Molson Hart

If I have receptive intercourse with someone who is HIV+ and I take PrEP, I will not get HIV. If I don't, after a few months, I'm going to be HIV+. If I take meds, I won't get AIDS. If I treat my AIDS, I'm going to live another 10 years. If I don't, in a year, I'm dead.

We know that the Lupus wing of Wuhan hospital never got the coronavirus. That's how we learned the Hydroxychloroquine may be effective (it's prescribed for Lupus). Wouldn't this explain why we're having such confusing study results on its effectiveness?

In short, hydroxychloroquine works if you prescribe it super early. It doesn't work if you prescribe it late. Works the same way HIV works, another virus for which there is no cure nor vaccine.

Yep. I guess the main externality concern is whether this creates a shortage of the drug for people with known use-cases like Lupus, etc.

I worry if that somehow is why hcq is getting poopooed. It wasn’t so long ago that the same theory was applied to masks for hc workers.

For me, I keep in mind: HCQ is a generic. Remdesevir and other treatments are patented. Big difference in $ there.