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57. 85% of cases resolve without serious symptoms

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:19 AM

Mar 2020

30% of covid-19 cases resolve with no symptoms.

55% have mild to moderate symptoms.

10% have serious symptoms.

5% require ventilation and about half of them die.

What makes you believe the drugs made any difference to the grandmother of someone in your Facebook group?

The fact that 85% of cases resolve on their own means that the field is ripe for snake oil here.

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FDA SAYS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND CHLOROQUINE CAN BE USED TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS [View all] catsudon Mar 2020 OP

I'm just gonna hope it's working for some people. We need something that works mucifer Mar 2020 #1

Agreed. ChiTownDenny Mar 2020 #43

Off label use is a gamble Warpy Mar 2020 #53

That means it can be prescribed as part of a trial, without patient full consent or knowledge. n/t 5X Mar 2020 #2

No it doesn't mean that at all SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #39

Will the patients be told it is experimental and part of a trial with no proven effectiveness? 5X Mar 2020 #41

Yes SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #42

I imagine they will have to agree a 100 times over to get it. Steelrolled Mar 2020 #66

It's too bad the Trump FDA can't be trusted Submariner Mar 2020 #3

It's gotten to the point it's hard to trust things coming out of the federal government captain queeg Mar 2020 #52

This is Trump propaganda at work. KWR65 Mar 2020 #4

I agree.. FarPoint Mar 2020 #8

Fat Donnie needs a miracle cure he can sell at his rallies -- er, pressers. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #65

Does anyone else smell a fresh Sharpie? Hugin Mar 2020 #5

+1 absolutely. bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #6

Yep I smell Rebl2 Mar 2020 #33

Definately! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #51

Good n/t Devil Child Mar 2020 #7

drumpf made them say this, I don't believe it how low they have gone. lark Mar 2020 #9

This isn't science - it's propaganda. Ramsey Barner Mar 2020 #10

Did you see the latest from Didier jberryhill Mar 2020 #15

IOW, A Placebo ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #17

It's up there with Igel Mar 2020 #21

However, with the plasma antibody treatments, no one is claiming they will definately karynnj Mar 2020 #40

Didier has been dealing with dodgy data for years, by all accounts. GoneOffShore Mar 2020 #26

Yep, I saw those as well jberryhill Mar 2020 #28

Thank you for that tip about N-rays. An interesting episode in science history Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #37

Here's something more on Didier GoneOffShore Mar 2020 #60

Ah, I just caught that one jberryhill Mar 2020 #61

He wants to be 'The Guy'. GoneOffShore Mar 2020 #64

Medical experiment for the collection of statistics ... laetrile of the COVID-19 era bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #11

You must be my age. Scruffy1 Mar 2020 #46

I recall a big 60 Minutes piece on laetrile in the 1970s, about 1977-78 bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #47

Hopefully fewer people die from vtach/torsades de pointes.... moriah Mar 2020 #54

Caution. Trump toady at work. PSPS Mar 2020 #12

its a hail mary samnsara Mar 2020 #13

Hardly. It's what happens when you have a trump toady at the helm. PSPS Mar 2020 #14

conspiracy time catsudon Mar 2020 #16

I think it's time to look into the stock trades kellytore Mar 2020 #18

Trump pushed them after several doctors including the surgeon general DenverJared Mar 2020 #19

The fact is these drugs are already approved for use to DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #20

Now its not available for things it actually helps Bmoboy Mar 2020 #23

How about the other side of the coin? gab13by13 Mar 2020 #25

Think this is more of a last resort rather than the DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #45

Big difference between "prescribed by a physician" and "grab it out of your aquarium." (n/t) forgotmylogin Mar 2020 #44

Concur MosheFeingold Mar 2020 #62

This'll make the wingers happy... Maxheader Mar 2020 #22

I couldn't find the full text of this EUA on FDA.gov IronLionZion Mar 2020 #24

Since day one, it could be prescribed as off-label use. Hoyt Mar 2020 #27

They can also prescribe..... paleotn Mar 2020 #29

How about gris gris bags? Or Mentos in Diet Coke? marble falls Mar 2020 #30

Or the classic Metatron Mar 2020 #31

Old school, or aspirin and coke, or banana peel scrapings. marble falls Mar 2020 #32

Remember Trump is a mob boss. The FDA are toadies. ananda Mar 2020 #34

But but but... thecrow Mar 2020 #38

HHS letter requesting it IronLionZion Mar 2020 #35

What this is Rebl2 Mar 2020 #36

Someone in one of my FB groups posted that one of helpisontheway Mar 2020 #48

Please roscoeroscoe Mar 2020 #56

85% of cases resolve without serious symptoms jberryhill Mar 2020 #57

I don't know. He said she was on a vent and things helpisontheway Mar 2020 #58

You don't seem to get the point jberryhill Mar 2020 #59

Good 👍 nt Raine Mar 2020 #49

I hope it helps some people. Sapient Donkey Mar 2020 #50

Did Trump pressure them into prematurely approving procon Mar 2020 #55

MY thoughts!! bluestarone Mar 2020 #63

Key paragraphs from the FDA letter... Steelrolled Mar 2020 #67