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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:13PM (#26879868)
> Immediately end all lockdowns, mask mandates and capacity restrictions. All those aged 70 and above will have the option to stay in quarantine

Aside from the stupidity of the first half, is the last sentence to be taken to mean that everyone under 70 will be dragged forcibly out of their homes and exposed involuntarily? If not, how else are we to understand that only a narrow group will have the “option” of “quarantine”?

> Pass legislation to make Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin available over the counter like they are in many foreign countries.

That’s stupid. Why would we make things worse by implicitly endorsing ineffective treatments? We’ve actually come a long way in effective medical interventions for COVID; making those more readily available (though OTC isn’t the right route, even there) makes sense.

> But no, we get ignore all the proof and hide in your homes until everyone can be vaccinated.

Almost nowhere has a policy that could even hyperbolicly be described by any sane person as “hide in your homes”, most places are gradually (some radically, even recklessly) reopening (and many adopting the first part of your first recommendation.) Even the many of the most restrictive places have generally reopened or are on short timetable to, despite retaining mask mandates and distancing/capacity restrictions for many activities.

Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by outworlder on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:00PM (#26879594)
> - Pass legislation to make Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin available over the counter like they are in many foreign countries.

Oh, like Brazil does?! It's working so well over there, is it not.

If you don't have malaria, lupus, lice, worms or similar, those medications do NOTHING. It's a virus.

Vitamin D is effective if you are deficient. If you have normal levels that too does NOTHING.

Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by what_happa_god on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:39PM (#26880326)
You mean like India? Check out those COVID numbers and let me know what you find ;)

Indeed it is a virus, and they are used for Malaria. If using the combination of Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc and Azythromicin early in disease progression actually works then... who cares? I mean really. It could work on placebo for all I care. People are dying, you think they will refuse a proven treatment that happens to be a anti-malarial versus an anti-viral?

Regarding people being deficient in Vitamin D, that's uh... literally everyone. I think the only people with normal levels are native tribes that still live outdoors. Check out any study of vitamin D in chronically ill people and see how many have normal levels. These are the same people most susceptible to dying from COVID. Isn't being Vitamin D deficient the most indicative metric of COVID morbidity?

Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by outworlder on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:45PM (#26919004)
That medication cocktail is inefficient at best, and causes liver damage.

> Isn't being Vitamin D deficient the most indicative metric of COVID morbidity

It is one metric. Depends on how deficient you are too.