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Re: President Trump This Evening, Discussing Whether Hydroxychloroquine Works 

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Re: "Whatever, ya can't just let people lay there thinkin ya not doing anything to help em. If ya do they will die."
I completely agree. I just think that Hydroxychloroquine amounts to grasping at straws. Testing hasn't been done to see if it works, and when testing isn't done, things more often than not come up short.

What I know about Hydroxychloroquine is that it came up as a result of the observation that Malaria-countries don't have many cases of COVID-19. Going from that to "Hydroxychloroquine must be the reason!" was someone's wild-a$$ed guess. I'll be astonished if it turns out to be right. It's possible, but there sure isn't any serious evidence of that as yet.









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Re: President Trump This Evening, Discussing Whether Hydroxychloroquine Works
By: ribit
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Mon, 06 Apr 20 7:06 AM
Msg. 58064 of 62138

...the drug was given routinely to guys in the pacific in WWII and then to folks in Nam later. Both tropical climates. It's been around for a long time and it's use is no more controversial than alka seltzer. Maybe it's a cure, maybe it's a placebo that works half the time. Whatever, ya can't just let people lay there thinkin ya not doing anything to help em. If ya do they will die. I expect that resistance to using this comes from big pharm who don't like old cures for a new disease. Especially if it is cheap and there are no "research grants" available. When I wuz a toddler my we took Cod Liver Oil for everything. This particular drug should be "across the counter".


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