[carlos3652]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you're being sincere about this.

The problem with all of this is that NONE OF IT REALLY MATTERS compared to getting the vaccine. The evidence has generally suggested that HCQ has no impact, though there have been SOME studies that show a modest impact. Similar for Zinc. So is it possible that those might help someone who has COVID? It's possible you could find a minor impact, yes. But not much.

Despite the conspiracy theories, though, the reason it's not getting talked about is that there are TONS of things that might help...a little. Being put on a ventilator in a hospital helps...a little. There are other vitamins like C and D that might help...a little. There are literally hundreds of drugs that people have studied that might help...a little.

But do you know why no one is talking about all of those other treatments? It's because people didn't latch on to them like they were going to be some sort of miracle cure and suddenly start putting their fingers in their ears about literally ANYTHING ELSE that would help.

For the sake of argument, though, let's give HCQ the benefit of the doubt and assume it helps the chances of survival by 5%. (That's almost certainly more than it actually helps and, again, most studies have concluded it doesn't do anything at all.) So hooray, it helps!

Meanwhile, we have vaccines available which help by at least 85%, and in most cases it's more like 90-95%, yet you're skeptical of that.

So put yourselves in the shoes of those of us who try to be objective about this. We have vaccines that are AT LEAST 15-20 times as effective at keeping people alive compared to HCQ, yet 1.5 YEARS into this thing people keep bring up ONE of hundreds of treatments that have been studied, and one that has been shown to be only mildly effective at all.

If you're still confused about why no one is talking about it, I would suggest that perhaps your own understanding of the situation is the problem here, not everyone else who has moved on to talking about things that actually make a difference.

I think this is a good take.