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originally posted by: JourneyAbout
But no z-pack and zinc as the protocol suggests, correct?
Show me some studies with that.
originally posted by: acparker7
a reply to: research100
I don't think the claim that has been made by doctors (or Trump but feel free to show me his quote if he is claiming this) is that HCQ "PREVENTS" one from contracting COVID. From what I've read, the argument for HCQ is as an early stage treatment - once someone has tested positive but doesn't have severe symptoms - (and it needs to be coupled with zinc and azithromycin). That's very different from claiming that it prevents you from getting the virus at all.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: research100
Just to clarify your position.
Masks work and everybody should wear them and HCQ should not be taken.
What about the doctors that have had success with it? In the absence of other promising treatment why would HCQ be avoided?
I mean, the whole mask argument is that mandates are okay because even the tiny chance it prevents an ill person from spreading the disease is worth authoritarian mandates. Doesn't that same idea hold true for HCQ treatment?
Not that what people decide with their doctors is public business anyway, but I'd love to hear the way these two positions coexist in your head.
originally posted by: Fallingdown
How do you sleep at night with all of your bitterness ?
originally posted by: research100
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trump who has NO medical background
originally posted by: JourneyAbout
a reply to: research100
But no z-pack and zinc as the protocol suggests, correct?
Show me some studies with that.
originally posted by: underpass61
originally posted by: research100
www.dailymail.co.uk...
trump who has NO medical background
You're absolutely right, so I'll make you a deal. If you can get Bill "Mr. No Medical Background"l Gates to STFU I will personally put in a word to Donny to pipe down.
(SARS-CoV-2) which is the infecting agent causing Covid-19 disease. Hydroxychloroquine has several effects which make it a very useful tool in fighting Covid-19 infections:
modulates the immune system’s response to help calm Coronavirus-induced inflammatory reactions, especially in the lungs
reduces the body’s overly excited signaling processes which can result in dangerous cytokine storms in the lungs
has anti-infective and disruptive actions against Coronavirus (an RNA virus)
promotes absorption of Zinc into cells which impairs Coronavirus replication
HCQ is well absorbed, hits peak levels all over the body in only 4 hours and is especially concentrated in lung tissues. It is slowly eliminated, taking more than 40 days to clear the body.
Physicians all over the world have been using a combination of Hydroxychloroquine plus Azithromycin, reporting excellent statistics of viral clearing from the body in 3-5 days after starting treatment. Doctors have noted the treatment works much better if started in the early stages of infection. Unfortunately, results have not been as promising when patients who were already critical were started on the treatment.
Azithromycin (Z-pak) is an antibiotic, useful in treating lung infections and pneumonia. Like Hydroxychloroquine, it concentrates in lung tissues. Azithromycin is an unusual antibiotic because it also possesses anti-viral activity. Additionally, its anti-inflammatory effects protect patients from the cytokine storms which result in severe lung inflammation.
Adding Zinc to the Covid-19 treatment protocol makes sense as Zinc has been shown to reduce viral penetration into healthy cells and reduces viral replication inside infected cells.