I'm definitely not a journalist. I usually call myself an epidemiologist, blogging is my unpaid side-hustle
I disagree that it's special. There a several drugs with low side effect profiles that have been tested for COVID-19. But really all of this is immaterial because if it doesn't work - which, as you agree, is unlikely - then it doesn't really matter anyway
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Also, the main reason I didn't reply to your thread is that it is something of a straw man. The context here is crucial-people aren't just claiming that HCQ might moderately reduce symptoms of COVID-19 if taken prophylactically, they are claiming that it is a cure
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This isn't a fringe belief, it has been promoted literally yesterday by the President of the US. And in my article, I correctly pointed out that the main remaining question is whether there is some possibility that prophylactic HCQ may have some benefit (if unlikely)
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