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It is a cheap generic that is commonly prescribed to those intending to travel to countries or regions of countries where Malaria is common.
Prevalent use of hydroxychloroquine in countries with a high occurrence of malaria (India, sub-Saharan Africa, South America) MIGHT explain the relatively low presence of the Wuhan virus in those countries.
MIGHT explain.
These countries have poor hygiene compared to European countries, which have a much higher reported number of cases, so one would expect a higher prevalence of the Wuhan virus in countries where folks do not have the facilities to constantly wash their hands. Of course, reporting and testing may play a factor, too.
I cannot find a link but I was interested to see on television a world map displaying an overlay of Wuhan virus cases and malaria cases. The areas with high malaria cases had relatively low Wuhan virus cases.
Exactly. What's the harm in giving it out.
Supposedly it's safe enough for pregnant women to take it so give it out and see what happens. It'll either work or it wont. Not like it'll cause people to mutate and glow in the dark just by taking it.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has directed Federal Drug Administration commissioner Stephen Hahn to waive “outdated rules and bureaucracies” on the testing of various “anti-viral therapies” to combat coronavirus.
Trump noted that the vaccine pursued by the National Institutes of Health and other medical bodies, “by its nature” requires lengthy testing periods.
“The therapies are something we can move on much faster potentially,” he continued, “treatments that will be able to reduce the severity or duration of the symptoms.”
In particular, the president pointed to a “couple of drugs” the FDA is approving for “immediate use,” including hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that has shown promise in battling coronavirus.
“It’s shown very encouraging early results, and we’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately,” the president stated. “And that’s where the FDA. has been so great.”
Trump added that the FDA “has also confirmed compassionate use for a number of patients.”
The president added that the White House task force and private companies will still “work toward a much needed vaccine in the future.”
What you doing Corrie22?
First you correct middle-aged mom on her made-up, as-needed facts, then you go and blow a hole in the recession the Democrats have been pinning their hopes on by suggesting that a treatment for corona virus may already exist.
If you keep this up, people might not panic and pull all their savings out of the markets.
China and S. Korea have been using it and have greatly improved outcomes...I think this pretty much will turn back the virus until we have a full vaccine. We just need the FDA to provide guidelines for treatment so hospitals and doctors can prescribe.
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HUGE BREAKING NEWS: President Trump Announces Chloroquine Will Be Made Available IMMEDIATELY !
