Posted on 07/30/2020 8:17:43 AM PDT by simka
Blocked by RATS who keep the HCQ supply for themselves.
You clearly don’t understand how double-blind studies work. Go ahead and do what you want for yourself, but you really shouldn’t be dispensing medical advice.
I agree. That was essentially my point.
Discussions on this site in general and this topic in particular should center around what, if any, is a Free Republic's role in my health care decisions.
Instead of always on what you or I or the gov't has decided about efficacy of an already-approved, dang-near-free drug for a new potentially vital, life-saving usage.
It's long been ruled safe. And has an enormous history of usage for me to evaluate if I like. Why on God's green Earth can't I take it for the vapers if I wish - WITHOUT the gov't knowing or caring about it?
People have been scared into hopelessness and worse - into belief that continued existence and a return to normal relies entirely upon new, expensive gov't savior meds. Why not let me be a voluntary human experiment for all eyes to see and learn - let' my chips fall where they may. My choice.
Why is Freedom always the last thing considered in America today when it comes to health issues?
Hydroxychloroquine has not been long-ruled safe. It has some major side effects. I am not a doctor, but based on the studies I have read, I would not take it myself.
“I would not take it myself.”
Trump took it. Congressman Gohmert is about to start it. Millions of Americans take it for RA, lupus, other illnesses. Many, many millions of doses taken for many, many years globally for malaria. It’s available OTC in plenty of nations.
A supposedly ‘free’ America is the real tyrant on this drug.
You are free to NOT take it, no problem there.
Why should I NOT be free to take it?
The never-Trumpers stockpiled HCQ + z-max + zinc when it was first revealed as a cure, and then worked to have it banned as a cure.
Their objective is to maximize the deaths among the peasants, while protecting themselves.
Crimes Against Humanity
Take it if you like. I won’t, as the science shows no benefit.
“Take it if you like. I won’t,...”
There we go!
That is all I’m asking for, what once was America’s best medicine - individual freedom.
You and I turned out to be a great example of why the only correct answer for America is Freedom. We both have the same data, studies, articles and anecdotes available to us and we’ve come to opposite conclusions regarding efficacy.
As happens in ‘science’ every day.
Science is absolutely full of disagreement. And is positively never immune from politics. In an analogous sense, I’m the Yale epidemiologist, you’re Dr F.
Following ‘the’ science is like saying you are voting for ‘the’ candidate. Meaningless.
No, following science is not meaningless, as you say. Science has given us our wonderful modern conveniences and health. If everyone thought the same as you, we’d all still be living in caves.
“...we’d all still be living in caves...”
Hey, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it - but only eat the right bats. (and don’t mind my echo)
Seriously, though, speaking of following things, I’m not sure you were following my meaning. I clearly used quotes on ‘the’.
Science itself is NOT meaningless. It has many, often contradictory, meanings and leanings. That’s why simply stating that you follow ‘THE science’ is meaningless - until you explain what your interpretation of a particular science means, which differing scientist opinions you choose to believe and value, etc.
Why not just go ahead and say it is ‘settled’ science, like the global warming which killed everybody already a couple times before it created the latest cold virus to kill us all again.
Okay, thank you for the clarification. Since we have multiple double-blind studies proving that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective for treatment of COVID-19 and is potentially dangerous, then logical people (doctors and informed patients) will not use it. Uninformed patients and conspiracy theorists are welcome to take hydroxychloroquine to their hearts’ content, but they should refrain from advising others to take it.
My only point is that we all should be welcome/able to, but we aren't.
"...they should refrain from advising others to take it..."
I'm not sure what 'conspiracy' I'm a part of, other than the conspiracy to be individually free in my life decisions which don't affect you.
Do you ever consider that folks should also refrain from advising others to NOT take something which millions take safely for several reasons already, which anyone can afford and which many docs/scientists say works well in preventing vulnerable people becoming hospitalized or dead due to this latest version of a cold virus - for which you have not offered alternative remedy?
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