Just a generic what if question here...
For the sake of argument, let’s say you were tested for COVID-19 and came back with a positive test but were asymptomatic.
Your doctor is concerned because the patient has some underlying health problems that could cause problems if the patients starts showing symptoms. The doctor starts you a prophylactic regime of Hydrochloroquine.
Does anyone have a ballpark guesstimate of how long you’d have to take it before your next test was negative?
No, I’m not the patient. But I got to thinking “If this drug has a prophylactic ability and it is given to medical staff, first responders, etc and then to groups such as those living in congregate care facilities, we are gonna need A LOT of this medicine”.
You won’t have a “negative” test until you’re cured.
HCL: treatment isn’t very connected to that.
More connected to whether you will survive.
But there are more knowledgeable than I here.
Someone who is asymptomatic shouldn’t need CV unless they develop harsh symptoms, because asymptomatics are already developing antibodies.