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The problem with 'low risk / high upside' is that it can apply to anything. We can try lemonade since it has low risk and high upside. But at some point we have
by firasd 7y ago
The problem with 'low risk / high upside' is that it can apply to anything. We can try lemonade since it has low risk and high upside. But at some point we have to start wondering if we should all be obsessed with lemonade right?
Even when doctors were using HCQ before the politicians and random outsiders picked up on it, there were other drugs in the mix that they were also considering (Lopinavir, Remdesivir, etc). Incidentally Remdesivir trials have also come out lately seeming pretty weak. But there is still nowhere near the level of frenzy around Remdesivir as there has been around HCQ to the extent of advocacy at White House press briefings, international diplomatic incidents... it's beginning to seem like a very strange mass hallucination.
- bluGill 7y agoIf there is a serious suggestion that lemonade works we should try it in medical settings. So far the only suggestions come from those who point to alternate theories without any science - even a case study. If you get a doctor to try it and it works ill be more interested. Until then it is quacks and I'm not.
- intuitionist 7y agoRemdesivir is very difficult and expensive to synthesize, and it’s patented by Gilead. HCQ is dirt cheap and generic. Of course we should be testing anything that shows enough promise and has a well understood safety profile, but it’s obvious why the cheap generic drug working would be better.