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“ There is absolutely no evidence that HCQ or HCQ/azithromycin would have any effect on seriously ill patients with viral pneumonia.” Correct. that’s against t
by snapetom 7y ago
“ There is absolutely no evidence that HCQ or HCQ/azithromycin would have any effect on seriously ill patients with viral pneumonia.”
Correct. that’s against the thought right now. HCQ is great at preventing patients from getting to the serious pneumonia stage. Once they’re on a vent, they should be on another cocktail.
- jojo2000 7y agoYes, once they're on a vent, your main problem is not even the viral load, but rather that the body reacts to the infection in desperate ways like cytokine storm [0] which destroys organs. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_release_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_release_syndrome