Publisher of hydroxychloroquine study touted by Trump says the research didn't meet its standards: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/health/drug-hydroxychloroquine-french-study/index.html President Trump has been a cheerleader for the drug hydroxychloroquine, pointing in a tweet and in person to a French study as evidence that one particular drug combination might be "one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine." But now the medical society that published that French research has issued a statement saying the study "does not meet the Society's expected standard." Dr. Kevin Tracey, president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in New York City, gave an even more pointed assessment of the French research. "The study was a complete failure," he said. "It was pathetic," added Art Caplan, head of the division of medical ethics at the New York University School of Medicine. The small French study of 20 people found that taking hydroxychloroquine was associated with the "viral load reduction/disappearance in COVID-19 patients," noting that the effect was "reinforced" with azithromycin, an antibiotic better known as a Z-pack. Tracey and Caplan pointed out that several patients who took the drug, and ended up faring poorly, dropped out of the trial, and their outcomes were not factored into the study's final conclusions. The International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy published the study online in its journal, the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, on March 20. "Although ISAC recognises it is important to help the scientific community by publishing new data fast, this cannot be at the cost of reducing scientific scrutiny and best practices," according to the April 3 statement by Andreas Voss, the president of the society. Voss noted that one of the study authors, Jean-Marc Rolain, is editor-in-chief of the medical journal. "Despite some suggestions online as to the reliability of the article's peer review process, the process did adhere to the industry's peer review rules," Voss wrote. "Given his role as Editor in Chief of this journal, Jean-Marc Rolain had no involvement in the peer review of the manuscript and has no access to information regarding its peer review." Voss, Rolain and Didier Raoult, a lead study author, did not immediately respond to CNN emails seeking comment...
“But what do I know? I’m not a doctor.” Yet he babbles on day after day after .... while more needlessly die because of his utter incompetence and the complete ignorance of those who voted for the clown.
bummer....as much of gargantuan imbecile Donnie is, I remain hopeful about better conducted studies on these & other drugs.
I agree. As much as I despise the Huckster in Chief, I wanted him to be right about this thing. Be he just flails, shoots from the hip, and latches onto whatever appears to have traction for the moment. That's his MO and always has been.
It is time to start clobbering, I had police sent to an expat trumper last night, his posts removed for claiming he had covid19 and took "the safe amount of 2 grams a day from the study" and was cured in two days. Also he was 'bored from the lockdown' so I guess the cops appearing would be exciting. He would be about the only one in his area to have it. Another group of sexpat trumpers in the same area ordered 12 prostitutes for their party but the girls were intercepted and fined, the cops were telling me. These fuckers have no brains whatever. Looking for where he might have got two grams it is possibly he read this wrong or more likely some trump retard discussion. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/trumps-touting-of-an-untested-coronavirus-drug-is-dangerous
Had a look, no the cop was wrong it was 14 hookers. Quite a party. There are two tiers of police here useless normal cops and the guardia who deal with kidnappings and serious shit, they have the names so deportations will be coming from this. https://www.minuto30.com/el-poblado...or-violar-el-aislamiento-obligatorio/1005934/
You ever listen to the possible side effects of the many drugs they advertise on TV that has been studied...tested..and approved for use? Often the list is very long. Many times way more than the few you mentioned above. Yet they can use those drugs with the blessings of the FDA and pharma, of course. IMO the debate stinks of anti-trumpism by reporters and never trumpers and $$$$ by other parties interested in $$$ from expensive drugs and vaccines. chloroquine is cheap.