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0 pointsscarejunba6y ago0 comments

Then you'll know because I volunteered for it.

And I know I won't die because it's already safe enough to fight malaria. But maybe you don't know that. That's fine. I do. Let me arbitrage my knowledge.

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saagarjha6y ago· 2 in thread

> Then you'll know because I volunteered for it.

Clinical trials are already fast-tracked during epidemics; if you're really interested you may even be selected for one. But going out and randomly buying medicine because it seems like it might work (even though it might not, but you're cured without it, which means you're going to go out and tell everyone else to go buy it too) might not necessarily be the best way to deal with this.

> But maybe you don't know that.

I am aware of chloroquine's use in malaria treatment.

scarejunbaOP6y ago

> But going out and randomly buying medicine because it seems like it might work (even though it might not, but you're cured without it, which means you're going to go out and tell everyone else to go buy it too) might not necessarily be the best way to deal with this.

Hey, that's okay, let me live or die on my own terms. It's my body. Stop trying to rule it.

I'm not making you take it. How about you don't make me not take it.

DanBC6y ago

> It's my body.

...but your body will take up a hospital bed and a team of healthcare professionals to deal with the side effects, thus taking them away from other patients.

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