On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 11:45:32 AM UTC-7, Rolf Mantel wrote:
Am 08.04.2020 um 19:44 schrieb Tom Kunich:
Hydroxychloroquine is not a "cure" it gives close to total symptom relief reportedly in 8 to 12 hours. Seems like a good idea to me.

Hydroxychloroquine is an immune supressant. It prevents your body from
fighting the virus, which might be a very bad idea or a good idea
depending on the exact situation. It is good if your body over-reacts
and destroys your lung while fighting the virus, and it's bad if have a
bacterial pneumonia on top.

It is more of an anti-inflammatory. This is how it works on Lupus and severe arthritis. As an anti-malarial drug it poisons the Malaria parasite.

In severe cases of covid-19 you can get Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) which is caused by your immune system going out of control and causing massive inflammation of your lungs and airways. Hydroxychloroquine reduces this inflammation and the added antibiotic is there just to lower the chances of contracting bacterial pneumonia.