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Comment by turdnagel | Hacker News Reader
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turdnagel
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Does this mean you can treat coronavirus with tonic water?
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honksillet
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In the US tonic what is only allowed to have very low levels of quinine. The old imperial British stuff might have been effective.
MatthiasP
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Yeah, 10 litres per day.
jcims
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That's going to require a lot of gin.
sweetbacon
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I volunteer.
Robotbeat
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83 milligrams per liter for tonic water, so about 6 liters to get a 500mg therapeutic dose.
fiddlerwoaroof
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Sign me up. I’ll also need about 13 liters of gin and a bag of ice.
strictnein
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Don't forget the limes.
matwood
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I'm an NFL person...
hinkley
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But who can drink that much gin a day?
Scoundreller
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But rather insoluble in water. Boil that stuff down, filter it, toss the sugary filtrate and eat the filter.
edit: might be able to do some acid-base work for better results.
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