The cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and the Z pack is now emergency approved for the virus, despite Faucci’s obvious reservations. I guess the ‘anecdotal evidence’ became too compelling. I’m not sure exactly what this man has done to help this fight so far, other than being all over the map. This weekend he was out there predicting more than 100000 US deaths. I can’t see how that helps.
Back to HC/AZ.....HC was shown to be strongly effective in vitro against SARS. This made it a candidate for the Wuhan virus. Then Chinese doctors, unsung heroes in all this, found Lupus patients who were on long term HC were not getting the virus and started using it for virus treatment.
Next we had the well publicized French trials, which were a small ray of hope, again all but sneered upon by the good Dr Faucci. But strong results were recorded among 80 patients.
Early use of HC/AZ in New York hospitals has also been encouraging. This was off label use....but off label use is not uncommon and not illegal. Over 20% of scripts are used off label (please note SB).
The drug cocktail is in short supply with some Lupus patients volunteering to go off the drug to help the cause....good for them.
In the meantime companies like J&J, scandalously attacked by scumbag lawyers for years over issues like the fake talcum powder cancer story, is way up today on news of a possible vaccine.
There are real contributors in this time of crisis, doctors, scientists, patients willing to forego the drug in tests, brilliant companies and ordinary people who are keeping the world going while we all shelter ......I hope we have the wit to recognize them.