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I don't understand this. HCQ is taken for malaria prophylaxis as recommended by the CDC. Are we saying that the CDC is recommending a drug that could potentiall

I don't understand this. HCQ is taken for malaria prophylaxis as recommended by the CDC. Are we saying that the CDC is recommending a drug that could potentially kill people? And they recommend it for use in all trimesters of pregnancy? HCQ clearly did nothing for COVID, but I feel like we're maligning an otherwise quite useful medication. But to the original point, if 17K people did die of it, we should pull it IMMEDIATELY. https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/travelers/drugs.html https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/travelers/drugs.html

klyrs 3y ago
> Are we saying that the CDC is recommending a drug that could potentially kill people? And they recommend it for use in all trimesters of pregnancy? All medications bear risk. Tylenol kills about 500 people per year. Ibuprofen kills around 15k. Malaria kills 400k per year. Would you rather be pregnant and infected with Malaria, or pregnant and taking a drug with the approximate risk profile of ibuprofen?
ceejayoz 3y ago
> HCQ is taken for malaria prophylaxis as recommended by the CDC. Yes, because the risk of untreated malaria far outweighs the risk of HCQ side effects. As HCQ is effective at treating malaria, it makes plenty of sense. As HCQ is ineffective at treating COVID, taking it for COVID means all the same risk and no reward. Similarly, people die during heart transplants. As a result, the CDC doesn't recommend you get a heart transplant for funsies.