We told them the hydroxychloroquine science was overwhelming & here more evidence accumulates: Meeus et al. finding that Treatment of COVID-19 using combination of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin
was safe and was associated with a statistically significant mortality benefit in the treatment of COVID-19 infection in hospitalized patients; no harms; Risch, McCullough, Ladapo, Tenenbaum, Zelenko
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297523000914?via%3Dihub
‘Abstract
Objectives
In this study we evaluate the efficacy and safety of a treatment protocol with standard dose of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective analysis to compare the 28-day mortality rate in 352 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin (HCQ-group) in our hospital with a contemporary control group of 3533 patients receiving standard of care from the Belgian Collaborative Group on COVID-19 Hospital Surveillance.
Results
All patients who received at least one dose of treatment were included in the analysis. A statistically significant reduction in crude mortality rate at 28 days was observed in the HCQ-group compared to standard of care (16.8% vs 25.9%,p = 0.001).
Patients in the treatment group were on average younger (69,7 vs73,1 years, p = 0,0002), were less likely to smoke or to have malignancy and more likely to be male. Patients in the treatment group were more likely to be obese, immunocompromised or to have arterial hypertension, liver disease and lung disease.
After adjustment for these variables the OR for mortality was 0.635 (95%CI 0.464–0.875). Patients who did not receive HCQ had a 57% higher risk of mortality. A survival benefit in the treatment group was consistent across all age groups. 13 patients discontinued treatment due to side effects (4 with QTc-prolongation>60msec (1.1%) and 9 because of gastro-intestinal symptoms (2.55%)). No episodes of ventricular arrhythmia or torsade de pointes were recorded during treatment.
Thank you for confirming that they lied about hydroxychloroquine. So many lies..... and the majority still believes the government. Time to wake up folks and smell the coffee!
THEY LIE, get it???
It is always good to get additional confirmation of what we are already pretty sure of. But where are the meaculpas from the CDC? This is just some of the drugs that could have been used if not denigrated and ridiculed. And of course if Trump said it might work, we HAVE to outlaw it! So many lives could have been saved. Anger is an understatement!