but there may be some promising news...just saw that the University of Minnesota is running tests on the high blood pressure control med, Losartan/Cozaar. Seems it binds to cell receptors favored by the virus, leaving the virus without a way to affect the body...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-treatments/two-generic-drugs-being-tested-in-u-s-in-race-to-find-coronavirus-treatments-idUSKBN2161QQ 

I take Losartan...so does that mean I'm free to leave my home and go to the cigar bar?

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins 

Heck yeah!

I heard cigar smoke kills da airborne Covid19!

Soon there’s gonna be well paying jobs for us walking around in public places smoking PAMS.............cause studies showed that Gurkhas didn’t kill da virus...

Probably gubmint work, so not that well paid. But as long as they foot the bill for supplies, I'm in.

Curious if anyone thinks that such a purchase makes sense?

Same place I got my recreational Viagra years ago previous to realizing I really don't need such stuff except for the occasional rare marathon sessions. But their stuff was good and cheap

But it does repel the virus.

Everybody was Kung Flu Fighting

The spread was fast as lightning

In fact, it was a little bit frightening

The travel bans were tightening

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Hydroxychloroquine can have side effects (Q-T prolongation, arrhythmias, etc.) Azithromycin can have side effects too. There's a reason these drugs are prescription-only. A qualified doctor needs to decide if they're safe and appropriate for you to use.

Availability to doctors is not currently forseen to be a problem no matter what happens (they're patent-free, easy to make and can be cranked out at massively huge scale easily and very quickly by many different manufacturers if need be), and doctors already have the power to prescribe them to you "off-label" for COVID-19 right this minute, if they deem it necessary and appropriate.

If you get COVID-19, your doctor will take care of it (assuming they're safe for you, in particular, to use).

Even I wouldn't worry about it, and I tend to worry too much in general.

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It takes a small amount.

To be clear. Kidding. That could kill you.

Yes!

Looks like I'm gonna have to get the wife to shave my back then.... Don't need a silver bullet coming at me from the bushes.