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Tomatoes - faulty measurements?
Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:37:06 -0800, Taxed and Spent
> > wrote:
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> > On 2/27/2021 8:34 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
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> > > > >
> >>>> "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."
> > > > >
> >>>>
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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.
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