Hydroxychloroquine Probably Isn’t the Answer

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Post by obituary_latte » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:00 PM UTC

Hydroxychloroquine Probably Isn’t the Answer
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Post by mrfusion » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:11 PM UTC

I think this drug has become too politicized to be able to have a factual scientific debate.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:15 PM UTC

mrfusion wrote: post #2

I think this drug has become too politicized to be able to have a factual scientific debate.

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Post by abnry » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:16 PM UTC

mrfusion wrote: post #2

I think this drug has become too politicized to be able to have a factual scientific debate.

Which is really, really a shame.

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Post by jkachmar » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:16 PM UTC

mrfusion wrote: post #2

I think this drug has become too politicized to be able to have a factual scientific debate.

You are commenting on an article that is nearly as apolitical as I can imagine one being to say that politicization of this topic makes it impossible to have a debate rooted in science.

Isn’t this precisely an injection of politicization into a summary of scientific work?

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Post by ysleepy » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:18 PM UTC

If it would have situation altering effects we would already know. Huge effects would have been seen very early in the wide spread application of it.

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Post by williesleg » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:22 PM UTC

Of course it is. People just have Trump Derangement Syndrome and it's clouding their judgment. Get over it. Or not. Hey, in fact, if not, just don't take it. One less libtard voter.

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Post by shripadk » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:23 PM UTC

mrfusion wrote: post #2

I think this drug has become too politicized to be able to have a factual scientific debate.

Exactly! On one hand some scientists swear by these drugs and on the other hand other scientists are opposing it. It is science after all. It either works or it doesn't. There is no "probably isn't the answer" in this. It is almost like Big Pharma is fighting out their battles through these scientists.

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Post by Ozzie_osman » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:23 PM UTC

ysleepy wrote: post #6

If it would have situation altering effects we would already know. Huge effects would have been seen very early in the wide spread application of it.

I'm not so sure. Let's say it halves the number of deaths or halves the time it takes for someone to get better. But also it requires a certain dose to be most effective. How would you know in this fog of war? You'd still have many patients who are sick or dying.

The whole point of this article is that it's really hard to know without controlled, randomized trials. And I agree.

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Post by logicbombr » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 2:23 PM UTC

Prevent Senior in Brazil, an health operator with mosts of its patients on risk groups (60+ yo) are using hydroxychloroquine on all its COVID-19 patients with tremendous success.

Right now I choose to believe on MD in front line rather then in Health Societies, FDA, WHO and those bureaucrats who let the virus spread all around due to its incompetence