VIDEO: Fascinating Report from Brazil on Effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine

[pjcomix]

Here are the highlights of a fascinating report by journalist Claudio Lessa on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine treatment for COVID-19. Brazil is using this treatment widely and, as you will hear in the report, it appears to be highly effective. Please be sure to also watch Lessa explain the real reason (besides TDS) why there is so much hostility towards hydroxychloroquine as a treatment.

https://youtu.be/FGAlQbWCi6Y

[SVPete]

Not to short circuit viewing, but the big take-aways to me were:

* Early use;

* In combination with azithromycin and zinc.

Researchers in Oz found in labs that ivermectin (a common anti-parasite drug) might be effective against this coronavirus. I'm just an electronics technician/engineer, but anti-virals like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin obviously should be taken EARLY to limit the degree of infection. The azithromycin apparently limits/prevents opportunistic infections, and the zinc limits/prevents an immune system over-reaction, which the coronavirus infection triggers. The cocktail doesn't "cure" Covid-19, it just limits infection and immune system over-reaction so the patient's immune system can fight off the infection.

Hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and zinc are commonly available and inexpensive (ignoring the large donations of HCQ to the US by multiple drug companies), as is ivermectin. If these become widely used, successful, and widely known in the US as a treatment, it undermines the panic and uncertainty the Dems and MSM want to keep going until November. As would the authorization and release of an effective vaccine, which looks likely to happen around October.

[thundley4]

If these become widely used, successful, and widely known in the US as a treatment, it undermines the panic and uncertainty the Dems and MSM want to keep going until November. As would the authorization and release of an effective vaccine, which looks likely to happen around October.

Let's not forget that the drug company Gilead has had ties to the CDC for years. They have also been big donors to both parties. They announced that their treatment would cost over $3K. That is for a treatment, not a cure.

[SVPete]

Let's not forget that the drug company Gilead has had ties to the CDC for years. They have also been big donors to both parties. They announced that their treatment would cost over $3K. That is for a treatment, not a cure.

I mentioned Gilead in my post above?

There is no drug company selling in the US that has not had "ties" to one or all of the FDA, CDC, NIH, XYZtc. They could not sell in the US otherwise.

Remdesivir is a drug developed by Gilead and drug development and testing is expensive, even with some government funding. As a wise guy said many centuries ago, "The laborer is worthy of his hire." As for paying the ~$3K, pretty much all insurance companies plus Medicare/Medicaid pay for Covid-19 treatment (of which costs the ~$3K will be a drop in the barrel).