Im a completely healthy twenty something that is 100% certain I will survive COVID, but I am willing to "fight something" that poses no risk to me because I am concerned about my septuagenarian parents and my elderly neighbor who all seem plenty healthy, but I know don't have a 99.9% of surviving it. Hell it almost killed Trump and he wasn't on deaths door.
Is the pandemic overblown? Sure. Has our public policy been proportional to the risk? Absolutely not. But can it kill people who would otherwise have decades of life ahead of them. Definitely.
You don't have to get the vaccine—I understand anyone's concerns over a new and unproven medical technology and I hope Biden doesnt make it mandatory, but I know how they work and think it is important people know what's the actual risk and what's a baseless concern.
Hey I was excited about HCQ as a COVID treatment too! Hell there was a few weeks last March/April that I would have supported its mass production and distribution. I also think its ridiculous the FDA hasn't focused more on small molecule discovery/reuse for coronavirus. I think its stupid we haven't expanded and normalized the standard use of antibody treatments, like the ones received by Trump and Christie, too. But ultimately, there hasn't been widespread evidence HCQ actually works well, in fact it increases mortality in covid patients.
Im a completely healthy twenty something that is 100% certain I will survive COVID, but I am willing to "fight something" that poses no risk to me because I am concerned about my septuagenarian parents and my elderly neighbor who all seem plenty healthy, but I know don't have a 99.9% of surviving it. Hell it almost killed Trump and he wasn't on deaths door.
Is the pandemic overblown? Sure. Has our public policy been proportional to the risk? Absolutely not. But can it kill people who would otherwise have decades of life ahead of them. Definitely.
You don't have to get the vaccine—I understand anyone's concerns over a new and unproven medical technology and I hope Biden doesnt make it mandatory, but I know how they work and think it is important people know what's the actual risk and what's a baseless concern.
It almost killed Trump? He was sick for three days.
Hey I was excited about HCQ as a COVID treatment too! Hell there was a few weeks last March/April that I would have supported its mass production and distribution. I also think its ridiculous the FDA hasn't focused more on small molecule discovery/reuse for coronavirus. I think its stupid we haven't expanded and normalized the standard use of antibody treatments, like the ones received by Trump and Christie, too. But ultimately, there hasn't been widespread evidence HCQ actually works well, in fact it increases mortality in covid patients.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77748-x
You got to use the tools you've been given and until a magic drug emerges, we are left with the only tool we have :(
Shill.