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Correct. There is absolutely evidence there are doctors in some places who think it could help. There is not evidence it does help. Very, very different statements. It's not "being used all over the world", some places in the world are using it. Again, very different statements.
Example: https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/stat...44119545208834
There is evidence that this guy thinks this helps. There is not evidence that it does help.
We'll have to agree to disagree. "Malaria Drug Helps Virus Patients Improve, in Small Study"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/h...s-malaria.html
I think doctors are prescribing it because there is some evidence that it helps, albeit anecdotal. And the risks of trying it are relatively low. And there aren't any better alternatives to try.
Anecdotal evidence isn't evidence.
Anecdotally, in the 1800s people were witches.
Anecdotally, vaccines cause autism.
Interestingly, the whole vaccines/autism thing came from a single small clinic trial with suspect sampling and inconclusive results. Kinda like what we have now.
No, but they voted for an unqualified, irrational man. All the signs were there that he would be incompetent at the job and now we are seeing the results. We'll never know how many lives could have been saved if he started preparing for this pandemic in January like advisers recommended. Plus, his denial and flat-out wrong assessment of the situation in early day compounded by his lapdog Fox News repeating his talking points caused behavior by his base which resulted in a faster spread of the disease and thus more lives to be lost.
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Again, true. But not the point.
They don't have time to wait for scientific evidence, which will take months. They're doing the best they can, given the restraints they're under.
And the existing evidence, non-scientific, is apparently enough for some doctors to be hopeful. They're hopeful, so I'm hopeful.
No, I am afraid I understand the point that is trying to be made. That is that people voted for death. And that all the deaths are a direct result of the political parties in power... because people voted for that political party.
I think the real point that needs to be understood is that... COVID 19 is not political... bot Republicans and Democrats can catch it...we only have the information we have and we do not know how many deaths would have been prevented or how many more deaths there would have been if there was a different party in power.
So to blame the deaths on the people that voted and saying 'they reap what they sow' is more about politics than it is about COVID 19.
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There are some significant risks if they aren't mitigated properly or dosage controlled appropriately --
"patients with existing heart problems or taking certain drugs, such as anti-depressants that affect heart rhythm, can die of heart attacks or lethal drug interactions."
Anecdotal Evidence (meaning) - evidence collected in a casual or informal manner and relying heavily or entirely on personal testimony. The term is sometimes used in a legal context to describe certain kinds of testimony which are uncorroborated by objective, independent evidence such as notarized documentation, photographs, audio-visual recordings, etc.
Like I said in my initial response - which it seems you read, but didn't respond to -
This drug is a single bullet within a larger ammo belt the medical community is drastically trying to fill.
Holding one's breath this is a game changing treatment will result in one dying of asphyxiation.
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