So India has almost 60% of its slum dwellers testing positive for covid antibodies.

there was no mass death count beyond what is normal for people living in slums so is covid not that dangerous or does it have to do with the wide usage of HCQ? India is the world's largest supplier of HCQ and like India other countries that have a HCQ regimen also have low death counts from covid. Even neighboring countries have a lower covid death rate where HCQ is used than their neighbors who don't have an HCQ regime. Do you suppose there is a cause and effect going on here?

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RedFlower · F

we dont know... but there is no indication that hcq has any positive effect. there is no proof the other way around either... but the same can be said about bacon, lawn mowing or watching the movie "godfather"... one has nothing to do with the other

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@RedFlower Well India is not the only case. Guyana has HCQ regimen and very low covid cases. Its neighbor Brazil does not have HCQ regimen and it has a high covid case count. There are several more instances in SE Asia that have the same results. Maybe we should realize that our 'science' is not very scientific and open the country to let people use HCQ to prevent covid. We know that masks don't work or else Fauci would not be calling for the use of goggles. However his case for goggles shoots down the idea that wearing a mask is only to prevent you from giving covid to someone else. My eyes do not expectorate small droplets into the air.

RedFlower · F

@hippyjoe1955 yeah i am sure there is a science conspiracy to keep people from a potential cure...

not everything is a conspiracy a political plot to interfere with your view of the world.

if it would work it would be used...

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@RedFlower Obviously you haven't been following the news. The president of Brazil was treated with HCQ. He recovered quickly.

RedFlower · F

@hippyjoe1955 you dont know how science works...observign single cases means nothing.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@RedFlower the fact that entire countries that have HCQ regimens have much much lower death rates than their neighboring countries that don't have HCQ regimens might be significant. If you knew how numbers really worked. Too Funny. Science and math were never your strengths let me guess.

RedFlower · F

@hippyjoe1955 you trying to make this personal now that you dont know anymore ? go back to wearing your tinfoil hat... i am sure you are so much smrter then the scientific elite of our planet lol...

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@RedFlower I am simply responding in kind. You said I didn't understand science. I do understand science and numbers and the relationship between the two. The facts are that countries that allow HCQ to be used have very significant lower death rates from covid than neighboring countries that don't use HCQ. Those numbers are not in dispute. Therefore science would tell you that allowing people to use HCQ to prevent and treat covid is a very good idea. I have no idea why anyone would oppose it.

RedFlower · F

@hippyjoe1955 you clearly think you know better then all real scientiests...

try googling dunning kruger effect...

Elessar · 26-30, M

@hippyjoe1955 You're confusing Numbers (biblical book) with numbers (mathematical concept). The latter isn't clearly your area of expertise, lol

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Elessar You seem to be the only one confused. You can't even read an actuarial table and draw the right conclusion.

Elessar · 26-30, M

@hippyjoe1955 I can't?
[quote]Meta-analysis of 3 studies (n = 210) on viral clearance assessed by RT-PCR showed no benefit (RR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.79 to 1.38; p = 0.74), although with a moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 61.7%, p = 0.07). While meta-analysis of 3 studies (n = 474) showed a significant increase in death with HCQ, compared to the control (RR, 2.17; 95% 1.32 to 3.57; p = 0.002), without any heterogeneity (I2 = 0.0%, p = 0.43).[/quote]