If HCQ turns out to be ineffective, but also as safe as advertised, how many people would have been saved by the placebo effect had it been widely prescribed in the US? Discuss.
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It's bad risk management if there's a reasonable chance that HCQ will be effective. In this thread you've stipulated otherwise.
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There are other factors to think about. Many people with Lupus and other diseases depend on HCQ. If I take a low-probability of being effective (based on studies) HCQ I am taking a drug that is effective away from someone else. A shortage could be created (like masks).
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Missing from the discussion is the existence of other drugs more effective (based on double-blinded, randomized, placebo-control tests) than HCQ. From one study, HCQ had a 35% chance the marginal effectiveness of the trial was due to chance. Not good odds. Interferon looks better
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Obviously, if I do get COVID-19 I will ask my doctor about HCQ too. However, I am getting excited about the other treatments that are less controversial. I get the feeling people want to prove a point with HCQ without sufficient evidence other than anecdotal & wishful thinking.
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Science doesn’t seem to be on your side. Unless of course you have your head in the sand.https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/04/an_effective_covid_treatment_the_media_continues_to_besmirch_143875.html …
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