I agree, zinc lozenges seem like they’re probably really worthwhile (even in the milder-benefit worlds)! My less-ecstatic tone is only relative to the promise of older lesswrong posts that suggested it could basically solve all viral respiratory infections, but maybe I should have made the “but actually though, buy some zinc lozenges” takeaway more explicit.
This is actually a crazy big effect size? Preventing ~10–50% of a cold for taking a few pills a day seems like a great deal to me.
I agree, zinc lozenges seem like they’re probably really worthwhile (even in the milder-benefit worlds)! My less-ecstatic tone is only relative to the promise of older lesswrong posts that suggested it could basically solve all viral respiratory infections, but maybe I should have made the “but actually though, buy some zinc lozenges” takeaway more explicit.