Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I don't know if chloroquine will turn out to be part of an empirically validated protocol for COVID-19, but I do know that it's irresponsible to write headlines implying people are dying from the medication when they actually ODed on a product for treating fish tankshttps://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1242212084647104514 …

People need to not be drinking fish water conditioners and they also need to not be afraid to take chloroquine if a doctor prescribes it. Can we please, please be a little more reflective about this stuff?

Well, chloroquine phosphate is in fact an anti-malaria drug. We’ve just switched to using hydroxychloroquine a long time ago cause it’s much safer. Point being, Trump said anti-malaria pill so if they would’ve looked up what they had, it would’ve come up as an anti-malaria pill.

They literally just took a teaspoon of the stuff Does anyone in their right mind feel comfortable taking *a teaspoon* of a prescription medication, knowing nothing else?

Not saying they were smart. Just saying there’s a direct connection between the president inflating the efficacy while downplaying the risks and their actions.

Trump hyping specific drugs like chloroquine is irresponsible for a number of reasons, but (a) chloroquine *has* shown enough promise to be the go-to compassionate use drug for COVID & (b) I don't really think it's his fault if someone starts serving themselves aquarium chemicals

Calling it aquarium chemicals really distorts what it is. Why is it used in aquariums? Because it kills parasites... like malaria. With public health, what people *should* do doesn’t matter at all. All that matters is what they *will* do and this was perfectly predictable.