Reasons to not get over excited about hydroxychloroquine: 1. Early promising therapies often disappoint 2. There are known toxicities & dangerous drug interactions 3. People need these meds for evidence-based indications (eg., RA, SLE) Wait for the studies. Don't hoard.
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Replying to @choo_ek
It’s especially disturbing that it seems to be largely medical professionals doing this and not understanding how science workshttps://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trumps-dangerous-messaging-about-a-possible-coronavirus-treatment …
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Replying to @RyanMarino @choo_ek
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#Hydroxychloroquine to treat#COVID19 began before the right wing grifters latched on to the drug. The origin comes from an unconfirmed, unpublished observation by doctors in Wuhan in January that 80 patients with lupus didn't get coronavirus.4 replies 11 retweets 48 likes -
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You really think that survey says anything about whether an unproven drug is effective against #COVID19? 


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