Johns-Hopkins page states:

NON-FDA APPROVED USES
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2, minimal, low-quality evidence)
Q-fever (in combination with antibiotic), hydroxychloroquine is preferred
Whipple's disease (in combination with antibiotic), hydroxychloroquine is preferred
Brucella (in combination with antibiotic), hydroxychloroquine is preferred

There's a great section on COVID-19 middle/bottom of the page that summarizes the past studies and results, and the past attempts to use chloroquine for other viruses such as influenza, dengue, and ebola. It was completely ineffective, and in the case of chikungunya it actually delayed clearance of the virus.

#132 - nailed it.

MAGA - you're a boring, whiny, lying POS, and tediously, painfully, repetitious.
Tony Roma is miles above you in adding value here.

MAGA_2020 - glad you posted this so that you, and those promoting this without the double-blind results or any rigorous study, could get their collective assess handed to them. Solid work by JPW, Corky, and Gal.

Could it help in some cases, at specific times in the course of illness? Perhaps. It would be great if it can, or something else can. Does it? We have no controlled tests that say so. None. We have plenty of actual evidence that it will, despite Trump's dangerous "what have you got to lose?" and "if things don't go as planned, it won't hurt you" rhetoric, does damage the heart and can kill you, among other things.

You are promoting an irresponsible hope, without evidence, to people in fear, and at the expense of those who have a proven need and benefit for proper dose chloroquine.

{yawn}

Rex - oh that does make sense now that this poster's degenerated so completely into childishness.
I wonder if he'll share his greatest achievement with us again?
What be gave "birth" to...

#17 - lowlife POS they are.

Rogan was/is a Bernie bro - and he's one of the 15% that say they'll vote for Trump. He's never impressed me.

Interesting choice of words from MAGA_2020 - "koi pond cleaner." You know who was using that term and isn't posting today? Iragoldberg.

And never once did Trump say to self-medicate with koi pond cleaner and and you losers probably ended up killing people by delaying the treatment over fears of koi pond cleaner. That blood is on your hands.
Iragoldberg last post was 3/30/2020.
MAGA_2020 was created 4/6/2020.

Gal beat me to it!

GOP is scum.

I can make that even stronger a sentiment and stay with Wisconsin, voting, the courts, and elections context.

The Supreme Court over-ruled two lower court decisions in deciding for the Wisconsin Republicans 5-4 - to block extending absentee voting due to the pandemic. That's right. The partisan hacks that sit on the Supreme Court decided that you have to risk your life if you want your vote to count.

The Republicans are ecstatic with the projected lower voter turnout and the disenfranchisement of absentee ballots that will now legally be thrown out.

According to the BBC, as of 6 minutes ago, Boris Johnson has not been reported as having died. He is in intensive care. There is no reporting that he's been intubated.

Germany has a lower threshold for testing so the denominator is larger and average age is lower

German and Italy have nearly the same demographics regarding age. The sole differentiator is that the denominator use d in calculating the ration is greater in Germany than Italy. That results in a lower mortality rate. This is basic s**t, people.

He's in Intensive Care now.

the totality of response has been incredible

Idiot.

"Anyone that wants a test can get a test!" "if you need a test, you can get one!" "I haven't heard about testing in weeks!" - Trump

Orange County, Florida closed testing 7 minutes after they opened because they hit the Federal limit of 250 tests in one day.

The FDA didn't
The CDC did.

#20 - someone that didn't bother to read the article.

It's telling that it took 9 posts for one of the posters on this thread to discover that this is satire.

I read it on the 3rd and knew it was. It is frikken obvious. Every single post makes it clear everyone else knew it, too.

You have to have your head up your a** not to see the snark in everyone's post.

#2 - Wow! That is ridiculous!
WTF Florida? Orange County? TRUMP? CDC?
What was with all the -------- about being able to get a test, Trump? What a pack of LIARS.

