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This is actually causing a severe shortage at many pharmacies and hospitals. People are rushing out and hoarding this drug, preventing us from having adequate s

This is actually causing a severe shortage at many pharmacies and hospitals. People are rushing out and hoarding this drug, preventing us from having adequate supplies for treating the serious cases.

X6S1x6Okd1st 7y ago
Do you have a citation?
- roywiggins 7y ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloroquine-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloro...
- casion 7y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22639267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22639267
- quickthrowman 7y ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/flor5z/please_stop_prescribing_hydroxychloroquine_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/flor5z/please_sto...
tomerico 7y ago
Isn't this a prescription controlled drug?
- lalaland1125 7y ago
  Yes, but many doctors aren't as ethical as they should be.
IAmEveryone 7y ago
Even worse, it’s leaving people with Lupus and arthritis in a position to quit the medication that’s keeping them alive/comfortable cold turkey. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloroquine-trump.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloro... And then you get this word salad that sounds like a forward from grandpa, early AOL era (even including all-caps): “HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)” All based on some data from a Petri dish, and a non-randomized trial where they measured “virus load” by eyeballing it: https://mobile.twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1241201751916568576 https://mobile.twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1241201751916... This is insanity, Nero-style (only without actual style). You couldn’t kill more people if you tried.
- teddyvangogh 7y ago
  Faulty generalization = the fallacy of examining just one or very few examples or studying a single case, and generalizing that to be representative of the whole class of objects or phenomena.
teddyvangogh 7y ago
Faulty generalization = the fallacy of examining just one or very few examples or studying a single case, and generalizing that to be representative of the whole class of objects or phenomena.

This is actually causing a severe shortage at many pharmacies and hospitals. People are rushing out and hoarding this drug, preventing us from having adequate supplies for treating the serious cases.

X6S1x6Okd1st 7y ago

Do you have a citation?

roywiggins 7y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloroquine-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloro...
casion 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22639267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22639267
quickthrowman 7y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/flor5z/please_stop_prescribing_hydroxychloroquine_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/flor5z/please_sto...

tomerico 7y ago

Isn't this a prescription controlled drug?

lalaland1125 7y ago
Yes, but many doctors aren't as ethical as they should be.

IAmEveryone 7y ago

Even worse, it’s leaving people with Lupus and arthritis in a position to quit the medication that’s keeping them alive/comfortable cold turkey. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloroquine-trump.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-chloro... And then you get this word salad that sounds like a forward from grandpa, early AOL era (even including all-caps): “HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)” All based on some data from a Petri dish, and a non-randomized trial where they measured “virus load” by eyeballing it: https://mobile.twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1241201751916568576 https://mobile.twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1241201751916... This is insanity, Nero-style (only without actual style). You couldn’t kill more people if you tried.

teddyvangogh 7y ago
Faulty generalization = the fallacy of examining just one or very few examples or studying a single case, and generalizing that to be representative of the whole class of objects or phenomena.

teddyvangogh 7y ago

Faulty generalization = the fallacy of examining just one or very few examples or studying a single case, and generalizing that to be representative of the whole class of objects or phenomena.