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Yeah I think that's great for those countries. I may have to take back what I said about Japan though. I think there's been some indication that they might also be hiding their numbers. OTOH, I should add a country like Germany to the model countries category to emulate. According to NYTimes, they're testing almost 500K per week and they have a fatality rate of 0.4%.
I would contact your primary care doctor and ask them if they're willing to prescribe hydroxychloroquine or azithromycin for you if you start getting pneumonia-like symptoms.
Please do not do that. There is no evidence that chloroquine does anything for covid and contrary to what the President says, it can hurt you. There are pit falls to chloroquine. It's not even widely used as a malaria drug anymore. This fad of hoarding unproven drugs is destroying the supply for people that legitimately need it. People on Lupus can't get it now. Those people do need it. It works for them. Hype is hurting real people.Small study from China showing that chloroquine does nothing for covid.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginPeople on Lupus now can't get the drug they need because of this hype.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
I disagree. You have to ignore that Trump suddenly politicized the drug. You have to look at all the potential data out there about chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, not just one study. Here's a bunch of articles I saved the links for to give you an idea of why other countries like South Korea are using HCQ in their treatment:
I hope it's not Covid-19 I'd try to drink as much hot/warm water as possible, take Tylenol for the fever, and take any zinc supplements you can find (though be careful with the amount because too much is toxic). I would contact your primary care doctor and ask them if they're willing to prescribe hydroxychloroquine or azithromycin for you if you start getting pneumonia-like symptoms. Be watchful of your symptoms daily for the next 7-10 days. There's been anecdotal reports how sometimes people can feel better one day and suddenly have full-on pneumonia and can't breathe the next day. I'd ask family members or close friends to monitor you daily and be ready to drive you to the hospital if it suddenly gets bad like that.
A lot of those links you posted don't have anything to do with covid, they talk about using chloroquine for other purposes. Other links refer to chloroquine as an anti-viral, it's not approved as an anti-viral that I know of. The only link in all those you posted that I saw that directly discusses chloroquine and covid was an experiment done in vitro, in a "test tube". There's a lot of stuff that works in a test tube that doesn't work in a living organism. Chloroquine was looked at as a drug to treat HIV and SARS. It showed promise in vitro. SARS was the novel coronavirus of it's day. That promise didn't translate.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginThere's only one study concerning efficacy of chloroquine on covid in humans. That's the study I posted. Many of those links you posted are hopes and prayers, not science.My opinion has nothing to do with Trump politicizing it. There is simply no evidence that chloroquine is effective in treating covid. This happened during the SARS outbreak as well. People were convinced that steroids were the magic cure. Looking back, it wasn't. In fact, it did more harm than good. Here are a couple of papers about steroids and SARS. The first was a pro/con about it as it happened. Sounds familiar doesn't it?You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginAnd here is look back about what happened because some people went ahead because they thought steroids were the answer.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginRight now, people are throwing every possible drug they can think of at covid in hopes that something will work. I would not be surprised if someone swears that the miracle drug, aspirin, is the answer. It would be great if an existing drug was an effective treatment. I would be ecstatic if that was chloroquine. But right now there is no evidence that chloroquine or any other existing drug is effective.
I've been in contact with my GP and my mum who's a nurse practitioner helping treat/refer covid-19 patients.I'm carefully watching for worsening symptoms. So far they're coming and going, one day is good and then the next day is insanely bad. My mum is home from work for the next three days so she's keeping an eye on me for now just in case.The only problem with getting meds prescribed is that I'm on A LOT of medications already (I have a few chronic conditions and a cerebrovascular disease.) So, I basically need to consult with pharmacists and my specialists any time something more than the basics need to be prescribed, thus I'm waiting until it's actually needed. Of note, my liver enzymes have been slightly elevated lately, so I'm definitely not adding any other meds unless absolutely necessary.I've been told to mainly self-quarantine, hydrate (which I always drink at least 2.5L a day,) watch for fevers and treat them, etc. Currently, I'm not too worried unless I start developing breathing issues, if that happens I'm going straight to the ER. I'm young, not immunocompromised despite all my issues, and generally healthy. So unless it takes a turn for the worse, I'm going to try and remain as calm as my anxiety disorder allows.At this point, even in California I don't qualify for testing for it yet unless I worsen. I'm basically resting in bed, hydrating, taking tylenol as needed, playing a lot of video games to kill time, and working remotely when I feel up to it. Thank god for the timing of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
I disagree, I don't feel many anecdotal reports are zero evidence.
ETA: Reddit found another new published article that touts the drug:
Why is snake oil no longer a thing? Because anecdotes are not evidence of efficacy. I'll stick with science.An article full of anecdotes is still just a bunch of anecdotes.
I'm excited and nervous to go out on our weekly shopping trek tomorrow. My friend gave me a heads up for a company hiring. Idk what to do?! I am still with the company, just not making money as of next Friday.My nurse friend said a lot of people, including homeless, are coming in with a bad cough. They aren't even trying, but testing them as if they have covid-19. Another friend that owns a clinic said they rent getting the test kits and also just testing as if they have the virus. So the numbers we are hearing are totally higher.
On another note, San Diego is getting serious about enforcing the stay at home mandate. On the news today they said that a violation is up to a $1000 and/or 6 months in jail.