Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Pemalite]

Today we had no new coronavirus cases across three states out of 8.
We have managed to successfully prevent any community transmission so far... Which is damn impressive.

JRPGfan said:

Remember when Trump said he was buying for 29m+ dozes of Hydroxychloroquine? He basically claimed it was a miracle cure.

Turns out, that it barely has a effect, and that it comes with near unbarable side effects.
In brazil a study group of it, was put on hold after alot of them started haveing heart issues (irregular heart rythems) and 11 patience died (likely because of it).

Because it was claimed as the "wonder drug" against coronavirus early on, some famous people (that got sick) apparently tried the treatment too.
Theres stories of bad side effects, to the point where they stopped useing it again.

" “What do you have to lose? Take it,” the president said on Saturday as he boasted that the US had amassed 29m doses of the drug."
“But we don’t have time to go and say, ‘Gee, let’s take a couple of years and test it out, and let’s go and test with the test tubes and the laboratories.’”

^ Trump.

Doesnt look like Hydroxychloroquine, is turning out to be the way to treat this.

Looks like Dr Anthony Fauci was right to wait, before declairing it as the wonder drug.

The question is,.... what the hell is America going to do with 29million dozes of a anti-malaria drug, that doesnt appear to work well against Covid19 ?
Donate it to WHO? give it to Africa to fight malaria?

Pretty much just reaffirms the idea that Trump is an idiot.