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I'm not sure what country you're located in, but at least in the US, there is the "Expanded Access" program - otherwise known as compassionate use. (https://www

I'm not sure what country you're located in, but at least in the US, there is the "Expanded Access" program - otherwise known as compassionate use. (https://www.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/expanded-access https://www.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/expanded...) It was widely used during the HIV epidemic to provide pre-trial access to medications and my hypothesis is that the program will be used even more extensively for sars-cov-2. If your country does not have a law like this, now is the time to push your representatives. Note - this is different from allowing OTC access to chloroquine willy nilly. If that is the suggestion, I am in agreement with the government that physician mediated access is the wisest course. While we know the safety profile of the medication, the doesn't make is "safe".

vanniv 7y ago
That's why in the US after the president ordered the FDA to approve Choloroquine for use against COVID, the FDA immediately came out and demanded that it not be used, except for "compassionate use" in the most severe cases (people who will die anyway, even with treatment), and in the UK why after studies started to appear showing it to be highly effective, the UK banned the sale of the drug. First rule of power: never waste a crisis. If we cure this thing now, before the destruction of all personal freedoms is complete, people won't be willing to go quietly into the totalitarian night. Therefore, it is critical that even news suggesting there might be a cure be suppressed. Notice how for every one article you can find about the promise of Cholorquine + Azithromycin, you'll find 10,000 all talking about how it's a hoax/lie/fabrication, or else that more study is needed -- at least another 12/18/36 months? All long enough to ensure that the dismantling of our society can be completed before anybody can be treated.

vanniv 7y ago

That's why in the US after the president ordered the FDA to approve Choloroquine for use against COVID, the FDA immediately came out and demanded that it not be used, except for "compassionate use" in the most severe cases (people who will die anyway, even with treatment), and in the UK why after studies started to appear showing it to be highly effective, the UK banned the sale of the drug. First rule of power: never waste a crisis. If we cure this thing now, before the destruction of all personal freedoms is complete, people won't be willing to go quietly into the totalitarian night. Therefore, it is critical that even news suggesting there might be a cure be suppressed. Notice how for every one article you can find about the promise of Cholorquine + Azithromycin, you'll find 10,000 all talking about how it's a hoax/lie/fabrication, or else that more study is needed -- at least another 12/18/36 months? All long enough to ensure that the dismantling of our society can be completed before anybody can be treated.