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The study that originally was widely and loudly used to turn the public opinion against HCQ had actually been retracted just 2 weeks after being published and w
by bananabiscuit 5y ago
The study that originally was widely and loudly used to turn the public opinion against HCQ had actually been retracted just 2 weeks after being published and without much fanfare.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2820%2931180-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31324-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
Since then there have been studies that show HCQ can be effective in early treatment.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33042552/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33042552/
However, the damage seems to have already been done.
- raxxorrax 5y agoIt was denounced for political reasons and Trumps doc was probably correct to give it as a preventative. I think it was even admitted that it was given on a hunch. And no, it wasn't the Russians that spread the misinformation about it either...