Yes, after wading thru dp’s emissions I found where he agrees it’s effective as a prophylactic. He also mentions the antibiotic and zinc, which I’ve read contradictory things about so will stay in my lane. Evidently either the side-effects (which are not unlike other drugs) or the politicization of HCQ is why it’s not available OTC in the US as it is in India. It’s certainly not because of a potential shortage; two Indian manufacturers have the capacity to produce 1.5 million tablets per day.
The antibiotic is meant to deal with secondary infections - pneumonia and such. The zinc, some say yes, some say ‘not necessary’, but as long as you don’t overdose on it, it’s a good supplement in my opinion (I’m not a DR). I take a multivitamin that includes over 100% of the DV of Zinc, but it is present in a lot of foods that we eat already.
Vitamin D is harder to find in food, which is why they fortify milk with it (and OJ sometimes too). Sunlight is a good source.
I think the biggest reason that HCQ isn’t available OTC is politics. But keep in mind that there are a lot of people that actually will vote for Biden. That alone tells us that some people are too stupid to even self-administer a non-addictive drug like HCQ.
2 months ago, the U.S. supposedly has 63 million doses of HCQ on hand that it can’t get rid of...
can’t find the status of that stockpile today...