Here’s my guess: all patients are driven by institutional ‘protocol’ or practice to be an intubated COVID-19 patient ($39000) vs just a COVID-19 patient ($13000). Thus, by adding the ‘OR intubation’ part to the composite endpoint the positive effect on death alone becomes diluted out.
AND/OR they wanted to show no HCQ effect.
Good ole NEJM. Always political.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thank you for the insight. The issues surrounding the use of HCQ are horrifying to me. The fact that the medical establishment and the media are willing to see people die to make us believe there is no treatment for this illness is a breach of trust that can never be clawed back. It will taint every interaction between doctors and patients for years. Those you trust the most.
The issues surrounding the use of HCQ are horrifying to me. The fact that the medical establishment and the media are willing to see people die to make us believe there is no treatment for this illness is a breach of trust that can never be clawed back.
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This is helping wake up my hubby. However it is framed. We are battling evil. Evil people. They not only don’t care if people die, they WANT people to die. And perhaps even actually want to kill. This can be framed around perpetual terrorism/war and the military-industrial complex, narcoterrorism, human trafficking, secret groups, the democrat plantation, the medical-industrial complex...take your pick.
Now that it’s in hubby’s backyard, so to speak, he is waking.