1983 Documentary about Hydroxycholorquine (HCQ) Poisoning in Japan - The Story of SMON

1983 film about the SMON epidemic in Japan directed by Joan Shenton of Meditel Productions for ITV Channel 4. HCQ at high doses was responsible for a mass poisoning epidemic in Japan in the 1960's when the drug was mis-prescribed for traveler's diarrhea. This is the True story about that tragic medical mistake causing blindness and paralysis. In the 60's HCQ was called diiodohydroxyquin, or diodoquin, which is how it is referred to in the film as a member of the group of Halogenated Hydroxyquinolines. IMHO, the whole HCQ thing in Corona was an "in-joke" in the psyop based on this forgotten story.