[agere_contra]

Plaquenil, also known as hydroxychloroquine.

(Which ofc is why it was dicovered as a treatment in the first place - all the Lupus sufferers being immune to Covid)

[blueplum]

lupus folks are NOT immune from covid, who told you that? But it is true the older and those with more than one other problem were more likely to have worse outcomes

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/does-lupus-or-arthritis-affect-your-prognosis-if-you-get-covid-19-2020110921230

In one study:
“early 60% of those with COVID-19 and lupus became sick enough to be hospitalized, and 10% were admitted to the intensive care unit.about 10% died.

In a second study:
of 102 infected patients, “26% of study subjects were hospitalized. About 4% died.”

[Steven Tyler]

bump, thanks