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The only reason I like this idea is that we know a certain political segment of society would of been killed off by dumb decisions in this area via hydroxychloroquine.




No, it did not.

Please explain how you think the link you provided backs your opinion. Give me your analysis of the data presented. Let me know you actually understand it.

This is one paper on one hospital and only looking at data after the fact.

Across the USA if you were hospitalized more than 10 days you had a much higher chance of survival. It did not depend on any medication given. That is a stat that runs across the board. This study only includes patients that were given a treatment AFTER 10 days of hospitalization. Most of those that were going to die did so before this study would show they would of been treated.


Here's a more clear paper for you about HCQ.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534595/#:~:tex....

"HCQ was found to be consistently effective against COVID-19 when provided early in the outpatient setting. It was also found to be overall effective in inpatient studies. No unbiased study found worse outcomes with HCQ use. No mortality or serious safety adverse events were found."

Also the articles that claimed it DIDN'T work were retracted because the authors of the articles couldn't prove their data.

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/the-surgisphere-scand...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

Don't let your politics override fact.


Furthermore HCQ advocates would reject this study because they want it tested with zinc as a prophylaxis before things get bad enough to send you to hospital




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