Not a medical professional. But the people responding to this survey are: https://techstartups.com/2020/04/02/hydroxychloroquine-is-the-most-effective-therapy-for-coronavirus-treatment-a-global-survey-of-over-6000-doctors-shows/ |
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Yeah, it’s a drug with some pretty heavy duty side effects (and should be reserved for the people with autoimmune disease who have a proven need for it). The fact that they’re throwing it at patients with covid is proof that we don’t know our butts from a hole in the ground when it comes to covid. |
Yes, anyone who’s read the big Hydroxychloraquine thread in the Health Forum knew about these. |
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There is so obviously some sort of monetary reason for this. Trump barely even mentioned that the coronavirus was an issue before mid-March and then he comes charging out of the gate with this instead of focusing on ANY of the other 50,000 things he should have need doing all along.
“In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19, two sources told Reuters. Shortly afterward, the federal government published highly unusual guidance informing doctors they had the option to prescribe the drugs, with key dosing information based on unattributed anecdotes rather than peer-reviewed science.” https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN21M0R2?__twitter_impression=true |
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Maybe he hates someone with an autoimmune disorder and wants them to be handicapped because they can't get their drugs?
The money making angle seems more likely. |
I heard on This Week In America, which is a right wing show, that it is not without known side effects, like Trump keeps saying it is. It can cause heart damage. |
Nobody makes any money from hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine...they are generics. That's probably the issue in some circles...who wants a cheap solution when there are life savings to be drained from sick people? |
Somebody is making money when the federal government buys a stockpile of millions and millions of pills. |
These pills cost a few pennies each to make. Novartis donated 30 million of them to HHS. Compare that to other potential treatments like remdesivir, an experimental drug that costs about $1000. Or then there is the cost of an ICU stay which can be $10,000 per day or more. |
You say this as if hydroxychloraquine is actually warding off ICU stays. |
Ask this doctor if he thinks that is happening: https://techstartups.com/2020/03/28/dr-vladimir-zelenko-now-treated-699-coronavirus-patients-100-success-using-hydroxychloroquine-sulfate-zinc-z-pak-update/ |
The drug company the government is purchasing hydroxychloroquine from is Novartis. That’s one of the companies that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to ESSENTIAL CONSULTING: Cohen’s slush fund for access to Trump. |
| Maybe he is promoting a particular business who promised him a cut of the profits. |
| Last night on the subject Trump said....and I wrote it down “I’m not a doctor but I have common sense.” Why does he continue to sow confusion? |