Hydroxychloroquine one more time.
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/08/03/hydroxychloroquine-one-more-time/
On the one hand Im pretty sure most here think PCR is a big crackpot tinfoiler. I get that. OTOH, it seems a very compelling argument big pharma and drug companies would deliberately suppress a COVID cure in order to maximize their profits. That sounds exactly how they operate in America today.
I don't need to know him to see that he's spouting garbage.
First, he's claiming it's proven--yet giving little information on that proof. There's a reference to a doctor--oops, the doctor is in trouble for pretending his study was authorized when it wasn't.
Second, he says it's to direct money to an expensive treatment that failed--while ignoring another cheap drug that has shown substantial benefit in reducing the harm.
Third, he says the vaccine alters the DNA of the recipients. Thus is tinfoil hat territory, vaccines can't do that.
Fourth, he says HCQ is proven safe in 65 years of use. Hell, no! It's been tolerated because there are no good options for malaria, but that's far from saying it's safe. The FDA isn't about safe, the FDA is about know the risks and know that the treatment is better than what it's treating. Lets consider a hypothetical drug: Coin--called that because taking it is like flipping a coin. 50% it cures your cancer, 50% it kills you. The FDA would approve this, albeit with a hell of a warning on it.
Fifth, he brings up "American Pysicians & Surgeons" [sic]. Nope, it's really Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and they're conservative nutcases.
I'm not going to try to address any more of his crap.
Im not so far convinced either way at this point but just looking to inform myself better.
If you are actually looking to inform yourself better then you should be looking at the credibility of the information you are reading rather than just cherry-picking the stuff that supports your biases.
And its not that I'm out there looking for a conspiracy theory. Its that Trump has made the mistake of publicly recommending a cure and that alone now makes finding any truth about this extremely difficult. The Trump hating media now have their ego heavily invested into making sure anything Trump says or claims is false.
It's not at all hard to find truth about it. What's hard is to find people who support your position.
What I would like to see is if there are many examples of people who have taken preventative hydroxycloroquine and still died of COVID. You see a lot of stuff regarding hydroxycloroquine after already contracting the virus but not so much about the people who take it before any symptoms or sickness. For example if someone like Trump who has already taken hydroxycloroquine ended up dying of COVID that would be good evidence for me that it either did not work for him or will not work for most people.
They still get COVID and die of it. AFIAK we don't have a large enough sample size to see if there's any effect (most HCQ patients are higher risk and thus will be trying to avoid exposure, simple numbers aren't enough for an answer) but we know it's no panacea.
At 63 years old, I'm considering the probabilities of my own survival. I have been so far blessed with excellent health and have never taken any drugs prescribed or otherwise. But if hydroxycloroquine is safe and cheap to buy I might consider taking it myself as an insurance policy against death.
It's not safe. I'm sure it's not cheap to buy, either, as there is a worldwide shortage caused by the Orange Turd.
All evidence points to Donald Trump's own ego being heavily invested in making sure anything he says or claims is false.