Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with Covid-19: a randomized trial • Hacker News Board

Re: Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with Covid-19: a randomized trial

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Post by tangue » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 6:08 AM UTC

corybrown wrote: post #118

tangue wrote: post #24

I live in an island where during a viral outbreak some were advocating for chloroquine against the Chikungunya virus. The initial in-vitro tests were promising but it turns out during human trials it has a reverse effect and delayed adaptive immune responses (1). It's sad to see scientific method destroyed by politics and social networks. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5977261/

You live on Reunion? What is that like?

Yep I live on Reunion. I might be biased, as I was born there, but if you have a job, a decent house, and loves nature living here is quite pleasant. It's like France with less grumpy people, tropical weather but with some third-world issues. Problem is jobs are scarce and aren't well paid (unless you're a french expat) and rents are astronomical.

Re: Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with Covid-19: a randomized trial

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 8:15 PM UTC

dogma1138 wrote: post #117

aabeshou wrote: post #91

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- I think Trump is the one who sensationalized it, not pharma surrogates, but I may be wrong - I'm not committed to this particular conspiracy theory but I jumped in here because I don't like when people try to dismiss conspiracies out of hand as if it's crazy to think that pharma does things like this constantly. There's this free market ideology that exonerates companies and argues that self-interested behavior lea…

It’s perfectly acceptable to dismiss conspiracy theories that not only go against the actual narrative but against common sense.

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Re: Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with Covid-19: a randomized trial

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Post by dlp211 » Sat, Apr 04, 2020, 9:18 PM UTC

phkahler wrote: post #94

dlp211 wrote: post #72

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I can't believe I have to say this, but the POTUS is not some hacker news comment. What they say has large and far reaching consequences and they shouldn't be spouting off about anecdotal evidence. Their comments had already caused a shortage of HCQ, and led to at least one death.

>> I can't believe I have to say this, but the POTUS is not some hacker news comment. No, hes a guy charged with making high level decisions in a crisis. He also has some very competent advisors at places like the NIH, FDA, CDC etc... I dont think he was just some redneck responding to a tabloid article. If the doctor now publicly claiming 699 treatments with 0 deaths using HCQ turns out to be a blatant fraud I think…

No one is saying try nothing. That is a bad faith argument. He is also incredibly poor at making good use those experts at the NIH, FDA, CDC, etc and and even poorer communicator of what those experts have to say.