Dumbass went and visited at least one hospital a month ago, shakes hands with everyone, including COVID-19 patients, brags about it, even says "I shook hands with everybody, you will be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands," tests positive for COVID-19, and ends up having to go in for more tests because his COVID-19 symptoms aren't going away.

Who knows how many people he made sick with his "continue to shake hands" arrogance? Those in the hospital that day, and before he became symptomatic and bothered to get tested?

Ah. Here's a summary of the key points I got out of it:

Early infections were with young people, spread though the ski resorts. The mortality rate skews upward with age.

When the Germans realized what was going on, they started aggressively testing. Testing is and was FREE. This means they are testing people that are asymptomatic, and because of the large number of people in the sample, and with those dying remaining the same, the average for the mortality rate is lower. If you have 1 person dying out of 100 that you tested, it's a 1% mortality rate. If you have 1 person dying, but you've tested 200 people, then it's 0.5%.

They trust their Government - and their Government under Merkel has been honest and clear in messaging. Physical distancing was implemented early and the people respected it.

They have plenty of hospital rooms, ICU rooms, ventilators, and nurses. They put people on vents when they first start showing any significant deterioration. This isn't in the article - Germany has over 13 nurses per 1,000 people.

They regularly and test often all medical personnel.

They track/contact trace.

You don't have to think - you can read the article.
This was a mystery a month ago, but the reasons for it have become fairly clear.
It's not just one thing, but there is one particular aspect that Germany implemented very early on which I believe was the critical piece.

#32 - LOL! Thanks Anton, I needed that. :)

OK - I am SO sorry, folks, but this really has to be read to be believed. So I'm posting just a section of the transcript from yesterday's press conference's Q&A - because of E1G1's post - which should have been just snark in a normal world. Here it goes:

Q President Trump, thank you. Yesterday, Jared Kushner said the notion of the federal stockpile was, it's supposed to be "our" stockpile. It's not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use. What did he mean by "our"? And "

THE PRESIDENT: Well, why don't you ask him?

Q And even the fact that taxpayers from every state pays for it "

THE PRESIDENT: What's that? A "gotcha"? "I gotcha." You used the word "our."

Q No, it's not a "gotcha." What did he mean by it?

THE PRESIDENT: "Our" " you know, what "our" means? United States of America. That's what it means. It means "

Q So it means the states?

THE PRESIDENT: Our. Our. It means the United States of America. And then we take that "our" and we distribute it to the states.

Q So why did he say it's not supposed "

THE PRESIDENT: Not that we have to "

Q " to be state stockpiles that they then can use?

THE PRESIDENT: Because we need it for the government and we need it for the federal government.

Q To give to the states.

THE PRESIDENT: But when the states are in trouble " no, to also keep "

Q Then who are you giving to if it's not to the states?

THE PRESIDENT: To keep " to keep for our country, because the federal government needs it too, not just the states. But out of that, we oftentimes choose " as an example, we have almost 10,000 ventilators and we are ready to rock with those ventilators. We're going to bring them to various areas of the country that need them. But when he says "our," he's talking about our country. He's talking "

Q But he makes the distinction.

THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me.

Q And, sir "

THE PRESIDENT: He's talking about the federal government. I mean, it's such a basic, simple question, and you try and make it sound so bad.

Q It's not bad. I'm just trying to "

THE PRESIDENT: You ought to be " you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Q " understand. No " by the way, Secretary Azar "

THE PRESIDENT: You know what? You ought to be ashamed. It's such a simple question. He said "our." And "our" means for the country and "our" means for the states "

Q But then he said it's not supposed to be state stockpiles.

THE PRESIDENT: " because the states are part of the country. Don't make it sound bad. Don't make it sound bad.

Go ahead, Steve. Go ahead, back here.

Q But, Mr. President, the HHS even changed the language on the website.

THE PRESIDENT: You just asked your question. You just asked your question in a very nasty tone.

(and it goes on...)

SCOTUS is adjourned for the foreseeable future, too.
These are some times we're in.

That is definitely true. She's serious and competent.
I was concerned you were advocating a Military Plenipotentiary.