Prophet Zacharia

No doubt. But elevation of cardiac QTc interval is what frequently earns drugs a “black box warning” which results in restricted, cautious use, or removed from the market altogether in the US. Not promoted as a miracle treatment for all. The French national agency in charge of drug safety reported that 43 patients taking hydroxychloroquine or a combination of the drug and azithromycin suffered cardiac-related side effects and between one and four deaths. Researchers in Brazil ended a portion of a clinical trial testing high doses of chloroquine in covid-19 patients after they developed heart problems and suffered higher mortality. A team of researchers at New York University’s Langone Medical Center found that, out of 84 patients treated with the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, 11 percent had QT prolongation beyond 500 milliseconds — the proven danger zone for sudden cardiac death. Thirty percent of the patients overall had significant increases in their hearts’ QT intervals.

It’s called grasping at straws.

Whoops. An anti-malarial drug aggressively promoted to treat covid-19 had no benefit and was linked to higher rates of death for Veterans Affairs patients hospitalized with the novel coronavirus, according to a study, raising further questions about the safety and efficacy of a treatment that has seen widespread use in the pandemic. The study by VA and academic researchers analyzed outcomes of 368 male patients nationwide, with 97 receiving hydroxychloroquine, 113 receiving hydroxychloroquine in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin, and 158 not receiving any hydroxychloroquine.

But stocks?

But yet you were calling for the easing of restrictions?

That’s the self-quarantine effect. Chicks do crazy things to themselves when left all alone.

Montreal Cognitive Assessment?

You’re right.

My kids don’t get up until 1 pm. Working from home the last two days has been illuminating.

So it must be true?

I’m kind of a big deal around here.

He’s just showing up Coumo, who said he can’t orchestrate supply lines with foreign countries.

News reports and Governor Hogan’s tweet say 500k

I read the Governor of Maryland just procured 500,000 test kits, I believe from South Korea. He was pretty excited about it.

Brilliance on display at my downtown. #Sheepeaple

She’s making you practice to be a contestant as an amateur chef on Chopped.

I thought it was going to be just two brothers. But I seem to recall one of them died a little while back.

Wut? She’s been working in a hospital without being tested or quarantined?

A 2018 study showed that from 2012 to 2015, flu vaccination among adults reduced the risk of being admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with flu by 82 percent. In 2017 it reduced hospital admissions by 91,000.

I think that should read “and”, not “or”.

I think @Razors Edge’s point is that @MickinMD, the guy who keeps bringing this issue up, is a Boomer. A Boomer who is retired and wouldn’t go out into the fray for a while when it’s all opened up, but a Boomer who thinks some more infections and deaths would be ok.

But no mass congregations to shoot at.

Both. My point is domestic violence and possibly domestic murder would go up, but overall murder would likely go down.

For the first time. Had a nightmare that Covid+ people were coming to kill me. I have been awake since 2 am. But the commute was nice.

Why would murder go up if we were isolating? Domestic violence might go up, and less reported, but I would think murder would go down?