I realize that the image of the maverick scientist or physician working valiantly to find a cure at the last minute is romantic and very popular in science fiction shows. But reality does not work that way. In the real world, finding cures takes a lot of time and drudgery. In the real world, scientists work years to find treatments for life-threatening diseases. They know that people are dying every day that a treatment is not found, but they cannot speed up the process. It is physically impossible.
Some of the research programs I used to oversee were for investigational drugs that had been in development since the 1990s. Yes, if we could show that those drugs are effective and that the benefits outweigh the risks, we could save a lot of lives. But until we can show that, we are not pushing them into the patient care setting. And people continue to die because we can't overcome the laws of physics.
Dr. Zelenko belongs to the latter kind. And he does not even claim credit or originality for what he is doing. He cites past PUBLISHED studies made by doctors in China, South Korea and most recently in Marseille, France by Dr. Didier Raoult and his team. He also cites past studies he read in medical journals.
Charlatans love to cite studies, but that does not make them credible. They are counting on their intended audience not having the know-how to go look up those studies for themselves to see what they actually say. There are legitimate studies of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine at all different stages of the clinical trial process.
As for Zelenko’s having no published studies, WHY DOES HE HAVE TO PUBLISH ANYTHING? AS A DOCTOR, HE HAS ENOUGH PATIENTS TO KEEP HIS DAY BUSY. What he can do is REFER to published studies in the past.
Yes, if he is really showing something groundbreaking, he would publish. He has had plenty of time to do so. Publishing is one way that doctors establish their credentials.
RE: I realize that the image of the maverick scientist or physician working valiantly to find a cure at the last minute is romantic and very popular in science fiction shows.
I am not trying to create an image of anyone. I am trying to tell you that this is the situation we ALREADY FACE. You work with what you have and if there is sufficient science behind it, such as successful studies made in other countries, and successful existing cases, you TRY to replicate it. You don’t have many alternatives in an abnormal situation like we face now.
And your use of the word “maverick”is out of place here. Dr. Zelenko is ONE AMONG MANY doctors who are using this drug cocktail to treat their patients. I can cite several other names and even give you information on how to contact them. Are they all mavericks too, just because the Mainstream press ignore them?
RE: Charlatans love to cite studies, but that does not make them credible.
Ahh, but were the studies cited SOUND? Were the past studies actually made by researchers who have done their job and PUBLISHED THEM as best as they could? If so, then why not try to replicate them?
One does not say — hey charlatans exist and then based on this observation, tar and feather every doctor out there as potential charlatans.
Dr. Zelenko, in my view, is not a careless doctor. He specifically stated that he based his own treatment on what he already read in PUBLISHED papers,and on PAST CASES he has observed. His treatment was NOT original and he would be the first to tell you. what’s different is he had the chance to administer the protocol in a SPECIFIC COMMUNITY — The Hasidic Community that he serves.
Also, the HCQ dosage he applies to his patients are LESS than the dosage used for Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis, which have been used by patients for YEARS without issues.
AS for publishing his findings, I already told you that he isn’t the sort of person who keeps his work a mystery.
1) He MADE HIS PROTOCOL KNOWN TO EVERYONE — Dosage,patient profile, etc.
2) He organized a study with New York’s prestigious St. Francis Hospital in Long Island to replicate his protocol. I invite you to listen to his latest interview ( drive time last night ) regarding the pending results of the clinical study here:
https://am970theanswer.com/radioshow/578
Search of the podcast titled:
Dr. Zev Zelenko On POTUS Taking Hydroxychloroquine
A charlatan would not even bother to present his protocol for formal clinical trials.
Finally,ask yourself this -— where’s the money for him? There is none. He has no stake in any company providing the drugs, and no personal advantage to his making his protocol public other than to be attacked by skeptics.
This man, by all indicators do not meet the characteristics of a charlatan.