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The study that made me think there might be something to it was looking at people taking it for unrelated illnesses and finding that they weren't tending to sho
by Symmetry 7y ago
The study that made me think there might be something to it was looking at people taking it for unrelated illnesses and finding that they weren't tending to show up hospitalized with Covid-19.
I'd agree that we really don't have any evidence that giving it to hospitalized patients helps at all. Most antivirals have to be taken at the early stages of an infection.
The best looking treatment for people seriously ill with Covid-19 right now seems to be IL-6 inhibitors. That won't stop you from getting sick but might let you avoid intubation.
- CydeWeys 7y agoGood to know, I'll keep my eyes out on those studies as well.
- ModernMech 7y agoThis could be correlation. People taking HCQ have autoimmune problems like lupus, and therefore would be more cautious and practicing social distancing earlier, therefore not getting infected in the first place. It also might be true that people who are agoraphobic shut ins are not contracting covid. But that doesn't tell us much about how covid interacts with agoraphobia.