Posted on 03/17/2020 9:13:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
CORONAVIRUS researchers worldwide are searching for a COVID-19 cure and Elon Musk has just waded into the conversation with his own thoughts on the matter.
The SpaceX founder, 48, who told his employees this month they are more likely to die in a car accident than from the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), tweeted about a possible COVID-19 breakthrough. Elon Musk took to Twitter where he shared a study on the effectiveness of chloroquine as a “coronavirus treatment”.
As 2.25pm GMT on March 17, the tweet sparked a frenzy of comments and retweets with more than 42,300 people liking the message.
Mr Musk said: “Maybe worth considering chloroquine for C19”
The tweet also included a link to the study, penned by Dr Thomas R. Broker from the Stanford University School of Medicine and colleagues.
He has since followed the tweet with: "Hydroxychloroquine probably better"
Published on March 13 this year, the study examines guidelines issued by China and South Korea on the effectiveness of chloroquine as an antiviral remedy.
Chloroquine is a medicine used to prevent and treat malaria in those parts of the world where the mosquito-carried disease is a danger to life.
The drug has been in use around the globe since 1945.
A summary of the study reads: “Recent guidelines from South Korea and China report that chloroquine is an effective antiviral therapeutic treatment against Coronavirus Disease 2019.
“Use of chloroquine (tablets) is showing favourable outcomes in humans infected with Coronavirus including faster time to recovery and shorter hospital stay.
“US CDC research shows that chloroquine also has strong potential as a prophylactic (preventative) measure against coronavirus in the lab, while we wait for a vaccine to be developed.
“Chloroquine is an inexpensive, globally available drug that has been in widespread human use since 1945 against malaria, autoimmune and various other conditions.”
There is, however, no known cure for the coronavirus that has proven effective as of yet.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a novel strain of the coronavirus family, dubbed SARS-CoV-2.
The virus first appeared in China last November when a person contracted the pathogen from an unknown source
Ever since he had the brilliant idea of inflating a huge elastic sleeve in the cave to rescue those boys who got stuck in the cave in Thailand, I’ve not taken Elon Musk very seriously when he unburdens himself of these brainstorms.
I would be worried about after the virus treatment the desire to trans oneself.
I’ll take mine with vodka and lime
Part of his brilliance is lack of a filter. He just zings them out there.
I’ll give him credit for this one, he’s at least not hurting anybody and he is trying to help..................
We use to take Chloroquine when doing missions in Africa.
I remember one trip were a coworker was taking his pills as directed, we had to up his dose to treat him for malaria.
Sides effects are real when you up the dose.
I would rather take forsythia instead of anything Musk recommends.
Gin and Tonic!
This isn’t based on a brainstorm. Here’s the paper he referenced:
https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/988648/COVID-19-Drug-Therapy_Mar-2020.pdf
And his Tweet:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1239755145233289217
See post #10.
Ideological hatred is counterproductive.
In this case he’s correct. Chlorquine has been around since WWII and it’s very cheap...........
And he’s referencing a research paper.
See #10.
Anyone who installs a farting app in his vehicles (check out Tesla emission mode) has to be listened to.
Some people here are joking about this but, it is a serious thing.
Reports from China and South Korea is they have been using this substance successfully. Laura Ingraham had a doctor from John Hopkins on her show last night that confirms the effectiveness in a clinical trial they conducted.
I have taken this drug in my past life. It is an anti-malarial drug. It’s said to work by opening a path for zinc to enter the virus and prevent it from replicating.
Is this quinine water?
previously discussed on FR last week.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3823805/posts
But, i did find this about zinc needing the chloroquine to have a gateway into the cell....Chloroquine & Zinc Treatment Combo
Coronavirus Epidemic Update 34: US Cases Surge, Chloroquine & Zinc Treatment Combo, Italy Lockdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
Pulmonologist & critical care specialist Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram dot com
No, a synthetic drug developed in the 40’s to treat malaria...........
It might become a standard treatment and soon. It is widely available and very cheap.....................
Colloidal silver has been known for thousands of years as a very effective bactericide and virucide
everybody knows this
the government knows this
and they just wont admit it because I can show you how to make it for free
The vaccine business is $100 billion a year or more nobody really knows
They have over 150 different vaccines that they would love for the government to mandate you to take- at $50 a pop
Vaccines cause enormous damage to people because it’s not a regulated industry; there’s all kinds of adjuncts in them ; they are stored for months and years ; and injecting forign DNA into your body has unknown attributes as well
There is right now a $5 billion fund that the government created to pay off all the poor parents his children’s lives were ruined by the vaccine industry
Now don’t get me wrong - I’m not totally against vaccines; but they are not I repeat not ! the answer
The best thing to do is keep healthy supply of silver ion in your blood and this will prevent bugs from getting you
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