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2020-03-21 India-Pakistan

Pharmacies in Karachi run out of cholroquine tablets after positive outcome of COVID-19 clinical tests

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Posted by Fred 2020-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Drink the water out of your aquariums!

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-21 00:17|| 2020-03-21 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Has anyone looked into whether people with malaria are immune to COVID-19?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-21 00:43|| 2020-03-21 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 The incidence of COVID-19 is dramatically lower in malarial countries than in non-malarial countries, according to one researcher.
and
Newstudy says 'high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce' spread of COVID-19

Posted by Frank G 2020-03-21 07:21|| 2020-03-21 07:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Ugh. The last time I had to take chloroquine was prior a visit to Karachi.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-03-21 07:56|| 2020-03-21 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 I hear that it's not friendly to your body, Woodrow. What is your experience with the drug?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-03-21 08:05|| 2020-03-21 08:05|| Front Page Top

#6 headache.
loss of appetite.
diarrhea.
upset stomach.
stomach pain.
skin rash or itching.
hair loss.
mood or mental changes.

Posted by crazyhorse 2020-03-21 10:16|| 2020-03-21 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 But I don't want to be Danny De Vito.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-21 10:43|| 2020-03-21 10:43|| Front Page Top

#8 ^????

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-21 10:48|| 2020-03-21 10:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Or, behaving like Danny De Vito.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-21 12:27|| 2020-03-21 12:27|| Front Page Top

#10 RE #5: 13 years of hydroxycloroquine with none of the side effects of #6. IIRC, Wikipedia said my version* has fewer side effects.

*I am not spelling hydroxyclorquine again!

Posted by Bobby 2020-03-21 12:39|| 2020-03-21 12:39|| Front Page Top

#11 "plaquenil", the brand name, is the easy way to spell it.

After a brief web research, apparently its generic, easy to produce in large quantities, and fairly cheap. Been around since the 1950's.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-03-21 19:38|| 2020-03-21 19:38|| Front Page Top

#12 "New study says 'high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce' spread of COVID-19"

Hell I guess I should have stayed in Cozumel. I came back from there on Tuesday! WTH man!

Posted by Texhooey 2020-03-21 23:44|| 2020-03-21 23:44|| Front Page Top

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