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Triciakaye
I think you may be wrong. A study in 2008 by the National Institute of Health said that hydroxy given at early stage of corona virus was beneficial to “some “ Dr Fauci was head of the institute at that time
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Originally Posted by Bucco
2008........Corona Virus.
Don't think that virus existed in 2008, so you are listening to the Fauci personal bashing and truth does not sit well with that group
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Corona virus has been known for decades. What did not exist in 2008 was Covid-19 The 19 is a label indicating this particular variety was first noted in 2019.
However Tricia's claim is also wrong. During the SARS epidemic [SARS is also a Corona virus but not the same as Covid-19] the NIH did research looking for anything that might help. It was found in vitro [in a test tube] that HCQ slowed viral growth. It was never tested on humans for that disease. But it was in part because of some NIH research that doctors thought to try HCQ in Covid-19
And the SARS epidemic was not in 2008 but in 2003 mostly.
Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread
This is the NIH study. Perhaps Dr. Fauci's long experience with using HCQ should add some credence to accepting his fairly authoritative opinion on its utility in Covid-19