[Bob434]

[[The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine,]]

What in the world took them so long? We could have avoided 2000 deaths had they done this right from the start-

30 million pills were donated- so now there is no excuse to not use it- it is way way more than we’ll ever need- a typical dose is just 10 pills (2 pills a day for 5 days) per person

So if there are only around 300,000 people that get the virus- only 10% will be so severe they could die from it according to info that’s been discussed- so that would be only 30,000 that would need it- Times 10 = just 300,00 doses only

We could even give every one of the 300,000 10 pills and still have plenty left over for other conditions- like lupus- so there would be no shortages

Israel is also donating millions of doses-

The only issue will be all the people taking it as a preventative- but i think there will still be plenty in the Us in very short order even for that

[Sarah Barracuda]

I dont understand why Israel is not using the drug..so far 15 have died in Israel, all elderly, they could have been given the drug too

[usafa92]

Here was my Facebook post from 10 days ago:

“Instead of wasting $1T on a bailout, why can’t everyone just get 10 malaria pills and let us all go back to living our lives?“

[RummyChick]

Your numbers MAY be off.

This virus is wacky. You dont know in the beginning when you get the tickle in your throat if you are going to be one that ends up on a ventilator in a few days.

This drug seems to be more effective the sooner it is taken.

The advent of the 5 minute test will be helpful if the hospitals/doctors will use it near the beginning instead of when you are gasping for breath and need to be put on oxygen.

To get this under control patients going to have to be given it sooner than at deaths door

[catnipman]

“What in the world took them so long?”

notice that the FDA emergency approval happened in conjunction with actually finally obtaining a large supply? they probably wait for that to avoid creating a massive panic of the drug not being available ...