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Henry Ford Health System to conduct first large US study of hydroxychloroquine’s ability to prevent COVID-19(eye roll)
echcrunch.com/ ^ | 4:09 pm EDT • April 2, 2020 | Darrell Etherington@etherington /

Posted on 04/04/2020 1:41:43 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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To: Candor7
Even if healthcare workers are taking it, is it that or the PPE and other measures they are taking that are keeping them healthy or is it the medical regime?

Then consideration of the supply and demand of any good or service comes into question.

Does the supply exist to use it as prophylactic? The answer is not now for sure.

Can production be ramped up to provide supply for the safety for every American? I certainly do not know the answer to that.

Then we must consider the world, as surely every country would turn against us if we totally ignored them. Besides most Americans wouldn't allow that to occur.

So even if we bypassed doing a study, could we really get people back to work tomorrow? Highly unlikely unless most are willing to do so without the use of this drug as a prophylactic, until they could get their prescription fulfilled.

In the meantime, the problem of overburdening our healthcare systems still remains the problem they are currently trying to avoid. For when that occurs you compound the current problem and more people start dying of other treatable maladies.

21 posted on 04/04/2020 4:14:37 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: RomanSoldier19
Just got a long report from my daughter who is a nurse at Henry Ford.

She thinks she got infected early on, like a bad cold for her. She works on a lung floor and is going to start taking shifts in the ICU.

She says they are coping, so far.

22 posted on 04/04/2020 5:13:13 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam---At war with Western Civilization for 1400 years)
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To: ganeemead

In general what you said is correct.

But a caution, zinc can be toxic if taken at high levels.

I take B-6 and Zinc for nerve damage in my hands. Only take this when they are hurting.

So, some good common sense should be applied.


23 posted on 04/04/2020 5:22:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Yes, its possible to overdose from zinc, I’ve done that.


24 posted on 04/04/2020 5:27:46 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Former Proud Canadian
Sounds like she should be high on the list for getting tge antibody test.

Did she have a fever? I had a nightmare cold in December/January that swept through the office and another early in March, but neither gave me a fever.

25 posted on 04/04/2020 6:15:48 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
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To: Robert DeLong

Even if healthcare workers are taking it, is it that or the PPE and other measures they are taking that are keeping them healthy or is it the medical regime? >>>>>

Who in old F**K really cares?

All you have to do is watch a forensic video of someone dying from Covid -19.

Your effing reservations will go out the window.

Read the Zelenko Protocol.

And watch the posted video.


26 posted on 04/04/2020 6:30:53 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: RomanSoldier19

I like these people quoting China,the ones who gave us this mess,as saying it won’t work,I would begin mass producing this drug and start using it with seniors immediately!


27 posted on 04/04/2020 6:44:27 AM PDT by ballplayer (By)
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To: Candor7
Who in old F**K really cares?

Well we know it works for people with the virus, but if it does not prevent someone from contracting the virus, then we are potentially taking away game changing drugs from those who need it.

If it does work then the question becomes how quickly can production be ramped up, because there is still not enough to dose everyone.

In the meantime I think we ought to be treating everyone who has the virus with this game changing drug regime. That will stem the growth of the virus thus making treating people who catch it subsequently with it. It is a better usage of limited resources.

28 posted on 04/04/2020 8:17:40 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

but if it does not prevent someone from contracting the virus>>>

Its not iffy at all.

What attracted scientists in China to Hydroxi Chloroquin’s prophylactic qualities was the fact that there were thousands of Lupus patients who did not contract Covid-19 and appeared to have an immunity.

They found that all of them were on Hydroxy Chloroquine for the treatment of Lupus.

NO IF

ESPECIALLY NO “IF” ....WHEN WE HAVE GERIATRIC PATIENTS DYING OFF LIKE FLIES.

Use the method for prolaxyis: 1 x 200 mg Hydroxy Chloroquin( Plaquenil) and 100 - 200 mgs of Zinc Phosphate daily.

Or soon you yourself may have only one choice left:

“Whether you are going to heaven or hell.”


29 posted on 04/04/2020 8:51:08 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Pollster1

My out-patient treatment regimen is as follows:

1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days

2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days

3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days

Just putting this in my posting history so the dosages are easy to find.


30 posted on 04/04/2020 9:15:22 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: Candor7
I notice how you never address the bigger question, that being if we could produce enough to dose the country, and if so exactly how long that would take to produce that kind of quantity.

Actually most people who catch the virus recover on their own.

It's not the end of mankind. Even if nothing had been done.

31 posted on 04/04/2020 11:11:47 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Fido969

Thanks for letting me know. I’m cautious, but have never had issues taking it. Only 50mg tablets.


32 posted on 04/04/2020 12:26:53 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Robert DeLong

It’s not the end of mankind. Even if nothing had been done. >>

Unless you have compassion, it is the end of YOUR “mankind.”

And multiplied by many billions who would rather cling to faux science in this crisis afflicting ALL of humanity, all of them lose their humanity.

And thats the kind of government you want after this is all over? One that has no compassio for People?

HSS has 10 million doses of Hydroxi-Chloroquin, just sitting there. Thats enough to treat 100,000 people. That was 2 weeks ago, and they have been making to satisfy the demand overseas as well.

We have plenty.


33 posted on 04/04/2020 12:41:36 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: KarlInOhio

No fever.


34 posted on 04/04/2020 2:09:23 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam---At war with Western Civilization for 1400 years)
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To: Candor7
Unless you have compassion, it is the end of YOUR “mankind.”

Whatever that means. Just as the Spanish Flu over 100 years ago was not the end of YOUR “mankind.”, so will this not be.

Would it be an act of compassion if all of mankind were kept alive? We are not in control, we just think we are.

Those who have lost loved ones have my deepest sympathies. People lose loved ones every day, and some for the most obtuse of reasons.

And that's the kind of government you want after this is all over? One that has no compassion for People?

I want the same government we have had, period. We are a very compassionate society.

Let's go with you number that we have enough to treat 100,000 people in this country, or .02857143% of the country's population. That only leaves 349,900,000 or 99.9714286% to go. Remember so far I am basing that 100% of the supply is applied to only Covid19 infected people, however, that is not the case in reality, as there are people who need the drug for other maladies, such as lupus. So just how long do you think it would take us to dose the entire nation? How do you determine who gets inoculated now, and who later?

My point is that you are being unrealistic in your desires. It is just not a real possibility. Time to be realistic. Emotions are fine, most if not all, possess them. But they rarely solve anything, though they can act as a motivator to strive to make as many available as quickly as humanly possible. But it is not something that can be accomplished even in several months. Now if we extend that to the entire world, it would probably take decades.

35 posted on 04/04/2020 2:32:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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