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2020-07-13 Science & Technology

HCQ Helps Contain COVID-19 Cases: New Evidence and a Major Retraction

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-13 15:56|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 No control group where no patients took HCQ

WTF?

Posted by lord garth 2020-07-13 16:14|| 2020-07-13 16:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Control comes from quantities - you've 3 points: enough to draw a curve.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-13 16:22|| 2020-07-13 16:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The direct quote (beginning 'The administration....) includes results for about 100k people.

The narrative before that says the study involved 300k people. The Indian Express article said some people were taking two pills the first day and one after that each day which muddles the quoted section.

No links to a published paper.

Posted by lord garth 2020-07-13 17:06|| 2020-07-13 17:06|| Front Page Top

#4 India doesnt have the choice of paying for Big Pharma solutions. They have to "go with what they got", and this seems to work a lot better than unobtainable solutions.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-07-13 23:04|| 2020-07-13 23:04|| Front Page Top

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