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The DS is scared spitless of HCQ + Azithto + zinc, thus they trot out -retrospective- studies where the patients were in dire straits, and not given the full complement of meds.

stylin19a wrote:

I’m guessing no one looked at the actual report.

It’s a study, not a clinical trial, hence it’s anecdotal.

(As an example, “Dr. Vladimir Zelenko says he has now treated 699 coronavirus patients with 100% success
using Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Zinc, and Z-Pak”) is also anecdotal except it’s concurrent, not retrospective.
and this doctor had a higher number of cases.

So what does the headline “Largest yet survey...” actually mean?

The VA study was retrospective.
The data for the study was mined post-action.

Patients age range is 59-75 with a median age = 66.
All patients in the study were male.
17 infected female patients were not included in the study.

Interestingly, an overwhelming majority, 236 of 368 male patients, were black - this is a current identified nationwide trend.

Neither zinc or the z-pack was administered in any of these cases.

of the 368:

248 had diabetes.
7 had cancer
9 had HIV
92 had renal disease
72 had COPD
18 previously had heart attacks.
85 had congestive heart failure
8 were paraplegic\hemiplegic

Nothing indicates these are unique, so 1 person could have all the under-lying conditions.

There were 70 deaths and no mention of deaths by race.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20065920v1.full.pdf

and so it goes...