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They're not only starting now, they've been going since early February. This one just finished: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2016638 https://www.
by noelsusman 6y ago
They're not only starting now, they've been going since early February. This one just finished: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2016638 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2016638. It found no preventive effect. Other trials are looking at treatment effectiveness.
- garmaine 6y agoSigh. They were not giving zinc supplements. It’s really frustrating that the theorized mechanism of HCQ effectiveness as a prophylactic is its ability to transport zinc across cell walls (zinc interrupts the viral RNA replication), yet these trials don’t include zinc supplements.
- lbeltrame 6y ago> Sigh. They were not giving zinc supplements. Check the supplementary data. There were confounding factors, but a group of patients took zinc, and there is no difference between the two groups. Bear in mind that this study has no say on the use as a treatment.
- garmaine 6y agoThanks, that's good to know.
- cm2187 6y agoWell, a first victim of the loss of credibility of these publications. How do I know this study is more serious than the lancet study?