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Turkey has been treating people with HCQ from May onwards, despite outcomes of the now-retracted(!) study once published in The Lancet, and they have a very low
by highmastdon 6y ago
Turkey has been treating people with HCQ from May onwards, despite outcomes of the now-retracted(!) study once published in The Lancet, and they have a very low death rate. 256/1M Population. (See: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-turkey-lancet-study-who-trial https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hydroxychloroquine-corona...) Their death rate has been on a steady 1% throughout the pandemic where for example Germany is on about 3%. Of course this needs to be corrected for age etc etc.
- adrianN 6y agoIt also needs to be corrected for test strategy.
- saberdancer 6y agoThe median age in Turkey is 31.5 years. The median age in Germany is 45.7 years.