India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of Cases

Re:India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of ... by bushido on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:55PM (#22609554)

I spoke to a few folks in India, and seems like the majority are on some form of maintenance dose of chroloquine from a getting malaria in the last 6-8 months. I hear this is pretty common practice there.

And not just OTC, but handed out for free and in large quantities at govt hospitals.

I am eager to see this data as well.

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Re:India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of ... by rrrazdan on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:59PM (#22609606)

I am living in India right now and have never heard about this. It is interesting that you would gather that the majority of us are on some dose of Chloroquinine. Nobody I know, is.

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Re:India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of ... by stickfigure on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:10PM (#22609743)

I had the same doubletake at first reading, but I suspect GP meant the majority of the folks s/he talked to.

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Re:India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of ... by bushido on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:08PM (#22611061)

Yes, that's what I meant. I can't possibly assume that the handful of people I spoke with are a representation of the whole country.

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