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Re:Severe Outcomes Among U.S. Patients with Covid-19, Feb 12... by teddyvangogh on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @10:33PM (#22623808)
its good to be skeptical. Others have had good results as well. Hope we get more data.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethpfeiffer/2020/03/18/sci...

An old malaria and autoimmune drug is showing promise as a potential treatment for COVID-19 – although health officials are urging caution until clinical trials are done.

The drug, hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil, was reported March 9 in Clinical Infectious Diseases journal to be effective at killing the virus in laboratory experiments. In a letter in Cell Discovery Wednesday, the study’s authors, mainly from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, wrote, “(W)e predict that the drug has a good potential to combat the disease.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/here-are-some-exi...

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Re:Severe Outcomes Among U.S. Patients with Covid-19, Feb 12... by blaser-waffle on Thursday March 19, 2020 @09:23AM (#22627205)
They're showing caution because Chloroquine can have some ugly side effects. Probably better than dying, but if it only has a marginal efficacy then it may be doing as much harm as it does good.
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