Posted on 03/18/2020 7:24:32 PM PDT by crazycat
UPDATE: A Covid-19 case correlation between malarial and non-malarial countries has been plotted by Dr. Roy Spencer, and the results are stunning see below.
Encouraging news: three new medical studies show a commonly available anti-malaria drug known as chloroquine aka chloroquine phosphate is showing strong results against COVID-19 infections in both China and South Korea. Excerpts from three studies, including one published in Nature are below.
(Excerpt) Read more at wattsupwiththat.com ...
Co-author Rigano appeared on the last segment of Tucker’s show this evening. Rigano said the study had been rigorously conducted and the results verified. He claimed the drug was “100 percent effecitve” in treating the virus. Tucker paused before responding: “100 percent, that’s unusual isn’t it?” Rigano said “very unusual” and asked that Tucker spread the word to the health agencies.
I was just going to ask that.
It was what they gave the boys in the south pacific during WW2
My uncle said it turned his skin yellow and they all had the trots after though.
What them fellows went through...
I feel like this whole thing is a hallucination. Wish it was. Ive heard side affects listed for every drug advertised on tv. Many terrifying. But Ill still take it if prescribed.
Good. Its starting to get coverage. I dont know if this is the answer. But considering the population is locked in their homes, and the govt is spending a cool trill theyd better be finding that out immediately.
Meanwhile the striking data of the essentially zero overlap between CoVid19 and malaria geographically strongly suggest the antimalarial prophylaxis widely taken in the latter areas is protective. A lot of Chinese are in Italy and they're drowning in CoVid19. But there are also a lot of Chinese in Africa yet no CoVid19 there. We may not need it much longer but trials to see whether standard malaria prophylaxis doses of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are adequate prophylaxis for CoVid19 as well should be done. Malaria's prophylactic doses for are lower than the therapeutic doses for that or other indications and could provide long term therapy, if needed, backed by decades of good safety records.
I hope youre as smart as you sound. Because I really want this to work. :)
Bttt
“Ive heard side affects listed for every drug advertised on tv. “
A few times I’ve had to take prednisone and lots of it for a kidney condition. High doses of prednisone can give you Cushing’s Syndrome, a hair trigger temper, a ravenous appetite, insomnia, weak bones, and a bunch of other horrible stuff that you don’t want.
My kidney doc wanted to get me off of the prednisone and prescribed some other drug that had a two page list of ways that it would try to kill me, including “fatal brain reaction”. At that point I told her “well to hell with this!!”. She said “Prednisone is just as bad, if not worse. You’re just used to it”. So I tried her stupid new drug. It made my hair curl. I became photosensitive, I’d sunburn in about a minute. So I ditched that, and eventually was weaned off of the prednisone too. Now I gotta find someone who wants curly hair, I’ll sell them that 2nd drug.
Thank you, going to learn some more.
Rigano just appeared on Varney this morning at 9:15. Doc Siegel followed and said he is not overstating this and it is a major possibility.
Thank you!!
President Trump just brought it up in the daily WH Task Force presser.
Looks like this has something behind it.
Hydroxychloroquine. Anti-arthritis therapy. Well-tolerated and in adequate supply. Used with azithromycin. Not sure why it’s being used with an anti-biotic, but it is and the MD on this AM that is a part of the trial said, “100 percent effective”.
That’s a bold statement.
I discounted it pending what the WH was going to say about it, and it appears the President himself brought it up this AM.
No.
Chloroquine and its analogues have long-established "off-label" uses as specialty anti-viral medications. They are cheap and effective. High-dosage or long term use may cause some very nasty side effects however.
I did ask my doctor for a stash of chloroquine, to hold for an emergency situation. She declined that one, for now. But she did provide me with a 5-day reserve of Prednisone, and 90-day supplies of some other things.
Yes, I know how, and when to use them (and when not to use them).
over here...
Thanks!Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
The false positive rate was 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's or one old farts life, it's worth it.
I’ve been eating about 3 - 4 Navel Oranges per day the past week in addition to starting a Vitamin D supplement. My Vitamin D has never been measured. I hike a lot and drink a fair amount of milk, so I doubt I’m deficient, but I figured it can’t hurt.
President Trump presided at todays White House task force briefing to announce regulatory relief for the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat the Wuhan virus. This was the briefings headline news, though many of the questions went off in other directions.
b>President Trump expressed enthusiasm about the possibilities presented by these drugs specifically, an enthusiasm which he emphasized several times. Indeed, he circled back to express it toward the conclusion of the briefing. Despite the restraint with which he expressed himself, I believe he is as excited about the prospects for relief as we are. We are talking about drugs already approved for other uses, drugs whose risks and side effects are therefore well known.
The president had FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn in attendance with him to discuss the therapies whose use the FDA is expediting. As I understood Hahns remarks, the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine is to be limited at present to compassionate use situations while clinical data are compiled. He stated that these already approved anti-malarial and anti-arthritis drugs would be made available almost immediately by prescription. He also discussed the expedited use of other therapeutics that are close to approval. Given the urgency of the situation, the vagueness and limitations of the anticipated use of these drugs (as I heard Hahns remarks) was frustrating.
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