“Was it found to be safe? ”
Safe is relative, it is safer than dying of malaria or winding up on dialysis from lupus. Not as safe as not taking it if you dont need it. Some place in between those two
“They have done this, but without zinc in the HOQ group.”
aaaaannnnd? don’t keep us all in suspense
“I don’t think it is ethical to stand around and not intervene when people are getting very sick”
Beseder, if you think it works go for it.
In fact a physician is protected legally if a patient dies as a result of a reatment he/she thought would help against COVId summary from our malpractice insurance” The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has declared, pursuant to the Public Health Service Act § 319F-3 (42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d), that a covered person’s activities related to medical countermeasures against COVID-19 will be immune from liability under Federal and State law.” (I’m not a lawyer double check with your lawyer for details)
Again to remind you we are not discussing whterh HCQ works. We are not discussing whether it is reasonable to give it anyway and hope for the best. So if you are now saying “Ok it might not work, but what is thee to lose. ” Well I said that in my first post in this long repetitive thread
“Let’s not forget the zinc. People are giving HCQ without zinc and that defeats the purpose, ”
I have not seen it given without Zinc. that said, Zinc deficiency is quite rare, so I’m skeptical that it makes such a difference adding some more. But even less likely to cause harm, so why not?