On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:37:06 -0800, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 2/27/2021 8:34 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:

>>>>
>>>> "In this retrospective observational study of SARS-CoV-2 infected
>>>> non-hospitalized patients hydroxychloroquine exposure was associated
>>>> with a decreased rate of subsequent hospitalization. Additional
>>>> exploration of hydroxychloroquine in this mildly symptomatic outpatient
>>>> population is warranted."
>>>>
>>>> https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.c...79-021-05773-w
>>>
>>> Open access published - for a fee. Try again.
>>>
>>
>> no fee for me.
>>
>
>
>Our findings in the outpatient setting are in conflict with prior
>observational studies conducted among hospitalized patients potentially
>highlighting differences in effect based on the severity of disease
>[27]. Following an initial infection by SARS-CoV-2 resulting in attack
>of alveolar epithelial cells patients may develop a hyper-inflammatory
>state characterized by activation of the innate immune system and
>release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Patients who
>experience this ‘cytokine storm’ progress rapidly to respiratory failure
>and multi-organ failure [28,29,30,31]. In these hospitalized patients
>the weak anti-inflammatory effects of hydroxychloroquine may be
>insufficient to block the cytokine cascade, whereas more potent
>immunosuppressive agents such as dexamethasone and tocilizumab have been
>associated with beneficial effects [21, 32, 33].
>
>By contrast, hydroxychloroquine has anti-viral effects, decreasing
>SARS-CoV-2 viral load, and thus may be more suited in preventing the
>significant tissue damage needed to incite the hyper-inflammatory state
>[5, 34]. This would position hydroxychloroquine earlier in the clinical
>course, at the time of early infection, prior to hospitalization need [35].


Let's apply a bit of logic here.....can you provide a pointer to any
Covid 19 medication protocol that includes hydroxychloroquine? We have
over 500,000 people dead in this country. We have had over 29 million
with positive tests. Do you really think there is some reason that
hydroxychloroquine is not part of best practices treatment of Covid
patients?

Were this an effective medication for it, it would gladly be used, not
laughed at.