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We did this last year with hydroxychloroquine...all that happened was that some Lupus patients had a hard time getting their normal prescriptions filled. The "

We did this last year with hydroxychloroquine...all that happened was that some Lupus patients had a hard time getting their normal prescriptions filled. The "bad effect" doesn't have to be strictly medical, and may not show up in studies. It could be that other people who need the medicine can't get it, it could be that it discourages people from getting the vaccine, it could just be that we are lighting a pile of money on fire for no reasons (that's bad, right?).

josephcsible 5y ago
> all that happened was that some Lupus patients had a hard time getting their normal prescriptions filled. Could we actually not manufacture enough of it, or were activist pharmacists just refusing to fill prescriptions of it?
tinus_hn 5y ago
There is not really a limited supply of this old, cheap, generic medication that we routinely feed to livestock. If you are concerned about wasting money, consider that for one dose of (also unproven!) medication like convalescent plasma you could buy about a thousand doses of generic, cheap drugs like ivermectin. And that has been tried about 500000 times, still is unproven but is not considered controversial.
- anoonmoose 5y ago
  So your argument is that it's a small pile of money we're lighting on fire so who cares? Not particularly compelling.
  - tinus_hn 5y ago
    Sorry, it was your argument that the small pile of money was a large pile of money. Which it isn’t. And ‘lighting on fire’? Do you also step on the barricades when people waste their own money on homeopathic ‘medicine’?
    - anoonmoose 5y ago
      I mean, yes, I do think homeopathic medicine is a net negative on society, and I complain about it as/when necessary. And I don't see the word "large" in front of "pile of money" in my above comment...
      - tinus_hn 5y ago
        If you really do go around complaining about people taking expensive water because they think it helps them with their health problems perhaps you should try minding your own business a bit more. I’m sure there’s plenty of things to improve in yourself before you start pointing out other peoples problems.

josephcsible 5y ago

> all that happened was that some Lupus patients had a hard time getting their normal prescriptions filled. Could we actually not manufacture enough of it, or were activist pharmacists just refusing to fill prescriptions of it?

tinus_hn 5y ago

There is not really a limited supply of this old, cheap, generic medication that we routinely feed to livestock. If you are concerned about wasting money, consider that for one dose of (also unproven!) medication like convalescent plasma you could buy about a thousand doses of generic, cheap drugs like ivermectin. And that has been tried about 500000 times, still is unproven but is not considered controversial.

anoonmoose 5y ago
So your argument is that it's a small pile of money we're lighting on fire so who cares? Not particularly compelling.
- tinus_hn 5y ago
  Sorry, it was your argument that the small pile of money was a large pile of money. Which it isn’t. And ‘lighting on fire’? Do you also step on the barricades when people waste their own money on homeopathic ‘medicine’?
  - anoonmoose 5y ago
    I mean, yes, I do think homeopathic medicine is a net negative on society, and I complain about it as/when necessary. And I don't see the word "large" in front of "pile of money" in my above comment...
    - tinus_hn 5y ago
      If you really do go around complaining about people taking expensive water because they think it helps them with their health problems perhaps you should try minding your own business a bit more. I’m sure there’s plenty of things to improve in yourself before you start pointing out other peoples problems.