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2020-04-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Update on "Concerning" Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Texas

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Posted by Bobby 2020-04-18 09:02|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Bobby's Dallas ABC News Link

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-04-18 10:12|| 2020-04-18 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 In Texas 42% of those over age 80 who get the virus die from it, as do 13% of those in their 70s 7% of those in their 60s, and 1.6% of everyone else.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-04-18 10:14|| 2020-04-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Gilead, et al., would not be too pleased if that made the national news.

De-emphasizing (for lack of a better word) HCQ might be the true scandal in all this COVID-19 hysteria.

Unless I missed something, I am still unaware of any deaths of COVID19-infected individuals after being prescribed/taking HCQ. None.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-18 10:17|| 2020-04-18 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Relax Clem. In Israel, India, and half of Europe all symptomatic patients (except these with known vulnerability to HCQ - it does have side effects) get HCQ in addition to any other treatment. Dittoin USA: Special Report: Doctors embrace drug touted by Trump for COVID-19, without hard evidence it works (it's - Israelis eat Palestinian babes for breakfast - Reuters)

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-18 10:32|| 2020-04-18 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Israelis eat Palestinian babes for breakfast
Hot buttered, fresh out of the oven.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-18 10:46|| 2020-04-18 10:46|| Front Page Top

#6 But I am definitely not a fan of the pharmaceutical-industrial complex. But, if a biggie can find the right medicine to fight COVID-19 and save lives and suffering, then, great.

You may recall very recently they tried to get legislation passed in New Jersey that would absolve big pharma of any liability for [mandatory] vaccines, even if it f's up school kids. Sick, as are the politicians who go along with them.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-18 10:51|| 2020-04-18 10:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry, but, when I see "Reuters" that's the sentence comes to my mind. Just like CNN is associated with "Rubber coated metal bullets", and journalists in general are "well poisoners".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-18 10:51|| 2020-04-18 10:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Side effects are many, as are contraindications: Product monograph, 26 pages

The most common ones (digestive, IIRC) go away if you stop taking the drug. Common is defined as 1-10% of users.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-18 11:16|| 2020-04-18 11:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Another anecdote, but ...

A few hundred anecdotes here, a few hundred there, and pretty soon, you're looking at real data.

Posted by SteveS 2020-04-18 11:19|| 2020-04-18 11:19|| Front Page Top

#10 /\ Hehehe

Posted by Clem 2020-04-18 11:20|| 2020-04-18 11:20|| Front Page Top

#11 h/t Instapundit

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-18 15:51|| 2020-04-18 15:51|| Front Page Top

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