The last thing we would want in any scientific controversy is for the answers to come from science rather than politics and the media. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Update (1130ET): It appears there is a full court press against hydroxycholoroquine this morning as the media has jumped all over a report from JAMA that at first glance sounds very ominous but in fact is related to a derivative drug – chloroquine diphosphate
How safe and effective are 2 different regimens of chloroquine diphosphate in the treatment of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
Conclusions and Relevance:
The preliminary findings of this study suggest that the higher CQ dosage should not be recommended for critically ill patients with COVID-19 because of its potential safety hazards, especially when taken concurrently with azithromycin and oseltamivir. These findings cannot be extrapolated to patients with nonsevere COVID-19.
Sounds very ominous and in fact was headlined on CNBC thus: “the primary effect of using the drug that was touted by President Trump is death” in an outrageous lie.
To be clear – Chloroquine Diphosphate is the fish tank cleaner; hydroxychloroquine is the one they should have tested (and the one that President Trump has “touted” as the media is so happy to say.
JAMA even brings up the difference in their report –
Recent publications have drawn attention to the possible benefit of chloroquine diphosphate (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for the treatment of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
In other words, they are using this bullshit science for political purposes.
I watched the CMartenson video yesterday and I thought what he did was quite clever–namely he compared PreTrump’s Hydroxychloroquine recommendation to Post Tr HCQ recommendation relative to the side effects noted by various sources. Surprisingly, PreTr HCQr had few if any listings for the dread QT interval EKG changes compared to the PostTr denunciations of HCQ now seen from the NIH experts and elsewhere. Smells like “Political Pharmacology” to me.
Also, HCQ acts as an ionophore(enables Zinc to get into cells with the COVID-19 virus). Apparently it is the Zinc that combats the virus. So, I tend to not give much credence if an article discussing HCQ does not mention using it in combination with Zinc–just saying.
https://swietylukasz.pl/en/2020/03/20/zinc-and-covid-19-infection/
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