Dr Sullivan, what is the opinion of hydroxychloroquine in your neck of the woods?
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Dr Sullivan, what is the opinion of hydroxychloroquine in your neck of the woods?
I saved the graphs locally in case anyone wanted to see them. They go along with the medium article.
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Unproven, evidence so far is severely limited/dubious/flawed, the drug carries some risk, perhaps worth trying if someone is circling the drain, but no rationale for prevention or if someone is stable with regular supportive care. I would note that I am not a pulmonologist or critical care doc, and don’t treat covid patients for their covid. I’m a psychiatrist.
YouTube Perspectives on the Pandemic | Professor Knut Wittkowski
Another good one, from Knut Wittkowski PhD, for twenty years head of The Rockefeller University's Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design. I love his statement at 5:03. Hurry, before Youtube takes it down.
As of right now, 0.0000088% of the human population has been killed "by" COVID-19. 69,000 out of 7,800,000,000. It's probably reasonable to assume that of AT LEAST half of the 69,000 reported, COVID-19 was NOT the leading cause of death. Out of the 35,000 or so now left, it's probably reasonable to assume that AT LEAST 95% had a remaining life expectancy of 5 years or less. Not to sound insensitive, but this coronavirus seems to be a fairly minor issue in the grand scheme of things.
An acquaintance of mine apparently died from it the other day. I don't know if he had other medical conditions. I barely knew him, hadn't seen him in at least 10 years, and wasn't Facebook friends with him so I can't read the announcement about his death. He moved to Seattle a few years ago. I'd guess he was about 50 years old.