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Stock markets dominated by semi-intetested participants are terrible at predicting unlikely events.
Everyone is terrible at predicting unlikely events. If you think you've got a better bead on it, it doesn't take all that much money to buy some options.
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>Chloroquine is widely distributed in the whole body, including lung, after oral administration. Can't say that about fire.
You could say that about vodka though. It'll definitely kill the virus are in a petri dish, but maybe won't work as well in the body.
>But there is some evidence — and we’re working on quantifying it — that coronaviruses do transmit less efficiently in the warmer weather. So it’s possible that we will get some help from that, but I don’t think that will solve the problem, as evidenced by the fact that there’s transmission in Singapore, on the equator. There have been several research about seasonal influenza and how it correlates with weather, like…
Also the coronavirus doesn’t really seem present in countries in the Southern Hemisphere except for some imported cases in Australia. There’s nothing being heard of South America or Africa which could be because of their hot climate.
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I bought some put options on the S&P index a couple weeks ago.
Sorry about the jobs report messing things up for you. I hope there is a dip as I want to put more in. I don't think this Coronavirus thing will be the trigger though. Flu still far worse.
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In vitro means nothing for clinical use
Well the letter to Nature concludes > Since these compounds have been used in human patients with a safety track record and shown to be effective against various ailments, we suggest that they should be assessed in human patients suffering from the novel coronavirus disease. ie. give it a try
I looked into doing a diy trial but some issues and the docs are on to it:
>A third drug, known as chloroquine, used to treat malaria, is being tested against coronavirus in China, the Times reported. https://nypost.com/2020/02/14/doctors-attempt-to-battle-coro... also 18 trials: http://www.chictr.org.cn/searchprojen.aspx?title=chloroquine...
So I guess I'll leave 'em to it and see how that works out.
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Chloroquine is over-the-counter in England and other places. Hypothetically, anyone have an idea where to find someone willing to send a chloroquine care-package to the USA?
Drink tonic water. Quinine’s close enough.
Antimalarial compounds quinine, chloroquine and mefloquine affect the electrophysiological properties of Cys-loop receptors and have structural similarities to 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. So they might act at 5-HT3 receptors.
In 2006, the FDA banned sale of unapproved drugs containing quinine because of the risk of serious side effects or death.