| >The few double-blind trials there have been have focused exclusively on HCQ without the additional viral inhibitors and were done at toxic doses when the virus had largely already replicated and the patients had progressed to a "serious illness" with the accompanied "cytokine storm". Not true. July 30, 2020, Research Update Spanish RCT of Hydroxychloroquine for Patients with Early, Nonsevere COVID-19 Finds No Benefit. July 29, 2020, Research Update United States/Canadian RCT of Hydroxychloroquine for Patients with Early, Nonsevere COVID-19 Finds No Benefit >Lots of bad information out there, 'politically' deployed with little information behind it. Ironic because you're the one believing and spreading the misinformation. >I'll leave speculation of motivations behind on why more types of treatments haven't been tried. We're in a strange time when a lot of the institutions that have failed the public are still being weaponized against people who desperately want the best outcome for folks. Can you explain why India(where HCQ is widely used for malaria) would lock itself down and suffer severe consequences to make Trump look bad? Modi and Trump are buddies and Trump was invited to and visited India just in Jan or Feb. Why would Europe give a flying fuck about Trump getting re-elected? Four more years would barely make a difference to Europe, surely whatever the impact is, isn't worth a 10% drop in GDP? >Not a scientist or doctor, but have taken a lot of time to understand how I can protect my family if needed. If you really took a lot of time to look in the right places, you'd have found that promising observational studies happen all the time in drug discovery which are eventually found not to have any effects. This explains it well, and it was quite early on: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/06/hy... It's sad that so many smart people believe and are misled by misinformation that started with Fox News pushing badly done research studies to push a political agenda. The mistrust intentionally cultivated against scientists will harm us for generations. |
I rely on facts, not belief. Integrity is important and in short supply in our age.
The author of the article you sent made a great point near the end of his article:
<quote> I called it “potentially very interesting” and called for more data to see if it was real. That’s where I still am. </quote>
I completely agree with this, let's disprove it and strike it off the list, but the studies that I have read so far don't seem to do a good job of disproving.
I appreciate the link and am happy to read what people send, keep sharing information! I am always interested and want to get the best information possible to help the people I know if at all possible. Thanks again for taking the time to share with me.
Here's a link to a pre-print that seems like it holds a pretty promising review of existing studies.
https://www.palmerfoundation.com.au/hydroxychloroquine-is-ef...