Posts

Showing posts from August, 2020

C19Study.com

  https://c19study.com/?fbclid=IwAR0LF6Iho32siJ3T7Eef4QK8WTnShb-ABSZ_Ph4yyPQ-mXqyMEFi8rJb_1I

Review of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19.

Here is an abstract to a review (first link below) of the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as a repurposed drug against COVID-19. I'll just quote the abstract and then comment on parts of it. The skinny is to overall be skeptical of news reports citing health experts. They get expertise from scientific evidence, and even today the evidence on the use of these drugs against COVID-19 is sparse and conflicting. This means their expertise is potentially inapplicable to many aspects of the virus, and should be considered opinion, not expertise. Also, news reports about science or medicine are rarely spot on. They almost always are spun to sell the news and involves misunderstanding and misinterpretation (because journalists are not usually scientists). It is especially important to realize you should engage a higher level of skepticism as the media has already demonstrated politicization of these drugs, and has already adversely influenced medical opinion. Abstract: "The p...