Actually: they might well be the same substance. It seems to be common to leave the salt off the end when referring to these things.
Perhaps some FReeper will post the stoichometry. But in the meantime let’s not be caught out. They might be the same substance, but the dose is the poison.
“...They might be the same substance, but the dose is the poison....”
True enough, but that headline is intentionally misleading and malevolent; by now, ALL the media knows that the French have been extremely successful with the chloroquine in treating this virus.
We have a President working overtime to get a proven cure out to people, and an entire political party and their media toadies doing everything they can to stall it, to destroy the economy, cause pain and havoc to peoples’ personal finances, and ruin the country.
Hell, this is the same as domestic terrorism to my mind - using fear to collapse the economy, intimidate people, and influence the election.