Nevertheless, as mentioned in an earlier post, there wasn't blind study when penicillin was prescribed in WWII...that decisions saved thousands of lives. HCQ is far safer than penicillin especially at low doses
Originally Posted by: KRK
There also wasn't credit cards, power steering, super glue, McDonald's franchise or single computer modem when penicillin was prescribed in WWII.
This ain't 1940... And you keep arguing the safety of HCQ, but H2O is even safer than HCQ and Penicillin but absolutely nothing I've seen proves that any of them stops covid-19 in humans, as none of them stop TMPRSS2 enzyme which carries the Covid-19 into lung cells.
HCQ became popular thought to stop Covid-19 after a research study on monkeys showed HCQ stops Covid-19 in monkeys... but their bodies use a different enzyme, which HCQ does stop.
If humans cells used the same enzyme as monkeys, HCQ would have been a great to stop Covid-19. But it doesn't.
Now, some studies suggest Covid-19 isn't killing people, but the human body's immune system reaction to Covid-19 is killing people. In pure wild ass speculation, I wonder if HCQ prevents the immune system reaction in certain ways, which makes the symptoms looks at they've improved. Which would explain both why some doctors with patients swear by it, and why the science say it doesn't prevent Covid-19.
But the scientific studies have seemed to suggest HCQ doesn't stop Covid-19 from entering the cells.
Point taken....and a fair observation...but I am just a pissed at Trump for listening to him for WAAAAY to long. Somewhere over the last 3 years, his balls fell off.
Originally Posted by: KRK
I try to avoid politics, especially online as it's often pointless pissing contests,
But Trump still has major balls, as he's always had more balls than brains. Then again he's in good company, as lack of brains seems to be a running tread with Presidents. Sadly it's a popularity contest not a who's the best for the job contest.
No, actually it accentuates their favorable results with HCQ. Their systems are vastly inferior, but their death rates are much lower per case. I am suggesting HCQ has alot to do with that.
Originally Posted by: KRK
Favorite results with HCQ, favoritable results with Mask, favoritable results with mostly free and universal health care (except Indonesia, in which John Hopkins suggests your graph was extremely wrong in terms of Indonesia).
Also those results completely hid the results of countries that disagree with it, such as Iran, Brazil, Japan, South Korea.
So that information not only cherry picks the countries of the effect to match it's desired results, but it also cherry picks the cause it wants to push to claim what got that desired results.
I am tired of other people, with questionable motivations, dictating policy, especially when those decisions may be costing 10s of thousands of live.
Originally Posted by: KRK
You seem to just tired because the person in this case doesn't agree with you... it seems as if the person did agree with you, you might be all for it, but then again that's politics.
If we can agree that patients and Dr. should be permitted to make the choice, I am fine.
Originally Posted by: KRK
If something isn't going to be that harmful and than absolutely.
Though I absolutely think there should be certain limits where we don't have doctor's doing completely stupid shit (not talking about HCQ here) or that have a much higher risk of doing harm than helping (again not talking about HCQ here).
But even myself personally, when I was a child I had problem that caused pain and led to 8 different surgeries (doctor and Parents of patients approved). The surgeries temporarily helped, but also caused a different long term harm, and I believe the harm has been worse than the helpfulness.
Come to find, today, some Hospitals have decided to refuse to do such a surgery because they've deemed it more harmful than helpful, and as someone who's lived through it, I'd agree with that decision... even if the doctor and patient agreed because (at least in my particular case, I can't speak for others, nor what the average is, which would be extremely important) the harm clearly out weighed the benefit.
So I think there does need to be a check and balances where the doctor can't just come up with any idea, as something that might help one thing, can seriously hurt another.
But as for HCQ, I'd certainly be alright with more people trying it, especially with a study, seeing if it clears up the over-aggressive immune reactions.