05-20-2020, 03:17 AM
(05-19-2020, 07:23 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The issue with taking the drug is that it isn't verified that it has any real efficacy for COVID-19. Meanwhile, there are people that actually need it for malaria treatments, so this could result in shortages of the drug for what we absolutely know it is good for.
(05-19-2020, 08:06 PM)Benton Wrote: As Matt said, this could lead to a shortage for people who actually need it. To add, there's also a danger in a false sense of security. Like people who think they can cure their cancer with a tea spoon of cider vinegar and a dash of tumeric. Then they die of cancer.
Hcq may treat covid. Or it may just make people think it's treating covid while they walk around getting and spreading exposure.
(05-20-2020, 12:57 AM)bfine32 Wrote: None of that changes the point made. Why do you think there's an uproar about hcq?
If he'd said he's taking insulin ... Which could potentially cause a run on insulin and increase the costs for diabetics who would die without it... Would that make more sense? We don't typically see malaria as a problem because when was the last time someone in your neighborhood got malaria? But for those who may need the drug, it's a big deal for it's costs to suddenly skyrocket or for the supply to dry up.
Plus, if it does nothing for covid, then people are potentially spreading it because they think they're immune.
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