# Straight dope on Chloroquine and Hydrochloroquine

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-chloroquine-and-hydrochloroquine/849820 "2020-03-19T18:04:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-chloroquine-and-hydrochloroquine/849820/10 "2020-03-19T22:55:54Z")

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The study was done on only 36 patients. That’s a very small number to decide to treat millions with a drug known to have a LOT of complicated and dire side effects.

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