Posted on 06/04/2020 9:02:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
They do miss the point and why couldn’t they complete the study? Does it shorten the duration of symptoms and contagious time? That is where it might be the most effective besides the 20% increase in protection. Why can’t we get a serious nonbias study in the middle of a pandemic? Why should I hate the orange man lead such a childish reaction and cause poor science?
I am really disappointed in medical science (even more so, if possible).
If there was no benefit, why fake the previous studies? Something smells about this study.
- develop a scale to assess the degree of illness with COVID-19. Could be simple, maybe 0-5, 0 being completely free of COVID-19 symptoms; 5 meaning death. Each grade between 0-5 could represent an increasing level of severity with symptoms.
- has several arms: a standard of care or control arm, treated with medicines other than HCQ; an HCQ arm; an HCQ + Azithromicin arm; and an HCQ + Azithro + Zinc arm.
- treats moderately to severely ill patients; i.e., those that sought medical care at either a hospital or doctor's office.
When the patient is recommended to the trial by a referring physician, the patient is assessed according to the scale. The patient is then randomly assigned to an arm of the trial, and will receive both daily assessments according to the scale, and an assessment at the end of their treatment, according to outcome.
I work in research and development for a pharmaceutical company. I'm not a doctor, but I've supported enough clinical trials that a design like this should be a no-brainer. It's a shame that HCQ has been politicized the way it has in the developed world--the world that supposedly "embraces science."
RE: This study discounts Zinc IMO, but at least seems scientific.
The article says it DID include Zinc ( I specifically included Zinc in the title of this thread ). Please re-read the BOLDED section of the article above.
No one ever hyped this as a miracle drug. PERIOD. That claim was fabricated by the MSM to make it appear (Trump et al) did.
Zelinski’s treatment has a significant number of patients on your third choice: “an HCQ + Azithro + Zinc arm.” His results are being rejected for no other reason than ‘someone’ doesn’t want his results entered into the debate. Because his regimen has had dramatic success in his target patient demographic?
“Isn’t that special.”
indeed ... but it’s sole purpose was so the fake stream enemedia could tout another negative HCQ study, so it served its purpose, namely withholding an effective treatment so more people would die from C-19 and Trump could be blamed ...
“So this is the ‘rigorous study’ that CBS News is pushing? An Internet poll? Seriously? “
indeed ... but it’s purpose was so the fake stream enemedia could tout another negative HCQ study, so it served its purpose, namely withholding an effective treatment so more people would die fromC-19 and Trump could be blamed ...
but still, ya just gotta admire the Bizzaro World headline of ‘rigorous study’ for something that’s nothing more than a pathetic pile of crap ...
Good point. I often forget the nefarious hidden agenda behind these actions, but you are right.
What I noticed is they didn’t add Zinc supplement.
They said people had plenty of Zinc already.
At least that’s how I read it.
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