped with their allergies... The product was developed around the gel matrix (rather than the zinc-Hank)...It has been clinically tested and works." You are simply too pathetic for words. Are you telling me that Zicam Allergy Relief (notice the "Zi" in Zicam, insinuating zinc), doesn't even contain zinc? How brilliant. Since the trace amounts of zinc don't mean squat anyway (hence the designation "homeopathic"), why not delete it all together? You might as well squirt tap water up your nose. Tell me Mikey. When can expect these clinical studies on allergies to be published? Any day now I suppose? Any journal that would publish this crap would be laughed out of existence. I was willing to accept the idea, in theory, that Zicam could inhibit some colds IF the appropriate clinical data was published to support this claim. Of course, this has not been the case. However, claiming that a nasal gel matrix, whether it contains zinc or not, has the ability to inhibit a complex immune response is simply insane. The FTC and the FDA need to get their act together on these products and I can assure you I will not be the only one to complain. They might as well come out with "Zicam AIDS Relief" and "Zicam Cancer Relief". Those claims wouldn't be any less fraudulent. I will truly enjoy watching you lose every red cent you have invested in this POS. Anybody as ignorant as you deserves to be poor.