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     5 years ago (edited)

    Again there's a lot of speculation here because nobody knows why the Koreans seem to be much more successful at reducing death rate, but it seems like a promising lead considering that it's already effective against another virus Malaria parasite.

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     5 years ago (edited)

    "... it's already effective against another virus."

    Do you mean Malaria? Malaria isn't a virus, it's caused by a single celled parasite Plasmodium falciparum (and a bunch of other species I was unaware of. I thought there was only P. falciparum. Thanks for making me learn =)). I was pretty amazed when Chloroquine was cited as being useful against a virus when it was a drug for a single celled organism originally, and the two kinds of things are so different.

    Gonna go buy cases of Tonic water (two liters of Tonic are roughly equivalent to the daily dose of Quinine in pill form, I read), just in case. Good thing I'm not a gin drinker, or I'd be in danger of becoming a Gin and Tonic-aholic.

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       5 years ago 

      I also did some more reading myself. Quinine seems to be quite the dirty drug with lots of side-effects. It generally shouldn't be used in children under 8 years old and pregnant women either. I will avoid taking any unless I have symptoms. https://www.drugs.com/monograph/quinine-sulfate.html

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       5 years ago 

      Yes, I don't think I'll be drinking two liters of tonic water daily unless I'm sure I have SARS2.

      Thanks!

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         5 years ago 

        Thanks for correcting me. I did know that but for some reason it slipped my mind.

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