“The study, which included 30 patients with a control of 15 who received no treatment, with the other half being treated with hydroxychloroquine, showed that there was a statistically insignificant difference in the number of patients who tested negative for the drug after a week. During the study, those who received conventional treatment were provided anti-virals that are currently recommended for use in China, including Iopinavir and ritonavir, and after a week, 13 of the 15 control patients showed no sign of the virus, while 14 of the 15 who were treated with hydroxychloroquine showed the same.”
Stupid, misleading, idiotic article.
The first part of this paragraph says that the control group received no treatment. Later on it says the control group “ received conventional treatment were provided anti-virals that are currently recommended for use in China, including Iopinavir and ritonavir”
I do wonder what Techcrunch's basis is for saying those two drugs are "conventional treatment" in China. I've seen they were doing a study with those drugs, that's it.