Zinc: our secret weapon to zap the common cold

摘要

Short of hibernating in your house all winter and avoiding human contact, there is no way to avoid exposure to the family of viruses that causes the oh-so-common cold. As hard as you try to evade the cold virus, it's lying in wait everywhere you go: the hand you shook, the doorknob you turned, the keypad at the bank machine. In short, there's a cold virus with your name on it somewhere this winter.