From: slider@atashram.com

Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug being taken by Donald Trump to
try to prevent catching coronavirus, is being bought by the UK government
as part of a £35m contract put out to tender on Friday.

Ministers are seeking 16m tablets of the anti-malarial drug in packets of
up to 100 as part of clinical trials to evaluate it as a treatment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/uk-to-test-hydroxychloroqine-as-coronavirus-treatment

The contract, which was uploaded on to a government website on 15 May, is
an “open opportunity” for pharmaceutical suppliers to supply more than 33m tablets of various drugs between June and next January.

There is no evidence hydroxychloroquine can prevent coronavirus, and
regulators have warned that the drug may cause heart problems.

However there were concerns that Trump’s endorsement would prompt a
worldwide shortage of the drug, which can be used to treat lupus and other conditions.

Trump told a White House press conference: “I’m taking it for about a week and a half now and I’m still here, I’m still here.”

According to the contract, the government is asking for the drug to be
supplied in either 220mg or 250mg form.

“In accordance with the terms of this invitation to offer the authority
may accept offers for alternative strengths of tablets,” the contract says.

Studies are under way across the UK, Europe and the US to examine if the
drug and a similar one, chloroquine, are effective against the coronavirus.

UK scientists have been examining whether the drug can be used to treat
the disease, rather than prevent it. The UK does not at present recommend
its use.

Other drugs being bought as part of the £35m contract include 1.4m tablets
of lopinavir-ritonavir, which are used to treat people who are HIV
positive; dexamethasone as an oral solution; and 20m azithromycin capsules
in packs of up to six.

A Whitehall source said the purchase of hydroxychloroquine was related to current clinical trials to evaluate it as a treatment for people with
Covid-19, adding that it should only be taken on prescription or as part
of a controlled clinical trial.

The World Health Organization has said it is concerned by reports of individuals self-medicating and causing themselves serious harm.

Trump was hosting a meeting about the struggling restaurant industry on
Monday when he caught reporters unawares by revealing he was taking the
drug.

“You’d be surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the frontline workers before you catch it, the frontline workers, many, many
are taking it,” he told reporters. “I happen to be taking it.” The drug was also endorsed by the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro.

The Guardian disclosed last week that the UK government had entered into
16 contracts for chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and chloroquine
phosphate and placed orders for lopinavir-ritonavir.

Contracts with British-based firms were entered into without going to
tender on the grounds of “extreme urgency”, according to an online record of the deals.

### - oh so only NOW they're gonna test it eh?

how long have they known about this shit and they's only testing it...
now??

very early trials here involved only giving to people on ventilators
literally gasping their last, and at triple the normal dose leading to
reports that it can cause heart problems??

yeah at triple the dose it probably does! especially seeing the 'safe'
dose they've been using for only the last SEVENTY FUCKING YEARS was 3
times lower???

what is it with these fuckers that ya can't trust 'em with anything!

with latest 'excess' deaths figures here suggesting that maybe as many as 62,000 people may have now died from this fuckin' virus to date, there's
gonna be hell to pay if it ever turns out that this compound actually
works to 'any' degree and they didn't rush it through?

now hands-up all those fuckers who wanna be directly responsible for maybe
as many as 40,000 lives!

what a charge-sheet that would be, and take to read out in court huh :D

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