herd immunity

[_canpakes]

Then there are those unfortunate cases of folks publicly posting about how COVID-19 is a hoax, then contracting the virus and dying from it, ....

CFR

Google Karen Kolb Sehlke, or John W. McDaniel, for starters. Pick your source and do some reading.

You could join that list, too, if you give it the right kind of effort. MAGA it up a bit and make it look good for the Trumpkins.

[_moksha]

In a display of herd insanity, the State of Utah has purchased $1 million of an anti-malarial drug to fight COVID-19.

[_Res Ipsa]

In a display of herd insanity, the State of Utah has purchased $1 million of an anti-malarial drug to fight COVID-19.

Hope they kept the receipts.

[_canpakes]

In a display of herd insanity, the State of Utah has purchased $1 million of an anti-malarial drug to fight COVID-19.

Hope they kept the receipts.

And now, this:

The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients and doctors that two malaria drugs touted by President Trump for use against the coronavirus are linked to cardiac dangers and should only be used in hospitalized patients or as part of clinical trials for the virus.

The two chemically similar drugs have been used for years against malaria and still may be used for that purpose.

However, the FDA said it was aware of “serious heart problems” associated with the use of the drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which are being evaluated in clinical studies as to whether they are useful against the coronavirus-caused disease, called Covid-19.

Specifically, the agency warned of heart-rhythm dangers, including the dangerous, too-fast heartbeat called ventricular tachycardia.

The president has regularly been urging the use of the drugs at his press briefings, at one point saying, “What do you have to lose?” and adding, “I really think they should try it.”

[_Dr Exiled]

And now, this:

The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients and doctors that two malaria drugs touted by President Trump for use against the coronavirus are linked to cardiac dangers and should only be used in hospitalized patients or as part of clinical trials for the virus.

The two chemically similar drugs have been used for years against malaria and still may be used for that purpose.

However, the FDA said it was aware of “serious heart problems” associated with the use of the drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which are being evaluated in clinical studies as to whether they are useful against the coronavirus-caused disease, called Covid-19.

Specifically, the agency warned of heart-rhythm dangers, including the dangerous, too-fast heartbeat called ventricular tachycardia.

The president has regularly been urging the use of the drugs at his press briefings, at one point saying, “What do you have to lose?” and adding, “I really think they should try it.”

Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine have been used to treat malaria for a while now. It looks like the heart dangers have been known for some time. Drugs.com from a Sept 13, 2019 entry shows there is a danger of a "fast, pounding, uneven heartbeat," although the incidence rate of it is unknown. https://www.drugs.com/sfx/hydroxychloro ... fects.html

From July 30, 2019 https://www.drugs.com/sfx/chloroquine-side-effects.html