[ignoramous]

I believe Hydroxychroloquine is used as a prophylaxis in India and possibly other countries. Have there been any studies on that?

The death toll (CFR) in India is suspiciously lower than in the European states. Could it be because they're using Hydroxychroloquine more freely [0]? Though, that hasn't been without controversy [1].

[0] https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-india-hydroxychloroqu...

[1] https://science.thewire.in/health/covid-19-indian-council-of...

[tim333]

I came across this:

>According to the ICMR study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR), consumption of four or more maintenance doses was associated with a significant decline (>80%) in the risk of Covid-19 infection among the ‘participants’. The study also found that there was no significant association between HCQ and adverse drug reactions.

https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/pharma/why-...

Link to the preliminary paper http://www.ijmr.org.in/preprintarticle.asp?id=285520

[MagnumOpus]

> The death toll (CFR) in India is suspiciously lower than in the European states

There are too many other, far more plausible, reasons why the death toll in India looks lower:

* Population pyramid - far fewer people aged 70+ as a percentage of the population means a far lower CFR

* Hotter weather which slows the spread of coronaviruses massively

* More sunlight means less vitamin-D deficiency (which seems to worsen infections)

* Low amount of travel to/from initial seeding spots means closing borders was effective (Wuhan, northern Italy, Alps)

And that is without casting any aspersions about causes of death being attributed correctly.