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The file was widely shared on Google Drive and linked to from a public twitter message— it was very much not a personal file. And the title literally was, “An E
by CapriciousCptl 6y ago
The file was widely shared on Google Drive and linked to from a public twitter message— it was very much not a personal file. And the title literally was, “An Effective Treatment for Coronavirus” referring to hydroxychloroquine. Google’s doing its part to purge pandemic misinformation and prevent harm. The authoring “doctor,” as far as I can tell has never had postgraduate medical training and cannot practice medicine without supervision, is trying to achieve writing a document with a title like that I don’t know.
- thu2111 6y agoThe goalpost moving by people here on HN is quite entertaining to watch. Hydroxychloroquine was just bought in bulk by the UK in case it turns out to be a cure. Apparently the only people who are allowed to have opinions these days are academics employed by governments?
- CapriciousCptl 6y agoTo be clear, the UK is undergoing a clinical trial with hydroxychloroquine. Hopefully it works, but as of now it's not known if the harms outweigh the benefits.
- thu2111 6y agoThere are trials yes. And, to be clear, they're also bulk buying it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/uk-to-test-hydroxychloroqine-as-coronavirus-treatment https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/uk-to-test-hyd... I have no idea if this medicine will have any impact but at this point, I've seen so many people claim it's some sort of quack medicine/conspiracy/etc that it's important people realise that it's being taken seriously. As far as I can tell the moment Trump mentioned it a huge number of people decided it must, inherently, be wrong and have been wrongly attacking it ever since.