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1 posted on 05/23/2020 7:16:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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IGNORING THE HYSTERIA FROM THE LEFT, HERE’s THE REALITY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT ( see article ):

Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine disrupt interactions between some of SARS-CoV-2’s proteins with proteins called sigma receptors in human cells, researchers report April 30 in Nature. Interrupting those protein interactions may make it difficult for the virus to replicate, says study coauthor Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, a microbiologist who directs the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

Together, those antiviral capabilities make the drugs attractive for use against the coronavirus. But there’s another important reason chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine were some of the first drugs pressed into action: They’re available. Doctors have been prescribing the drugs, already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for decades and they’re generally safe, although there are some serious side effects.

“Time is of the essence,” says Adam Spivak, an infectious-disease doctor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. “When you have a drug that you understand and can safely administer that’s on the shelf, that’s the drug you reach for first.”

Hydroxychloroquine is better tolerated by most people, so is the one researchers are testing more often.

But isn’t taking hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine dangerous?

It can be FOR SOME PEOPLE, such as those prone to heart problems, or when taken in combination with other drugs that can alter heart rhythms.

In trials with very sick people, hydroxychloroquine has caused sometimes fatal heart-rhythm problems. People with existing heart problems, those with low potassium levels or low oxygen levels in their blood are especially vulnerable to these serious side effects, says Raymond Woosley, a pharmacologist the University of Arizona in Phoenix.


2 posted on 05/23/2020 7:19:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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There’s currently not enough data to say whether the drug can protect people from catching COVID-19 or from getting very ill if they do get infected with the virus.

Really? With how many months and how many people affected by this virus they still must take a "wait and see" attitude on this long used drug?

I wonder if things would change if the only people affected by the coronavirus were those who had recent abortions...

3 posted on 05/23/2020 7:22:13 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Also, as you get older, the levels of zinc in your bodies drop, so a zinc supplement is added to the HCQ, + AZPak or Doxicycline for 4 - 5 days (or less). The zinc really messes with ability of virus to replicate.


7 posted on 05/23/2020 7:47:04 AM PDT by RideForever (We were born to be tested)
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“Brandi Glanville claims she sprays her kids with bleach water when they enter the house...”

Brandy is doing fine but her kids look like hell.


9 posted on 05/23/2020 8:01:29 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Just sit in your house until the food stops coming and then starve. You'll be safe.)
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The polarization based on politics over this is sickening.


11 posted on 05/23/2020 8:17:34 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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It won’t be long before the top medical schools issue detailed reports on what happened and what strategies were most effective in treating the virus.Of course the Amazon Compost and the New York Slimes will report them in ways that make Trump look like a war criminal but that’s to be expected.


12 posted on 05/23/2020 8:21:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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