Thread by @vigil4democracy

Trump started touting Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as miracle cures for #COVID19 yesterday. They’re about as old as Trump, widely used prescription drugs for malaria, with side effects. But some people can be severely allergic to quinines. Important thread, please RT 1/x

American doctors routinely prescribe anti-malarials to people traveling overseas. Start two weeks before, take during and for four weeks after. Key is that patients aren’t sick yet, they’re going to be thousands of miles away, and they may not have medical care at all. 2/x

Yet, doctors who have sworn to “First, do no harm” routinely prescribe these drugs to healthy adults and children whom they CANNOT monitor for ill effects. To save them from Malaria, which has a FAR lower mortality rate than #COVID19. 3/x

Now read this advice from pathologist James Robb that snopes has verified as true. It was in an email he sent his family and friends that accidentally went viral. 4/x

Some people can be severely allergic to Zinc, one of the compounds it’s sold as, or the fillers in zinc lozenges. Still, this was the advice the pathologist, a doctor, gave his loved ones. 5/x

Now watch this video dated March 10 - it explains how quinine compounds act as a key that allows zinc into cells, where it prevents viruses from replicating. 🦠 6/x

The video also explains that Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine have been proven effective (only empirically) in patients in China and South Korea. 7/x elsevier.com/__data/assets/…

Just spitballing here: What if most people had high levels of Zinc in their cells when they encountered the novel #coronavirus? The virus couldn’t replicate and attack effectively.
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Again, to get your daily Zinc into your cells, you also need a single dose (about 200mg) of Hydroxychloroquine, Chloroquine or Quinine, which will stay in your body for several weeks. You'll need a prescription, but the pharmacies are already back-ordered for months, so ... 9/x

Remember what the British did to stave off malaria in India? Daily gin and tonic! Tonic water contains Quinine - about 20mg per 8 oz. Drink about 10 cups, and you're set for a few weeks! Check this list first, though: webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-8… 10/x

"Tonic water is a prescription medication masquerading as a cocktail mixer." -- Dr. Remington Nevin, Johns-Hopkins trained psychiatric epidemiologist and drug safety expert

#SocialDistancing can #FlattenTheCurve. Maybe Quinine alongside Zinc can, too! 11/x

Read the press release put out by @TheQuinismFdn TODAY to understand the risks: quinism.org/press-releases…

But stopping a dangerous global pandemic needs bold thinking and action. Who will step up? 12/x

Will #ZincAndTonic be a remedy for the pandemic? 13/x