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" Some states only test very symptomatic people. And not every insurance plan covers the out of state stuff readily. The HCQ seems to work when taken IMMEDIATELY on development of symptoms. If you wait a few days to get an appointment or think ‘it’s just allergies’, or in many states get symptomatic enough for a referral for a test, it’s probably too late to do any good at that point. Think Tamiflu. "

I'm not sure where you are getting that information. I think it's only in the last stages where these drugs are ineffective, as in once you end up on a ventilator or close to it, only THEN is it too late. I think it's abundantly clear this cocktail is very effective with mild to moderate symptoms. At least that is what I'm getting from the information coming from unbiased sources, including reports from parts of Europe where the drugs have been used more extensively. As far as insurance concerns, are you kidding? These drugs are cheap, HCQ is cheap, Zpac is cheap and zinc is cheap. Furthermore you are talking about your life, screw insurance, pay out of pocket. Why would insurance even be a concern when the treatment is low cost and you are talking about life or death.

I’m getting that from EVMS documents.

Once you start showing symptoms beyond the first few days the HCQ doesn’t really do anything even if you include Zn and the macrolide.

https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_medicine/EVMS_Critical_Care_COVID-19_Protocol.pdf

If you wait until you’re ‘really sick’, you’ve waited too long. And ‘really sick’ isn’t ‘to the point of needing a ventilator’.

Nifty chart of progession/drugs in that PDF.

We know someone in that organization. Smart guy. Conservative.

And a lot of states, not just blue ones, are still stingy with tests if you aren’t ‘really sick’. Moreover, even IF you test positive they aren’t giving scrips for HCQ early on when it would actually do some good.