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He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19
- lbeltrame 6y agoWhy questionable? The only way to put a stop on the HCQ debate is doing proper clinical trials (not retrospective, not observational, proper double-blind randomized drug vs placebo trials). All the preprints I've come across are wasted opportunities because they lack in one or more areas (too late during treatment course; insufficient number of patients; no proper controls...). The one by U of Minnesota[1], which at least from the sources I read is getting very little publicity, is struggling to get the remaining 150 patients to get enough power to give an answer. This is where we should bet our "money" (figuratively speaking) on. [1] https://covidpep.umn.edu/ https://covidpep.umn.edu/
- mindcrash 6y agoThe MSM is (succesfully) trying to make HCQ look "questionable" because it is cheap to acquire and can be freely produced (i.e. without patent licenses). Big Pharma doesn't like this because it can't be patented and sold for ridiculous amounts of money (something they are currently trying to do with the experimental vaccin pushed by the Gates Foundation and Trust.) In fact, a few doctors have succesfully treated COVID patients in my country using a Vitamin C/D and Zinc regimen (to naturally enhance the (broken) immune system of infected patients) combined with HCQ before being threatened by the government to stand down. The same government which employs a Secretary of Health who studied to be a primary school teacher, and a CDC director who is part of a medical black list due to severe professional negligence (but nobody seems to care so he can keep doing what he is doing).
- swah 6y agoWhat is your country?