05-24-2020, 03:29 PM
(05-23-2020, 08:36 PM)6andcounting Wrote: Leeches and praying have been around for centuries, if not longer. We know what they can and can't do. Nothing we know about those things gives us reason to believe they have any connections to stopping upper respiratory illnesses and viruses. We know the risks of the hydroxychloroquine from it's decades of use in modern medicine. It's ability to inhibit DNA and RNA synthesis is something that would directly apply to preventing viruses from binding to cells. The are a few other ways that hydroxychloroquine works within the body that would seemingly would work to inhibit virus like Sars and covid. Doesn't mean it will or that we will find the way it can be used effectively as a medicine in time, but it makes sense it's one of the things that's explored.
And I couldn't be wrong about this, but I don't think Trump ever went beyond saying it could be the cure we're looking for and might as well be used in cases where doctors think it's worth a shot.
“What do you have to lose? Take it.”
After being told multiple times the risks outweigh the benefits except as recommended by the FDA.